Nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2016 Are Out
Here are the rules: if you put out your first release 25 years ago, you’re eligible to be nominated. This year’s list will have more than a few Gen Xers feeling a little old.
- The Cars
- Chaka Khan
- Chicago
- Cheap Trick
- Chic
- Deep Purple
- The J.B.’s
- Janet Jackson
- Los Lobos
- Steve Miller
- N.W.A.
- Nine Inch Nails
- The Smiths
- The Spinners
- Yes
Next step? Ballots will be sent out to the 800 voting members of the Hall. The top five artists will be included in a fan ballot, the results of which will be weighted with the official Hall voting. We’ll get the 2016 inductees in December with the ceremony itself sometime in the spring.
No Black Crowes? Shake Your Money Maker was 1990.
The fact that Deep Purple and Yes are still waiting is a travesty. But then again, so are a large number of existing inductees….