We’ve all recognized for a very long time now that the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame is a fucking joke. They don’t care about our piece of the music world and that was made much more obvious this yr when Soundgarden and Iron Maiden gained the fan vote however organizers determined to say “nope.” By no means thoughts the truth that bands like Iron Maiden and Motörhead have lengthy been due to get in.
Amongst those who acknowledged absolutely the horseshit that’s the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame was Ratt vocalist Stephen Pearcy, who went on a little bit of a tirade about how rock and metallic get snubbed yearly whereas on Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station (as transcribed by Blabbermouth).
“It’s all politics, man. And that’s the worst factor concerning the Corridor Of Fame. It’s, like, sorry, Dave Grohl, however what number of occasions can Dave be the ambassador or awarded. I imply, there’s so many musicians from the ’50s, the ’60s, the ’70s… They don’t give a shit about us, the ’80s teams, in any respect — the Hollywood scene; they don’t give a shit. You’re not gonna see Motley Crue up there anytime quickly, or Ratt. We had been fortunate sufficient to see Van Halen get it. Scorpions, are they in? [Judas] Priest… That was a milestone, having Judas Priest in it. They needed to break; they didn’t have a selection… They needed to. I imply, it’s overwhelming. It’s, like, you’ve given everyone else this award. And even guys within the band. It’s like The Police have one, and Sting has one [individually]. It’s, like, break it down. The group or the man? Does he want two of ’em? No less than [Black] Sabbath is in there.
“Inevitably, they must throw us a bone. Our style of music within the ’80s made billions of {dollars} for the music business — billions. And what can we get for it? ‘Oh, it ain’t cool.’ ‘You’re not tacky sufficient or cheeky sufficient’ or regardless of the fuck. It’s, like fuck you! I’ve awards in my workplace that imply extra to me than having a Grammy or one thing, as a result of it’s from the hardcore followers, it’s from the guts. It’s not a political… ‘Hey, fill out this poll, and we’ll change it on the day.’ Sort of just like the presidency.”
I imply, the man’s not improper about quite a lot of that. If a band can win the fan vote and nonetheless not get in, one thing political is totally taking place. What’s wild is that Rage In opposition to the Machine bought in but a band as innocuous as Iron Maiden didn’t.
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