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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source: rollingstone.com
47 Responses
Then dio,priest,maiden,and motorhead!
How about Humble Pie, Thin Lizzy, and Stevie Ray Vaughn
LULU was 4 years ago, so we have to wait 21 more years for LOU REED + METALLICA to be inducted into the RNRHOF. Can’t wait!
How about Deep Fucking Purple…They have only sold over 100M albums worldwide. Lets count the hits
Hush
Kentucky Woman
Speed King
Child In Time
Black Night
Fireball
Strange Kind Of Woman
Highway Star
Lazy
Smoke
Woman From Tokyo
Burn
Mistreated
Stormbringer
Perfect Strangers
Knocking at your Back door!!
The virtuosos of hard rock. Countless inspirations/influences on bands…
look at the splinter bands…
Rainbow
Whitesnake
Black Country Communion
Ian Gillan band (not that big in America – big in europe)
r u fucking kidding me? name one band that has such successful splinter bands….
Blackmore the greatest hard rock guitarist ever and thats a fact!!!!!!!!
Gillan – untouchable in 70s – still pretty good for an old geezer
Paice – still plays like a son of a gun
Jon Lord – greatest keyboardist in hard rock and made the organ into a snarling beast….also a fact
Tommy Bolin, joe Satriani and Steve Morse all swung the axe for DP!!
David Coverdale, Roger Glover, Glenn Hughes, and Don Airey
The Beatles, The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac probably have had more success with their splinters.
I like Deep Purple a lot but I am afraid they are seen as a one hit band by most.
Wenner & Rolling Stone hate Deep Purple & Grand Funk, ain’t gonna happen. They’d put Nils Lofgren in as a solo first., maybe those Philly guys from ’62: Chubby,Bobby,Fabian. Paul Revere & The Raiders and Gary Lewis & The Playboys might be in before as well….maybe Murray The K & Cousin Brucie. The HOF is a joke.