Rock and Roll Nominations are out!
 

I always get excited this time o year when I see the new class of nominees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Some interesting choices!

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Chic
Green Day
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Kraftwerk
The Marvelettes
N.W.A.
Nine Inch Nails
Lou Reed
The Smiths
The Spinners
Sting
Stevie Ray Vaughan
War
Bill Withers

Green Day? Seriously. Gross.

Lou Reed, NIN, The Smiths and SRV, please.

SRV, Kraftwerk, Lou Reed and NWA

If I am choosing 6 (thats how many performers got in last year.)
In no particular order:
Bill Withers
The Spinners
SRV
Joan Jett
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Sting

Deep Purple, Moody Blues, Journey, and Steve Miller Band

oh, wait...

Lou Reed, The Smiths, Stevie Ray, and The Marvelettes

(damn, I hate the R&RHoF)

I still can't believe that they haven;t embraced either/or Depeche Mode or Joy Division/New Order.

Kraftwerk is the first time they've even acknowledged electronic based music. They need to move on that, since popular music is sounding increasingly like Gary Numan and Erasure, and less like Joan Jett and Van Halen.

Jesus, how is Lou Reed not in already

Utterly asinine list. As usual.

Is this Sting's first year somehow? For some reason I'd have assumed he was in long ago.

Lou Reed and Sting are already in as members of The Velvet Underground and The Police. These nominations are for their solo acts.

Lol at what snobs some of you are. Green day are easily in.

Yeah, but even then it seems like he should have been on the ballot already. According to Wikipedia, his first solo album came out in '85.

Surprised Vader or Lex Luger weren't also nominated.

very few in that list doesn't deserve to be in.
I agree Green day is almost a guarantee in...
I think Lou reed is almost definitely in too.

I don't think Paul Butterfield will make it, but you gotta love Born in Chicago!

Green Day and SRV are the only two on there I'd feel strongly about.

If you're going to start honoring rap groups (different debate), you have to put NWA in.

+1 for Joy Division/New Order inclusion as well

Likewise (probably even more so) with electronic music and Kraftwerk.

Kraftwerk and The Velvet Underground share the same inverted commercial success/musical influence relationship.

Here's the list that will be inducted:

Lou Reed
Green Day
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Bill Withers
Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Green Day, Lou Reed Enter Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | Rolling Stone

Is there a hip hop HOF?

Someone should open one in Brooklyn if not.

One article I read had NIN second with the most votes and yet didn't get in.