31st
Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony presented by Klipsch Audio
returns to Brooklyn at Barclays Center on April 8, 2016.
Cleveland (December 17,
2015) – The names of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2016 Inductees have been
released. They are:
Performer Category:
The 31st Annual Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, presented by Klipsch Audio, will take
place on Friday, April 8, 2016 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for the
second time. HBO will broadcast the ceremony in spring 2016.
Artists are eligible for
inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their
first recording. The 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Performer Inductees were
chosen by more than 800 voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, as
well as the aggregate results of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s online fan
vote. The top five artists, as selected by the public, comprised a “fans’
ballot” that was tallied along with the other ballots to determine the 2016
Inductees. Three of the top five artists from the fans ballot will be inducted
in 2016.
The Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, will also open a special exhibit on the 2016 Inductees
in conjunction with the 2016 Induction Ceremony.
Klipsch Audio,
a leading global speaker and headphone
manufacturer, is a strategic partner and presenting sponsor
of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and its Induction Ceremony events.
Klipsch’s renowned products deliver the power, detail and emotion of the
live music experience throughout the iconic museum.
Tickets will go on sale
to the public in February. A limited number of pre-sale tickets will be
available for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members in advance of the public sale
date. To be eligible for the member pre-sale, you must be an active Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame member by December 31, 2015. Exact sale dates and ticket information
will be announced in late January. Details available at www.rockhall.com. To receive Induction
Ceremony updates, announcements and ticket information, sign up for the Rock
Hall’s e-newsletter at www.rockhall.com/e-newsletter,
follow the Rock Hall on Facebook, Twitter (@rock_hall) and Instagram (@rockhall) or join the
conversation at #RockHall2016.
For high-resolution
artwork and artist biographies of the 2016 Inductees, visit http://rockhall.com/pressroom. Media
should login with the username “media” and the password “rockhall216”.
About the 2016 Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame Inductees:
CHEAP TRICK
Inductees: Bun E. Carlos,
Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson, Robin Zander
Cheap Trick had perfected an extremely individual yet classic rock and roll band sound by the time it released its first album in 1977. It has never changed it much. It didn’t need to. Cheap Trick’s records and concerts display a singular musical consistency over almost 40 years. Remaining interesting, sometimes hilarious, in that way is also pretty much unparalleled – and indispensable to understanding them. Cheap Trick is led by Rick Nielsen’s classic and perpetually fresh guitar and the sweet power of Robin Zander’s vocals. The group’s original line-up with Tom Petersson on bass and the amazing Bun E. Carlos as the powerhouse drummer influenced pretty much every other hard rockin’ band that came afterwards. They somehow bridge the gap between the fierce clowning of early punk and the accidental-on-purpose humor of metal, without ever sounding a bit like either. Their first five albums – Cheap Trick, In Color, Heaven Tonight, Dream Police, All Shook Up – made in a rock and roll tsunami from 1977 to 1980, are about as great as any such sequence in rock history and they hold up beautifully all these years later. Their American breakthrough, Live At Budokan, is in the running for best live album of all time. Some of their studio albums are better than others, but they have never made anything
