Run-D.M.C., Metallica nominated for Rock Hall<\/a><\/p>\nCLEVELAND (AP) \u2014 Run-D.M.C. could \u201cWalk This Way\u201d into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
The 1980s rap act, along with Metallica and the Stooges are among the nine nominees for next year\u2019s hall of fame class, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced Monday.<\/p>\n
The other nominees are guitarist Jeff Beck, singer Wanda Jackson, Little Anthony and the Imperials, War, Bobby Womack, and disco and R&B group Chic, the only nominee back from last year\u2019s ballot.<\/p>\n
The five leading vote-getters will be announced in January and inducted April 4, 2009, in Cleveland.<\/p>\n
The ceremony typically has been held in New York but is returning to Cleveland after more than a decade-long absence. Tickets will be made available to the public for the first time.<\/p>\n
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five opened the door for rap at the Rock Hall as the first hip-hop act to be inducted in 2007. Now, Run-D.M.C., nominated in the first year of its eligibility, has the chance to follow on the strength of rock and rap blends such as the 1986 cover of Aerosmith\u2019s \u201cWalk This Way\u201d and classics like \u201cIt\u2019s Tricky\u201d and \u201cMy Adidas.\u201d …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Run-D.M.C., Metallica nominated for Rock Hall CLEVELAND (AP) \u2014 Run-D.M.C. could \u201cWalk This Way\u201d into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The 1980s rap act, along with Metallica and the Stooges are among the nine nominees for next year\u2019s hall of fame class, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announced Monday. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,104],"tags":[107,106,105],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news","tag-hall-of-fame","tag-rock-roll-hall-of-fame","tag-run-dmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427,"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buhbomp.com\/updates\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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