RockinTown 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees: Judas Priest, Joan Jett & Smashing Pumpkins
The votes have been tabulated. The following are the 2025 RockinTown Hall of Fame Inductees:
Judas Priest
The English band, form in 1969, have sold over 50 million albums and are regarded as a pioneering and influential Heavy Metal band.
Over the past fifty years, the band has issued nineteen albums including “British Steel” and “Screaming For Vengeance,”
Joan Jett
Born Joan Marie Larkin, Jett is often referred to as the “Godmother of Punk” and Rock Icon.
Jett co-founded The Runaways before launching a career fronting the Blackhearts releasing, twelve albums, three of which have been certified platinum or gold Additionally, eleven of their singles have appeared on the Billboard Hot 100.
Smashing Pumpkins
With over 30-million albums sold, they were among the most critically and commercially successful bands of the 1990s, often cited as a cultural touchstone of Generation X and an important act in the popularization of Alternative Rock.
Their second album, Siamese Dream” (1993), established the band’s popularity. Their third album, “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness”(1995), furthered the band’s popularity; it debuted atop the Billboard 200
ALL THE HALL of FAME ARTIST BIOS
CONGRADULATIONS TO THE 2025 INDUCTEES!
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