The groundbreaking Los Angeles rap act N.W.A. will join a pair of 1970s era FM radio rockers from Illinois – Chicago and Cheap Trick – as 2016 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Compton rap group N.W.A. and classic rock band Chicago are among the list of acts to be honored at the 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony in April.
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The 31st Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place April 8 in New York City.
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The Barclays Center induction will air on HBO in the spring of 2016. Hard-luck act Chic was rejected in its 10th year as a nominee. N.W.A.’s pioneering sound (helmed by producer Dr. Dre) still informs so much modern hip-hop.
This was Cheap Trick, Chicago and Miller’s first time on the ballot, according to Billboard. “It’s just exciting that the group as a whole gets recognized by the whole industry as Hall of Fame-worthy”, he told them.
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The public went three for five on their ballot, having named Chicago, Deep Purple and Steve Miller to their five choices from the single, voted ballot. As Reuters reports, the Hall Of Fame announced this year’s class of inductees this morning, and it’s about as lame as can be expected.
Ice Cube, one of the group’s key members and a proficient lyricist reflected on what the inductions means for him personally and the group as a whole, “It means that the group’s mark is kind of solidified”. But with this set of inductees, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame feels like it’s gone even further into the already heavily anointed music past.
Eight of the band’s past and current members will be inducted: Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord, Ian Paice and original Deep Purple singer Rod Evans, who was sacked from the group in 1969. Whether that could be put aside, I don’t know.
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Last year’s event featured performances from Beck, Dave Grohl and John Legend; Lou Reed, Green Day, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bill Wither and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band were inducted in 2015.
