Daily Clip: October 9, 2014

Green Day and Nine Inch Nails were announced today as nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, headlining a class of nominees in their first year of eligibility for induction. Announced alongside the California pop-punk act and the Midwestern industrial rockers were N.W.A., Lou Reed, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Sting and the Smiths. 

It's a stacked class, to be certain, and some may be surprised to see Green Day on the ballot in their first year of eligibility. The band's breakout album, 1994's Dookie, helped bring pop-punk to the mainstream in a big way and their 2004 insta-classic American Idiot brought them even more worldwide recognition.