Charlotte
earlier at the moment Courtney Love revealed a Guardian An op-ed decriing the historical past of “sexist” gatekeeping on the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame. It echoed Alanis Morissette’s complaints of a sexist manufacturing atmosphere finally yr’s ceremony. Too many artists at Rock Corridor are both detached to or actively repulsive to the establishment. Todd Rundgren referred to as it a “scam”, and though Philip Selway says in any other case, when Thom Yorke and the Greenwood brothers didn’t present up for Radiohead’s induction. Even Jan Weiner, who co-founded the corridor and presided over it for years, is now an outspoken critic.
You possibly can rely Chris Hynde of The Pretenders out of the Rock Corridor with out respect. In a message on Fb at the moment, probably reacting to Love’s op-ed, she writes that she solely attended her induction in 2005 to please her dad and mom. “Apart from Neil Young’s involvement in the induction process, the whole thing was, and is, a total bollocks,” Hende wrote. “It has nothing to do with rock ‘n’ roll and whoever thinks it is is a fool.”
This is the total message:
If anyone desires my spot within the Rock ‘n’ Roll Corridor of Fame, they’re welcome. I do not even need to be related to it. It is simply extra institution backslapping. I joined a band so I did not must be part of all that.
I used to be dwelling a cheerful life in Rio after I obtained the decision that I used to be being inducted. My coronary heart sank as I knew I must return for this as a result of if I did not it could be an enormous blow to my dad and mom. I had pissed him off quite a bit by then, so this was one of many issues that might get me over years of irritating him. (Like shifting out of the USA and getting arrested for PETA protests and in my regular persona).
Apart from Neil Younger’s involvement within the induction course of, the entire thing was, and is, complete bollocks.
This has nothing to do with rock ‘n’ roll and whoever thinks that’s an fool.XCH