Guns N' Roses, Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers Chosen for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Laura Nyro, Donovan and the Small Faces/Faces will also be inducted In 2012

By Andy Greene
December 7, 2011 3:30 AM ET

The votes are in and next year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class will include Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, The Small Faces/Faces, Donovan and Laura Nyro. Freddie King well enter the Hall of Fame as an Early Influence, while the late producer and TV host Don Kirshner will receive the Ahmet Ertegun (non-performer) Award and producers Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd and Glyn Johns will receive the Award for Musical Excellence. The ceremony will be held April 14th at Cleveland's Public Hall. It will be broadcast on HBO in early May.

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis got the news while his band was touring Europe."I called my dad and cried," he tells Rolling Stone. "The most emotional part for me was thinking about [late Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist] Hillel Slovak . . . It's really kind of his induction that I'm the most excited about. He's a beautiful person that picked up a guitar in the 1970s and didn't make it out of the 1980s, and he is getting honored for his beauty . . . It really fills my heart with the reality of how much we love doing what we do, and how much Flea and I love each other. We have stuck together through thick and thin and we want to keep on trucking and continuing to do what it is we do."

Guns N' Roses are the only group to be inducted on their first year of eligibility. The original line-up hasn't performed together since drummer Steven Adler left the band in 1990. During an interview last month with VH1 Classic's That Metal Show, Axl Rose didn't completely rule out a reunion. "I don't know what it means in terms of me with the old band and the old lineup," he said. "If we were to be invited, I don't know what they would ask of me. It's up in the air."

Steven Adler remains skeptical that Axl will be willing to perform with the original lineup. "You figure that time heals all wounds," he tells Rolling Stone. "But some people just REALLY hold a crazy grudge. I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge...Can't we just be fucking people who played music and accomplished a huge goal in their life and just play a couple songs? It's only rock and roll, my god! It's not rocket science."

For Faces/Small Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan, the news was somewhat bittersweet. "I was not happy that the Small Faces and the Faces were lumped together," he tells Rolling Stone. "I've given it a lot of thought and I figure, well . . . I'll take it." The Faces have been touring with former Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall, but original singer Rod Stewart recently said that he'd like to reunite with the group at the ceremony. "I'll be happy if he does that," says McLagan. "It certainly would be wonderful."

This is the third time that the ceremony will be held in Cleveland, home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. As in 2009, the ceremony will be open to the public.

can adler even play the drums anymore? i thought he was all fucked up from drugs

who introduces rhcp?

Even a one-off GNR reunion for the introduction would be awesome, but I just don't see it happening

i hope it happens

He looks so happy

I respect the fact he's still rocking the 80's rock n roll mullet

Adler still drums and has had small projects over the years, but its really sad that he's basically stroked out from all the heavy drug use. The problem with a HOF reunion is that since the nominees were announced both Axl and Slash kind of left things up in the air saying "We'll see," but on the recent South American tours, Axl openly took a shot at Slash making fun of his inability to control his liquor on the long GNR tours, saying that he'd pass out, piss himself, and that Axl would steal his groupies. Slagging each other off in the media doesn't bode well for the induction ceremony, but it'll definitely be fun to watch.

axl´s full interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE30akW3ATA

we've gotten old...

RHCP make it but not Rush? WHAT A JOKE.

I was just listening to the Faces last night... Great live band
Definetly will be interesting to see what happens with GNR though... that could be a fight right on stage LOL

Other bands/artists not in the RRHOF: Doobie Bros., Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Guess Who, The Cars, Steve Miller Band, The Cure, Depeche Mode, E Street Band, Yes, Chicago, Jethro Tull, Three Dog Night, .....

Yeah, but Rush deserves it.

Yes and with Guns N Roses in, so do the rest of these...

I don't believe that for one second.

I would say The Cure & Jethro Tull deserve to get in before Rush does, but that's just my personal preference. I have no real frame of reference as to how huge/influental Rush are.

Mostly due to their very libertarian views.

I'll give you The Cure... I LOVE jethro tull. Every time i get a new piece of music playing equipment, the first song I play is Locomotive Breath. I think a lot of his (*their) catalog is a little corny but enjoyable. I absolutely LOVE rainbow blues.

But I think RUSH should get in first. I think they are more polarizing than just about any band (largely as a function of the vocals) to come from that era. But in terms of musicianship, it's pretty incredible. And for the most part, they have been able to craft actual songs around that. I still think the RUSH In Rio DVD is my favorite concert DVD ever.

You guys are asking an organization that just named the Red Hot Chili Peppers as worthy of inclusion to be rational and well-rounded in their views?