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

First-time nominees Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney

Welcome to the eleventh election for the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. For this election, we are putting forth two ballots. For the regular ballot, only artists and groups who debuted by 1970 are eligible. The next time around, we will add names of people who debuted in 1971, 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.


We are also, concurrently, running our second Oldies Ballot election. The Oldies Ballot is a way to give earlier artists and groups another look, and this time it is made up of people who debuted by 1960. You can find the Oldies Ballot in the post below this one.

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 1970, 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, June 15 at 5 PM PST.

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


Badfinger
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Captain Beefheart
Chicago
Eric Clapton
Jimmy Cliff
Joe Cocker
Leonard Cohen
The Spencer Davis Group
Dr. John
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Free
The J. Geils Band
Genesis
Grand Funk Railroad
Al Green
Buddy Guy
Hawkwind
Issac Hayes
Humble Pie
The Jackson 5
The James Gang
King Crimson
Kool & the Gang
Love
Bob Marley & The Wailers
John Mayall
Curtis Mayfield
Paul McCartney
The Steve Miller Band
Joni Mitchell
Mountain
The Move
Laura Nyro
Parliament-Funkadelic
Poco
Procol Harum
Linda Ronstadt
Todd Rundgren
Leon Russell
Bob Seger
Steppenwolf
Rod Stewart
The Stooges
The Sweet
James Taylor
Johnny Winter
Bobby Womack
Warren Zevon
ZZ Top

Returning nominees Badfinger received the highest vote total of all the non-inductees in the tenth election.

Eleventh Election Oldies Ballot

Oldies ballot nominee Bobby "Blue" Bland

Here at the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, we occasionally go back and reconsider some of the earlier groups and artists who may have flown under the radar when they were first considered. Our first Oldies Ballot election was conducted during the vote for our Sixth Class of inductees, and included artists who had debuted by 1955. For this ballot, the debut cut-off has been moved up to 1960.

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

Below is a list of 25 nominees for the eleventh class of People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers. In order to have your voice heard, select 10 names, 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 half of the counted ballots will be inducted. Write-in ballots are not allowed for the Oldies Ballot election.


Polls Close on Friday, June 15 at 5:00 PM PST.


Oldies Ballot Nominees for our Eleventh Election: 


Bobby "Blue" Bland
Roy Brown
Ruth Brown
Solomon Burke
The Clovers
The Dells
The "5" Royales
Wynonie Harris
Wanda Jackson
Freddie King
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Little Walter
Little Willie John
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Clyde McPhatter
Amos Milburn
Johnny Otis
Lloyd Price
Jimmy Reed
The Staple Singers
T-Bone Walker
Billy Ward & His Dominoes
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Larry Williams
Link Wray

Oldies Ballot nominee Link Wray

Announcing the Tenth Class of People's Hall Inductees!

The polls are closed, the ballots have been counted, and we are proud to announce eleven more names to the People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. Some big names missed the cut, but many will be back for our next election. So if any of your favorites didn't get in this time, stay tuned and get ready to vote for them in our eleventh election, which will be announced in the next few days. A special thank you to everyone who voted and supported this ongoing project, you are what makes this the only hall of fame by and for the people!

People's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Tenth Election Inductees:

ALICE COOPER

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND

CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG

THE FACES

GEORGE HARRISON

LED ZEPPELIN

JOHN LENNON

MOTT THE HOOPLE

SANTANA

THE SMALL FACES

YES

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.

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

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.

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:

The 13th Floor Elevators
The Association
The Band
Blood Sweat and Tears
Blue Cheer
The Box Tops
Can
Canned Heat
Captain Beefheart
Jimmy Cliff
Leonard Cohen
The Spencer Davis Group
Deep Purple
Dr. John
The Flamin' Groovies
Fleetwood Mac
Free
The Bobby Fuller Four
Genesis
Lesley Gore
Al Green
Buddy Guy
Issac Hayes
Herman's Hermits
The Jackson Five
Tommy James & the Shondells
Jethro Tull
Elton John
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Love
Martha & the Vandellas
John Mayall
The Steve Miller Band
Joni Mitchell
The O'Jays
Procol Harum
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Leon Russell
Mitch Ryder
Bob Seger
The Small Faces/The Faces
Spirit
Steppenwolf
The Sweet
Marc Bolan & T. Rex
James Taylor
The Troggs
The Turtles
Johnny Winter
Neil Young