Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns N’ Roses, Beastie Boys nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

By Chris Engelhardt

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Credit: Scott Penner, via Flickr

The nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2012 were announced Tuesday. Among the nominees are previously-nominated artists, including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, War, Laura Nyro, Donna Summer and Donovan.

Guns N’ Roses, the Cure, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, the Spinners, the Small Faces/Faces, Heart, Eric B. and Rakim, Freddie King and Rufus with Chaka Khan are first-time nominees who all made the ballot.

“The 2012 Nominees embody the broad scope of what ‘rock and roll’ means,” said Joel Peresman, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation in a statement on the foundation’s website. “From vocal groups to hip-hop, from singer-songwriters to hard rocking artists, this group represents the spirit of what we celebrate at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.”

Artists who released their first single or album in 1986 or earlier were eligible for this year’s ballot. Those who garner the most votes will be inducted on April 14, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio.

For more information, visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s website.