Lame Rock Hall Inductees Announced
Mellencamp Only Classic Rocker

AP - December 13, 2007

John Mellencamp and the Dave Clark Five were the only remotely rocking selections for this year's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction class announced today.

The other 3 inductees will be Madonna, The Ventures and Leonard Cohen.

A panel of 600 industry figures selected the five acts to be inducted at the annual ceremony, to be held March 10 in New York. To be eligible, artists must have issued a first single or album at least 25 years before nomination.

Indiana native Mellencamp became a voice of America's heartland with hits like "Pink Houses"; and Cohen's "Suzanne" and "Dress Rehearsal Rag" made him a folk rock icon in the late 1960s.

The Ventures defined instrumental guitar rock in the '60s with surfer anthems like "Walk Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O," and The Dave Clark Five were one of the most successful British invasion bands with "Glad All Over."