2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced Led By Green Day, The Smiths and Nine Inch Nails

2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced Led By Green Day, The Smiths and Nine Inch Nails
The 2015 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees have been announced and the list is pretty impressive. The possible inductees include Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, N.W.A, the Smiths, Lou Reed, Sting, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Kraftwerk, Chic, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, the Marvelettes, the Spinners, Stevie Ray Vaughan, War and Bill Withers.
Fans will be allowed to vote for the artists that they believe should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This will be the third consecutive year, the public gets to vote alongside the artists, historians and music industry insiders of the Rock Hall voting body. Fans can vote until December 9th. Click HERE to cast your vote.
The top vote-getters will be announced towards the end of the year. The Rock and Roll Induction Ceremony will take place on April 18th, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio.
To be eligible for this year's ballot, artists or bands need to have released their first single or album in 1989 or earlier. This is the first appearance for Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, the Smiths, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bill Withers and Sting. Green Day and Nine Inch Nails are the only acts to land on their ballot in their first years of eligibility. Green Day's debut EP 1,000 Hours came out in April 1989, and Nine Inch Nails' first album Pretty Hate Machine was released in October of 1989. Lou Reed has already been inducted as a member of the Velvet Underground, and Sting previously entered the Hall of Fame as a member of the Police.
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