Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks Lead 2019 Hall of Fame Nominees

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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced the nominations for their 2019 class, with Def Leppard and Stevie Nicks leading the list of hopeful inductees alongside Janet Jackson, Rage Against the Machine and Radiohead.

Def Leppard and Nicks earned their first-ever nominations, although Nicks was inducted in 1998 as a member of Fleetwood Mac. Also appearing on the ballot for the first time are Devo, John Prine, Roxy Music and Todd Rundgren. The other nominees are Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, the MC5, the Cure, Rufus & Chaka Kahn and the Zombies.

As has been the case in recent years, the Hall is allowing fans to participate in the process. Between now and Dec. 9 at 11:59 P.M. Eastern, you can go to their website once per day and make your selections. Fans who visit the Rock Hall in Cleveland can also cast their vote at a kiosk adjacent to the gallery devoted to last year's inductees.

The top five vote-getters will be on a "fan's ballot" and included alongside the results from others sent to "more than 1,000 artists, historians and members of the music industry" who make up the Hall's voting body. Shortly after voting concludes, the inductees will be announced.

They'll be inducted at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 29, 2019, in a ceremony that will be broadcast live on SiriusXM's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Radio station. Full information regarding tickets will be announced in January, and donors and members in good standing by Dec. 31 will have access to a pre-sale beginning on an as-yet unannounced date.

King Crimson gets ignored once again.

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Radiohead? One of the single-most overrated and most boring bands in the history of modern music? Guarangoddamntee you that shit band will get in on the first ballot. Look who is running the show over there.

Stevie Nicks? Well, I like Stevie. I like a lot of the stuff on her first couple of solo albums, but I definitely do not think that she deserves to be in there as a solo artist. She's already in with Fleetwood Mac (and deservedly so). Solo? Nah.

Devo? Get real. Two or three fun songs. Are we going to induct Ram Jam, Donnie Iris and Lipps, Inc as well?

This may absolutely be the most uninspired, lame, boring and all-out crappy list they've ever come up with. Once again, the Rock and Roll Hall of SHAM lives up to the name I've given it.

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Janet Jackson? Really? Devo? WTF? Hall of FAME?!

wisertime said:

Janet Jackson? Really? Devo? WTF? Hall of FAME?!

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To be fair, Janet has had a massive career, so Hall Of Fame, absolutely. Rock & Roll HoF? Not so much.

But that's another, very old argument that will never end.

I'm writing in GG Allin.
He perfected taking a dump on stage.

Radiohead would be acceptable criteria for a drone strike IMO.

MC5!

Am I the only one who stopped putting stock in the HOF several years ago?

I've been to the hall. It's a complete and utter f**king sham.

How long did it take no-brainers like Deep Purple, the Moody Blues, etc. to get in? They put in bands like Jovi before MC5 and the Zombies? WTF... Let alone putting them in in the first place...

And who is LL Cool J? Don't even get me started on that hot garbage.

I saw a Beyonce statue in the hall before and just laughed. I ain't going back to that raging ape exhibit.