Rock HoF 2020: Whitney Houston, Biggie Smalls, Soundgarden Lead Nominees

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Rock Hall of Fame: Notorious B.I.G., Whitney Houston, Soundgarden Lead Nominees (Rolling Stone)

The nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2020 are in and the list includes the Notorious B.I.G., Whitney Houston, Pat Benatar, Dave Matthews Band, Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, Judas Priest, Kraftwerk, MC5, Motörhead, Nine Inch Nails, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Todd Rundgren, Soundgarden, T. Rex and Thin Lizzy. The top vote-getters will be announced in January and inducted May 2nd, 2020 at a ceremony at Cleveland’s Public Hall.

To be eligible for this year’s ballot, each nominee’s first single or album had to be released in 1994 or earlier. In a break with recent history, a majority of the nominees are appearing on the ballot for the first time, including Dave Matthews Band, the Doobie Brothers, Motörhead, The Notorious B.I.G., Pat Benatar, Soundgarden, T. Rex, Thin Lizzy and Whitney Houston. This is the sixth ballot appearance for Kraftwerk, the fifth for the MC5, the fourth for Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, the third for Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode and the second for Judas Priest and Todd Rundgren.

A voter pool of more than 1,000 artists, historians, journalists and members of the music industry will select the new class. Fans will also have a chance to take part in the process by voting at rockhall.com or an interactive kiosk at the museum in Cleveland.

“Nothing stays the same in music,” incoming Rock Hall chairman John Sykes told Rolling Stone last month. “Therefore, really, the institution that honors it has to evolve with all the music. Just like hip-hop is very much a part of the Hall of Fame now, everything we do — the board members we have, the events we build on — has to reflect a changing culture without ever disregarding or turning our backs on the ideals and fundamentals of the Rock Hall.”

As has become tradition, the Hall of Fame has announced the individual members of each band that will be inducted. The countless iterations of Nine Inch Nails, however, means that Trent Reznor will accept the honor alone should the group get in.

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[Lord Temptation 11,209]

The RRHF is always so late.

Judas Priest, Kraftwerk, Pat Benatar, Motorhead and Depeche Mode should all have been inducted at least a decade ago.

But happy for both Whitney and Biggie, wish they were both around to see this.

[PunkTheFunk 124,530]

Will her hologram be accepting the honor?

[ANVEEROY 61,299]

Just now, PunkTheFunk said:

Will her hologram be accepting the honor?

Yes

[AJRocketMan 2,684]

Damn, Chris Cornell looks so sexy in that picture 

[RAMROD 110,188]

Soundgarden!

Black Hole Sun is always a vibe. Such a brilliant dark song.

[S0436 10,215]

Whitney should’ve got this in 2000/01

[nodandsmile 10,784]

Congrats to all! I wonder why it is called "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" if pop artists and rappers can be inducted? 

Anyway hope I'll be alive when they'll induct Gaga (and her too)  

[Mr S 8,693]

Always great when a pop girl gets nominated. She should have got in first year. Go Whitney!

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52 minutes ago, S0436 said:

Whitney should’ve got this in 2000/01

Has to be 25 years. So 2010 for her

[HoneyB 27,926]

Hope Whitney or Biggie get it, they’ve should’ve ages ago good list of nominees they all deserve it!

[super ultra 878]

Notorious B.I.G., Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails, Judas Priest, Motörhead, MC5, Thin Lizzy, T. Rex and Depeche Mode  All of them deserve the award!