Overview

• Carol Kaye informed the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that she has permanently declined her 2025 induction via an email to the Associated Press.
• The decision follows a since-deleted Facebook post in which she announced she would not attend the November ceremony.
• She criticized the Hall’s induction process for overlooking the collective contributions of session musicians during the golden era of 1960s hits.
• Kaye, whose bass lines appear on thousands of recordings—including Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound” and the Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations”—called the “Wrecking Crew” nickname “a terrible insulting name.”
• Although she will skip the November 8 ceremony, Kaye will still receive the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Musical Excellence Award in absentia.