

It’s absolutely nothing to do with rock ‘n’ roll and anyone who thinks it is is a fool.” “Other than Neil Young’s participation in the induction process, the whole thing was, and is, total bollocks. (Like moving out of the USA and being arrested at PETA protests and my general personality). I’d upset them enough by then, so it was one of those things that would bail me out from years of disappointing them. My heart sank because I knew I’d have to go back for it as it would be too much of a kick in the teeth to my parents if I didn’t.

In her March 17, 2023, salvo on Facebook, Hynde also wrote, “I was living a happy life in Rio when I got the call I was being inducted. Most egregiously, Tina Turner was inducted as a solo artist three decades after making the grade alongside her abuser, Ike. Linda Ronstadt released her debut in 1969 and became the first woman to headline stadiums, yet she was inducted alongside Nirvana in 2014. “It took the Rock Hall 30-plus years to induct Nina Simone and Carole King. In the piece, headlined, “Why are women so marginalized by the rock & roll hall of fame?,” Love noted that just 8.48% of the inductees are women. Hynde’s salvo followed an editorial penned by Courtney Love that appeared in The Guardian earlier that day. I got in a band so I didn’t have to be part of all that.” It’s just more establishment backslapping. “I don’t even wanna be associated with it. “If anyone wants my position in the… Hall of Fame they are welcome to it,” she wrote. David Bowie ‘Moonage Daydream’ Film Coming to HBO Amid Rave ReviewsĬhrissie Hynde has slammed the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, describing it as having “nothing to do with rock ‘n’ roll.” The classic rock legend’s blast appeared on her Facebook page today (March 17, 2023), a few days after the anniversary of the Pretenders’ 20015 induction.Peter Gabriel Shares 4th Track From New Studio Album, ‘i/o’.John Lodge of the Moody Blues Sets ‘Performs Days of Future Passed’ Tour.Danny ‘Kootch’ on Recording With Carole, James, Jackson, & Don.

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