Tag Archives: Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Nominees for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2024 Induction include Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner, and Jane’s Addiction

Posted by on February 11, 2024

  Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner, and Jane’s Addiction are among the nominees for the 2024 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Other nominees include Oasis, Peter Frampton, and Lenny Kravitz, alongside Mariah Carey, Sinead O’Connor, Cher, and more. To qualify, each nominee’s debut release must have been before 1999. Ten nominees, including Ozzy […]

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ICYMI: Rage Against the Machine to be inducted into RNRHOF; Iron Maiden & Soundgarden snubbed once again

Posted by on May 10, 2023

 

In case you missed it, in a recent announcement last Wednesday, May 3, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame revealed its 2023 inductees, including Rage Against the Machine, Kate Bush, Missy Elliott, Sheryl Crow, Willie Nelson, George Michael, and the Spinners. Despite the inclusion of Rage Against the Machine, heavier bands like Iron Maiden and Soundgarden were once again overlooked. Both bands were on the ballot for the second time but failed to gather enough votes for induction. The 2023 ceremony will take place on November 3 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

 

Following the reveal, Rage Against the Machine issued the below statement:

“It is a surprising trajectory for us to be welcomed into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 1991, four people in Los Angeles formed a musical group to stand where sound and solidarity intersect. We called ourselves Rage Against the Machine. A band who is as well known for our albums as we are for our fierce opposition to the U.S. war machine, white supremacy and exploitation. A band whose songs drove alternative radio to new heights while right wing media companies tried to purge every song we ever wrote from the airwaves. A band who shut down the NY Stock Exchange for the first time in its history. A band who was targeted by police organizations who attempted to ban us from sold out arenas for raising our voices to free Mumia Abu Jamal, Leonard Peltier and other political prisoners. A band who sued the U.S. State Department for their fascist practice of using our music to torture innocent men in Guantanamo Bay. A band who wrote rebel songs in an abandoned, industrial warehouse in the valley that would later dethrone Simon Cowell’s X Factory pop monopoly to occupy the number one spot on the U.K. charts and have the most downloaded song in U.K. history. A band who funded and organized delegations to stand with Mexican rebel Zapatista communities to expose the Mexican government’s war on indigenous people. A band whose experimentation in fusing punk, rock and hip-hop became a genre of its own. Many thanks to the Hall of Fame for recognizing the music and the mission of Rage Against the Machine. We are grateful to all of the passionate fans, the many talented co-conspirators we’ve worked with and all the activists, organizers, rebels and revolutionaries past, present and future who have inspired our art.”

 

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Judas Priest highlights from 2022 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction ceremony

Posted by on November 8, 2022

  The 2022 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction ceremony took place this past weekend on Saturday, November 5th, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, CA. Judas Priest were there to receive the Musical Excellence Award, which also honored Eminem, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Pat Benatar, Eurythmic, and Carly Simon in […]

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Judas Priest To Be Inducted Into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame

Posted by on May 4, 2022

    Judas Priest will finally be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame! Earlier this morning, the official artists who will be inducted into the 2022 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame have been announced, including Judas Priest receiving the Musical Excellence Award. Eminem, Dolly Parton, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Pat Benatar, […]

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Foo Fighters to be inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame

Posted by on May 12, 2021

  Foo Fighters Todd Rundgren, Tina Turner, Carole King, The Go-Go’s, and Jay Z will be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame this year. The 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is scheduled to take place on Saturday, October 30th, 2021, at 8:00 PM EST at Rocket Mortgage […]

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Devastaton on the Nation address pandemic as JUNO Awards, RNRHOF Ceremony, Kvelertak, and more shows postponed

Posted by on March 12, 2020

Another wave of cancellations/postponements have been announced as this year’s Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony is postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to Rolling Stone, the induction ceremony scheduled to take place on May 2nd at Cleveland’s Public Hall has officially been pushed to a later date.  RNRHOF President Joel Peresman issued […]

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NIN to be inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Posted by on January 15, 2020

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced this year’s inductees. Nine Inch Nails, the Notorious B.I.G., Whitney Houston, Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, and T.Rex will join the class of 2020 along with managers Jon Landau and Irving Azoff. The induction ceremony will take place on May 2nd at Cleveland’s Public Hall […]

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RATM, Def Leppard among Rock Hall of Fame 2019 nominees

Posted by on October 9, 2018

The Nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019 are in, and once again there’s a whole lotta metal missing. Rage Against the Machine have returned once again in the nominee pool while Def Leppard are among the first-time nominees. Other nominees include Radiohead, Stevie Nicks, The Cure, Devo, Kraftwerk, Roxy […]

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N.W.A. says they’re rock and roll; Gene Simmons disagrees (again)

Posted by on April 11, 2016

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place this past Friday (8), and as per usual, it wasn’t without at least a bit of controversy. N.W.A. was among the inductees, and while the pioneering gangster rap collective wasn’t the first hip-hop group to be chosen for the Hall (they’re the fifth, actually), […]

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Headbangers Brawl: Who should be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame first – Iron Maiden, Judas Priest or Motörhead?

Posted by on April 8, 2016

Whatever your opinions are about the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, there’s one thing we can all agree on: it’s ridiculous that it’s taken so long for Deep Purple to get inducted. Well tonight, that error is corrected as the legendary band (whichever lineup shows up, that is) finally gets inducted during tonight’s ceremony […]

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