While Styx would certainly like to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the band’s guitarist says there’s not much it can do to bring it about.
In an interview with Billboard, Tommy Shaw confessed that the band didn’t have any notable influence over the Hall’s decisions.
“We’re really powerless over it,” Shaw said. “We don’t have any influence whatsoever. So to be anticipating it or be disappointed that we’re not in there. … I don’t even know who the people are who judge (the Rock Hall), so I can’t really say much about it.”
“We just know that our fans love us and we know that our music is good before we let them hear it. If that thing’s meant to happen, it will,” he added.
Styx, which has sold more than 54 million albums according to Ultimate Classic Rock, has been eligible for induction since 1998.
The group is best known for such songs as “Come Sail Away,” “Lady,” Mister Roboto” and “Blue Collar Man.”
Styx is currently on tour with Foreigner (who did get inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame this year). The band will be at The Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown on July 31.
