METALLICA AMONG NOMINEES FOR ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

Metallica is among a new and old crop of nominees for the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame, and the boys talk about who they want to induct them.

Metallica leads this year’s crop of nominees for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Many think that they’re an absolute lock to be voted in. Eligibility starts 25 years from an artist or band’ first recording. Others who are up for induction include The Stooges, Run-DMC, guitarist Jeff Beck, and disco and R&B band Chic, among others.

The committee can choose five artists to enter, and Metallica may be courting favor due to inducting Black Sabbath in 2006. In the press room that year, they were asked who they’d like to induct them.

[Kirk] “Black Sabbath…” [James] “Bill Ward said they would play if we get inducted. He said it. He might have to ask the other guys though.” [Lars] “Dave Mustaine (crowd laughs).”

They were also asked about playing Black Sabbath songs in place of the band, which had seldom been done at the time.

“We weren’t about to sit down and question that when the phone rang that day. We were just like, ‘F–k, yeah! Where and when, and we’ll be there.’ It was obviously, like we hinted at, a dream come true to play those songs in front of those guys. I mean forget about the rest of the room, with all the great people in the room, but just having those four guys there watching us play their timeless music that is pretty much responsible for us being here, that was definitely a dream come true.”

Metallica have recently released their new album, Death Magnetic. The inductees will be announced in January, and the ceremony will take place at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio on April 4, 2009.