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Your 2007 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductees are...

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by EStreetJoe, Jan 8, 2007.

  1. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    (hopefully this isn't a dp)

    http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003528752

    R.E.M., Van Halen Lead 2007 Rock Hall Class
    Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

    R.E.M., Van Halen, Patti Smith, the Ronettes and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame March 12 during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. To be eligible for induction, this year's class had to release their first single no later than 1981.

    The upcoming event will also pay tribute to late Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, who served as the chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.

    R.E.M. and Van Halen face the decision of whether to perform at the ceremony with ex-members. R.E.M. reunited with former drummer Bill Berry last fall to celebrate its induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and even hit the studio with him to record a track for an as-yet-unreleased charity album.

    For Van Halen, the situation is more complex. The group is without a lead singer, although rumors are swirling that original frontman David Lee Roth will tour with the outfit this summer. In addition, Eddie Van Halen's teenage son recently replaced longtime bassist Michael Anthony in the band.
     
  2. DyePack

    DyePack New Member

    That's d_b, chistoso.

    And R.E.M. should not be in the title game.
     
  3. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    You want a true playoff or a plus-one deal?
     
  4. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    A dollar says that most of the voters couldn't name two songs by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
     
  5. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    Where the fuck is Kiss?
     
  6. Trey Beamon

    Trey Beamon Active Member

    Ready to unveil the Kiss Home Pregnancy Test?
     
  7. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Does Wolfgang get to play at the induction ceremony instead of Michael Anthony?
     
  8. shockey

    shockey Active Member

    terrific. we'll get another great induction speech from springsteen for patti smith. he did great ones for jackson browne and U2. 8) 8)
     
  9. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Well, duh. I know about "White Lines" and "The Message" and I'm not most of the voters.
     
  10. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    On the outside looking in because they're a one-note band that sucks? MUAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!

    This will be awesome just for the drama of whether or not DLR and Michael Anthony get on stage with Eddie and Alex. Would love to see this in person, but I know that's not happening.
     
  11. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    Plus, they were pioneers of hip-hop. Even if they didn't have a lot of hits, a lot of people had them based on their sound.
     
  12. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    Don't forget his great induction speeches for Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan and John Fogerty 8)
     
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