Yahoo! Music — Reuters - Guitarist Jeff Beck, heavy metal band Metallica and vocalists Little Anthony & the Imperials are headed to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the music organization announced on Wednesday. more info

Rolling Stone — • Metallica, Run-DMC, Jeff Beck: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2009 • Run-DMC’s Road to the Rock Hall of Fame • Metallica’s Road to the Rock Hall of Fame • Jeff Beck’s Road to the Rock Hall of Fame • Coldplay, Jonas to Perfo... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty Before they were Class of ‘09 Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Napster slayers and Bonnaroo headliners, Metallica were a heavy metal band from San Francisco that couldn’t care less about topping the charts. “You think one day some fuc... more info

NME — Metallica and Run DMC are among the artists that will be nominated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. more info

NME — Metallica and Run DMC are among the artists that will be nominated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. more info

Stereogum — Adidas and Armani all around: Seminal rap and influential metal outfits Run D.M.C. and Metallica have officially achieved their music-history artifact status, confirmed as inductees in the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame's Class of 2009. But the R&R HOF'... more info

Yahoo! Music — E! Online - Wherever Metallica may roam these days, Cleveland will definitely be on the itinerary. more info

Pitchfork — In its 23 years of existence, nobody has managed to adequately explain why the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame needs to exist. Apparently it's necessary for an entire generation's self-esteem that a museum in Cleveland anoint some arbitrary crew of rock s... more info

Pitchfork — In its 23 years of existence, nobody has managed to adequately explain why the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame needs to exist. Apparently it's necessary for an entire generation's self-esteem that a museum in Cleveland anoint some arbitrary crew... more info

Metalsucks — I know we give Metallica a lot of shit around here, but somewhere along the way people assumed that we HATE Metallica. And that’s not the case - we just hate what Metallica have become. Once upon a time, they made three (or four or five, depending ... more info