Generally the fusion of Folk and Punk wouldn’t seem to work, but in the early 1980’s an Englishman named Billy Bragg was able to pull off this unique hybrid.

Normally a novelty band wouldn’t get consideration from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs were not your traditional group. In fact, they may have been the greatest Garage band ever.

Their have been many artists mentioned on this list flying the Progressive Rock banner on this list who appear to have little chance to be induction. Kansas is one of those groups, though when we hear from some people that they were not exactly a Progressive Rock band we don’t entirely disagree.

They say that Rock is a young man’s game and many a Rock star put out their best work in their twenties. An exception to that is Harold Melvin, who did not get his big record deal into well into his thirties. He certainly made the most of it when he did.