The Rock Hall Reconsidered Project: Round 25 Results

After the Round 24 results were revealed, each nomination committee member was asked to compile another list of 40 currently-eligible artists to create the Round 25 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 2006 (who released their first record in 1980) to the mix. With 20 spots available from last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 25:

Round 25 Nominees

• "Weird Al" Yankovic
• Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force*
• Bad Brains*
• Bad Company***
• Black Flag
• Boston
• Brian Eno
• Buzzcocks***
• Dead Kennedys
• Def Leppard
• Dire Straits
• Foreigner
• Gang of Four***
• Grace Jones
• Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
• Huey Lewis & The News*
• INXS*
• Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
• John Prine***
• KC & The Sunshine Band***
• Kurtis Blow**
• Labelle
• Little Feat***
• Los Lobos
• Lou Reed
• Meat Loaf**
• Miami Sound Machine
• Ozzy Osbourne*
• Peter Frampton***
• Rick James
• Siouxsie & The Banshees
• Sparks***
• Squeeze
• Suzi Quatro
• Television***
• The Go-Go's*
• The Jam
• The Specials**
• Weather Report**
• X

*indicates the artist is nominated in their first year of eligibility

**indicates the artist is appearing on the ballot for the first time after their first year of eligibility

***indicates the artist returned to the ballot after receiving less than 25% in a prior round

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Veterans Committee Ballot

Here are this round's Veterans Committee nominees:

• Connie Francis

• Emerson, Lake & Palmer

• Emmylou Harris

• Fanny

• Jimmy Reed

• Joe Tex

• Johnny Rivers

• The Delfonics

• The J. Geils Band

• The Moonglows

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Visual Results

120 Ballots Received

120 Ballots Received

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Full Results

(+/- indicates how much support for the artist increased or deceased from the previous round)

62.50% (75): The Go-Go’s

53.30% (64): Def Leppard

52.50% (63): Dire Straits (+8.40%), Labelle (+13.50%), INXS

51.70% (62): Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (+24.60%), Lou Reed (+15.30%), Rick James (+26.30%)

50.80% (61): Foreigner (+22.80%), Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (+23.70%), John Prine

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49.20% (59): Siouxsie and the Banshees (+13.60%)

40.80% (49): X (+15.40%)

40.00% (48): Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force

37.50% (45): Bad Company (+20.60%), Suzi Quatro (+7.00%)

36.70% (44): Miami Sound Machine (+4.50%)

35.80% (43): Boston (+3.60%)

34.20% (41): Brian Eno (+3.70%)

33.30% (40): Black Flag

31.70% (38): Grace Jones (+6.30%), The Jam (+7.10%)

30.80% (37): “Weird Al” Yankovic (+1.10%), Los Lobos (+5.40%), Ozzy Osbourne

30.00% (36): Buzzcocks (+13.90%)

29.20% (35): Television

28.30% (34): Huey Lewis and the News, Squeeze (+1.20%)

27.50% (33): Bad Brains, KC & The Sunshine Band, Peter Frampton

25.80% (31): Dead Kennedys (-0.50%)

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24.20% (29): Sparks, The Specials

23.30% (28): Little Feat

22.50% (27): Meat Loaf

21.70% (26): Weather Report

18.30% (22): Kurtis Blow

17.50% (21): Gang of Four

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Veterans Committee Ballot Results:

52.50% (63): Connie Francis

51.70% (62): Emmylou Harris

50.80% (61): Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jimmy Reed, The J. Geils Band

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39.20% (47): Joe Tex

33.30% (40): The Moonglows

28.30% (34): The Delfonics

21.70% (26): Fanny

20.80% (25): Johnny Rivers

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As a result, the following artists have been inducted into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2006:

• Def Leppard
• Dire Straits
• Foreigner
• Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
• INXS
• Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
• John Prine
• Labelle
• Lou Reed
• Rick James
• The Go-Go's

The following artists have been inducted via the Veterans Committee into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2006:

• Connie Francis
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Emmylou Harris
• Jimmy Reed
• The J. Geils Band

The following artist(s) received less than 25% of the total vote this round and will need to re-nominated by the Nomination Commitee to appear on a future ballot (pending eligbility):

• Kurtis Blow
• Gang of Four
• The Specials

The following artist(s) have reached the maximum number of nominations within their 10 years of eligibility and will now be considered for the veterans committee ballot:

• Little Feat
• Meat Loaf
• Sparks
• Weather Report

The 22 artists who did not receive induction this round will automatically be nominated in Round 26. Next week, we will consider artists eligible for the Class of 2007 (artists who released their first record in 1981).

Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 25 Ballot: 10cc, Adam and the Ants, America, April Wine, Ashford and Simpson, Barry Manilow, Bauhaus, Bay City Rollers, Billy Squier, Blue Öyster Cult, Boney M., Bonnie Tyler, Bow Wow Wow, Bryan Adams, Cabaret Voltaire, Captain and Tenille, Dan Fogelberg, DJ Kool Herc, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Echo and the Bunnymen, Eddie Money, Einstürzende Neubauten, Gary Numan, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Hanoi Rocks, Iggy Pop, J.J. Cale, Jann Arden, Jean Michel Jarre, Joan Armatrading, Joe Jackson, John Hiatt, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers, Judee Sill, Kansas, Kenny Loggins, Kenny Rogers, Kris Kristofferson, Loggins & Messina, Lucinda Williams, Madness, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Malcolm McLaren, Midnight Oil, Millie Jackson, Minutemen, Misfits, Mission of Burma, Neu!, Nick Lowe, Oingo Boingo, Olivia Newton-John, Patti LaBelle, Pere Ubu, Psychedelic Furs, Public Image Ltd., Rainbow, Raspberries, Reba McEntire, REO Speedwagon, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Rick Springfield, Rickie Lee Jones, Robert Cray, Robert Palmer, Rory Gallagher, Scorpions, Simple Minds, Sister Sledge, Split Enz, Steve Winwood, Styx, Sugarhill Gang, Suicide, Sylvester, Ted Nugent, Teddy Pendergrass, The Alan Parsons Project, The Birthday Party, The Blasters, The Blues Brothers, The Boomtown Rats, The Church, The Circle Jerks, The Cramps, The Damned, The Dictators, The English Beat, The Fall, The Feelies, The Funk Brothers, The Gap Band, The Germs, The Human League, The Marshall Tucker Band, The Neville Brothers, The Smithereens, The Undertones, The Village People, Throbbing Gristle, Toto, Treacherous Three, Twisted Sister, UB40, Was (Not Was), Wire, X-Ray Spex, XTC, Zapp

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