The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012 inductees
Written by admin on December 7, 2011 – 3:42 pm -
The Small Faces/the Faces, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Guns ‘N Roses will be among the 2012 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next spring.
The full list of inductees in the Performance category is as follows:
- The Small Faces/The Faces
- Donovan
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Guns ‘N Roses
- Beastie Boys
- Laura Nyro
Donovan, the Beastie Boys and Laura Nyro make it in after missing out in last year’s nomination process.
Faces member, Rod Stewart, has welcomed the induction news:
| “Well it’s quite a thrill and honour to make it in the Hall of Fame a second time. We were always synonymous with a good party and with this list of fellow artists being inducted I’m looking forward to it and it’s a hell of a good reason to reunite and celebrate with my old mates.” |
A Guns ‘N Roses reunion is likely to be far more complicated. The band’s former drummer, Steven Adler, told Rolling Stone that he wants the band to reunite, but doesn’t think it will happen due to the rift between Axl Rose and Slash.
Guitarist Freddie King will be inducted in the Early Influence category. Guitarists who have acknowledged their debt to King include Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana and Peter Green.
The Award for Musical Excellence (previously the sideman category) goes to Cosino Matassa, Glyn Johns and Tom Dowd. Matassa recorded artists such as Fats Domino, Little Richard and Lloyd Price at his J&M Recording Studios in New Orleans. As an engineeer/producer, Glyn Johns worked with some of the biggest names in popular music, including the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, the Eagles and the Clash. Tom Dowd was a physicist who turned his hand to engineering and occasionally producing music for Atlantic Records. Dowd worked with great names such as Ray Charles, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding.
The annual Ahmet Ertegun Award for influential record executives will go to Don Kirshner who was a highly successful music publisher, producer, record company owner and television host/producer. Kirshner was instrumental in kick starting the careers of Bobby Darin, Neil Diamond, the Monkees, Carole King and many more.
The following artists were on the final ballot but missed out this year:
- The Cure
- Eric B. & Rakim
- Heart
- Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
- Rufus with Chaka Khan
- The Spinners
- Donna Summer
- War.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012 induction ceremony will take place on April 14, 2012 in Cleveland and premiere on HBO in early May.
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