The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has revealed its list of nominees for the class of 2014 and there’s an artist for everyone in this year’s group. You have ’90s Rock ‘N’ Roll saviors, Nirvana and ’80s college rock underdogs, The Replacements. Gangsta Rap pioneers, N.W.A. made the initial cut, as did the early garage rock band, The Zombies. And for those with questionable taste in music, soft rock, prog rock and fromage rock are represented by Hall & Oates, Yes, and KISS.
The full list of nominees is below:
Chic
Deep Purple
Peter Gabriel
Hall and Oates
KISS
LL Cool J
The Meters
Nirvana
N.W.A.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Replacements
Linda Ronstadt
Cat Stevens
Link Wray
Yes
The Zombies
Cleveland.com profiles of all 16 nominees.
Fans can vote beginning today at USA Today, RockHall.com, and Rolling Stone. The people’s champs will be included on one ballot to be tabulated along with the ballots cast by the music industry. Inductees will be announced this winter.