Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bandmates and their famous feuds

All you need is love.

Love's often in short supply at the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, however — Paul Simon once jokingly suggested the hall create a special wing for musical acts that didn't get along.

For all the good vibes of a career's crowning achievement, the event can be a display case for long-running feuds, petty jealousies and business disputes. 

Smoked out

Current members of Deep Purple have refused to perform with Ritchie Blackmore, guitarist who wrote the signature riff to Smoke on the Water and probably the most identifiable person who passed through the band. He left in 1993. So Blackmore told the hall he won't show up to this year's ceremony, taking place Friday in Brooklyn.

Wish you were here

Singer-songwriter Roger Waters's long-standing disputes with his former Pink Floyd members kept him away from their 1996 induction.

Can't buy me love

George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, appeared for induction of the Beatles in 1988, but Paul McCartney stayed away. McCartney cited business differences between band members and said he would "feel like a complete hypocrite waving and smiling … at a fake reunion."

​Call me?

When Blondie reformed in 1999, they left out members Frank Infante and Nigel Harrison, who sued unsuccessfully to rejoin. They lost again during the band's 2006 induction, when Infante pleaded onstage with singer Deborah Harry to perform one last time.

"Debbie, are we allowed?" Infante said.

Nope.

I hope you're happy now

Elvis Costello still performs with two-thirds of his longtime backing band, the Attractions. But not bass player Bruce Thomas, who didn't help relations by penning a thinly disguised novel about an autocratic band leader. 

When handed his rock hall trophy in 2003, Thomas said, "Thanks for the memories, that's it," then walked offstage and out of the Waldorf Astoria ballroom. Costello waved goodbye with a lewd gesture.

Civil war

Most often, the bad feelings produce emptiness, with musicians fans would love to see on their big night not showing or playing.

Three members of the classic Guns N' Roses lineup appeared in 2012, but frontman Axl Rose skipped the event, saying it didn't "appear to be somewhere I'm actually wanted or respected."

Ain't talkin' 'bout love

Eddie Van Halen entered rehab the week before his namesake band was inducted in 2007. His drummer brother Alex also stayed away, and vocalist David Lee Roth was a last-minute pullout because of a dispute over what song he'd perform.

KISS and make up

KISS members appeared, but refused to perform, in 2014 in a dispute over which members would go into the hall.

Troubled waters

Paul Simon was already a rock hall member with partner Art Garfunkel when he was inducted as a solo artist in 2001. A nostalgic Simon took 10 minutes to read a list of his inspirations, and when it came to Garfunkel, he said, "I regret the ending of our friendship, and I hope that one day before we die we will make peace with each other."

With perfect comic timing, Simon waited for the audience's warm applause to wash over him. 

"No rush," he said.