Future Rock Legends predicts the 2013
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominating Committee met on Monday, September 10th in New York to determine the nominees for the 2013 induction ceremony.

Update: The 15 nominees have been announced.

Future Rock Legends predicts the following fifteen eligible artists will be on the 2013 ballot:

Artists who have recently been nominated...

• Donna Summer - It doesn't get any easier to predict than having the chairman of the Nominating Committee publicly support Summer's induction.
  Current Induction Chances: 56%
  
  
• Chic - When you've been nominated six times, it's not "if" but "when." No artist has ever been on the ballot that many times without eventually getting inducted.
  Current Induction Chances: 47%
  
  
• Heart - It's hard to know exactly how much support Heart received from the voters last year, but based on the results of our poll, we suspect it was strong. They should get another chance at induction this year.
  Current Induction Chances: 53%
  
  
• KISS - There are some artists that the Nominating Committee will aggressively nominate every year until they get inducted. There are quite a few others that don't get in the first time on the ballot, but will reappear in two or three years to try again. KISS was previoulsy nominated for the 2010 induction ceremony.
  Current Induction Chances: 58%
  
  
• War - After nominees have a waiting period between nominations, many enter a phase where they get nominated nearly every year until they get eventually get inducted (like The Stooges or Skynyrd).
  Current Induction Chances: 51%
  
  
• Eric B. & Rakim - There will be a strong hip hop presence on the ballot as more and more of the "golden age" of hip hop artists become eligible.
  Current Induction Chances: 58%
  
  
• The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - They have been nominated once, in 2006, but they were name-dropped by none other than Jann Wenner as an artist he'd like to see inducted, during an interview with Paul Shaffer, who also supports them.
  Current Induction Chances: 41%
  
  
• The Spinners - They have a strong enough candidacy that they should be nominated for the second year in a row.
  Current Induction Chances: 44%
  
  

Now for artists predicted to make the ballot for the first time...

• Public Enemy - They are #44 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list and are one of the most important hip hop artists ever.
  Current Induction Chances: 69%
  
  
• N.W.A - Speaking of the greatest hip hop groups ever, N.W.A also becomes eligible this year and should get a nomination.
  Current Induction Chances: 59%
  
  
• Patsy Cline - If the Rock Hall wants to increase the number of women in their halls, it would be difficult to find a better candidate than Patsy Cline.
  Current Induction Chances: 58%
  
  
• Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - When looking for Hall of Fame candidates, it never hurts to look back to see who influenced Bruce Springsteen.
  Current Induction Chances: 41%
  
  
• Junior Parker - Consider this one a wild card pick. Even he gets nominated, he'll likely get the Freddie King and Wanda Jackson treatment and get inducted as an "Early Influence."
  Current Induction Chances: 24%
  
  
• Stevie Ray Vaughan - It's a bit of a surprise that he hasn't been nominated yet.
  Current Induction Chances: 52%
  
  
• Rush - What else is there to say? It has to happen one of these years, right? Nominating Committee member Cliff Burnstein is Rush's former manager and he successfully steered a band he currently manages, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, into the Rock Hall last year.
  Current Induction Chances: 61%
  
  

The "Current Induction Chances" represent the artist's odds of ever being inducted into the Hall of Fame, as calculated by Future Rock Legends and its users.

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[Predictions posted September 4, 2012]

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Future Rock Legends forecasts which of today's artists will be the next generation's Rock & Roll Hall of Famers by using a combination of historically predictive criteria, user votes, and nomination patterns. The official nominees are determined by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation's 35-member Nominating Committee.

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Artists are eligible for the Rock Hall 25 years after releasing their first record (anyone with a record released up through 1987). Future Rock Legends lists eligible artists by first year of eligiblity or alphabetically.

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