RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, Willie Nelson, Missy Elliott, Kate Bush, George Michael, Sheryl Crow, and THE SPINNERS will all be enshrined during a ceremony held in Brooklyn on November 3 as this year’s inductees, according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Unfortunately, Iron Maiden has been snubbed again by Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
Al Kooper, Bernie Taupin, and Chaka Khan will also receive the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Musical Excellence Award. The Musical Influence Award will be given to Link Wray and DJ Kool Herc. The Ahmet Ertegun Award honours non-performing industry professionals, and this year’s winner is the late creator and host of “Soul Train,” Don Cornelius.
The Barclays Centre will host the induction ceremony. The specifics of the TV broadcast will be revealed later.
“We’re very happy with this year’s class,” says Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame CEO and president Joel Peresman. “People always try to pigeonhole what rock and roll is, but our story has always been that it’s a wide tent. It includes all different kinds of genres. We think this class really shows the breadth of rock and roll. When you have Missy Elliott, Sheryl Crow and THE SPINNERS along with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and Willie Nelson, you’re covering a lot of things.”
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE‘s Rock Hall induction will come after the band appeared on six ballots.
“There’s a funny mix of people that do the voting,” guitarist Tom Morello told Rolling Stone in March. “It’s people that are already in. There’s an age component. There’s a leaning mainstream component as well…If you saw any of the RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE shows last summer, you’d be hard-pressed to make an argument against us.”