Rock Hall of Fame 2017: Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam, Yes Lead Nominations

Steve.Granitz

The 2017 nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have some new and familiar names.

Pearl Jam and Tupac Shakur have been nominated in their first year of eligibility (because their first recordings were released in 1991). Depeche Mode, Bad Brains, Jane’s Addiction, Electric Light Orchestra, and Joan Baez were also nominated this year for the first time.

Kraftwerk, Janet Jackson, Chic, Chaka Khan, MC5, and the Cars are back as nominations this year. Find all the nominees below. The 2017 inductees will be announced in December.

Bad Brains
The Cars
Chaka Khan
Chic
Depeche Mode
Electric Light Orchestra
J. Geils Band
Jane’s Addiction
Janet Jackson
Joan Baez
Joe Tex
Journey
Kraftwerk
MC5
Pearl Jam
Steppenwolf
Tupac Shakur
Yes
The Zombies

Next year’s ceremony will take place in April at the Barclays Center in New York. It will once again be aired on HBO.