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Link Wray

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Freaks Hall honors artists, groups and contributors who have not been recognized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Commercial success and/or critical acclaim are not factors in choosing candidates or inductees. Rather, we seek to spotlight those people who embody the true spirit of rock ‘n’ roll in their recordings, performances, and in the lives they’ve lived. In fact, we often strive to recognize those who are not likely to ever be invited to one of the establishment’s made for TV galas – the forgotten heroes, the renegades, and the free spirits who have left a unique imprint on the history of rock ‘n’ roll.

In December, 2018, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced that they were inducting Roxy Music and the Zombies with their class of 2019. In 2020, they inducted T. Rex. All of those bands will stay among the ranks of the Freaks Hall, where they were welcomed with open arms years before the self-anointed "official" rock hall came calling. 
Inductees
Hasil Adkins
Bad Brains
 Badfinger
Mickey "Guitar" Baker
Lester Bangs
Richard Berry
Big Star
Blue Cheer
Blue Oyster Cult
Roy Brown
Johnny Burnette & the Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio
Buzzcocks
Can
 Captain Beefheart
Alex Chilton
The Chocolate Watchband
The Cramps
Dick Dale
The Damned
Devo
The Dictators
The Easybeats
Dave Edmunds
Brian Eno
Esquerita
Charlie Feathers
 Danny Fields
Flamin’ Groovies
The Fleshtones
Kim Fowley
The Bobby Fuller Four
Wynonie Harris
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Nicky Hopkins
Carol Kaye
 Lenny Kaye
The Kingsmen
Lightnin' Hopkins
Miriam Linna & Billy Miller
Love
Nick Lowe
Lyres
 The MC5
Joe Meek
Moby Grape
 The Modern Lovers
The Monkees
The Monks
Shadow Morton
Motorhead
Mott the Hoople
The Move
The Music Machine
 New York Dolls
John Peel
Dewey Phillips
The Pretty Things
Suzi Quatro
 ? & the Mysterians
The Replacements
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Roxy Music 
The Runaways
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels 
Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs 
The Seeds
The Shangri-Las
Greg Shaw
Slade
Slim Harpo
The Sonics
The Standells
Steppenwolf
The Sweet
T. Rex
Shel Talmy
Television
Them
Thin Lizzy
 The 13th Floor Elevators
Rufus Thomas
Big Mama Thornton
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers
The Troggs
The Turtles
The Wailers
Andre Williams
Sonny Boy Williamson
Tom Wilson
Link Wray
X
The Zombies

Comments

  1. John Clark, Vancouver BCDecember 13, 2018 at 12:05 PM

    Rosetta Tharpe you philistines!

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    1. Ted CogswellDecember 8, 2019 at 10:40 AM

      She's already in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and therefore can't be considered for the Freaks Hall.

      Delete
  2. UnknownDecember 1, 2021 at 6:09 AM

    Kudos for Mott and Roxy

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