Future Rock Legends predicts the 2011
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees

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Future Rock Legends predicts the following twelve eligible artists will be on the 2011 ballot:

• Beastie Boys - Beastie Boys are a lock for induction... the only question is when.
  Current Induction Chances: 80%
  
  
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Rock Hall nominated RHCP last year in their first eligible year and will likely keep nominating them until they get inducted.
  Current Induction Chances: 76%
  
  
• Leon Russell - Elton John is said to be lobbying strongly for Leon Russell's induction into the Rock Hall. The opinion of inductees is strongly considered by the Committee (Elvis Costello's lobbying for Wanda Jackson is a recent example).
  Current Induction Chances: 48%
  
  
• T. Rex - It's time for the Rock Hall to turn its attention to the 70's.
  Current Induction Chances: 57%
  
  
• LL Cool J - Like the Chili Peppers, LL Cool J was nominated in his first eligible year in 2009. With no slam dunk hip-hop acts becoming eligible this year, LL Cool J will get another chance on the ballot.
  Current Induction Chances: 54%
  
  
• Sting - This is the first chance the Nominating Committee has had to vote on Sting (for some reason the Rock Hall didn't consider Sting eligible based on his 1982 single, "Spread a Little Happiness," and instead considers 1985's Dream of the Blue Turtles his first solo release).
  Current Induction Chances: 58%
  
  
• Donna Summer - Summer has been nominated two out of the last three years.
  Current Induction Chances: 56%
  
  
• Joe Tex - As we mentioned last year, Dave Marsh wrote the bio for Joe Tex over at allmusic.com. ("His raspy-voiced, jackleg preacher style also laid some of the most important parts of rap's foundation. He is, arguably, the most underrated of all the '60s soul performers associated with Atlantic Records...") Tex was previously nominated in 1998, 2006 and 2007.
  Current Induction Chances: 34%
  
  
• The Chantels
  Current Induction Chances: 33%
  
  
• Johnny Burnette and the Rock N Roll Trio - It's difficult to predict which of the backlogged '50s and '60s performers the Nominating Committee will choose to feature in any particular year.
  Current Induction Chances: 43%
  
  
• Devo - As mentioned above with T. Rex, it's time for the Rock Hall to dig into the '70s and honor the artists ahead of their time.
  Current Induction Chances: 59%
  
  
• Yes - Yes could be the nominee chosen by the prog/metal subcommittee this year (they have been close before).
  Current Induction Chances: 50%
  
  

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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Check out the list of artists previously considered by the Nominating Committee. It is extremely likely the nominees will have been shortlisted here first.

[Predictions posted September 13, 2010]

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 31-member Nominating Committee and typically are finalized in mid-September.

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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 1985). Future Rock Legends lists eligible artists by first year of eligiblity or alphabetically.

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