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[jtrichey13]

Unfortunately we had our votes last week so packed together that we can only induct 4 new members to our Hall of Fame this week. Still, they are 4 worthy and interesting artists. Congrats to:

Ringo Starr (not inducted in Cleveland)


Michael Jackson (inducted in Cleveland 2001)


Dire Straits (not inducted)


Megadeth (not inducted)


They join:
1986
Chuck Berry
Buddy Holly
Elvis Presley
Johnny Cash
Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Richard
Aretha Franklin
1987
James Brown
Ray Charles
BB King
Roy Orbison
Fats Domino
Muddy Waters
Carl Perkins
Bo Diddley
1988
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
Stevie Wonder
The Everly Brothers
Gene Vincent
Bob Dylan
John Lee Hooker
1989
The Rolling Stones
Neil Diamond
Marvin Gaye
Manfred Mann
The Four Seasons
The Righteous Brothers
Carole King
Bill Haley
Buddy Rich
Albert King
1990
The Who
The Yardbirds
The Kinks
The Animals
Otis Redding
Simon & Garfunkel
1991
Rod Stewart
The Byrds
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
Ike and Tina Turner
The Moody Blues
The Zombies
The Guess Who
1992
Jimi Hendrix
Jefferson Airplane
Cream
The Hollies
The Bee Gees
The Supremes
Willie Nelson
1993
Pink Floyd
The Doors
David Bowie
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Jeff Beck
The Temptations
Sam Cooke
1994
Deep Purple
Elton John
Fleetwood Mac
The Four Tops
John Lennon
Sly and The Family Stone
1995
Led Zeppelin
Alice Cooper
The Mamas and The Papas
The Monkees
George Harrison
Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Santana
Iron Butterfly
Neil Young
1996
Black Sabbath
Paul McCartney & Wings
The Allman Brothers Band
The Rascals
The Turtles
Steppenwolf
Badfinger
ZZ Top
The Band
Eric Clapton
1997
Electric Light Orchestra
Genesis
T. Rex
Uriah Heep
Thin Lizzy
Yes
1998
The Eagles
Styx
Steely Dan
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
JethroTull
Three Dog Night
Supertramp
1999
Queen
Aerosmith
Scorpions
Slade
Sweet
Bruce Springsteen
Paul Simon
Rush
2000
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Judas Priest
Chicago
Billy Joel
KISS
Bad Company
Bob Marley & The Wailers
2001
AC/DC
Journey
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Rainbow
Bob Seger
Lovin’ Spoonful
2002
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ramones
Wilson Pickett
Blondie
Heart
Ricky Nelson
Rory Gallagher
Talking Heads
2003
J. Geils Band
Cheap Trick
Foreigner
Nazareth
New York Dolls
The Police
The Clash
2004
Van Halen
The Coasters
Alan Parsons Project
The Cars
King Crimson
Robin Trower
2005
Dusty Springfield
Love
Iron Maiden
Whitesnake
Wishbone Ash
Kansas
Def Leppard
2006
Ozzy Osbourne
Blue Oyster Cult
Boston
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Motorhead
Pat Benatar
2007
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
MC5
The Doobie Brothers
Gary Moore
U2
R.E.M.
Motley Crue
2008
Metallica
Saxon
Queensryche
Status Quo
Procol Harum
Roxy Music
Peter Gabriel
Duran Duran
2009
Stevie Ray Vaughan
The Move
The Smiths
Free
Dio
Grand Funk Railroad
Molly Hatchet
2010
Dion & The Belmonts
Bobby Darin
Huey Lewis & The News
Phil Collins
America
Anthrax
War

The 2012 vote coming right up!

 

[jtrichey13]

This week the Cleveland Hall will be announcing their 2013 Hall of Fame class. Here at Classic Rock Forums we will be nominating our 2012 class. This will take us to just before Christmas. After the new year we will then be caught up as we can take care of our 2013 class. Congratulations everyone, it's been a lot of fun.

For 2012, please vote for 20 of the below candidates, but only a maximum of 6 of those can come from the newly eligible list. As always the list below is long, but not all-inclusive. If you can’t find somebody you want to vote for on the list you may vote for them. Just make sure they debuted in 1986 or before and they aren’t already inducted into our Hall of Fame. Voting will run through next Sunday December 16th around noon. Again vote for 20 total, max of 6 from the newly eligible.

2012 newly eligible:
Guns N Roses
Bobby Brown
Bonfire
Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Cinderella
Concrete Blonde
Cro-Mags
Crowded House
Eric B. & Rakim
Glass Tiger
Guided by Voices
The Lemonheads
Matthew Sweet
The Melvins
New Kids on the Block
Pet Shop Boys
Poison
Racer X
Roxette
Salt N Pepa
Soundgarden
Spacemen 3
Tesla
They Might Be Giants
World Party
Yo La Tengo

Previously and still eligible:
Big Joe Turner
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Del Shannon
The Drifters
Eddie Cochran
Freddie King
Jan & Dean
Link Wray
Little Willie John
Miles Davis
Neil Sedaka
Nina Simone
The Staple Singers
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Etta James
Gladys Knight and the Pips
The Spinners
-----------
Booker T and the M.G.s
The Dave Clark Five
Dick Dale
Glen Campbell
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The Impressions
-------------
Them
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Golden Earring
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers
---------------
Captain Beefheart
The Faces (Small Faces)
Jim Croce
Sam and Dave
The Velvet Underground
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The 5th Dimension
Al Green
Buddy Guy
Buffalo Springfield
Leonard Cohen
Taste
Traffic
Van Morrison
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Blue Cheer
Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Dr. John
The Jackson Five
James Taylor
Joni Mitchell
Rare Earth
Steve Miller Band
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Humble Pie
Janis Joplin
Joe Cocker
Joe South
Plastic Ono Band
The Stooges
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Curtis Mayfield
Edgar Winter
Fanny
Hawkwind
Tangerine Dream
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April Wine
Bay City Rollers
Bill Withers
Bonnie Raitt
Gerry Rafferty
Kraftwerk
Little Feat
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Meat Loaf
Olivia Newton-John
REO Speedwagon
Sparks
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Big Star
Captain Beyond
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Foghat
Geordie
Greenslade
Jackson Browne
Lou Reed (solo)
Pete Townshend (solo)
Peter Frampton
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ABBA
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Camel
Doug Sahm
Mike Oldfield
Montrose
The Pointer Sisters
Tom Waits
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The Commodores
Dr. Feelgood
---------
Angel
The Dictators
Little River Band
Outlaws
Patti Smith
Television
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Alabama
The Damned
John (Cougar) Mellencamp
Nick Lowe
The Runaways
Sammy Hagar (solo)
Sex Pistols
Triumph
Y & T
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.38 Special
The Babys
Elvis Costello (& the Attractions)
George Thorogood (& the Destroyers)
The Jam
Kenny Loggins
Quiet Riot
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Steve Winwood (solo)
Ultravox
---------
Ace Frehly (solo)
Black Flag
The Cramps
The Cure
Devo
Eric Johnson
Gang of Four
Joy Division
Kate Bush
Midnight Oil
Prince
Public Image Ltd.
Toto
The Undertones
X
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Accept
Adam Ant (Adam & the Ants)
The Dead Kennedys
Descendents
Dexys Midnight Runners
The Knack
Madness
The Pretenders
Simple Minds
Weird Al Yankovic
---------------
Billy Squier
Diamond Head
INXS
Loverboy
Minutemen
Oingo Boingo
Robert Cray
The Sisters of Mercy
Willie Nile
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Anvil
Bad Religion
The Bangles
Billy Idol
David Byrne (solo)
Depeche Mode
Eurythmics
Hanoi Rocks
Husker Du
Kix
Lionel Richie (solo)
New Order
Peter Cetera (solo)
The Replacements
Stevie Nicks (solo)
Stray Cats
Tears for Fears
Venom
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Asia
The Beastie Boys
Big Country
Dokken
Glenn Frey (solo)
Jimmy Page (solo)
Lindsey Buckingham (solo)
Madonna
Manowar
Metal Church
Night Ranger
Robert Plant (solo)
Sonic Youth
Sting (solo)
Twisted Sister
---------------
Bon Jovi
Corrosion of Conformity
Cyndi Lauper
Great White
Information Society
Lita Ford (solo)
Pantera
Ratt
Run-DMC
Slayer
Social Distortion
Steve Earle
Zebra
--------
a-ha
Bathory
Celtic Frost
The Cult
Dead Can Dance
Fates Warning
The Flaming Lips
Grim Reaper
Honeymoon Suite
Ice-T
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Julian Lennon
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
Nick Cave (& the Bad Seeds)
The Pogues
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sade
Soul Asylum
Spinal Tap
Steve Vai
Stryper
Warlock
W.A.S.P.
Whitney Houston
Yngwie Malmsteen
--------
Alison Krauss
American Music Club
Camper Van Beethoven
Chris Isaak
Chumbawamba
David Lee Roth (solo)
Dinosaur Jr.
Erasure
Exodus
Faith No More
Fishbone
Green River
Happy Mondays
Helloween
Indigo Girls
Joe Satriani
King Diamond
LL Cool J
My Bloody Valentine
NOFX
The Outfield
Overkill
Primal Scream
Rites of Spring
Screaming Trees
Sepultura
Simply Red
Stone Roses
Suzanne Vega
White Lion
White Zombie
X Japan

Again, vote for 20, a max of 6 from newly eligible and enjoy.

 

[TrekkiELO]

Unfortunately we had our votes last week so packed together that we can only induct 4 new members to our Hall of Fame this week. Still, they are 4 worthy and interesting artists. Congrats to:

Ringo Starr (not inducted in Cleveland)


Michael Jackson (inducted in Cleveland 2001)


Dire Straits (not inducted)

Bravo!

Congratulations.

 

[TrekkiELO]

From Previously eligible...

Jeff Lynne
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
The Spinners
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Joe South
Olivia Newton-John
Glenn Frey
Kenny Loggins
The Pointer Sisters
Lindsey Buckingham
The Staple Singers
Steve Winwood
Del Shannon
Eddie Cochran
Etta James
Randy Newman
Don Covay & the Goodtimers
The Marvelettes
Fanny
The Jackson 5

 

[Cannons Ahoy]

Eddie Cochran
Link Wray
James Taylor
Curtis Mayfield
Tangerine Dream
Kraftwerk
Mahavisnu Orchestra
Mike Oldfield
Eric Johnson
Diamond Head
Hanoi Rocks
Venom
Jimmy Page
Sonic Youth
Slayer
Yngwie Malmsteen
Exodus
Joe Satriani
My Bloody Valentine
X Japan

 

[jtrichey13]

Hall & Oates
The Drifters
John Mellencamp
Madonna
Prince
INXS
The Spinners
Guns N Roses
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Al Green
The Cure
Bill Withers
Billy Idol
The Beastie Boys
Jim Croce
Steve Miller Band
Dave Clark Five
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Kraftwerk
Steve Winwood

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

Eddie Cochran
Neil Sedaka
Booker T. and the M.G.s
Dave Clark Five
Glen Campbell
The Impressions
The (Small) Faces
Buffalo Springfield
Traffic
Van Morrison
Joni Mitchell
Janis Joplin
Edgar Winter
Doug Sahm
The Runaways
Nick Lowe
Elvis Costello (and The Attractions)
DEVO
Jackson Browne
The Drifters

 

[jtrichey13]

A pitiful output so far, but you have 3 more days to get your nominations in. Still awaiting votes from:

well, almost everyone.

 

[Vehicle]

Jim Croce
Blood, Sweat, & Tears
Steve Miller Band
Edgar Winter
REO Speedwagon
Daryl Hall & John Oates
.38 Special
George Thorogood (& the Destroyers)
The Pretenders
Stevie Nicks (solo)
Sting (solo)
Bon Jovi
Cyndi Lauper
Red Hot Chili Peppers

There's no 'newly eligible' on my list.

 

[jtrichey13]

24 more hours to vote.