METALLICA’S LARS ULRICH ON THE ROCK HALL INDUCTIONS: “I GOT TWO WORDS: DEEP PURPLE”
Kory Grow of Rolling Stone reports:
Metallica entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009, the second year they were eligible and first year they were nominated. Nirvana are entering the Hall this year, the first year they have been eligible, a decision Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich supports, but he still has some hopes for one artist who has been eligible for two decades now. “I’m not gonna get into the politics or all that stuff, but I got two words to say: ‘Deep Purple,'” he says repeatedly. “That’s all I have to say: Deep Purple. Seriously, people, ‘Deep Purple,’ two simple words in the English language. But definitely, Nirvana is a no-brainer for the first year and I’m glad that KISS is getting the long-overdue recognition that they deserved for everything that they pioneered, and then I got two words, ‘Deep Purple!’ Did I say that already?”
Deep Purple issued their debut, Shades of Deep Purple, in 1968, which made them eligible for entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. The band has been nominated for induction into the Rock Hall twice, in 2013 and 2014, but, much to Ulrich’s chagrin, have yet to make the cut.
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It sucks that Deep Purple are still over looked, as they are one of my favorite pioneering metal bands that helped to pave the way for others that followed. Also, how about these other bands that are sharing in being snubbed by the HOF:
UFO
Scorpions
Thin Lizzy
Uriah Heep
Blue Cheer
Sweet
Slade
Iron Maiden
Def Leppard
The Plasmatics
Mountain
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
The Runaways
Whitesnake
Boston
Blue Oyster Cult
The Cult
Yes, there are plenty more artists than I listed, but these are just a few I thought of recently.
Dude your right on Thank goodness Donna Summer got in
Dont forget
Cheap Trick
Journey
Dio solo
Ozzy solo
and if we’re talking influence, how about…
Mercyful Fate!
(do they even know who that is?)
and how Stevie Ray Vaughn is also not in is beyond me…
The RRHoF really should change names to the Pop Music Hall of Fame. It obviously wants to cover genres far outside of what we consider to be “Rock and Roll”, and because of that has resulted in grossly ignoring many artists who should long since have been inducted into what is named a “Rock” hall. I’ve been there once, a little over 10 years ago. Honestly, it was a cool place to visit if I allowed myself to temporarily forget about who should have been “in” that wasn’t. Even if a band isn’t in, they can still have representation or artifacts on display. If I remember correctly, they had an Alex Lifeson guitar and one of Neil Peart’s drum kits even though Rush had not been inducted at the time.
Maybe there really should be an alternative hall somewhere, that truly is dedicated to actual Rock. I’d induct Iron Maiden and have their exhibit feature a full replica of the Powerslave stage, and various incarnations of Eddie would prowl around all day.
I agree on deep purple But is it me or is IRON MAIDEN a no brainer come on they still sdell out to this day with no radio play IRON MAIDEN HALL OF FAME
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble!!!!!!!!! Not hard rock, but still very well deserving!!!!!
Wenner & Marsh hate Blackmore and metal….they like Little Steven instead. If Yoko gave Maiden blessings then Wenner would bless his goofy looking voters to vote them in.