Nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were announced today:
- Last year the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame welcomed American punk rockers, this year it's poised to induct the Brits.
The Clash and Elvis Costello and the Attractions make their debuts on the 2003 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot along with second-time nominees the Sex Pistols. Last year, the New York bands the Ramones and Talking Heads were elected to the Cleveland hall.
The other first-time nominee is the Police, which joins on the ballot hard rockers AC/DC and Black Sabbath, Abba, Chic, Kraftwerk, the Dells, MC5, the Righteous Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Steve Winwood. Although Patti Smith has already been inducted, the Patti Smith Group of Smith, Lenny Kaye, Ivan Kral and J.D. Daugherty is on the ballot.
Bands become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first recording and even though the Clash's first work appeared months before the Heads' debut, they did not appear on the ballot last year. Same holds true for first-time nominee Costello, whose "My Aim Is True" was released in '77. The Police's first album was released in November 1978.
For a discussion of who we think should be in the Rock Hall, see here, here and here.
For my webcast of the 2002 Rock Hall Inductions Ceremony go here.
Article comments
1 - Jay Caruso
Is there anybody who DOESN'T get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
2 - Sean Hackbarth
Where's Rush on the ballot?
3 - George Feist
WHERE IS....DICK DALE...the creator of Surf Music as a genre and "heavy metal" for that matter...and what about the VENTURES who have had over 300+ albums and cds worldwide...and dont forget JOHNNY BURNETTE and the ROCK AND ROLL TRIO...who really were the true ROCKABILLY creators...just to name a few.
4 - TRUE ROCKERS
THE SEX PISTOLS, BLACK SABBATH, CLASH, THE POLICE AND LYNYRD SKYNYRD ARE THE ONLY ACTS AMONG THIS YEAR NOMINEES WHO ARE DESERVING TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME.
5 - TRUE ROCKERS
THE SEX PISTOLS, BLACK SABBATH, CLASH, THE POLICE AND LYNYRD SKYNYRD ARE THE ONLY ACTS AMONG THIS YEAR NOMINEES WHO ARE DESERVING TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME.
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