Dennis DeYoung thinks the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame has main room for enchancment.

The Styx singer-keyboardist aired his grievances concerning the Cleveland-based establishment on Thursday, lamenting the current information that Dangerous Firm's Paul Rodgers needed to miss this yr's induction ceremony as a result of well being points.

"It's a disgrace that Dangerous Firm needed to wait so lengthy to get in that it rendered Paul Rodgers unable to carry out as a result of well being issues," DeYoung wrote in a Fb put up. "Bollocks!! I’d have favored to have seen him carry out years in the past to exhibit how one in every of rock's premiere singers ACTUALLY ROCKS. You recognize, just like the identify on their establishment's emblem. I’ve stated this repeatedly for many years: Simply change the rattling identify."

A consultant for the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame didn’t instantly reply to Leisure Weekly's request for remark.

To be eligible for induction into the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame, an artist or act "will need to have launched their first business recording 25 full years previous to the yr of Induction," in accordance with the establishment's web site. That implies that in 2025, any potential inductee can not have put out a report later than 2000.

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DeYoung thinks 25 years is just too lengthy for some artists to attend, and that it's unjust for them to be inducted lengthy after their first yr of eligibility.

"The induction ceremony clearly identified the tragic method wherein this joint operates," he wrote. "Making so many musicians wait till they [are] both incapacitated or useless is shameful. [The 2025 inductees] Joe Cocker, Warren Zevon, et al. are immediately eligible many years after their success? Clarify that. What's modified besides the Corridor's incapacity to let go of their clear prejudices and induct them?"

He continued, "They now admit, when it's far too late, that they’ve erred. Have Joe, Warren, and others lately develop into extra widespread? …No."

DeYoung expressed his longstanding frustration with the Rock Corridor's course of. "The Corridor’s preliminary mission assertion about who qualifies was at all times a ruse and a joke concocted to guard their very own private decisions," he wrote. "I'll cease now earlier than I want BP meds. I’ve stated this earlier than — as somebody whose band has by no means been thought-about, no matter I write finally ends up sounding like bitter grapes."

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The Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame held its annual induction ceremony on Nov. 8. This yr's class of inductees included Dangerous Firm, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden, and the White Stripes.

Drummer Simon Kirke was the one founding member of Dangerous Firm in attendance on the occasion. Earlier than accepting his honor, he took to the stage to carry out the group's hit "Really feel Like Makin' Love" with Aerosmith's Joe Perry, Coronary heart's Nancy Wilson, and Black Crowes' Chris Robinson. He then gave the mic to Bryan Adams to guide a rendition of their track "Can't Get Sufficient."

Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood offered the glory, expressing gratitude in his speech for Rodgers naming Fleetwood Mac one in every of his early inspirations.

"Paul is the voice that each rock singer holds as their north star," Fleetwood stated. "To hearken to a Dangerous Firm track is to listen to a once-in-a-lifetime voice take rock music to new heights … They helped outline the musical path forward for rock music."

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