Bit of a bitch and moan year for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and anyone not bitching was, well, dead. All the inductees were deserving, but as artists become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record, its hard to stay on speaking terms for the whole 25 years, let alone breathing terms as the honour came too late for many. Seriously, how is Ozzy still living?
Blondie : Business and legal dispute between former and current members tainted the band's performance at the ceremony, which included a moment when " There was an awkward moment when the original band members said they wanted to join in but were turned down. New wave punk rockers, their most famous hits are "Heart of Glass", "Atomic" and" "Call Me". Deborah Harry is the lead frontwoman and an 80's icon.
Black Sabbath: Lead singer Ozzy Osborne is consistently semi-conscious. Black Sabbath is frequently cited as a leading influence in heavy metal genre. Although they did not perform, it was not animosity as Osborne proclaimed "If we'd have played everyone would have been f***ing dead at the end, the volume we play at."
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Hard-living Southern rock at its best, the band lost key members in a plane crash in 1977. Most of the band were injured in the same crash which is part of rock and roll legend. Known for classic songs like "Sweet Home Alabama" and the song some a-hole always shouts for at any concert, "Freebird".
Miles Davis: one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, the man is a jazz icon. Composer, trumpet player, innovator, legend. A hard living man, he died of a stroke in 1991. Synonymous with cool, if you haven't gotten laid in a while, it's because you don't own one of his albums. (thanks Randy for that last line)
Sex Pistols are punk, in all their rude and crude glory. Bassist Sid Vicious died of a drug overdose in 1979. They turned down the honour, posting a feisty little letter on the Sex Pistols web site: "Next to the Sex Pistols, Rock and Roll and that hall of fame is a piss stain".
Maybe the Sex Pistols were the smart ones to refuse the "honour" this year. At least if they had Rush enter the Hall of Fame, they could count on a grateful and deserving band who would show up, play and even be gracious about it.
Entertainment News Article Reuters.co.uk: "Sex Pistols spurn Hall of Fame, rebel rockers honoured"
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum website
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