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Four dad-rock bands, N.W.A. to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s class of 2016.

The five acts—Cheap Trick, Chicago, Deep Purple, and Steve Miller, along with N.W.A.—will be celebrating their victory at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center on April 8th, at the 31st annual induction ceremony. According to Billboard, this year’s ceremony is a bit of a shift from previous years: Each group has been slighted by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s nominating committee before. “The class of 2016 begins to fill in some of those perceived “holes” in the Hall’s ranks,” they write, with attitude.