Patti Smith, the outspoken and controversial punk rocker and poet who once lived in the Detroit area with her late husband, Fred "Sonic" Smith of the MC5, will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in a ceremony to take place at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City on Monday, March 12, 2007. Smith will join Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, R.E.M., The Ronettes and Van Halen as a 2007 inductee. Her 1975 debut, Horses took the music business by surprise, eschewing industry pomp for raw passion, feminist poetry and a do-it-yourself punk ethic. Though Smith achieved only a single top twenty RIAA recognized hit, 1978's "Because The Night", she's widely recognized as one of the most influential artists in rock & roll.
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The 2007 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee Ceremony will be streamed commercial free for AOL Music at Spinner.com (spinner.aol.com/rockhall) on Monday, March 12th at 8:30 p.m. EST.

The 2007 inductee show will also break new ground by providing a simulcast for AOL Pointe™ in Second Life, the popular virtual reality platform. Read about it here

The show will also air on Monday, March 12th on VH1 Classic at 8:30 p.m EST ane re-broadcast on regular VH1 on Saturday, March 17th 2007 at 9 p.m. and again at 11:30 p.m. and on Sunday, March 18th on VH1 at 1 p.m. EST

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