Rock N Roll

Selasa, 17 April 2012

VOTE in the Tenth Election for the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame

First time nominees Led Zeppelin

The People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame is back, and we are ready to kick off the long awaited tenth election. For this election, only artists and groups who debuted by 1969 are eligible. The next time around, we will add names of people who debuted in 1970, and so on. Eventually, some time in 2013, we will get caught up to those who debuted by 1987, and will switch to an annual election.

THE POLLS ARE NOW OPEN! Here's how to vote:

Below is a list of 50 nominees for the tenth class of People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers. In order to have your voice heard, select up to 25 names (minimum 10), and post your ballot either in the comments section of this post or on the People's Rock Hall Facebook page. Any artist or group named on at least 50% of the counted ballots will be inducted. You may include one write-in vote if you choose. A valid write-in candidate is anyone who released their first recording by the end of 1969, and is not already an inductee of the People's Rock Hall. Any ballot which contains more than one write-in vote may not be counted.

Polls close on Friday, May 18 at 5 PM PST.

Nominees for the tenth class of the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame:

Alice Cooper
The Allman Brothers Band
The Association
Badfinger
Blood, Sweat & Tears
The Box Tops
Canned Heat
Captain Beefheart
Chicago
Joe Cocker
Leonard Cohen
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
The Crystals
Spencer Davis Group
Neil Diamond
Dr. John
Free
Genesis
Al Green
Buddy Guy
George Harrison
Issac Hayes
The Jackson Five
Tommy James & the Shondells
King Crimson
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Led Zeppelin
John Lennon
Love
Martha & the Vandellas
John Mayall
Steve Miller Band
Joni Mitchell
Mott the Hoople
The O'Jays
Parliament-Funkadelic
Procol Harum
Leon Russell
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Santana
Bob Seger
The Small Faces/The Faces
Steppenwolf
Rod Stewart
The Stooges
James Taylor
The Troggs
The Turtles
Johnny Winter
Yes

Returning nominees Steppenwolf missed induction by just 3 votes in the last election.

Sabtu, 14 April 2012

Seven More Names Added to the People's Rock Hall

Here are the results that were never announced - the seven names added to the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame from our ninth election, which was conducted in September, 2010. Welcome our newest Hall of Famers:

The Band

Deep Purple

Fleetwood Mac

Jethro Tull

Elton John

T. Rex

Neil Young

Kamis, 12 April 2012

What happened?

In September, 2010, the People's Rock Hall facebook page was deleted for reasons never actually explained. We had more than 3,000 followers on our FB page and lost all contact with them when we were deleted.

Since then, I set up another page under a different name and experimented with a different approach to the system we had been using here. I am currently looking into finding a way to blend the two projects into something that incorporates the best attributes of each. Stay tuned for more information as it can be announced. Thanks again to everyone for all of their support.

Sabtu, 21 Agustus 2010

Nominees for our September, 2010 Election

Welcome to the September election for the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. If you haven't voted before, take a moment to look at the rules.

Vote for up to 25 artists or groups. Ballots can be posted either in the comments section of this blog post or on the wall of our official Facebook page.

You must vote for at least 10. Ballots with less than 10 names will not be counted.

Any artist or group named on at least 50% of the counted ballots will be inducted to The People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

The cutoff year for eligibility is 1968. To be eligible, an artist or group had to have released their first single or album no later than '68.

Write-in votes are allowed. You may list up to three artists or groups not included on the ballot, and the vote will count, so long as they meet the 1968 cut-off date. If an ineligible name is included on a write-in ballot, that ballot may be counted as a short ballot. Ballots containing more than three write-in votes will not be counted. The People's Rock Hall moderators reserve the right to remove any ballots it deems questionable which cannot be resolved before the end of the election period.

Balloting ends at 12:00 noon PST on Friday September 17, 2010.

Our nominees for the September, 2010 election: