The Police, AC/DC among 2003 Rock Hall inductees
The Police, AC/DC, the Clash, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, and the Righteous Brothers will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year.
The Police, AC/DC, the Clash, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, and the Righteous Brothers will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year.
While four of the five 2003 inductees are making it in during their first year of eligibility, the Rock Hall is inducting legendary Australian act AC/DC after passing over the group two previous times.
Artists become eligible for induction into the Rock Hall’s ranks 25 years after the release of their first record. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation’s nominating committee, which is “composed of rock and roll historians,” selects eligible nominees, and ballots are then sent to “an international voting body of about 1,000 rock experts,” according to the Rock Hall’s official website.
Black Sabbath, widely recognized as one of heavy-metal’s most influential acts, has been overlooked for the eighth year since becoming eligible. Other eligible acts left in the cold include Van Halen, the Sex Pistols and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Earlier this year, the Rock Hall inducted the Ramones, Talking Heads, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Isaac Hayes, Brenda Lee, Gene Pitney and Chet Atkins.
The 2003 induction ceremony will take place on March 10 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, and VH1 will air an edited version of the event later that same month, according to organizers.
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