Earlier right this moment Courtney Love revealed a Guardian op-ed decrying a historical past of “sexist” gatekeeping on the Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame. It echoed complaints from Alanis Morisette of a sexist manufacturing setting ultimately yr’s ceremony. A lot of artists within the Rock Corridor are both detached towards or actively repulsed by the establishment. Todd Rundgren referred to as it a “rip-off,” and even when Philip Selway says in any other case, it spoke volumes when Thom Yorke and the Greenwood brothers didn’t present up for Radiohead’s induction. Even Jann Wenner, who co-founded the Corridor and presided over it for years, is now a vocal critic.
You may rely Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders amongst these with out respect for the Rock Corridor. In a message on Fb right this moment, presumably reacting to Love’s op-ed, she writes that she solely attended her personal 2005 induction to make her dad and mom completely happy. “Aside from Neil Younger’s participation within the induction course of, the entire thing was, and is, complete bollocks,” Hynde wrote. “It’s completely nothing to do with rock ‘n’ roll and anybody who thinks it’s is a idiot.”
Right here’s the complete message:
If anybody needs my place within the rock ‘n’ roll Corridor of Fame they’re welcome to it. I don’t even wanna be related to it. It’s simply extra institution backslapping. I bought in a band so I didn’t must be a part of all that.
I used to be dwelling a cheerful life in Rio once I bought the decision I used to be being inducted. My coronary heart sank as a result of I knew I’d have to return for it as it will be an excessive amount of of a kick within the enamel to my dad and mom if I didn’t. I’d upset them sufficient by then, so it was a type of issues that may bail me out from years of disappointing them. ( like shifting out of the USA and being arrested at PETA protests and my common persona ).
Aside from Neil Younger’s participation within the induction course of, the entire thing was, and is, complete bollocks.
It’s completely nothing to do with rock ‘n’ roll and anybody who thinks it’s is a idiot.XCH
