Get the latest gossip

The Rock Hall of Fame’s Top Boss Has a Method Behind the Madness: 'We’re going to close the doors and get into a good old-fashioned shouting match'

“We’re going to close the doors and get into a good old-fashioned shouting match.”

“Artists care so much about getting in because there’s not a lot of their peers in there,” he says, days before the newest inductee class will air as a condensed ABC special on January 1. In the spirit of transparency, Sykes went into detail about what the nomination process entails and the disputes that inevitably occur when dozens of members are campaigning for their top choices. Previous nominee Mariah Carey isn’t thrilled at the fact that her lawyer, Allen Grubman, got inducted into the Rock Hall before her.

Get the Android app