YEAR
2018
INDUCTED BY
Ann Wilson (Heart)
CATEGORY
Performers
Progressive rock pioneers turned synthesizer driven rockers, The Moody Blues have created over 50 years of exhilarating and significant music that has influenced countless musicians and rocked fans around the world.
Denny Laine
Graeme Edge
John Lodge
Justin Hayward
Mike Pinder
Ray Thomas
HALL OF FAME
ESSAY
By Parke Puterbaugh
“Isn’t Life Strange?” That is one of many simple yet provocative questions posed by various Moody Blues songs.
With unabashed earnestness, betraying their roots in 1960s youth culture, this British quintet pondered the riddles of existence with thought-provoking lyrics and bracing, adventurous music.
They became one of the world’s most popular, beloved, and enduring bands. Their vast body of songs offered a counterpoint of hopefulness and idealism to the darker currents of a warring and polluted planet.
