Sandy Gennaro is a world-class speaker/drummer who has recorded/toured with several globallyknown artists including four members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a career thatspans 56 years and continues today.Artists such as Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Monkees, Bo Diddley, JohnnyWinter, Montrose, The Pat Travers Band, Mark Farner, Benny […]

Pat Travers was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. Soon after picking up the guitar at age 12,he saw Jimi Hendrix perform in Ottawa. Travers began playing in bands early in his teens; hisfirst bands were the Music Machine (not to be confused with the Californianpsychedelic/garage band of the same name), Red Hot, and Merge, […]

Lifetime Achievement Award Music Industry Icon Mike Curb is one of the most successful people in the history of theAmerican music business. Curb Records began its existence on Rock music.There are countless Rock artists that have come through the Curbpipeline over the past 60 years. Some of those names include for KING &COUNTRY, Eric Burdon […]

Southern California based photographer Don Adkins has been photographing the world of music or over 3 decades. Don has extensive archives of more than 200,000 images to showcase some of his favorite & significant rock images. Self taught as a photographer, by first borrowing his father’s 35mm camera, Don learned by trial and error . […]

Spanning nearly 50 years as a successful executive in the music entertainment industry, Bob Bender has worked in almost every facet of the music business. His outstanding accomplishments include producing over 300 tours, festivals, and concerts throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, and Japan, along with managing and working at multiple record labels. As […]

Inducted October 27, 2016 Freddie Salem has been a touring & recording artist, session musician and producer for over 30 years!  Freddie started performing professionally at the age of 16 as he played with various bands from the Midwest before joining The Chambers Brothers Band as their lead guitar player. In 1977, Freddie joined the […]

Inducted October 26, 2017 Brooklyn’s favorite son, Carmine Appice took the drummer out of the shadows and pushed himheadfirst into the spotlight. Known for his legendary live performances, Appice was at therhythmic foundation for a score of influential classic rock bands including Vanilla Fudge, Beck,Bogert & Appice, and Cactus. He revolutionized the way a rock […]

Inducted October 27, 2019, Alex Skolnick is both an original member of Testament and a respected NewYork improviser of multiple styles. Emerging as one of the original melodic thrash guitarists, he has gone on to release several critically acclaimed albums with the Alex Skolnick Trio, In 2005, he reunited with Testament, the impact of which […]

Inducted October 27, 2019, Rachel Bolan is the co-founder and songwriter for the band SKID ROW. Rachel realized that he wanted to be a performer at a very young age when he went to see Liberace with his parents and Grandmother. “I was only 5 years old, but was taken aback by the energy that […]

Inducted October 27, 2019, John started playing piano at age 5 and drums at age 8. He turned pro when he started his first band at the young age of 10.   JR won his first Grammy with the hit record, Chaka Khan‘s Rufus “Ain’t Nobody” in 1983.  JR has become the most recorded drummer in history. […]

Inducted October 27, 2019, Grammy Award-winning producer and musician, Bova won his Album of the Year Grammy as a producer on Celine Dion’s, Falling Into You. Jeff’s rock roots have always been a major part of his work. Jeff is featured as keyboardist and synthesizers on some recordings by: Meat Loaf, Robert Palmer, Eric Clapton, […]

Inducted October 27, 2019, Danny Kortchmar’s resume reads like a Who’s Who of the music industry. A renown guitarist, producer, songwriter and session musician, Kortchmar has played, produced and written for James Taylor, Don Henley, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and many more. As a songwriter, Kortchmar has either written alone or collaborated with […]