2007 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
The ballot has been issued, and this year’s nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are: R.E.M., Patti Smith, Van Halen, the Stooges, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Chic, the Dave Clark Five, Joe Tex and the Ronettes. Of those, five will actually be inducted next March. The Chicago Tribune’s Mark Caro speculates:
“R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe threatened long ago to keep his band out of the Hall until the Monkees are inducted. Could it be that Jann Wenner and his fellow Hall officials nominated Stipe hero Patti Smith at the same time to make sure the band showed up?”
Check out Caro’s blog for more info on this year’s ballot, plus a great list of other bands yet to be recognized by the hall.