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10/18

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The list of 2017 nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has arrived.

Pearl Jam and Tupac Shakur have been nominated in their first year of eligibility (because their first recordings were released in 1991).

Depeche Mode, Bad Brains, Jane’s Addiction, Electric Light Orchestra, and Joan Baez were also nominated this year for the first time. Previous nominees Kraftwerk, Janet Jackson, Chic, Chaka Khan, MC5, and the Cars were nominated once again this year.

Nine Inch Nails and the Smiths, who were nominated for the last two years in a row, were not nominated this year. This year marks the 11th time Chic have been nominated.



Find all the nominees below:

Bad Brains
The Cars
Chaka Khan
Chic
Depeche Mode
Electric Light Orchestra
J. Geils Band
Jane’s Addiction
Janet Jackson
Joan Baez
Joe Tex
Journey
Kraftwerk
MC5
Pearl Jam
Steppenwolf
Tupac Shakur
Yes
The Zombies

Well, I'm not going to get my boxers all in a bunch like I did last year with all of the online voting. They are going to induct who they want to induct no matter what the online voters say. If Chaka gets in this year, fine. If she doesn't I'm cool with that. She says the induction seems to be more important to her fans than it is to her.

EmmaMcG said:

It is such a shame that Chaka Khan and Chic is still not in. Why nominate artists if they know they are not going to induct them in? It gets disrespectful after a certain point especially after nominating an artist over 10 times! How can they nominate an artist over 10 times but not induct them in? Crazy....this is why RRHF is a joke and every year we have these same ol tired discussions and debates over it. Its funny they are trying to include "fan votes" but they are ultimately going to still decide regardless of what a fan vote says. RRHF is a joke, end thread. My personal predictions: RRHF in true fashion will continue to snub Chic, Chaka and Janet. Tupac will more than likely get inducted since he was nominated on his first year of eligbility (and he deserves it). RRHF will induct any other white rock band, BOOM that is this years inductions in a nut shell.

mjscarousal said:

I sure hope ELO gets in... So overdue.

My "shot in the dark" guesses on the field --

Bad Brains
The Cars
Chaka Khan
Chic
Depeche Mode
Electric Light Orchestra
J. Geils Band
Jane’s Addiction
Janet Jackson
Joan Baez
Joe Tex
Journey
Kraftwerk
MC5
Pearl Jam
Steppenwolf
Tupac Shakur
Yes
The Zombies

It's a shame that neither Chaka nor Janet are in, but I don't think both will get in this year.

Keep an eye on MC5.

namepeace said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

mjscarousal said:

It is such a shame that Chaka Khan and Chic is still not in. Why nominate artists if they know they are not going to induct them in? It gets disrespectful after a certain point especially after nominating an artist over 10 times! How can they nominate an artist over 10 times but not induct them in? Crazy....this is why RRHF is a joke and every year we have these same ol tired discussions and debates over it. Its funny they are trying to include "fan votes" but they are ultimately going to still decide regardless of what a fan vote says. RRHF is a joke, end thread. My personal predictions: RRHF in true fashion will continue to snub Chic, Chaka and Janet. Tupac will more than likely get inducted since he was nominated on his first year of eligbility (and he deserves it). RRHF will induct any other white rock band, BOOM that is this years inductions in a nut shell.

About Chaka, she would have a better shot if it was Rufus. She was more successful as part of Rufus than solo.

I don't think they or nominate or induct based on success. Who the hell is Bad Brains?

Chaka has been a solo artist way longer than she was with Rufus. But, I think Chaka might have a better shot with Rufus simply because I think the committee would be more willing to induct her with a bunch of dudes. Tina Turner was inducted as Ike & Tina, not as a solo artist. Same with Gladys Knight. To my knowledge, neither have been nominated as solo artists. And we all know Tina sold way more records solo than she did with Ike.

kitbradley said:

Holy smokes and gee whiz! Once again, Slick Rick James gets unceremoniously snubbed. He remains nomination-less.

No Monkees either

Identity said:

kitbradley said:

Who the hell is Bad Brains?

PatrickS77 said:

I don't think that Chic, Tupac and Janet will get in the same year. Rooting for Janet though. I think that Joan Baez aand Kraftwerk have good chances.

You're probably right, 2 of those 3 would be a pleasant surprise.

I agree; Kraftwerk has a pretty good chance given the breadth of their audience.

My pics for the R & R Hall Of Fame would be

Janet Jackson

Chaka Khan

ELO

Tupac

Chic

[Edited 10/18/16 18:30pm]

my votes are going to janet, chaka, and chic

Still no love for Suzi Quatro?

...and shame on Joan Jett for not giving her a shout out when she was inducted, after

she practically jacked her whole style.

Cleveland.com has ranked the 19 nominees on who (they) thank has the best shot to get in.
What do y’all think of their list?
http://www.cleveland.com/...hal.html#0

19 Yes
18 Bad Brains
17 Chaka Khan
16 Steppenwolf
15 Eclectic Light Orchestra
14 Jane's Addiction
13 The J. Geils Band
12 The Cars
11 The Zombies
10 MC5
9 Joe Tex
8 Joan Baez
7 Depeche Mode
6 Journey
5 Chic
4 Kraftwerk
3 Tupac
2 Pearl Jam
1 Janet Jackson

dancerella said:

Still no love for Suzi Quatro?

...and shame on Joan Jett for not giving her a shout out when she was inducted, after

she practically jacked her whole style.

I thought she was in?....dang and I also think Kate Bush should get inducted as well.

Goddess4Real said:

dancerella said:

Still no love for Suzi Quatro?

...and shame on Joan Jett for not giving her a shout out when she was inducted, after

she practically jacked her whole style.

I thought she was in?....dang and I also think Kate Bush should get inducted as well.

Just checked her wikipedia page and it looks like she was inducted into the Detroit Hall of Fame. Not entirely sure what that's about. Better than nothing I suppose but she should also be nominated for the RRHOF in my opinion.

Hmmm... Should Kate Bush get nominated??

What about George Michael??

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Identity said:

Holy smokes and gee whiz! Once again, Slick Rick James gets unceremoniously snubbed. He remains nomination-less.

He's not the only one. Barry White has never been nominated either.

Rick James was (literally!) a punchline at the time he died, for reasons having absolutely nothing to do with his music or his talent. People probably still are impacted by Dave Chappelle's spoof of him.

namepeace said: