Styx musician Dennis DeYoung is dragging the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
The singer-keyboardist, 78, shared a scathing Facebook message<\/a> on Thursday where he blasted the organization for waiting too long to induct iconic musicians as new members.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a shame that Bad Company had to wait so long to get in that it rendered Paul Rodgers unable to perform due to health concerns,\u201d DeYoung wrote. \u201cBollocks!! I would have liked to have seen him perform years ago to demonstrate how one of rock\u2019s premiere singers ACTUALLY ROCKS.\u201d<\/p>\n Dennis DeYoung in a selfie. Dennis Deyoung\/Facebook<\/p>\n Dennis DeYoung in a group photo. Dennis Deyoung\/Facebook<\/p>\n \u201cYou know, like the name on their institution\u2019s logo. I have said this repeatedly for decades: Just change the damn name,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n The 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony<\/a> took place in Cleveland on Nov. 8, but Rodgers, 75, was unable to attend due to health issues stemming from multiple previous strokes.<\/p>\n DeYoung said that Rodgers\u2019 absence from the ceremony was proof of \u201cthe tragic manner in which this joint operates.\u201d<\/p>\n Paul Rodgers of Bad Company performing in New Jersey in 2018. Owen Sweeney\/Invision\/AP<\/p>\n Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs of Bad Company perform in London in 1974. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cMaking so many musicians wait until they either incapacitated or dead is shameful,\u201d he stated. \u201cJoe Cocker, Warren Zevon et al are suddenly eligible decades after their success? Explain that, what\u2019s changed except the Hall\u2019s inability to let go of their clear prejudices and induct them? They now admit, when it\u2019s far too late that they have erred. Have Joe, Warren and others recently become more popular? \u2026no.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe Hall\u2019s initial mission statement about who qualifies was always a ruse and a joke concocted to protect their own personal choices. I\u2019ll stop now before I need BP meds,\u201d DeYoung continued. \u201cI have said this before \u2014 as someone whose band has never been considered, whatever I write ends up sounding like sour grapes.\u201d<\/p>\n Styx members John Panazzo, James Young, Tommy Shaw, Dennis De Young, Chuck Panazzo in 1978. Getty Images<\/p>\n Dennis DeYoung of Styx performs in Chicago in 1983. Getty Images<\/p>\n Styx during a concert appearance on May 25, 1991. John Atashian\/Getty Images<\/p>\n The Post has reached out to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for comment.<\/p>\n