Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2012 Class Announced

Well, the votes are in and next year's class of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, Guns N' Roses, Donovan, the Small Faces/Faces, and Laura Nyro.  (Still no sign of the Canadian rock trio, Rush...)


The late TV Host and producer, Don Kirshner will receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award and producers Tom Dowd, Cosimo Matassa, and Glyn Johns will receive the Award for Musical Excellence.  Freddie King will also enter the Hall of Fame as an Early Influence.


Guns N' Roses are the only group to be inducted on their first year of eligibility. The original line-up hasn't performed together since drummer Steven Adler left the band in 1990.  The Faces have been touring with former Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall, but original singer Rod Stewart recently said that he'd like to reunite with the group at the ceremony.  The Beastie Boys are only the third hip-hop act to get inducted into the Hall of Fame. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five got inducted in 2007. Two years later, Run-D.M.C. got the nod as well.


The ceremony will be held April 14th at Cleveland's Public Hall and broadcast in early May on HBO.


-Will Fisher, The Showbiz Kids