DEVO is one-off from being a novelty act. I would classify Kraftwerk as Electronica, rather than Rock and Roll (even if they predate the term).
to be clear The R&R HOF actually is supposed to represent not just one niche, or musical genre but all Popular music largely since the Rock Era in American music began (generally around the mid to late 1950’s). Many exceptions to the rules have been allowed, and rightfully, toward great American artists that influenced modern pop/rock music that never got the same access of their music that the norm now.
Devo and Kraftwerk both set tones and trends....big ones
LL Cool J no thanks
Stevie Nicks is already in
The Cure.....yes...
Todd Rungren....yes but he is an asshole
Def Leppard ....if only for all the women I’ve seen gyrate and slink clothed and not so much to Pour Some Sugar on me....I owe them royalties for that one
The Zombies....most deserving on that list....I still listen to their stuff...not just the hits....subtle artistry
Rage....my kids love em but not the message...that commie Morrell CSN sure play a guitar
MC 5....more commies I never got the love honestly....it’s a Detroit thing
John Prine....witty nauseating leftist....he already owns Americana along with a Steve Earle....no thanks !
Radiohead is like The Pixies or Violent Femmes....GenX or younger ....throw em a bone...I only know their two hits
Janet Jackson ...not yet
Chaka Kahn ...yes already yes and only cause she was hot with her ample bosom doing it’s own gyrating on American Bandstand 1970 or so
She really hit her stride with Winwood in his white duke phase
More on Devo.....they create a new wing of college gator music ...and I actually did it....plus Ubertalenteed Mark Mothersbaugh is almost 70
Kraftwerk......they are the embryo of techno based sound.....no question
Without them no:
Joy Division.....another major influential band with a very tragic subtext
New Order
Bauhaus
Love and Rockets
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Souisxe and the Banshees
Blondie
Brian Eno
Roxy Music who yes are indeed hall of fame worthy and then some
David Bowie RIP.....Heroes and Cat People and Station to Station you can hear Kraftwerk
Human League
Soft Cell
Erasure
Even Radiohead a bit
Tangerine Dream is another instrumental band of that era and more psychedelic but also influenced a lot..
But Kraftwerk were more Teutonic minimalism
That’s my rant.....
Joy Division....I can’t promote them enough....Ian Curtis ...I’m sixty years old now son..a year younger than you woulda been had you survived...you had balls to prevail as much as you did with your disease....today they’d give you large CBD dose....what a sad tale