Rush's Next Album Title: This is Bullshit

It's that time of year where the leaves change, a chill in the air, and I get cranky about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees. Your Rock and Roll Hall of Fame finalists for potential induction in 2009:

Metallica, Run-DMC, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Chic, Iggy and the Stooges, Jeff Beck, War, Wanda Jackson, and Bobby Womack.

We see here acknowledgment of the rise of heavy metal and rap, and it's great to see punk godfathers The Stooges getting another shot. Chic, The Stooges, and Wanda Jackson all have been on previous ballots but not inducted.

Artists are eligible for nomination 25 years after their first album released. First-time eligible artists not nominated included Bon Jovi, the Smiths, Billy Bragg, Cyndi Lauper, Queensrÿche, and Howard Jones; artists eligible for a while now but not on their way to the hall include: Rush (who didn't get the call this year despite the "Colbert Bump"), Genesis/Peter Gabriel/Phil Collins, the Beastie Boys (who I wouldn't expect in their ahead of Run DMC), Duran Duran, the Replacements, John Cougar Mellancamp, The Cure/Depeche Mode/New Order, Cheap Trick, Journey, KISS, and on and on. (via ALOTT5MA)

Updated: other artists passed over Stevie Ray Vaughan

Eligible in 2009: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nick Cave, Pet Shop Boys
Eligible in 2010: Stone Roses, Whitney Houston, L.L. Cool J, The Flaming Lips
Eligible in 2011: Crowded House, Guns N’ Roses, Yo La Tengo, Poison
Eligible in 2012: Pixies, Public Enemy, N.W.A., Soundgarden, Sinead O’Conner, Jane’s Addiction
Eligible in 2013: De La Soul, Massive Attack, Fugazi
Eligible in 2014: Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Pavement
Eligible in 2015: Smashing Pumpkins, Moby, Mariah Carey, Blur, A Tribe Called Quest
Eligible in 2016: Pearl Jam, Tori Amos, PJ Harvey
Eligible in 2017: Beck, Radiohead, Dr. Dre, TLC, Rage Against the Machine
(source: FutureRockHall.com)