Gene Simmons had a cow though. How can Gene complain about the Rock HOF including non-rock acts? Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and James Brown are all inductees of the Hall and they sure as Hell aren’t rockers in the traditional sense.
You don’t consider KISS Rock and Roll?
Did you listen to AM RnR radio stations in the early 60s?
Franklin, Charles, and Brown were all prominent acts with
numerous recordings featured on top 40 stations. The term
“rocker” may have been coined in the 70s and/or terminology
may have evolved along with new genres but the RnR HOF is
the exact place for those entertainers who are, indeed,
rockers in the “traditional sense”.