If they were taking in 12 bands in a induction, there wouldn’t be such “controversy” but with so many overlooked performers, it is an insult to some of the artists who get shut out while non-rock gets in.
I’m not a Kiss fan, listened to some Rush but they aren’t my BIG band, and I can even see U2 and Red Hot Chili Peppers and REM getting in (again, not a fan they’ve had staying power and helped drive the course or at least stayed contemporary). I would like to see Alice Cooper get in (and Screamin Jay Hawkins but then that is just my own bias). Foetus should get in before NIN. But then only the “name” artists will get in even if those who listened to industrial before 1990 (like 1985) know different about who is a “name”.
Jim “Foetus” Thirwell is one of the most underrated artists in rock. I love his songs “Today I Started Slogging Again” and “I Am Surrounded By Incompetents”. Good stuff!