Wednesday, September 23, 2009

It's About Time


KISS may finally win over the snobs:

Red Hot Chili Peppers, LL Cool J, Kiss Lead 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees


The ballot for next year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class is one of the most diverse ever: the Red Hot Chili Peppers, LL Cool J, Kiss and Genesis are up for nomination alongside the Stooges, Donna Summer, ABBA, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, the Chantels, the Hollies and Jimmy Cliff. Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after their debut release, so all the candidates released their first single no later than 1984. LL Cool J and the Red Hot Chili Peppers both made the ballot on their first year of eligibility.


In 2006 we observed:

... I slipped my copy of Kiss' Greatest hits into the Car CD player. The usual thing happened: I listened to "Strutter" twice, made it through 45 seconds of "Shout It Out Loud" and then turned on [talk radio].


But ... They need to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.


Every metal head guitar player that started a band between 1973 and 1990 points to this band as the source of their passion. Has any other band more influenced the look of Rock shows, particularly Metal Shows?

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