Early voting results for this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class indicate an impressive groundswell of fan support for a number of artists on the ballot.
It isn't really a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony unless we get to speculate over whether a former member might return to stand alongside his former bandmates during the ceremony.
For the first era of its existence, critics' darlings pretty much had the run of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but a growing group of fan favorites have taken their place among the inductees.
Dire Straits, the Moody Blues, the Zombies, Eurythmics, the Cars and the J. Geils Band are among the artists nominated for the 2018 class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
There's no shortage of rock stars who sing about taking care of family and sticking up for the working man, but it's a lot harder to actually show up and help out when it really counts.