“We can’t thank the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame enough for honoring Cheap Trick”, said Cheap Trick bass guitarist Tom Petersson in a statement.
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The classic rock slate brings in several artists that rock purists have been clamoring for, artists who have been eligible for decades but hadn’t made the cut until now.
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Performers and bands including Janet Jackson, Chaka Khan, The Smiths, and Chic were also nominated. To be considered, 25 years must have elapsed from the artist’s first official release.
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Ballots are cast by more than 800 voters, including past victor, s music business executives, critics (including this writer) and experts. A number of fans have already expressed dismay on social media that Yes did not get voted in.
“With so many lineups, it’s a minefield”, DEEP PURPLE’s drummer IAN PAICE told ROLLING STONE. The “fan’s ballot”, won by Chicago this year, has only been around for four years.
Steve Miller, while born in Wisconsin, became a leading force in the cultural mix in San Francisco in the 1960s as he experimented with jazz, blues and other American roots music. They had been eligible for 14 years, and have been together as a band for almost 40 years.
The secretive selection process underwent something of an overhaul earlier this year, with the Hall of Fame changing the membership of its voting panel in an attempt to appeal to younger fans and more women. The band will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “If I was running the HALL OF FAME, I wouldn’t have known how to do it – But it looks like we’re in and I’m very pleased”. N.W.A. will be the fifth hip-hop act inducted into the hall, following Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five (2007), Run-D.M.C. (2009), the Beastie Boys (2012) and Public Enemy (2013).
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Are you in favor of the musical acts who made it onto the list of inductees? I’d argue that any random five of those would make a better induction class than this one. Sound off in the comments section below and share your thoughts!
