The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame ignored pleas of impassioned fans to elect the bands K.C. & The Sunshine Band and Rose Royce, and artists Evelyn Champagne King to its honor roll.

Similarly dishonored were The Brothers Johnson and The New Riders Of The Purple Sage. Mickey Dolenz of Monkee's fame was similarly shut out of the awards ceremony last night.

"This is a travesty of monumental proportions," Gertrude Rickert, spokesmen for the "Coalition To Elect Really GOOD Artists To The Hall Of Fame Instead Of SUCKY Ones" said in a prepared release. "My nominees were way cooler than these bozos they just elected.

"For instance, Michael Jackson, for crying out loud. He does nasty things to little boys with his monkey! And, isn't Aerosmith a Russian band that had to change their name from Aeroflot? That Ritchie Valens -- when's the last time he put out a new song! And Paul Simon, how'd he even get in there? I'd much rather have seen Simon N. Garfunkel get into there. I always liked his songs. Always sounded like two guys were singing at once."

Rickert was also disappointed in the Awards Ceremony itself. "How could they get Bono as a presenter? He got smacked by the tree when he went skiing a few years ago. Is Cher standing his bony ass up on stage and moving his arms like a puppet?"