Rock & Roll Hall of Fame... Finally!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Yes, Bon Jovi has been nominated!!
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced
These are the first nominations for Bon Jovi, Donovan, Alice Cooper, Dr. John and Mr. Diamond; some of the others, including Chic, Donna Summer and Darlene Love, have been nominated numerous times but never made the final cut. (There’s hope for them, though: this year the Stooges finally made it in after having been nominated seven times.)
The inductees will be announced in December, and the 26th annual induction ceremony will be held on March 14 at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan. Artists become eligible for nomination 25 years after the release of their first single or album, and the awards are voted on by more than 500 music professionals.
A notable omission among this year’s nominations: Kiss. Last year its fans got their hopes up when, after years of being snubbed, their heroes finally got a nod. (Those hopes were dashed when Kiss lost out to Abba.) For the Rock Hall, that might be a risk: four years ago hundreds of members of the Kiss Army – a k a fans – protested at the Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, with slogans like “Thou Shalt Not Delay the Induction of Kiss” and, perhaps most frighteningly, Kiss costumes.
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2 comments:
I honestly don't understand how Neil Diamond and Tom Waits weren't already in there. C'mon - it's TOM WAITS!
p.s. Also ... as for "finally" ... Bon Jovi just became eligible when? last year? I think. Imagine how many years Alice Cooper or Neil Diamond have been eligible. The whole thing is just whacked.
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