The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees: Then and Now
This year, The Beastie Boys, Guns N’ Roses, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Donovan, The Small Faces and Laura Nyro join a long list of rock legends
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The boys from Brooklyn, pictured in 1987, began as a punk band in New York’s late 70s hard core scene. In 1986, after joining Rick Rubin’s Def Jam label, the band released its first hip-hop record, Licensed to Ill, the first rap album to hit number 1 on the Billboard chart.
