Warren native Dave Grohl will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for the second time with the Foo Fighters being inducted in its first year of eligibility.(Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Warren native Dave Grohl is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee with his band Foo Fighters being selected Wednesday for induction this year.

Foo Fighters join Tina Turner, Carole King, The Go-Go’s, Jay-Z and Todd Rundgren as performer inductees in the class of 2021. This year’s expanded induction class also includes Kraftwerk, Charley Patton and Gil Scott-Heron for early influence awards; LL Cool J, Billy Preston and Randy Rhoads for musical excellence awards; and Clarence Avant as this year’s recipient of the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

Andy Leach, director of museum and archival collections for the Rock Hall, called Foo Fighters, “Just one of the biggest, most successful bands of the last few decades — catchy songs, big guitar riffs, lots of energy. Their music incorporates different elements — punk, metal, hard rock, even a little bit of prog. It was their first time on the ballot, and they were in the top five of the fan vote, which does have a little bit of an impact as well.”

Grohl, who was born in Warren in 1969, first was inducted into the Rock Hall in 2014 as the drummer for Nirvana. Turner, who previously was inducted as part of the duo Ike & Tina Turner, and King, previously recognized for her work as a songwriter, also become two-time inductees.

“This is probably the most diverse class of inductees I can remember in terms of gender, race and musical styles,” Leach said. “That invites a lot of discussion and debate, but that just reinforces that rock ‘n’ roll means a lot of different things to different people.”

The Rock Hall departed from past practices this year to find a way to recognize some previously overlooked nominees. Past early influence inductees have been musicians whose careers predated the rock era. Blues great Charley Patton certainly falls in that category, recording his first songs in 1929, but Kratwerk and Gil Scott-Heron debuted in the 1970s.

Leach, who is not part of the nominating / voting process, said it was clear the nominating committees were looking for a way to honor an act like Kraftwerk, which has been nominated six times as a performer but never inducted.

“They were super influential,” he said. “They laid the foundation for all synthesizer-based rock and electronic dance music, and completely influenced hip hop as well. They’ve been sampled like crazy.”

The same thing happened in musical excellence, a category previously reserved for contributions by musicians, producers and songwriter to the work of more famous artists. Guitar player Randy Rhoads and Billy Preston fit that definition, although Preston also had a successful career as a solo artist in addition to playing with The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Ray Charles and Little Richard.

However, LL Cool J primarily is known as a solo artist with more than 20 dance / rap hits.

“I think the nominating committee felt he had to be recognized as one of the greatest hip hop MCs of all time time,” Leach said. “He paved the way for so many more MCs, especially on the Def Jam label.”

The Rock Hall staff already is working to gather the artifacts and create the displays that will recognize the new inductees at the museum. The staff members knew who was chosen a few days before Wednesday’s announcement, Leach said, and they’ve already been checking the Rock Hall’s collection to see what items they already have possession of that can be used.

Now that the inductees have been notified, the curators will start contacting the artists, their management and their estates if the performers are deceased to see what is available.

“I think we’ll have good success with this (induction) class and their estates,” Leach said.

The inductees exhibit will open on July 1. The induction ceremony is planned on Oct. 30 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

Capacity will be determined by any COVID-19 protocols still in place when the event occurs. However, if all restrictions are lifted, the event will be able to accommodate far more spectators than it could at Public Hall, the venue used for past induction ceremonies in Cleveland.

Tickets will go on sale in for the ceremony in July. Rock Hall members and donors as of June 30 will have early access for a chance at purchasing induction ceremony tickets.

“The whole city is just abuzz when we hold the ceremony in Cleveland,” Leach said.