Two Rock Hall Voters Debate Their Must-Have Inductees for 2026

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s chairman recently joked to me that he makes about 30,000 enemies each year. This cycle of torment will begin again, in earnest, next month, when the organization unveils its shortlist of potential inductees for the 2026 class — and all the snubs and riled-up fan bases that follow. “The amount of people that complain about the Rock Hall is strange to me,” one voter says.