Posted on 01/16/2009 4:14:41 PM PST by lainie
NEW YORK (AP) — Run-DMC once hailed themselves as the Kings of Rock, so it's fitting that the pioneering rappers have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Run-DMC joins the heavy metal band Metallica, guitarist and former Yardbirds member Jeff Beck; soul singer and guitarist Bobby Womack and doo-wop group Little Anthony and the Imperials as this year's inductee class.
Besides the main inductees, rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson got a nod for the early influence category, and the sidemen inductees are session musician Spooner Oldham and two of Elvis Presley's musicians — drummer D.J. Fontana and bassist Bill Black.
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You Be Illin'
Thanks for posting that!
Is that the one exclusively sold at Wal Mart?
Other acts eligible were Chic, War, and The Stooges.
hm
"More than any other act, Run-D.M.C. took hip-hop from the streets of New York to the national stage. The group gets deserved credit for its combinations of rock and rap from their early use of guitars on tracks such as 'Rock Box' to their ground-breaking collaboration with Aerosmith on their 1986 cover of 'Walk this Way.'”
Metallica haven’t done it for me for years.
Beastie Boys are eligible in 2011 :)
hey....Jeff Becks’s already a member: when the Yardbirds were inducted. That hardly seems fair.
Plus they were a clean band, not this misogynist, criminal-glorifying crap that seems prevalent these days.
They also did free concerts for the troops overseas. That always gets a thumbs-up from me.
Amen to that. We’re still waiting for thug gangsta rap hip-hop (whatever) to die.
The “Black Album” included “Don’t Tread on Me”, a great song when it comes to urinating off leftists. :)
Where’s Motorhead?
You’re welcome. There’s more from that concert and others if you noticed.
This one is good also.
America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS2FUW7UkR0&NR=1
Rolling Stoned Hall of Grammys PING
The performer inductees are:
Jeff Beck
Little Anthony & the Imperials
Metallica
Run-D.M.C.
Bobby Womack
Early Influence Category Inductee:
Wanda Jackson
Sidemen Category Inductees:
Bill Black
DJ Fontana
Spooner Oldham
Jeff Beck belongs on the list.
The others however....
BTW I encourage everyone to visit the rock and roll hall of fame and dont forget to visit Panini’s
How many rock bands are in the Rap Hall of Fame?
Metallica and Jeff Beck ok
the rest ain’t rock really
this whole thing has turned into Jann Wenner’s little PC cliquefest
almost a joke
Wanda Jackson...nice...very early estrogen rock and roll
I like this year’s picks. Run DMC and Metallica should definitely be inducted.
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