Singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke formed Bad Company -- after they split from their previous band, Free -- with Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell.

No act among this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees has received more high-profile support than Bad Company. Driving the news: Alice Cooper and Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin) last week joined ...