The popular vote will only count as one vote in the final election.
Kiss emerged victorious in the popular vote for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which closed yesterday. The election concluded with 17.22% of the votes for Kiss, 15.69% for Nirvana, 11.93% for Deep Purple, and 10.88% for Yes.
The public vote counts for only 1 in the final election, in which approximately 600 artists and other members of the music industry participate. The artist with the most votes will be announced at the end of this month and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the ceremony in April.
Guitarist Paul Stanley spoke about the institution in a recent interview: “The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is just marketing. It’s just a bunch of unknown people in a room, with a name that sounds official. If you’d had the idea before, you would be the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .” He continues: “I would accept the award for the fans, but I definitely don’t need to be in the Hall.”
Bassist and vocalist Gene Simmons also considered the award unnecessary: “The Hall of Fame has become a joke. We were thinking of simply buying it and firing everyone .
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