Green Day And N.W.A. Might Get Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

*'80s babies everywhere do a collective spit-take*

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the full list of nominees for induction in 2015 today and it included Green Day, N.W.A, Nine Inch Nails, Kraftwerk, Chic, The Smiths, Sting, and more.

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Rock 'n' roll's most prestigious and — some would say, conservative — honor, the Hall of Fame has been reinventing itself in recent years, as we move further and further away from the genre's early golden age.

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Last year, Nirvana was inducted with a widely praised ceremony that featured performances by Lorde, St. Vincent, and Kim Gordon.

Kraftwerk would be a rare primarily electronic artist to join the exclusive club, while N.W.A. would follow just two other hip-hop groups to be inducted: Run DMC and The Beastie Boys.

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Read the full list of nominees below.

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Chic

Green Day

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Kraftwerk

The Marvelettes

N.W.A.

Nine Inch Nails

Lou Reed

The Smiths

The Spinners

Sting

Stevie Ray Vaughan

War

Bill Withers