Well today was that day that happens every year when the R&R HOF gets announced and the blatant insane disrespect for so many rock and metal bands is once again on full display. It is infuriating for so many of us. I know I said I will chill with this because it has become so absurd it actually shouldn’t even be given attention. But many have said it is important for me and others to continue to call this out and shed light on what a joke it is. You see so many have NO IDEA how many bands have been snubbed for decades. They just assume bands like Deep Purple and so many more are already in! Alice Cooper told me when he finally went in after being snubbed like 15 years his friends had just assumed he was in already! Nothing against Green Day but for them to go in 1st ballot 1st time while Deep Purple sits for 20+ years is so insane you can’t even begin to figure it out. Deep Purple actually showed up a couple times on the ballot and this year weren’t even on it at all! I guess Joan Jett finally scored enough points with the Hall to get in but it seems like it took her singing a Nirvana song last year for them to realize it. She is a pioneer for female rock, why it took that is anyone’s guess but trust me, that’s what made them wake up. Nothing against Dave Grohl but they are counting the minutes before they can put him in again with Foos. There are just those acts like Green Day, etc, you can just feel are deemed cool enough (meaning Rolling Stone and critics love them) to get right in. Guns goes 1st time 1st ballot off of let’s be honest one iconic record, Kiss waits 15 years. They are actually putting Lou Reed in a second time now as a solo artist. Perhaps they can get him in a third time for his work with Metallica? I don’t mean to shit on any artists here. Many are deserving even if I’m not a fan. But as I often say when they finally get it right and get someone in it is still so wrong. The fact that Stevie Ray Vaughn is now just getting in is mind blowing! So the private club of the clueless roles in while Purple, Priest, Maiden, Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy, Dio, Journey, Motorhead, Foreigner, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Motley and so many others get snubbed. The entire thing has become amazingly irrelevant and has zero positive impact on an artists career after they do go in. No bump in ticket or album sales. So you have to just kind of shake your head at the whole thing and think how cool it could be if it was done right. It is important to call out and I’ll keep doing it until it gets fixed or someone lends me a few mil to do one the right way!
And a quick note on the Grammy’s, they are just as bad and as lost. The difference is they don’t intentionally snub hard rock and metal like the HOF does. They just don’t know better. As a result it’s a spin the wheel process to see who they give a Grammy to with no real sense behind it. As rock or metal act winning a Grammy means nothing in any real way. When they give one to Motorhead for a cover of a Metallica song or nominate Anthrax for an AC/DC cover how serious can you take it? And of course they don’t dare televise the metal category! I get an artist thinks it’s cool to have the award on a shelf, but because of they are so clueless in their process and nominations again there is zero impact on sales or tickets for those artists. A true shame that two of the biggest mainstream institutions are beyond lost when it comes to our kind of music.
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The RRHOF is honestly not worth any artist caring…when you look at any Hall of Fame, you think of an elite crowd of the few who were just so good at something, or influential, or groundbreaking…many of of RRHOF’s inductees meet none of that criteria. The list of who is included is sometimes even worse than who is not, so why should anyone care?? If you’re in Cleveland, stop by, see the memorabilia, but to think it matters?? It doesn’t…
Right on, as always, Eddie! And what’s with the Ringo Starr getting an award for musical excellence? Where did that come from? Is that just a new way for them to induct whoever they want even if they’re not nominated? To me, it’s just a lame marketing ploy to get a decent name on a pretty boring induction class (except for Stevie Ray Vaughan).
Ringo is the only Beatle not yet inducted as both a Beatle and as a solo artist. and I think this is the only way they’re going to accomplish that since his solo career didn’t yield any hits or significant sales. And to think SRV wasnt yet inducted even in some sort of legacy catagory or anything is just absurd.
I want to encourage people to check this link and look at the amount of people that are in and you go,… who??? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame_inductees
16!! members of Parliament Funkadelic, and they dont have room for Eric Carr??? it’s pathetic
Eddie I agree with everything you say, but come on. It isn’t about rock and roll and we all know it.
Let the Rolling Stone cool kids have their fun. When it comes right down to it I will listen to and buy what I like. And if Cheap Trick or Deep Purple etc never make it in, who cares. They have brought me years of pleasure and well that is why I love the music.
This is the worst class ever as far as lets just pull names out of a hat. I mean hands down. Paul butterfield???!!
Agreed.
Well said Eddie, but talking about the Hall is getting kind of old don’t you think? Maybe if you just ignored them, never mentioned them ever again they might start to think where’s Eddie, why isn’t he bitching about us, maybe we should induct all the bands he loves to see if he still cares? What have you got to lose by trying a different approach? And if it doesn’t work? Who cares, right? Lol
Anyways, great show on Monday as always, but my only complaint is to the callers, what is wrong with you guys? Don’t you know by now that you need to turn down your friggin radios? You guys ruin it for us listeners by not doing so! Some of you are actually fun to listen to, some have great questions that get Eddie all worked up with great answers, then there’s the bunch of you that ask the dumbest questions ever! My suggestion to you dumb question askers is this, please give your question some serious thought while you are on hold, ask your self the question over and over again and then think about this, is it an annoying question or an actual legitimate question that deserves Eddies time to answer. I can always tell the ones that will be dismissed by Eddie rather quickly with the “and thanks for the phone call” as he hangs up on you! You guys have had a week since his last show to come up with something good, but the majority of you always ask the what ever happened to Tom Kiefer question, or when will TMS start airing again, or why haven’t you had this guest on TMS or that guest or EVH! It’s getting old people! Give MR. TRUNK a break and the respect he deserves by doing some of your own homework for a change, like Eddie says constantly “search for them on Google”!
Eddie, you have an incredible amount of patience and I respect you for your ability to put up with all that you do (including putting up with my tweets and rants). I wish you and your family a very special Christmas and a very happy new year! I hope next year will be easier on you then this year was and I wish you nothing but continued success with your future endeavors.
Sincerely, your friend, as always
Bryan @bigbsvo