The Rock Hall Reconsidered Project: Round 31 Results
After the Round 30 results were revealed, each nomination committee member was asked to compile another list of 40 currently-eligible artists to create the Round 30 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 2012 (who released their first record in 1986) to the mix. With 18 spots available from the last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 31:
Round 31 Nominees
- Anita Baker
- Babyface*
- Bauhaus
- Bryan Adams***
- Buzzcocks
- Crowded House*
- Culture Club
- Dead Kennedys
- Echo and the Bunnymen
- Enya**
- Eric B. & Rakim*
- Gang of Four
- Guns N' Roses*
- Husker Du
- Indigo Girls
- Joe Jackson
- k.d. lang**
- Kurtis Blow***
- Lucinda Williams
- Madness
- Megadeth
- Midnight Oil
- Motley Crue
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- Pantera
- Public Image Ltd.**
- Salt N Pepa*
- Slayer
- Sting
- Sugarhill Gang
- Suicide***
- Teddy Pendergrass***
- The Flaming Lips***
- The Human League
- The Pogues**
- The Specials
- The Village People***
- They Might Be Giants*
- Toto
- Violent Femmes
*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
Veterans Committee Ballot
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Esther Phillips
Gloria Gaynor
Joan Armatrading
King Curtis
Merle Haggard
Scott Walker
The Damned
The Moonglows
Wynonie Harris
Visual Results
117 Ballots Received
117 Ballots Received
Full Results
(+/- indicates how much support for the artist increased or deceased from the previous round)
70.10% (82): Guns N’ Roses
59.80% (70): Salt N Pepa
53.00% (62): Buzzcocks (+14.10%), Eric B. & Rakim
51.30% (60): Dead Kennedys (+11.50%), Husker Du (+14.10%), Motley Crue (+16.80%), Sting (+9.70%)
50.40% (59): Anita Baker (+15.00%), Teddy Pendergrass
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43.60% (51): Sugarhill Gang (+4.70%)
41.00% (48): Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (+3.80%)
39.30% (46): Joe Jackson (+9.20%), The Village People
37.60% (44): Lucinda Williams (+0.40%), The Human League (+4.90%)
36.80% (43): Slayer (-3.90%)
35.00% (41): Bryan Adams, Megadeth (-3.10%)
34.20% (40): Culture Club (+3.20%)
32.50% (38): Bauhaus (+3.30%)
31.60% (37): Echo and the Bunnymen (-0.30%), Toto (-6.50%)
29.90% (35): Indigo Girls (-1.10%)
29.10% (34): The Specials (+1.70%)
28.20% (33): Midnight Oil (-1.90%)
26.50% (31): Gang of Four (+0.00%), Kurtis Blow, The Flaming Lips
25.60% (30): Crowded House, k.d. lang, Madness (-4.50%), Pantera (-1.80%), Suicide, Violent Femmes (-0.10%)
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21.40% (25): The Pogues
19.70% (23): Enya
17.90% (21): Babyface
15.40% (18): They Might Be Giants
12.00% (14): Public Image Ltd.
Veterans Committee Ballot Results:
53.00% (62): Gloria Gaynor
51.30% (60): King Curtis, Merle Haggard
50.40% (59): The Damned
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39.30% (46): Esther Phillips, The Moonglows
36.80% (43): Blood, Sweat & Tears
29.10% (34): Joan Armatrading
26.50% (31): Wynonie Harris
23.10% (27): Scott Walker
As a result, the following artists have been inducted into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2012:
- Anita Baker
- Buzzcocks
- Dead Kennedys
- Eric B. & Rakim
- Guns N' Roses
- Husker Du
- Motley Crue
- Salt N Pepa
- Sting
- Teddy Pendergrass
The following artists have been inducted via the Veterans Committee into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2012:
- Gloria Gaynor
- King Curtis
- Merle Haggard
- The Damned
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):
- Babyface
- Enya
- Public Image Ltd.
- The Pogues
- They Might Be Giants
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:
- Suicide
- The Village People
The 23 artists who did not receive induction this round will automatically be nominated in Round 32. Next week, we will consider artists eligible for the Class of 2013 (artists who released their first record in 1987).
Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 31 Ballot: .38 Special, 10,000 Maniacs, Adam and the Ants, Amy Grant, Anthrax, Billy Bragg, Billy Squier, Bobby Brown, Bruce Hornsby & The Range, Camper Van Beethoven, Chris Isaak, Christopher Cross, Cocteau Twins, David Foster, Dinosaur Jr., Dio, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Don Henley, Eddie Money, Erasure, Faith No More, Fishbone, Gary Numan, George Strait, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Guided By Voices, Happy Mondays, Henry Rollins, Huey Lewis & The News, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Jim Steinman, Joe Satriani, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, Kenny Loggins, Lita Ford, Marshall Crenshaw, Matthew Sweet, Meat Puppets, Ministry, Minutemen, Misfits, Missing Persons, Mission of Burma, My Bloody Valentine, New Edition, Nick Lowe, Nile Rodgers, Oingo Boingo, Poison, Robert Cray, Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians, Roxanne Shante, RuPaul, Screaming Trees, Sheila E., Simple Minds, Social Distortion, Soul Asylum, Spinal Tap, Steve Earle, Stone Roses, Suzanne Vega, Sylvester, Talk Talk, Teena Marie, The Blasters, The Blues Brothers, The Boomtown Rats, The Cramps, The Cult, The dBs, The Dead Boys, The English Beat, The Fall, The Jayhawks, The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Long Ryders, The Melvins, The Neville Brothers, The Offspring, The Psychedelic Furs, The Romantics, The Slits, The Smithereens, The Strangler, The Time, Twisted Sister, UB40, Ultravox, Ween, Wham!, White Zombie, Whitesnake, Wire, X-Ray Spex, Yo La Tengo, Zapp
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