As one of the top Progressive Metal bands of recent memory, Queensrÿche is best known for their chilling hit, Silent Lucidity. Too many that is all they are known for, but their series of albums reflected much more depth than that radio friendly song. Still together and still touring, Queensrÿche has carved quite the niche for them selves in the music world though it is likely not enough to get them inducted.

The charismatic Doo Wop group which had a string of hits (some in the comedic vein) was best known for bringing choreography to their stage shows. This innovation made them both beloved and ridiculed at the same time. They may have enough musically to enter the Hall, providing the Hall recognizes their overall contributions as opposed to their ability to just entertain.

Perhaps best described as Jefferson Airplane from Hell, the Chicago based band took Psychedelic music and infused with Harder Rock and every satanic and Wiccan image they could think of. Fronted by the siren, Jinx Dawson, Coven became an embodiment of the early look of Heavy Metal (though they did not always sound like it) with their horned finger salute and embracement of all the dark elements of society. The great irony is that this band’s best known hit was when Dawson sang “One Tin Soldier” (credited to Coven) from the Billy Jack Soundtrack, but if that was your only exposure to Coven, then you really haven’t heard them.

This one is a little tricky. As the owner of the ultimate Heavy Metal vocal chords Ronnie James Dio has an overall career that could be considered Hall of Fame worthy. However, to the best of our knowledge, The Hall does not work this way. His 80’s band Dio, may have been his high water mark where his screeching vocals found a place as some of the most pure Heavy Metal of the decade. Ronnie James Dio is again the wildcard in the situation and although the overall performance of Dio may not be enough to get in the Hall they may feel that he personally warrants induction.