The Nomination list for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are out. Here are the nine nominees:
- Jeff Beck
- Chic
- Wanda Jackson
- Little Anthony and the Imperials
- Metallica
- Run D.M.C.
- the Stooges
- War
- Bobby Womack
That's a pretty eclectic list if you ask me. Run D.M.C. was the only first year eligible act to be nominated. No Bon Jovi, no Stevie Ray Vaughn, no The Smiths, and no Cyndi Lauper. Metallica finally gets nominated after being snubbed last year. Chic is the only nominee to return from last year. Which means the Beastie Boys got snubbed.
The inductees are set to be announce in January. This is who I think will get in. Not who would vote for, if I had a vote, but who I think has the best chance of being inducted:
- Metallica (Eligible since 2007, first nomination): They definitely deserve it. I mean, when it comes to Heavy Metal, you don't get much more influential or innovative than Metallica. But they also lost the first Heavy Metal Grammy to Jethro Tull, so voters have a sort of blind spot for them.
- Run D.M.C (First Year Eligible, first nomination): There are other rappers that came before them, but none that had the influence that Run D.M.C had. They opened up rap to a whole new audience and influenced several generations of rappers.
- The Stooges (Eligible sine 1994, seven nominations): I think this could be the year this widely held favorite gets in. This is a band who might not be the most popular in terms of sales, but are mad innovative in the industry and influential with other artists. I argue that if they don't get in this year, they never get in.
- Chic (Eligible since 2002, five nominations): After the Stooges, it's anybody's guess. I am thinking these guy might have a good shot considering four of their five nominations were in the last four years.
- Wanda Jackson (Eligible since 1983, two nominations): This choice is risky. Jackson is the least famous of the nine, but she has a lot of fans in the industry. She certainly fills the bill for innovative--being the one of the first female rockabilly artists--and influential--for almost all female country artists. And she has been called the female Elvis, which would get my vote.
