1. The nominees for the next Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class were just announced.
And there are 19 of them plenty of names for people to complain about, and plenty of space on the list for the band YOU love that WASN'T named.
The biggest names are: Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Bon Jovi, Depeche Mode, Judas Priest, The Cars, Dire Straits, LL Cool J, the Eurythmics, and the Moody Blues.
You've also got The Zombies, the J. Geils Band, Kate Bush, MC5, the Meters, Link Wray, Nina Simone, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Rufus (featuring Chaka Khan).
To be eligible, you had to have a single or album released in 1992 or earlier.
Radiohead and Rage Against the Machine are the only bands to appear in their very first year of eligibility.
Judas Priest, Dire Straits, the Eurythmics, the Moody Blues, Kate Bush, Nina Simone and Sister Rosetta Tharpe were eligible in previous years, but are all appearing for the first time.
The rest have all been nominated before.
Voting will be held on the Rock Hall's site until December 5th. And the induction ceremony will go down on April 14th.
Last year's class of inductees were Pearl Jam, Yes, Journey, Tupac Shakur, Joan Baez, and the Electric Light Orchestra.
2. Tom Petty Wrote His Own Epitaph in 1981
TOM PETTY had a long, successful career. But in an interview all the way back in 1981, he tried to come up with his own epitaph and it was short, but REALLY sweet. And I have a feeling he wouldn't mind just letting it stand.
Here it is: "He really liked rock 'n' roll."
In the same interview he said, quote, "I used to have these soul searching nights where I'd lie awake and think, 'When it's all over, all you're gonna leave behind is the records. That's all the [eff] you're doing.
"You can talk about money or fame or whatever gets you off, but all that's left is the records."
3. MARILYN MANSON has gotten high by smoking human bones.
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4. JOEY FATONE says there could be an 'N SYNC reunion
if JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE does the Super Bowl Halftime show.
5. The Killer’s singer Brandon Flowers’ statement on Las Vegas Shooting
6. Jack White’s Third Man Records is Releasing Vinyl
Pressings of Some of The White Stripes’ Early Concerts