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Guns N' Roses Bassist Duff McKagan on the Hall of Fame: 'I'll Be There With Bells On'
March 9, 2012 3:55 PM ET| Andy Greene
There's a lot that Duff McKagan is unsure about at the moment. He doesn't know what's going to happen when Guns N' Roses get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month. He doesn't know when (or if) Velvet Revolver will reform, and he certainly doesn't know who will front the band if that does happen. "I find in my career that I never know what's going to happen in two months," says McKagan. "I don't know what I'm going to be doin... | More »
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Adds Six Backing Groups to 2012 Class
February 9, 2012 12:05 AM ET| Andy Greene
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will make up for past oversights at this year's induction ceremony by admitting the backing groups of six first-generation rock stars. The honored groups include the Blue Caps (Gene Vincent), The Comets (Bill Haley), the Crickets (Buddy Holly), the Famous Flames (James Brown), the Midnighters (Hank Ballard) and the Miracles (Smokey Robinson). In each of these cases, the backing group failed to get into the Hall of Fame at the same time as their frontman - ... | More »
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Grateful Dead Exhibit Coming to Rock Hall
January 20, 2012 3:30 PM ET| Andy Greene
A massive new exhibit chronicling the Grateful Dead's 30-year odyssey is coming to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Grateful Dead: The Long, Strange Trip opens at the Cleveland museum on April 12th, two days before the Rock Hall's annual induction ceremony. The Mickey Hart Band will perform at the exhibit's opening event. "The band gave their full blessing to the project," says Howard Kramer, the Hall of Fame's Director of Curatorial Affairs. "They allowed me u... | More »
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Opens Archives to the Public
January 18, 2012 8:40 AM ET| Rolling Stone
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio has opened its library and archives to the public, granting scholars and fans alike access to items including personal letters penned by Madonna and Aretha Franklin and rare concert footage of the Rolling Stones on tour in the early Eighties. The museum's collection, which includes over 3,500 books, 1,400 audio recordings and 270 videos, is housed in a new four-story, $12 million building located on the Cuyahoga Community ... | More »
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Donovan 'Pleased as Punch' About Rock Hall Induction
December 7, 2011 12:20 PM ET| Andy Greene
Donovan fans probably think that the Scottish folk icon should have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame years ago, but we checked in with the Hurdy Gurdy Man himself while he was on vacation in Monaco - and he feels the the timing is just perfect. Tell me your first reaction to hearing the news. It's a singular honor, and I'm pleased as punch, as they say in England and Scotland. It's even more special because I'm going to be there with some of my favo... | More »
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Anthony Kiedis on Rock Hall of Fame Induction: 'My Dad Cried When I Told Him'
December 7, 2011 8:55 AM ET| Andy Greene
The Red Hot Chili Peppers didn't achieve real mainstream success until the release of Blood Sugar Sex Magik in 1991, but by that point they'd been together for nearly a decade. During the 1980s the California group merged funk with hip-hop, punk and psychedelia on classic LPs like Freaky Styley and The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, but the death of guitarist Hillel Slovak in June of 1988 nearly destroyed the band. Instead, they soldiered on with guitarist John Frusciante, and in 1991... | More »
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Guns N' Roses, Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers Chosen for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
December 7, 2011 3:30 AM ET| Andy Greene
The votes are in and next year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class will include Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, the Small Faces/Faces, Donovan and Laura Nyro. Freddie King will enter the Hall of Fame as an Early Influence, while the late producer and TV host Don Kirshner will receive the Ahmet Ertegun (nonperformer) Award and producers Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd and Glyn Johns will receive the Award for Musical Excellence. The ceremony will be held April 14th at Cle... | More »
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Faces/Small Faces' Ian McLagan Warming to Rock Hall Induction
December 7, 2011 3:30 AM ET| Andy Greene
Formed in 1965, the Small Faces were the quintessential mod band. They existed for a scant four years, but they evolved very quickly during that time, releasing such classics as "Tin Soldier," "Itchycoo Park" and "Lazy Sunday." When singer Steve Marriott left the band in 1969, the group recruited Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood from the Jeff Beck Group and renamed themselves the Faces. That incarnation took on a hard rock sound and scored hits with "Stay With Me" and "Ooh La La." By the mid-1970... | More »
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Steven Adler on a Guns N' Roses Hall of Fame Reunion: 'My Toes Are Crossed!'
December 7, 2011 3:30 AM ET| Andy Greene
Over the past 25 years, many bands have put aside years of infighting to perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Nobody ever thought that bands like Cream, the Talking Heads, Led Zeppelin and The Police would ever play again, but they all did when they got into the Hall of Fame. Guns N' Roses may be the exception. The original line-up hasn't played together since 1990, and Axl Rose has said vicious things about Slash in recent years. Despite all that, fans are ... | More »
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Guns N' Roses, Chili Peppers, Cure Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
September 27, 2011 4:45 AM ET| Andy Greene
Nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2012 are in. Guns N’ Roses, the Cure, Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Eric B. and Rakim, the Spinners, the Small Faces/Faces, Freddie King and Rufus with Chaka Khan are all hitting the ballot for the first time, while previous nominees Beastie Boys, Laura Nyro, War, Donna Summer, Donovan and Red Hot Chili Peppers also made the cut. The top vote-getters will be inducted on April 14th, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio, home to t... | More »
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