A favorite of many; the Who went from the British Invasion, Rock Operas, to selling out multiple arenas in the 70’s.  Clearly icons in the Rock world, the Hall of Fame would be vacant without them.

This is the entry that proved that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was serious about inducting based on influence as opposed to commercialism.  This WAS the ground zero for Alternative music.

Van Morrison may be considered a Blue Eyed Soul legend, but his range took him from Rock, Jazz and traditional Celtic Folk and he is easily one of the most respected vocalists of his or any generation.

The swaggering West Coast Hard Rock superstars conquered arenas and high school smoker’s pits in the late 70’s and early 80’s.  In terms of hits and album sales there are no other Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band that was more successful than Van Halen.