Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 2010 !

[binnie]

From Blabbermouth:


KISS Nominated For ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME Induction - Sep. 23, 2009

According to The New York Times, KISS is among a dozen finalists for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. After being snubbed for years — the band has been eligible for the honor since 1999 — KISS has finally been nominated, along with ABBA, DONNA SUMMER, GENESIS, THE STOOGES, THE HOLLIES and, in the first year in which they qualify, LL COOL J and the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, the organization has announced. JIMMY CLIFF, DARLENE LOVE, LAURA NYRO and THE CHANTELS are also on the ballot, and votes will be cast by a group of more than 500 musicians and industry professionals; of the 12 nominees, the five that get the most votes will be announced in January and inducted into the Hall of Fame at its 25th annual ceremony on March 15 at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan.

Acts become eligible 25 years after the release of their first record.

During a keynote address at the Billboard Touring Conference in November 2008, KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons expressed his discontent with the fact that the band, which he co-founded in 1972, had not yet been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. "A lot of those guys on the board can go and get my sandwich when I want, and I mean that in the nicest way," he said. "There are disco bands, rap bands, Yiddish folk song bands in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, but not KISS. I believe we have more gold records in America than any other group, but it's OK."

Speaking to The Baltimore Sun in 2006, KISS guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley echoed Simmons' sentiments, stating, "Honestly, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame is a joke, and it always has been. I think they should be ashamed and embarrassed by some of the people that they've inducted. It's a popularity contest for a small group of judges or whatever they want to call themselves. They induct bands that they like that have sold less albums in their careers than I've sold in a week, and that have influenced a handful compared to what KISS has done. KISS is a virus that has infected music from rock to country and back. So if they choose not to induct us, I'm not sure it's a club I want to be a member of."

[ELVIS]

They deserve it, but can't they win something for marketing the most crap ??

[fryingdutchman]

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Announces Nominees for 2010 Induction

New York (September 23, 2009)— The nominations for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum were announced today. The twelve nominees are: ABBA, Darlene Love, Donna Summer, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, KISS, Laura Nyro, LL Cool J, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Chantels, The Hollies, and The Stooges. Ballots will be sent to more than 500 voters, who will select artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 25th Annual Induction Ceremony on March 15, 2010 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.

To be eligible for nomination into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an act must have released its first single or album at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination. This year’s nominees had to release their first single no later than 1984.

ABBA
They are one of the biggest-selling acts in pop-history – and if Stockholm is now a hit making mecca, it’s because ABBA first put Sweden on rock’s global map. The four members came together in enchanting, late-1960s post-Euro-hippie fashion – initialed for the two couples, Agnetha ‘Anna’ Fältskog and Björn Ulvaeus; and Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid ‘Frida’ Lyngstad. ABBA was a dominant music force throughout the 70’s, and world¬wide licensing deals made Polar Music the second biggest corporation in Sweden. Bjorn and Benny’s studio finesse over the course of ABBA’s eight studio LPs drew wide praise from pure pop punks and New Wavers for whom ABBA became a guilty pleasure. They went their solo ways in 1982, but tribute albums and the boffo musical Mamma Mia are keeping ABBA on permanent display.

DARLENE LOVE
Her powerful gospel sound was developed singing in her father’s church in East L.A. At 16, Darlene sang at a wedding where two of the bridesmaids asked her to join their vocal group, The Blossoms. They quickly established a major presence in the L.A. session scene doing backgrounds for artists such as Sam Cooke. Darlene caught the attention of young genius record producer Phil Spector and he made her one of the cornerstones of his “Wall of Sound” under various names (The Crystals, Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans, and of course, Darlene Love). She sang lead on a string of hits, earning an important place on the landscape of 60’s rock & roll. She continues to have a prolific singing career, having starred on Broadway, and in recent years has returned to her gospel roots.

DONNA SUMMER
Raised in the church, rooted in gospel, LaDonna Andrea Gaines would become Donna Summer, the undisputed “Queen of Disco.” In 1975, “Love To Love You Baby” began a long-term association with Munich-based songwriters and producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Summer made history from 1979-1980 as the only artist ever to have three consecutive multi disc albums all hit #1: Live and More, Bad Girls and On The Radio. Her first U.S. recorded LP, the self-titled Donna Summer, produced by Quincy Jones in 1982 featured Bruce Springsteen and other notable rock contributors. “She Works Hard For The Money” kept Summer at the top of the charts in 1983, followed by the top 10 hit “This Time I Know It’s Real” in 1989. Endless covers and sampling of her music proves that Summer’s contribution remains compelling and classic.

GENESIS
Almost no group in rock history has had such a long and varied career as Genesis, who began as a cult art-rock band in England in the late 1960’s and went on to pack stadiums across the globe in the 1980’s, 1990’s and on their 2007 reunion tour. In the early 1970’s frontman Peter Gabriel shocked audiences and grabbed headlines by taking the stages in outrageous costumes and occasionally even levitating about the audience. Their music was equally innovative, and early albums Selling England By The Pound and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway are two of the most acclaimed prog-rock albums in the history of the genre. In 1975 Gabriel left the band to pursue a solo career and drummer Phil Collins stepped out from behind the kit to take over. The band experienced many more hits and successful worldwide tours over the next 30 years.

JIMMY CLIFF
Very few single albums can be said to have changed music forever. Jimmy Cliff’s The Harder They Come is one. The album – and the movie that spawned it – introduced reggae to a worldwide audience and changed the image of the genre from cruise ship soundtrack to music of rebellion and inspiration. “Sitting in Limbo,” “The Harder They Come,” “You Can Get It If You Really Want,” and “Many Rivers to Cross” made Jimmy Cliff the first international reggae superstar and created the model that Bob Marley would soon follow. A beautifully gifted singer and a uniquely influential songwriter, Jimmy Cliff has made a profound impact on rock and pop music all over the world for 40 years.

KISS
Few bands short of The Beatles inspired more kids to pick up the guitar than KISS. With their signature make-up, explosive stage show and anthems like “Rock and Roll All Night” and “Detroit Rock City,” they are the very personification of rock stars. Original members Ace Frehley, Peter Criss, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons came together in New York in 1972. While their first two records didn’t generate many sales, they quickly gained a national following for their bombastic, pyro-filled stage show. Their 1975 live disc Alive! captured that energy and reached number nine on the charts, quickly making them one of the most popular bands of the 1970’s - scoring countless hit singles, sold-out tours and appearing everywhere from comic books to lunch boxes to their very own TV movie. They continue to perform sold out concerts around the world.

LAURA NYRO
Singer, songwriter and pianist Laura Nyro (1947-1997) was still a teenager in 1966 when she recorded her debut album, and Peter Paul and Mary cut “And When I Die.” She was a true original - composing intricate, haunting songs which found a vast audience when recorded by other artists. Indeed, others scored hit after hit with her songs, led by the 5th Dimension’s “Stoned Soul Picnic” and “Sweet Blindness” in 1968 (then “Wedding Bell Blues” in ’69 and “Blowin’ Away” in ’70). Over two consecutive weeks in October 1969, Blood, Sweat & Tears entered the Hot 100 with “And When I Die,” and Three Dog Night followed with “Eli’s Coming.” Elton John acclaimed her influence to Elvis Costello: “The soul, the passion, the out-and-out audacity of her rhythmic and melody changes was like nothing I’d ever heard before.”

LL COOL J
LL Cool J always had his sights set on rock & roll. Born James Todd Smith in Queens, New York, LL was only 17 in 1985 when he recorded “Rock the Bells,” which included the following couplet: “Cause it ain’t the glory days with Bruce Springsteen/I’m not a virgin so I know I’ll make Madonna scream.” A year earlier LL had made his debut on Def Jam, which was also the debut of the label itself. His first two singles – “I Need a Beat” followed by “I Want You” – sketched out the two main gears of his career: testosterone-maddened battle raps and tender, sexy love songs. The former included “I Can’t Live Without My Radio” (1985), “Jack the Ripper” (1987), and “Mama Said Knock You Out” (1991). By the 1990s, LL was working in television and film and has proven that rappers can sustain a long-term career.

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Formed in the sin-and-glamour capital of America – Hollywood, California – in 1983, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the most flamboyant, commercially successful and musically influential bands of rock’s last quarter century. They were high school pals who combined their passions for Jimi Hendrix, Seventies R&B and hardcore punk with sexual exuberance and local skateboard culture, immediately becoming famous for their outrageous (often near-naked) live shows and incendiary jamming. The Chili Peppers broke through with 1991’s BloodSugarSexMagik, a multi-platinum fusion of metal and rap that was pivotal in bringing modern black street culture and music to the Nirvana generation. The band’s 2006 two-CD set Stadium Arcadium went right to Number One and is their most ambitious collection to date.

THE CHANTELS
There may have been hits by female R&B vocal groups before them, but the Chantels were the first to achieve a consistent run of chart records, thus paving the way for The Shirelles, The Crystals, The Supremes and all the other “girl” groups that followed. Named for a rival Bronx, N.Y. high school, St. Francis de Chantelle, they were discovered by writer-producer and Valentines’ lead singer Richard Barrett who brought them to George Goldner’s End Records in 1957. The Chantels’ distinctive, choir-like sound, with its classical and gospel overtones, featured the soaring lead of Arlene Smith, who also wrote much of the group’s material including its signature song “Maybe,” which has been covered many times over the years, most notably by Janis Joplin.

THE HOLLIES
Above all, it was the wide-open three-part vocal harmonies of original members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, and Eric Haydock, inspired by the Everly Brothers, that gave the Hollies a sound apart from other British Invasion beat groups. Songwriter Graham Gouldman supplied them with “Look Through Any Window” and “Bus Stop.” And the original writing talent of Clarke, Nash, and lead guitarist Tony Hicks took over on “Stop! Stop! Stop!” and “On a Carousel,” as the Hollies went on to chart 21 consecutive Top 20 UK hits through 1970. After Nash’s departure in 1968, new hits carried them into the mid-70’s including “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress,” “Long Dark Road,” “Magic Woman Touch,” “The Air That I Breathe,” and others.

THE STOOGES
The “Big Bang” that became punk, alternative, heavy metal, new wave, grunge, hardcore and industrial music, could very well have been the advent of Iggy and the Stooges in Ann Arbor in the late 1960’s. Confrontational, out of the mainstream and the complete antitheses of the hippie movement, the Stooges were adopted by those on the margins of rock. Their debut Elektra LP was produced in four days by the Velvet Undergound’s John Cale and contained at least three landmarks: “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” “No Fun” and “1969.” Immediately embraced in New York, London and Los Angeles for the nuclear-powered simplicity of their music, the ironic nihilism of their lyrics, and the persona of Iggy himself, the Stooges have become icons in the history of modern music.

Five of the twelve nominees will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The inductees will be announced in January 2010 and the induction ceremony will take place on March 15, 2010. All inductees are ultimately represented in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission both through its operation of a world-class museum that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as its educational programs.

[fryingdutchman]

Yo mods/webbies...

Let's just rename this thread and make it the "RNRHOF" 2010 thread....

Because you know someone is about 3 minutes away from posting a dupe thread with a similar title...

[ELVIS]

Hmmm...

Before reading the above article, I automatically counted LL out...

After reading, I count LL and the Cnantels out...

[twonabomber]

so beyond Gene, Paul, Ace, and Peter, who else gets in? Two-licks? the Erics? i bet they pass on Vincent.

this was in the Plain Dealer...

Kiss, Genesis, ABBA, LL Cool J, Red Hot Chili Peppers lead Rock Hall nominees list for 2010
By John Soeder, The Plain Dealer
September 23, 2009

The latest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot is sealed with a Kiss. The makeup-sporting, fire-breathing, blood-spitting hard-rock group is among a dozen acts in the running for enshrinement, along with other first-time nominees Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, the Hollies, LL Cool J, Laura Nyro and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Back on the ballot after failing to receive enough votes for induction in previous years are ABBA, the Chantels, Darlene Love, the Stooges and Donna Summer.

The contenders were announced Wednesday by the New York City-based Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, which oversees the induction process.

The nomination was a long time coming for Kiss. The band has been eligible since 1999, but it was passed over by the Rock Hall’s nominating committee until now. The group’s fans - collectively known as the Kiss Army - staged a protest outside Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in August 2006.

"We’ve been doing this a lot longer than the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has existed," Kiss co-founder Paul Stanley said, reached by phone at home in Los Angeles.

Kiss is set to kick off a North American tour Friday in Detroit. The band has a concert Monday at The Q in Cleveland.

"I’m really proud of all the people who fought to get us in, and I’m also really proud of all the people who fought to keep us out, you know?" Stanley said with a laugh.

"That’s what makes us Kiss. If we were to find ourselves being inducted, of course we’d accept it, because if we didn’t, it would be an insult to the people who want us in there and the people who are fighting to have us in there.

"I understand everybody’s got a different point of view, and so be it. In the end, things work out the way they should."

The Rock Hall has not announced specifically which members of the bands on the ballot would be ushered in with their respective groups.

Artists become eligible for nomination 25 years after the release of their first recording.

Ballots will be sent to more than 500 voters, including music-industry executives and previous inductees.

Five of the 12 nominees will be inducted during a gala ceremony Monday, March 15, 2010, at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. Honorees will be announced in January.

The 2009 induction gala was held in April at Cleveland’s Public Auditorium, where Metallica, Run-D.M.C. and Bobby Womack were among the honorees. Rock Hall officials have said they are open to having the ceremony in Cleveland every three years.

[binnie]

How are The Stooges not already in their?

[binnie]

Yo mods/webbies...

Let's just rename this thread and make it the "RNRHOF" 2010 thread....

Because you know someone is about 3 minutes away from posting a dupe thread with a similar title...

Good call.

[FORD]

No problem at all with the REAL lineup of KI$$ being inducted, but Donna Fucking Summer??

Disco is not, and never will be rock n roll. It's one thing to induct the Bee Gees, because they had an entire career before Saturday Night Fever. But Donna Summer was a pure disco invention. Nothing remotely resembling rock n roll. If they get away with this shit, the Village People will be up next year.

Oh, and if "KISS" shows up to play for this gig, it better be with Ace & Peter. No roadies in makeup for the Hall of Fame. Can't imagine Chaim would want the embarrassment of putting half a band on that stage anyway.

[Mr Walker]

Red Hot Chilli Peppers?

You gotta be fucking kidding me.

RRHOF is shit for not putting Alice in there years ago... fuck them all to hell!

[WACF]

How are The Stooges not already in their?

Or Rush, Alice Cooper, Deep purple ect ect ect.........

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Take a tour there if you get a chance in Cleveland, you'll ask yourself "What The Fuck" for about every other person/group in the RRHOF....

[FORD]

There are people who aren't exactly "rock n roll" themselves who still influenced rock n roll to the point where they are worthy of induction.

For example, Les Paul (inducted 1988) was a jazz guitarist. The guy never made a rock n roll record himself, but without his most famous creation, would ANY rock n roll records ever have existed?

Hank Williams (1987) and Johnny Cash (1992) - Country singers, not rockers. Yet it's doubtful Elvis Presley would have existed without Hank Williams, and Johnny had the rock and roll attitude, if not the music. And both of them have influence on modern music that goes far beyond Nashville.

Michael Jackson actually got in twice - as part of the Jackson 5 in 1997, and as a solo artist in 2001. Now you could argue the music back and forth forever, and certainly the only TRUE connection to rock n roll was the fact that he got Eddie Van Halen, Paul McCartney, Steve Stevens, Mick Jagger, and Freddie Mercury to work with him on various songs (though the Freddie songs were never released as far as I know). But the fact that Micheal could get such established "rock royalty" to work with him certainly speaks volumes to his influence on rock n roll, whether he was a rocker himself or not.

Donna Summer, however, does not fit any of the above categories. I sincerely hope that one is denied.

[Coyote]

(though the Freddie songs were never released as far as I know)

Never released as Mercury/Jackson duets...

One song popped up on Mercury's "Mr. Bad Guy" album (There Must Be More To Life Than This), the other on The Jacksons "Victory" album. (State Of Shock)

[Mr. Vengeance]

About fucking time and a joke that Alice Cooper is still not nominated.