New York, NY (AHN) - The 22nd Annual Rock Hall ceremony inducted rock band R.E.M.
and Van Halen into their Hall Of Fame on Monday. The event, which was broadcast live on VH1 Classic and AOL, included a performance by R.E.
M. with all of their original band members.
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, who inducted the members, said, "R.
E.M.'s music is truly all-encompassing.
They used every color on the palette, they invented colors on their own and they put up this huge mural of music and sound and emotion."
R.E.
M. is known for hits such as "Everybody Hurts" and "Losing My Religion."
Van Halen's second lead singer, Sammy Hager, and ex-member Michael Anthony, were the only ones to appear at the ceremony, while guitarist Eddie Van Halen is currently in rehab.
Other musicians inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame included Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five, who are the first hip-hop artists ever to join.
Rapper Jay-Z, who read an induction speech, congratulated the artists and said, "Thirty years later rappers have become rock stars, movie stars, leaders, educators, philanthropists, even CEOs. None of this would have been possible without the work of these men.
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Singer and poet Patti Smith was also honored at the ceremony. Her 1970s debut album "Horses" was once called "punk rock's poet laureate."
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