Tommy Shaw admits his band Styx is frustratingly helpless when it arrives to consideration for the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame.

“We’re definitely powerless above it,” the rocker observed all through a the most current dialogue with Billboard. “We really don’t have any affect in any way. So to be anticipating it or be let down that we’re not in there… I really do not even know who the folks are who judge (the Rock Corridor), so I can’t genuinely say much about it.”

Every single year, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s nominating committee decides which functions will seem on the after-a-year ballot. Much additional than 1000 historian, musicians and consumers of the new music sector then strong their votes. Styx’s rock resume is certainly formidable. The band has marketed additional than 54 million albums, which include things like a run of 5 consecutive multi-platinum releases in the ‘70s and early ‘80s. Even though they’ve been certified for induction contemplating that 1998, the band has in no way so a lot as acquired a nomination.

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“If that thing’s intended to take place, it will,” Shaw remarked with regards to his band’s probabilities at induction. “We just know that our enthusiasts love us and we know that our audio is very good before we enable them hear it.”

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Perhaps Styx can truly really feel higher about their Hall prospects by wanting at Foreigner. Immediately soon after surprisingly becoming ignored for decades — allegedly due to negative blood with prior Corridor head Jann Wenner — the band will lastly be inducted later this yr. Coincidentally, Styx will be on tour this summer season months with Foreigner, and Shaw could not be happier about his tourmates approaching enshrinement.

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“It’s wonderful,” the rocker declared. “You like to see your friends get in. [Peter] Frampton this yr, far too.”

The Renegades & Juke Box Heroes tour kicks off June 11 in Grand Rapids, Mich. and runs by September.