![]() ![]() ![]() rock band who helped punk evolve into post-punk from 1976-1980 after the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis in early 1980, the remaining members (Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris) regrouped as New Order, added a keyboardist (Gillian Gilbert) and proceeded to set the template for dance-rock and alternative dance music. For the uninitiated, Joy Division was a U.K. But in the future, when it comes to Rock Hall nominations, you can subtract 25 from the induction year to determine eligibility.Īs for the aforementioned issue over the number of artists nominated for Rock Hall induction in 2023, it comes down to the singular entry for two bands, Joy Division and New Order. This means 2023 is a sort of “make-up year” for artists whose first release was in 1997 or 1998. The nominating committee at the Rock Hall has recently started meeting the same year the inductees are honored, as opposed to the year before. ![]() For those with an encyclopedic music knowledge who think, “wait, Missy’s debut Supa Dupa Fly dropped in 1997, and The White Stripes’ first single came out in 1998 – how does that math work out?” there’s a reason for it. To be eligible for the RRHOF, an artist’s first commercial release must have come out at least 25 years prior to the nomination year. Of these nominees, eight (or arguably nine - more on that later) are first timers (Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, Joy Division/New Order, Cyndi Lauper, George Michael, Willie Nelson, The White Stripes and Warren Zevon), and two acts receive the nom within their first year of eligibility (The White Stripes and Missy Elliott). ![]()
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