Guns N' Roses inducted into Hall of Fame

A range of musicians from the rockers Guns N' Roses to the R&B legends Smokey Robinson and the Miracles where inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday in a night as notable for who was not there as who was. Axl Rose, the frontman of Guns N' Roses, refused to be honoured by the Cleveland-based Rock Hall after years of bitter feuding with his former Appetite for Destruction band mates, and his name earned catcalls from the crowd when it was mentioned. Boos rang out from some of the 6,000 in attendance early in the evening when Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of Green Day, asked the crowd "who was missing" as members of Guns N' Roses were up on stage accepting their award. 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Guns N' Roses inducted into Hall of Fame

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