This year the nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame includes Nirvana, the Replacements, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Link Wray. Also nominated are Kiss, Hall and Oates, Chic, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, LL Cool J, N.W.A., Link Wray, the Meters, Linda Ronstadt, Cat Stevens, Yes and the Zombies.
Over 600 music industry players including band managers, record company executives and journalists vote for a handful of the nominees and the winners are inducted in April at an event in New York City.