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Radiohead, Bon Jovi, LL Cool J Among 2018 Rock Hall Nominees

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Depeche Mode, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, the Meters, Kate Bush, and Nina Simone also make the list of nominees for the class of 2018
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Oct 5, 2017 - 7:21 am

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its class of 2018 nominees, which includes GRAMMY winners Bon Jovi, Radiohead, Eurythmics, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan, Dire Straits, LL Cool J, Judas Priest, and Rage Against The Machine.

Judas Priest Win Best Metal Performance

Also making the nominee cut are Depeche Mode, Kate Bush, the Cars, J. Geils Band, MC5, the Meters, the Moody Blues, Nina Simone, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Link Wray, and the Zombies. 

To be eligible, a nominee's first single or album had to have been released in 1992 or earlier. The artists making their first appearance on the ballot include Radiohead, Bush, Dire Straits, Judas Priest, Nina Simone, Radiohead, and Rage Against The Machine, with the latter two appearing in their first year of eligibility.

The class of 2018 will be announced in December. The 2018 induction ceremony is scheduled for April 14, 2018, at Public Hall in Cleveland, Ohio.  

For the sixth year in a row, the public can cast votes for the nominees they believe deserve induction via the hall's website until Dec. 5. The top five acts will comprise the "fan's ballot," counting as one of the ballots that determine the class of 2018.

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The results are in: Here are the official #RockHall2018 inductees
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Dec 13, 2017 - 11:57 am

The official 2018 class for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was announced this morning.

As in years past, the class comprises five performers who have firmly established themselves as major influences on the sound and evolution of rock and roll, and one singer whose career is notable for its early influence on the development of proto-rock sounds like country, folk, and blues into what we now call rock and roll.

Making up the performers class are GRAMMY-winning hair-metal mainstays Bon Jovi, new wave/power-pop quartet the Cars, rootsy pub rockers Dire Straits, progressive R&B-influenced art rockers the Moody Blues, and influential folk-club gospel goddess Nina Simone.

Andra Day Praises "Incredible" Nina Simone Anthem

Sister Rosetta Tharpe — known as the "godmother of rock and rock and roll" and "the original soul sister" for her role in inspiring the early sounds of artists such as Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, and others — has been selected to posthumously receive the Rock Hall's 2018 Award for Early Influence. She has two recordings inducted into the GRAMMY Hall Of Fame: "This Train" and "Strange Things Happening Every Day."

The 33rd annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on Sunday, April 12, 2018, at the Rock Hall in Cleveland. Ticket sales information will be released in early January, and a premiere date for the official HBO taped broadcast of the event is expected to be announced in early 2018.

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Dec 2, 2014 - 4:06 pm

(The GRAMMY Insider keeps you up to date about news on your favorite GRAMMY winners, including information about new album releases, tour updates, notable media appearances, interviews, and more.)

Awards
GRAMMY winners Peter Gabriel, LL Cool J, Nirvana, Linda Ronstadt, and Yes are among the nominated acts for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2014. The other nominees are the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Chic, Deep Purple, Hall And Oates, Kiss, the Meters, N.W.A., the Replacements, Cat Stevens, Link Wray, and the Zombies. Think you know who should make the cut? Take part in the online fan vote.

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He's no ordinary person. John Legend was recently cited as one of the top 30 smartest celebrities in Hollywood, according to Business Insider. Not only has the R&B crooner won nine GRAMMY Awards, but he once held a position at Boston Consulting Group, one of the most prestigious firms in the world.

Nuptials
Jon Bon Jovi answered a super fan's prayer on Oct. 12 when he gave away super fan Branka Delic, who married her fiancé Gonzalo Cladera, at Las Vegas' Graceland Wedding Chapel (the same place where the GRAMMY winner tied the knot with wife Dorothea in 1989). Delic was so determined to have Bon Jovi take part in her wedding, she successfully petitioned him to attend. "All her life, Branka thought she would marry Bon Jovi himself," her petition read. "Sadly, at the age of 34 she realized this would never happen, and she accepted Gonzo's proposal instead." We wish the happy couple all the best but we are only cautiously optimistic. After all, according to the petition, "[Branka] has two loves in her life … Gonzo and Bon Jovi … but not necessarily in that order."

New Music
Eminem is keeping the anticipation high for his forthcoming new album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, due Nov. 5, by releasing a new single "Rap God," during which he rhymes about feeling like a rap deity and poses the thoughtful question, "Why be a king when you can be a god?" If Eminem is the Rap God and Kanye West is Yeezus, who is the Holy Ghost to complete the rap trinity? … Everyone's favorite mouse-headed DJ, Deadmau5, has announced he has big plans for 2014 that technology might not be ready for. "I've been going hardcore on production," he told Rolling Stone. "I've been waiting a year and a half for the technology to catch up to what I want to do. I'm still waiting."

At The Movies
Madonna has reportedly been banned from watching movies at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain after she was caught texting during a screening of 12 Years A Slave at the 51st New York Film Festival. When a fellow moviegoer asked her to stop, Madge allegedly replied, "It's for business … enslaver!" Alamo Drafthouse co-founder and CEO Tim League replied by tweeting, "Until she apologizes to movie fans, Madonna is banned from watching movies." 

Tune In
"The Simpsons" are breaking the law. Judas Priest's Rob Halford will be transformed into a yellow cartoon character in an episode titled "Steal This Episode" in January 2014, during which the metal icon will perform a parody of the Judas Priest classic "Breaking The Law" in an effort to encourage Homer to stop illegally downloading movies.

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Miley Cyrus has garnered a lot of attention lately, fueled by her suggestive music videos and onstage twerking, but Paul McCartney doesn't get what all the fuss is about. "C'mon, we've seen worse than that," McCartney exclaimed in an interview with Skynews.com. … The Rolling Stones have apparently not given former Cream and Blind Faith drummer Ginger Baker much satisfaction. When asked by Rolling Stone what he thinks of the Stones, Baker replied, "You're joking right? … I won't go within 10 miles of a Rolling Stones gig."

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Rock Hall Announces 2011 Nominees

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Rock Hall Announces 2011 Nominees
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, Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Donovan, and Dr. John are first-time nominees among the 15 acts nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2011. Other nominees include Beastie Boys, Chic, J. Geils Band, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, Donna Summer, Joe Tex, Tom Waits, and Chuck Willis. Inductees will be announced in December and honored at a ceremony on March 14 in New York. (9/28)

Opry Set To Reopen
The Grand Ole Opry will open its doors to the public for the first time on Sept. 28 since being hit by the flood that affected Nashville, Tenn., in May. A restoration project has since taken place to replace the stage, dressing rooms and audience seating. The Opry will celebrate its reopening on Tuesday with performances by GRAMMY winners Brad Paisley and Keith Urban, among others. (9/28)

Domingo To Leave Washington Opera
GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY winner Plácido Domingo has announced he will leave the Washington National Opera when his contract expires next year. Domingo, who will be honored as the 2010 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year in November and who recently extended his contract with the Los Angeles Opera through the 2012–2013 season, has served as general director of the Washington Opera since 2003, and as artistic director since 1996. (9/28)

MacArthur Foundation Announces Fellows
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced honorees for the MacArthur Fellows Program, including theater director David Cromer, jazz pianist/composer Jason Moran and violist/violinist/music educator Sebastian Ruth, among others. The recipients are being recognized for their "extraordinary originality and dedication to their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction," and will receive a $500,000 grant to be paid quarterly over five years. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced that GRAMMY-winning Broadway composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim will be honored with a grant in his name to recognize outstanding teachers across the United States with $10,000 awards. The grants will be funded by Chairman of Music Theatre International Freddie Gershon, and his wife Myrna. (9/28)

 

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We caught up with the Houston-born singer/rapper at the show he recently headlined in Downtown Los Angeles, as part of Dr. Martens' new music and film event series
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Oct 28, 2019 - 10:23 am

You can't contain De'Wayne. His energetic, raw sound evokes old-school hip-hop, punk, psych rock and '90s R&B, giving texture and grit to personal lyrics about family, growth, disappointment and uncertainty. As he explains, he's reinvented his sound several times over, given the time and space he took to explore and find his identity as a young man on his own in the City of Angels.

At 19, he left behind his close-knit family in Houston for Los Angeles, and now, five years later, he's really found his groove.

At Dr. Martens Presents: De'Wayne, the second-ever L.A. show in the new music and film series hosted by the London shoe brand, the rising artist brought rock star swagger and energy as he jumped and grooved around the stage at the crowded warehouse-turned-experimental-gallery, Superchief L.A. Along with the drummer and guitarist in his live band, De'Wayne performed an upbeat sampling of his music released the last few years. Before they ended with his latest track, "Top Gun," they took their time jamming out to Jimi Hendrix's "Red House."

The L.A. Dr. Martens series (there is also one in New York) is curated and documented by his friend, another talented up-and-comer, vibrant filmmaker/music video director Erik Rojas. In true punk fashion, this event featured impromptu live art in the form of free flash tattoos, by Jane Lee Hernandez, a San Diego-based tattoo artist De'Wayne had recently met and invited.  

The Recording Academy caught up with De'Wayne shortly before his explosive show. Read on for our full interview with the burgeoning talent. 

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De'Wayne at his L.A. show

You're about to go on stage here at the Dr. Martens Presents show you're headlining. How are you feeling?

It feels like it's about to be something special for me, at least because we just put out new music. We kind of started a whole new scene with what we're making and how I'm feeling, where I'm trying to go with it. It was perfect timing. I'm nervous but it's going to be great. I think that [Dr. Martens] is making something good for us.

thank you to everyone who came out tonight and made today so special for me! shit was beautiful. people raged and thanks to everyone who got tattoos. hope it was an experience you won’t forget it.

— de'wayne jackson (@idewaynejackson) October 24, 2019

What's your biggest hope for this live performance or even going on stage in general?

It's just to show people a great show. I just pride myself with putting on this show and giving people something great. And just to have, I'm more thankful as well that we could get this platform to play the show and to have people come and give them more of an experience. I'm hoping to give them an experience. Honestly, something special.

Hell yeah. Keep people coming to shows, get them out of their houses.

Exactly. I love the commitment that they have to make. It's a free show, but it's still a commitment. And I want to give them more than they're expecting.



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entertainment tour has two more shows left!!! wtf!! literally blood, sweat, a lot of tears and glitter and pure happiness have been put into this.

A post shared by de'wayne jackson (@idewaynejackson) on Nov 28, 2018 at 9:11pm PST

What does it mean to you to be a part of this new event series?

You can't really downplay the opportunity. When I heard about it, I was very stoked and, like I was saying earlier, the fact that it's even lining up with us putting out music and it's just perfect. It feels really good. I feel really thankful, a lot of gratitude around it, honestly.

You've been working with Erik Rojas on a short film around it. How has it felt to work with him and tell your story that way?

It's been amazing because Erik's been my friend for about four years now. He saw me when I was still working multiple nine-to-fives and figuring out my sound. I really had a long time, like two or three years, which a lot of artists don't get, to develop, understand myself and what I want to make it my art. He was there through that.

So to see us both meet at this point feels great. he's doing his stuff on a high level and we want to take it to that level as well.

And it's probably nice to have someone helping tell your story who also understands you on a deeper level.

Exactly. When we were filming, we were going back to my old apartment and my old jobs and he knew the right questions. Even me telling my story to him again, he was just like, "Damn, that was some real stuff going on that we were dealing with," getting to this place right now. For us to tell that story together visually, it's beautiful. All the shots are really great too.

I'm excited to see it. And then yesterday you dropped your new song "Top Gun." Can you give us a bit of back story on it?

Yes, "Top Gun" dropped yesterday. It's my favorite song, honestly. I just started working with these producers that I love and have helped me create this [new] sound. It was the first song we did in our session. We met on basically a blind date and we ended up creating "Top Gun." So for it to be over a year now and finally putting it out, just makes so much sense for us. It's all lining up. You never know, but it lines up really perfect.

What was the emotion or the mood that you were putting out when you were writing the and recording the song?

I don't want to say angry, but I feel like my music is always me watching what's going on, having empathy and being able to understand it. You know, to tell stories that I see on the daily. And the air is so heavy nowadays. It's just meant for me to speak on the story of a "Top Gun," somebody who can't even understand or deal with middle class or lower class [people]. This person is so high above us, and doesn't even understand what we go through.

So it was more like, you got to stop being like that, the separation. So that's where it came from. And being from Texas too, I was able to dig in a little bit deeper into that. I was trying to stop the division with the song, that was the main purpose of it.



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last night was a dream bro!! entertainment tour ends in houston texas the place that raised me and the venue ive been wanting to play since i was 13. my mom in the crowd. my dad there, we shared a moment i don’t think ill ever forget. i left everything on stage plus a few tears. this run i will forever be thankful for. thanks @waterparks thank you @awstenknight for the opportunity. i love you foreal. my brother @domstepanian went crazy on the guitar! THE [circle] forever and ever. p.s everyone on this tour was pretty

A post shared by de'wayne jackson (@idewaynejackson) on Dec 2, 2018 at 11:00am PST

How do you feel that Houston influences your style and your sound?

I love being from Houston, especially where I'm from. But as far as sound, it was never much of an influence for me. It was more how we were living and more my family, growing up religious, and having a dad who was the total opposite of my mom, who was such a Southern belle. That's all my music is, inspiration from my family and life. So Texas, it's done a lot.

When did you move to L.A.? And how has it shifted your music career?

I moved to L.A. four years ago, not knowing anything, not knowing what I was doing. I was 19, straight out of high school, so I pretty much grew up here. A lot has changed. I was from a family that kept everybody very enclosed with a lot of rules. So L.A. has also done a lot. It was a huge transition and huge, huge transformation.

I really became a man here, like understood who I was, because I didn't know who I was at 19. I mean, you still don't know, even as 23 or whatever. But L.A. has been a big thing for me. I'm thankful for it, even the pain and the bad sh*t.

Who are your biggest role models and musical influences?

Role models, that's still my family. They give me so much inspiration on what I say and write about. And my influences are just life, and also legends. [I listen to] a lot of Radiohead, I love Thom Yorke. I got Jimi [Hendrix] tattooed on my leg and he's also playing right now. [De'Wayne smiles and points to his phone.] Kendrick Lamar, you know?

Living life gives me so much inspiration and so much of what I need to say. So that's where I get it from, just taking it day by day.

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