Editing The Moody Blues (section)

==Legacy and honours==
The Moody Blues' "rich symphonic sound" influenced groups such as [[Yes (band)|Yes]], [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], the [[Electric Light Orchestra]] and [[Deep Purple]]. They also helped make synthesizers and philosophy "part of the rock mainstream".<ref name="ray"/>

The Moody Blues are members of the [[Vocal Group Hall of Fame]]. In 2013, readers of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' voted for them as one of the ten bands that should be inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref name="Greene"/> ''[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]'' called them "perennial victims of an unaccountable snubbing" and inducted them into its own Hall of Fame in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/moody-blues-ultimate-classic-rock-hall-of-fame/ |title=Moody Blues Inducted Into the Ultimate Classic Rock Hall of Fame |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |first=Jeff |last=Giles |date=30 December 2014 |access-date=27 August 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904125708/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/moody-blues-ultimate-classic-rock-hall-of-fame/ |archive-date=4 September 2015 }}</ref>

Writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2015, Rob Chapman described the band as "psychedelia's forgotten heroes". He stated: "Despite their success, rock critics rarely took the Moody Blues seriously, a pattern that continued for the next 45 years." He also wrote: "Despite the critical disapproval, the best of the Moody Blues music between 1967 and 1970 possessed grace and beauty. Like [[the Beatles]], they understood how pop songs worked as ensemble pieces. None of them were particularly virtuosic or showy as musicians and their music is refreshingly free of the noodling long[u]eurs that characterised the output of their more self-indulgent contemporaries."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/17/the-moody-blues-psychedelias-forgotten-heroes |title=The Moody Blues – psychedelia's forgotten heroes |work=The Guardian |location=London |first=Rob |last=Chapman |date=17 September 2015 |access-date=22 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921014238/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/17/the-moody-blues-psychedelias-forgotten-heroes |archive-date=21 September 2016 }}</ref>

In December 2017, the band were announced as inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/moody-blues-justin-hayward-on-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-w513832|title=Moody Blues' Justin Hayward on Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Honor: 'It's Amazing!'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=13 December 2017|access-date=13 December 2017|first=Andy|last=Greene|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215054025/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/moody-blues-justin-hayward-on-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-w513832|archive-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> On 14 April 2018, they were inducted as part of the 2018 class. The Rock Hall described them as having created "over 50 years of exhilarating and significant music that has influenced countless musicians and rocked fans around the world". During his acceptance speech in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, Justin Hayward acknowledged the inspirational role of America's rock and roll icons, saying, "If you didn't know already, well we're just a bunch of British guys, but of course to us and to all British musicians, this is the home of our heroes and we all know that..."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/moody-blues|title=The Moody Blues|website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame}}</ref> During the ceremony, Ray Thomas was included as a star who had died in the past year.