Andy Greene of Rolling Stone reports: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced next year’s inductees: Nirvana, KISS, Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, Cat Stevens and Linda Ronstadt will all join the class of 2014. The E Street Band will be given the Award for Musical Excellence and Beatles manager Brian Epstein and original Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham will both receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award for non-performers.
The induction ceremony will be held at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on April 10th, 2014. It’s the first time the general public will be able to attend the event in New York City. Tickets go on sale in January; HBO will air the event in May.
Artists are eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album or single. Nirvana, whose first single Love Buzz came out in 1988, are entering the institution their first year of eligibility. “That’s really no surprise to me,” says Rock and Roll Hall of Fame President and CEO Joel Peresman. “People see the relevancy of that band. We’re just getting into the creative of the show, so I don’t know what’s going to happen with that performance. They have to figure it out.”
KISS have been eligible for the last 15 years, but didn’t get the nod until now. “The Kiss Army has descended on Cleveland in recent years,” says Peresman. “And we’ve gotten thousands of letters. They also did extremely well in the public vote.” (In 2012, the band joked to Rolling Stone, “We’ve been thinking about it and the answer is simply, ‘We’ll just buy it and fire everybody.'”)
The annual induction ceremony has moved out of the tiny New York Waldorf Astoria Ballroom in recent years into larger venues in Cleveland and Los Angeles, where the public can attend along with music industry insiders.
This year’s event at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center is the first time the induction has been held in an arena, making it the largest ceremony in the history of the Hall of Fame. “Bringing in the fans adds an incredible energy to the event,” says Peresman. “The fans should have an opportunity to see the show. They are the reason these bands exist.”
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A disgrace that Deep Purple is not in long time ago. They’ve been icons for so many bands, and still are. On the other hand, they’ve always been in a league of their own.
The Rock Hall is a farce.
Deep Purple are lucky. To be included in the Mall of Lame is to be accepted by the mainstream posers and insiders who HATE metal and hard rock. It’s no honor, it’s condemnation.
You’re my friend speedking – very well said (SMILING)
Exactly. Why do so many rock bands want to be accepted by a group that hates them?
As soon as Pearl Jam is eligible, they will go in on the first ballot as well, just like Nirvana.
Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr should be inducted too !!!! It´s so easy to say that without Peter and Ace KISS wouldn´t have existed but don´t forget that without Eric C and Bruce the band would not have survived until today.They have been a too huge part of the bands history to be ignored.
Tommy Thayer has also served in the band for a long time today (12 years when the induction is to take Place) .
Read my post in The Trunk Report. You better have Vinnie Vincent then by your logic. HUGE part of the 80’s comeback as a writer too
I think Vinnie should be in the HOF under ‘biggest mistakes in rock history’. The man is as foolish as he is talented. But I agree with Eddie on the point of VV. Eric Carr never got the respect that he deserved IMO. KISS was always going to go on with or without Eric. But it always looked like Eric was a galvanizer for the band when he came in, and especially after they took the make up off. I met him years ago at a clinic and he was an amazing guy who just hung out and talked music and KISS. He never talked shit about Peter and made the most of his opportunity. Something Vinnie didn’t do.
Ofcourse. I’m happy that the original 4 will be inducted but my opinion is that everyone should have been. I hope everyone will get an invitation and be mentioned from the scene. Anyway it will be interesting to see how KISS decides to to with an eventual performance. I think they will skip the makeup if they are performing with Peter and Ace to not overshadow the current lineup (wich they will do anyway as they are the original members) . Personally i want everyone to perform. Why not do “Shout it out loud” and Rock n roll all night” with all 8 living members 😉
To quote Steve Langford: “Who gives a shit, who gives a fuk!” Lol
Now, why did Nirvana get in, aren’t they a tad premature?
Because critics LOVE them!
Yes, they’re a great band. Just thought the rule was 25 years, now realizing they’ve been around since 87′. Thanks for the reply Eddie. Love yer shows man. \M/