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John Sykes Pulls Back the Curtain on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Voting Process
Rock Hall Voting: How Rock & Roll Hall of Fame vote process works, per chairman John Sykes.
“I always like to call the nominating committee meeting a cross between a discussion between music professionals and WWE [World Wrestling Entertainment],” says Sykes, who has been chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation for five years. Asked to be more precise than “a good number,” Sykes says “over 100.” He adds: “You can see the results in that Outkast did extremely well this year on the ballot, along with Soundgarden and The White Stripes. If someone doesn’t vote for two years, they’re removed from the list and we look to fill those names in with a newer generation of voters that will understand the artists that are being considered for induction.
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