If the Hall simply let the top two or three vote getters who fell short the year before get automatic nominations the next year, then placed all of the others who failed to get elected on a mandatory hiatus of three to five years where they were ineligible to be nominated again, you'd wind up with far more artists being considered over time, which would result in much more buzz about each year's ballot, and much less charges of conspiracy that damages the Hall's reputation (not that they care, obviously). Qualifications: 5 Kraftwerk As just mentioned, when an artist is lacking massive success, as Kraftwerk is, you need other areas of your resume to stand out to even be considered
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame News, Commentary and Analysis - Future Rock Legends
Tickets for the induction ceremony go on sale to Rock Hall members on December 17th and the general public the following day.The official fan poll voting also wrapped up on December 9th. The only consistencies are inconsistencies and the rules clearly are there are no rules because the criteria for how and who gets in is purely based upon a personal like or dislike
10 worthy bands snubbed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
How can you leave the one band who has sold more records than any other US-based band out? The original version of the band was far and away the greatest, most versatile band ever to come from this side of the Atlantic. Musicianship without peer, songwriting genius, a great lead vocalist in Cummings and terrific harmony, The Guess Who was a chart fixture from 1969 to 1974, despite unconventional singles that dealt with a myriad of controversial topics
"But at this point, all the clear, obvious people have been inducted, and it comes down to personal taste." "With Chuck Berry or The Rolling Stones, the decision was a no-brainer," adds a nominating committee veteran. This year marks the 30th ceremony, and people inside the Hall think the induction of Kiss (as well as the 2012 inductions of Rush and Heart) signals the start of a new era, short on consensus honorees, as the institution faces increasingly difficult choices between commerce and art, theater and substance, critical acclaim and massive success
Meet the 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees - LA Times
closing timeBorn as a ramshackle punk rock festival in 2004, the FYF Fest in 2015 will be a whole other beast altogether if founder Sean Carlson has anything to say about it. The 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will find one Beatle inducting another when Paul McCartney ushers Ringo Starr into the hall as a solo act
Interviews The Punk Director: Penelope Spheeris Revisits Her Decline of Western Civilization Trilogy The filmmaker talks to Laura Snapes about the legacy of her necessary Los Angeles punk documentaries and the personal hell of knowing that your teenage daughter is dating Nikki Sixx. Afterword Ornette Coleman Seth Colter Walls pays tribute to the jazz iconoclast following his passing at age 85 and offers a chronological guide that includes 10 highlights from his prolific and unpredictable career
They tore into "Pride and Joy" and "Texas Flood" before unplugging and letting Jimmie wrap up the set alone with "Six Strings Down," a a tribute song he wrote for his brother in 1994. In the end, little brother taught big brother." No single blues guitarist could possible take the place of Stevie Ray Vaughan fronting Double Trouble, so Mayer, Doyle Bramhall II and Gary Clark Jr
But last night's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Brooklyn's Barclays Center was full of surprising hugs, landmark onstage collaborations and superfans in full face makeup
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