Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame

Well, it's official. Today it was announced that R.E.M., along with Patti Smith, Van Halen, the Ronnettes and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five will be inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in March. It is pretty cool for R.E.M. to be inducted with one of their main heroes Patti Smith. I imagine they will perform "E-Bow the Letter" together and probably "People Have the Power." However,as cool as this is for me, it really makes me start to feel old when my favourite bands have been around for 25 years or longer. A couple years ago U2 got inducted, and the induction committee have finally been inducting bands from the punk era like the Ramones, the Clash, the Sex Pistols and now Patti Smith. I'm obviously not a big rap fan, but I think it is pretty cool to see the first rap artist being inducted. It will also be interesting to see how Van Halen handle being inducted since Eddie Van Halen despises both David Lee Roth and Sammy Haggar and booted Michael Anthony out of the band in favor of his 15 year old son.