The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame made the big revelation about its latest class on its official website, and this year, classic rock ruled supreme, represented by Cheap Trick, Chicago, Deep Purple and Miller. Nominees that didn’t make the cut who are most likely to upset critics include disco band Chic – who have now been nominated and failed a record 10 times – and progressive-rock legends Yes.
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N.W.A. members Dr. Dre, left, and Ice Cube, promote their biographical drama “Straight Outta Compton” in April 2015.
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Cheap Trick “display a musical consistency over nearly 40 years”, Hall of Fame organizers said in a statement, while Miller, 72, has moved from blues to pop and back again, producing classic hits like “Fly Like an Eagle” and “Take the Money and Run”.
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Fans could vote online for those that were nominated, but their votes only counted for one percent of the final tally.
They will join Chicago and Steve Miller as the honourees during the 31st ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on April 8.
Highlights from the induction ceremony will be broadcast on HBO. Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five made history in 2007 when they were the first rap group to be inducted into the hallowed hall. “It’s just hard to sum up in words, really”, original member Ice Cube told Rolling Stone. Though not a rock act per se, her influence on contemporary music arguably supersedes that of Steve Miller or Deep Purple-and both her brother Michael Jackson and fellow ’80s icon Madonna have been inducted. “I never thought the type of music we were making would receive such a high accolade”. “I kind of enjoyed having people complain that I wasn’t in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame more than I think I’ll like being in it. I’m sure now that I’m in it, I’ll be forgotten about and nobody will have anything to complain about”.
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James said the music has “been part of all my workout routines since I’ve grown up, and N.W.A. and Tupac and Biggie and Jay and all those guys, Eric B. and Rakim”. Also, gangsta rap is apparently rock n’ roll now.
