The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

"Leaders in the music industry joined together in 1983 to establish the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation." Since the year 1983, some groups and people have been inducted such as the Beatles and Elvis Presley. Aerosmith and Queen were two out of the eleven inductees inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

When people think of hard-rock during the seventies, they think of Aerosmith. First of all, they were an American group who were compared to British groups that were hard-rocking such as the Rolling Stones or the Who. They were compared because of their power and intensity in the way they play their music. Joe Perry of Aerosmith said that Aerosmith was America's band that became the ultimate party band. Secondly, "Aerosmith drew upon rock and roll tradition, evincing blues-based British Invasion influences." The difference was that they were showy than British groups which developed am outline of rock music during the seventies. After releasing three albums they became America's rock and roll band of the seventies. Lastly, Aerosmith had released many major hit albums. The album "Toys in the Attic" established that Aerosmith is America's band. The album "Walk this Way" included the song called "Sweet Emotion" which was Aerosmith's first top forty hit. By the end of the 80s, Because of what they did for many years, Aerosmith became America's band of the 70s and 80s as well as being one of the best rock bands of all time.

Queen was a British group that took rock and roll music to the next level. To begin with, they released fifteen studio albums of all original music. Their second album released was "Queen II" which changed how studio technology was used in many ways with hard rock. The third album they released was called "Sheer Heart Attack"; the album told everyone what kind of intensity powerfulness was in their work. Also, Queen had released many major hit albums and singles just like Aerosmith did. One of their most famous hit single is "We Will Rock You". Another one of their famous hit single is "We Are the Champions". Finally, the early stages of Queen were very interesting. at Town Hall in London on June 6, 1971, Queen gave their first performance. Exactly one month later, they released their first album that was self-titled. For those reasons, Queen took rock and roll music to the next level in many aspects.

In conclusion, after establishing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, each year inductees are inducted into the Hall of Fame. This is significant because the people who were well known and good in rock and roll get honored. In the year 2001, Aerosmith and Queen were two of the inductees inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

SOURCE: http://www.rockhall.com/