Adam Horovitz

by: Dave Swanson Ian Hitchcock / Keystone / Hulton Archives, Getty ImagesThe 2012 class of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame was announced today, and it's a pretty rocking bunch! Here's a quick look at the six bands or artists that will be inducted at the April 2012 ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio: Guns N' Roses  Formed in Hollywood in 1985, Guns N' Roses dragged rock and roll back down to the street and kicked new life into the old machine. Their debut 'Appetite For Destruction' is a hard rock...Read Full Story

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will get a thunderous dose of testosterone when it inducts the Class of 2012, featuring noted bad boys Guns ‘N Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and the Beastie Boys on April 14.  Make that testosterone tempered by the calming effects of age and rehab. To wit, Chilli Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis called his dad crying when he heard the news. Kiedis also expressed his happiness over what this means for late guitarist Hillel Slovak who “picked up a guitar in the...Read Full Story

Video After The Jump The Beastie Boys received a huge honor on Wednesday (December 7) when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. MCA, Ad-Rock and Mike D have been cranking out hits for 33 years. The group helped put Def Jam Records on the map with their 1999 classic License To Ill. The album went on to sell more than 9 million copies and became the first rap album to top the Billboard 200 chart. In total the group has released 10 albums. Also inducted were the Red Hot Chili...Read Full Story

The latest batch of potential inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame goes well beyond rock, but then again the Hall has never been one for “rock” purity. We can only assume they’ll eventually drop the pretense and call it the Music Hall of Fame. The list of 15 is all over the map, from The Cure to Beastie Boys to Red Hot Chili Peppers to Eric B & Rakim. The list will be narrowed down to five winners during the induction ceremony scheduled for April 14th, 2012, which gives you plenty of...Read Full Story

The Beastie Boys' "Fight For Your Right (Revisited)" video, featuring Seth Rogen, Elijah Wood and Danny McBride as the aging rap trio, has topped a new poll to find the music promo of the year. Th... Read More >Read Full Story