Run-DMC, Metallica lead list of 2009 Rock Hall (AP via Yahoo! News)

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Run-DMC once hailed themselves as the Kings of Rock, so it's fitting that the pioneering rappers have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Heavy-metal mandate: Metallica is people’s choice for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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Anton CorbijnUpon learning that they had won The Plain Dealer's Rock Hall readers' poll, the veteran headbangers of Metallica -- from left, James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich -- could barely contain their excitement. ONLINE AUDIO: A...

Home of Metal - free late night event at Walsall

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Click the image for closer detail about this heritage event around heavy metal music or visit the website link below to find out more:http://www.homeofmetal.com/.Thursday 6th November 2008The New Art Gallery WalsallWith live heavy metal music.The UK West Midlands was the home of Judas Priest, Napalm Death, Godflesh, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin - quite a hall of fame, not just some of the greatest heavy rock bands in the whole world, but the inventors of heavy metal no less..And by the looks

Rock hall nominees include metal, rap (Akron Beacon Journal)

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Monday's announcement of the 2009 nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame may be of heightened interest to folks on the North Coast because the 24th annual induction ceremony will take place in Cleveland instead of New York City.

Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame Nominee’s Are In! (Metallica and Run D.M.C. make the cut while Beastie Boys, Bon Jovi and Stevie Ray Vaughn do not)

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In a move that should surprise no one, Run D.M.C. and Metallica have made the final nominations for the RNR HOF. In what I view as a complete shock...Stevie Ray Vaughn did not. I'm really at a loss for words as to how he didn't make it in. He's a highly influential blues artist...and most importantly, he died pre-maturely which usually secures a spot on the ballot when they eventually become eligible. My other surprise is that the Beastie Boys (who made the nominee list last year) are not on it