The British hard rockers will be joined by punk pioneers the Sex Pistols, new wave icons Blondie, jazz godhead Miles Davis and southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd.

A&M Records founders Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss will be inducted in the Lifetime Achievement in the Non-Performer category for their work building the label they co-founded in 1962 into one of the most successful independent labels in the world thanks to hit albums by artists including Peter Frampton, The Police, Joe Jackson and the Neville Brothers

Black Sabbath, including drummer Bill Ward, had recently been inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame. Now Black Sabbath\'s induction into the US Rock Hall takes place - whether frontman Ozzy Osbourne (photo) likes it or not. In a 1999 letter to the Hall of Fame, Ozzy famously told the institution:

\"Just take our name off the list. Save the ink. Forget about us. The nomination is meaningless, because it\'s not voted on by the fans. It\'s voted on by the supposed elite for the industry and the media, who\'ve never bought an album or concert ticket in their lives, so their vote is irrelevant to me. Let\'s face it, Black Sabbath has never been media darlings. We\'re a people\'s band and that suits us just fine.\"

Artists become eligible for the Rock Hall 25 years after the release of their first record.

The 21st annual ceremony will take place on March 13 in New York at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.