News Item : Alice Cooper Nominated For Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Announces
Nominees for 2011 Induction
New York (September 28, 2010) — The nominations for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011 were announced today. They nominees are:
- Alice Cooper
- Beastie Boys
- Bon Jovi
- Chic
- Neil Diamond
- Donovan
- Dr. John
- J. Geils Band
- LL Cool J
- Darlene Love
- Laura Nyro
- Donna Summer
- Joe Tex
- Tom Waits
- Chuck Willis
Ballots will be sent to more than 500 voters, who will select artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 26th Annual Induction Ceremony. To be eligible for nomination into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an act must have released its first single or album at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination. The 2011 Nominees had to release their first recording no later than 1985.
“We believe our nominating committee has put forth a list of artists that truly represent the wide variety of music that defines rock and roll,” commented Joel Peresman, President and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation.
The 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will be announced in December 2010 and the Induction Ceremony will take place on March 14, 2011 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be televised live on Fuse, Madison Square Garden’s national music television network.
All inductees are ultimately represented in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, the nonprofit organization that exists to educate its audiences on the global impact of the rock and roll art form via the museum, as well as its education programs and library and archives.
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About the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2011 Nominees
ALICE COOPER
Before there was Ozzy Osbourne, Marilyn Manson or KISS, there was Alice Cooper, the original self-proclaimed “rock villain.” Born Vincent Furnier, Cooper and his mighty band of the same name – lead guitarist Glen Buxton, rhythm guitarist Michael Bruce, bass player Dennis Dunaway and drummer Neal Smith – pioneered the dark spectacle of heavy metal with their huge blues-rock sound and extravagant stage show. Drawing from horror movies and vaudeville, Cooper brought a new level of visual theatrics to arenas with guillotines, electric chairs, boa constrictors and fake blood; their 1973 tour broke box-office records previously held by the Rolling Stones, and raised the bar for major rock tours. What made it stick were some of the catchiest, most reckless hard-rock songs of all time: “Eighteen,” “School's Out,” “No More Mr. Nice Guy.” Along with the New York Dolls and David Bowie, Alice Cooper was a starting point for the glam rock of the Seventies; it's impossible to imagine the hair metal of the Eighties without them; you can hear and see the band's influence in bands from the Sex Pistols to Guns n’ Roses. The original lineup split in the mid-Seventies, and singer Cooper would continue on with an evolving lineup; in the meantime, the pure shock value of America's first shock rockers has faded but their legacy is safe.
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Its about time. AC was my first & has always been my favoriate rocker. As for shock rockers, the others are just wantabees. I think I was 11 when I bought my first AC album. Yes it was a record & I played it to death. My first album & my own hard earned money from a paper route. AC you made my teen-age years bareable. never got to go to a concert but love the saturday nite rock show & the footage they showed on TV. Still listen while on the computer via youtube. For some of us you will never fade.
there is no performer more deserving of a place in the rock n roll hall of fame than Alice! without him we would still be watching bands stand on stage and perform song after song with nothing much more than the instruments being played, the whole stage show thing began with alice, bringing rock music and theatre was a stroke of genius, then there are the heavy rock anthems of the 70s given to us by both the Alice Cooper band and Alice on his own, im 18 , schools out , billian dollar babies , department of youth, and again in the late 80s and early 90s, poison, trash, hey stoopid. and great albums like brutal planet and along came a spider since more recently. in the future when people look back at the inductees the RnR hall of fame will not give people a true picture of rock music in our time if alice is not there. its that simple. history will be recorded incorrect without alice taking his place alongside the other legends and pioneers of our time.
ITS ABOUT TIME FOR ALICE COOPER, BUT IN GENERAL, WHY ARE R&B, DISCO, DANCE AND UN-ROCK RELATED MUSIC GENERES BEING INDUCTED INTO THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME.??? IS IT NOT SUPPOSED TO BE 'ROCK AND ROLL'.
GOOD LUCK AND CONGRATULATIONS! THIS HAS BEEN LONG LONG LONG OVERDO! FINALLY SOME RECOGNITION TO AN ALL OUT CLASSIC ARTIST AND INDIVIDUAL! IT SEEMS LIKE AN OVERSIGHT HAS BEEN CORRECTED! WAY TO GO ALICE! A FAN SINCE 1972!
IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT ALICE GETS IN. WHY HAS IT TAKEN THIS LONG? THIS GUY STARTED IT ALL WITH THE MAKE UP AND THE STAGE SHOW. HE TOOK IT WHERE NO ONE ELSE HAS. KEPT ROCKING ALICE
It is about time that Cooper be nominated for the hall of fame. He has been worthy of such a long time. Thank God the foundation finally got there heads out of thier you know whats.
Hallelujah!!! It's about freaking time you got nominated Alice! Good luck! 
How will the 500 Rock Hall voters vote? As far as fans are concerned, the choice is clear. Of all the nominees, ALICE COOPER currently sitting at a whopping but not surprising 61% in the Washington Post online poll!!! Bon Jovi second with only 8%. Alice Cooper is arguably the most obvious omission in Rock Hall history. Was it because he left the original band in 1974 and the Rock Hall dint know how to deal wit this? Whetever the reason, get over it and put Alice Cooper where he should have been placed almost 20 years ago!
It's about time someone finally relized Alice Deserves to be in there! I have no I dea why some of the people on the list are on it though. If they are going to keep including no "rock" artists they should change the name!
What took them so long????? Those of us who've been listening since 1970 have been waiting a l-o-n-g time for this day! Way to go Alice.
It's about f'n time!! He better win!
Without the presence of Journey, Foreigner or Rush, the HoF will always be a bad joke.
The 12 year old brat in me who first heard "Schools Out" in 1972 hope they decline the nomination. The spirit of Alice Cooper always embodied a spit in the face of authority. The 50 year old in me is happy for them knowing they are overdue for this honour. Congrats to one and all. Remember The Coop !!!!
Good luck Alice long overdue you belong in the hall.Hopefully they will give you your own wing in the hall cause every other artist will be scared to death
AT LAST !!!!! HAIL TO THE COOP !!!
LET'S ALL KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED AND SUPPORT ALICE !!!
U have no idea how much the MASTER , ALICE means 2 me really u have no idea !!!! But i do not want ALICE in the so called ROCK & ROLL hall of fame !! Why did it take so long ???? R U kiddin ME !!!! I would love 2 c ALICE do what the PISTOL'S did "we r not coming" But ALICE is 2 much of a gentleman 4 that!!! So having said that there is nothing i would "LOVE IT TO DEATH" 2 C ALICE in the hall!!!! So thank you ALICE 4 so many years of great rock & roll !!!!! U deserve everything great that comes ur way!!!!!!! your so devoted fan, kelly warrick
Congratulations! I am so happy for you. I think it's a long time over due. On the flip side, good things happen to those who wait.
:) I wish I could vote because you always have mine.
Love you,
Tara from Indiana
Its about time Alice and the group were finally nominated.
Way to go guys. CONGRATULATIONS
Ohio's Greatest Cooper Fans
Cheryl & Tim Gienger
u do not know how much the master , ALICE means 2
me really u have no idea . But i do not want ALICE COOPER IN THE HALL !!! Why did it take so long 2 get him nominated????? R U KIDDIN ME !!!!!!!! I would love 2 c ALICE do what the sex pistols and im not coming . but ALICE is 2 much of a gentleman 2 do that!!! so having said that there is nothing i would love 2 c than ALICE in the so called ROCK @ ROLL hall of fame!!!! thank you ALICE 4 so many years of great ROCK & ROLL !!!!! YOU DESERVE EVERYTHING GREAT THAT COMES UR WAY!!! your always devoted fan , kelly warrick
way to go Alice, my die hard fan hubby and I are pulling for you. you deserve it!!!
NOBODY DESERVES THIS AWARD MORE THAN ALICE COOPER. THE MAN IS A GENUIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alice - we've been waiting a long time for this and rest assured you will be in. And I will be there in NYC to watch it - wouldn't miss this as I haven't missed a show in over 30 years
I hope alice cooper get his induction into the rock nroll hall of fame !!!!!
thank you!!! its only about 10 years late... better late than never Thank you Thank You Thank You Alice rocks!
OMG!!!!! It's about time Alice!!!!! Best of luck, nice to see they finally woke up!!!
Alice Congratulations. It is about time.
to even thing of putting alice cooper againt chic makes me ill.alice copper is far and away more memarabal then all the others combind.
It's terrible to know that Alice is nominated... when he was supposed to be part of it long time ago!!!!
The one and only Alice Cooper... I don't care what other people say, for me Alice is, and always be the number one. I'll die for see him on stage. I supposed, he'll never come to mexico.
I have seen, aerosmith, metallica... im gonna see Kiss in two days, here in mexico.... and what about Alice??? Damn... I can't die without see him!!!
Long Live for The Master or shock-rock ALICE COOPER!!!!
Gr8 news but I can't believe Alice is not already inducted! I guess he's had more nominations than any other artist. He's the main man! I recommend all 500 votes for Alice this year.
(in my world the winner has already been picked)
and the winner is..........
Alice Cooper!!!
If Alice Cooper is not inducted into the hall of fame, then it is a crying shame, and a farce of the rock and roll industry. His/their reach has far exceeded acts like Beastie Boys, and rap artists? I'm sorry, but if LL Cool J makes it in and the Coop is not there, then something terribly wrong has occured in the R&R Hall, and those responsible should be on the recieving end of The Coop's guillotine!!!! It's a crime that Alice is not already a member of this group of artists.
It's about time they recognized the "Master" - Congrats- Alice Cooper.
You are the reason I became a great performer too.... Thank you for everything you've done and still do. I have had the pleasure of meeting you twice in Vancouver, BC, as well as the greatest opportunity of all was to share the stage with you at your "Trash" Tour, Vancouver, BC
Your Forever Friend and Fan, Tracey Shane
http://www.facebook.com/Storybookofsorrow
It's about time the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame recognizes the man that started it all in theater rock. I hope Alice wins and I'll be there, like I was in 1971 when he played a small club in North Ridgeville Ohio.
Congrats to Alice....finally. LL Cool J is rock and roll?
thanks for posting.
My page : Rock and Roll Musicians
Alice Cooper for sure. Get rid of the pop and rap. That's why they call it Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. Need to put Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick and Sammy Hagar in.
Alice
You have so deserved this nomination for so many years ! Good Luck !
Its about time Alice......respect.....
DONNA SUMMER WTF? ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME ???????
FINALLY - I am so glad about your nomination! Congratulations on this lifetime achievement award!
Come back to Houston!
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