Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
Future Rock Legends predicts the 2008
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees
Update: The official 2008 Rock Hall Nominees have been announced.
Future Rock Legends forecasts which of today's artists will be the next generation's Rock & Roll Hall of Famers by using a combination of historically predictive criteria, user votes, and nomination patterns. The official 2008 nominations are determined by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation's 32-member Nominating Committee and typically are finalized in mid-September.Future Rock Legends predicts the following artists will be on the 2008 ballot. The "Current Induction Chances" represent the artist's odds of ever being inducted into the Hall of Fame, as calculated by Future Rock Legends and its users.
- Metallica - Easily the most important heavy metal band of the last quarter century, Metallica are as sure-fire Hall of Famers as they come.
Current Induction Chances: 80% - Madonna - The Queen of Pop is clearly one of the most exceptional and enduring artists to have emerged from the 80's.
Current Induction Chances: 84% - Sonic Youth - In addition to creating what many consider the best album of the 1980's (Daydream Nation), Sonic Youth continue to serve as role models for an entire generation of indie rockers.
Current Induction Chances: 69% - Beastie Boys - Although it would be odd to induct the Beastie Boys before the likes of Run DMC and other hip hop forerunners, momentum has been building for their induction.
Current Induction Chances: 81% - Afrika Bambaataa - The Rock Hall inducted Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in 2007, so now it can set its sights on another hip hop pioneer.
Current Induction Chances: 41% - The Stooges - Iggy Pop and company have been nominated six times since 1997, including each of the last four years. This should be the year that finally puts them over the top.
Current Induction Chances: 65% - The Dave Clark Five - After last year's widely publicized voting scandal involving the DC5, look for the Nominating Committee to give them another chance this year.
Current Induction Chances: 49% - Chic - The Nominating Committee loves to keep putting their favorite artists on the ballot until the voters finally relent and induct them. Chic have been nominated in 2003, 2006, and 2007.
Current Induction Chances: 48% - John Mellencamp - The Nominating Committee put Mellencamp's name on the ballot in 2004 and 2006, so it seems likely it could be his time again in 2008.
Current Induction Chances: 60% - The Cure - The Cure gave birth to goth rock then crossed over to the mainstream and became an important influence on today's emo bands.
Current Induction Chances: 68% - Kraftwerk - Allmusic.com declares that Kraftwerk's music "resonates in virtually every new development to impact the contemporary pop scene of the late- 20th century, and as pioneers of the electronic music form, their enduring influence cannot be overstated." Kraftwerk were nominated in 2003, so they should still have advocates on the Nominating Committee.
Current Induction Chances: 60%
Update: The official 2008 Rock Hall Nominees have been announced.
The Rock Hall voting committee should receive their official ballots in late September or October, and the winners will be announced in December or January. The 2008 inductees will then be honored at the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony in March.Last year, Future Rock Legends correctly predicted five of the nine nominees, and four out of the five inductees.
Artists are eligible for the Rock
Hall 25 years after releasing their first record (anyone
with a record released up through 1982). Future Rock Legends lists eligible artists by first year of eligiblity or alphabetically.
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