Run-DMC, Metallica Join the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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 stars every year. Well, the Hall of Fame just announced its 2009 inductions, so here we go again. (Via Rolling Stone.)Run-DMC and Metallica are probably the two most interesting inclusions in this year's list of Hall of Fame inductees. ...
Kerrang! — Metallica will be inducted into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall Of Fame at a special ceremony on April 4 in Cleveland, Ohio.
At a press conference on January 14, fr... more info
ContactMusic — METALLICA star KIRK HAMMETT has written the foreword for a new biography about the band's late bass player CLIFF BURTON.
Joel MCIver's new tome, To Live Is To Die: The .... more info
Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — According to a posting on METALLICA's official web site, the Guitar Hero: Metallica game will be released in North America on March 29 for Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3... more info
ContactMusic — Rockers METALLICA have paid tribute to their late bandmate CLIFFORD BURTON - 22 years after his tragic death.
Burton died aged 24 during the European leg of the band's .... more info
Rolling Stone — Metallica were on hand for yesterday’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announcement, fielding questions about being asked to enter the rock institution alongside Run-DMC, Je... more info
Reuters — NEW YORK (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 ... more info
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 organizatio... 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 ... more info
ContactMusic — METALLICA would consider a rock supertour with GUNS N' ROSES - after hailing the group's comeback album CHINESE DEMOCRACY.
The Enter Sandman hitmakers are big fans of ..... more info
ContactMusic — Rock legends Metallica and guitar great Jeff Beck are among the new inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.The metal four-piece - who have sold more than ... 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 gen... more info
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 organizatio... more info
Yahoo! Music — AP - Run-DMC once hailed themselves as the Kings of Rock, so it's fitting that the pioneering rappers have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. more info
Undercover, Australia — The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees have been announced with Metallica getting over the line as well as Jeff Beck, Bobby Womack, Run DMC and Little Anthony & Th... 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 generati... more info
Associated Press — NEW YORK (AP) -- Run-DMC once hailed themselves as the Kings of Rock, so it's fitting that the pioneering rappers have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fa... more info
Reuters — NEW YORK (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 ... more info
Rolling Stone — Photo: Foley/FilmMagic
Run-DMC will become the second hip-hop group ever to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 4th, when they’ll join Metallica and Jeff Beck... more info
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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 t... more info