The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced their 2021 inductees, and as is tradition, metal has once again been snubbed. Although this year's ballot finally included Iron Maiden — who've been eligible for the controversial honor since 2004 — and Rage Against the Machine, neither of those legendary acts received enough votes to be included in this year's crop of inductees, which ended up consisting of the Foo Fighters, Jay-Z, the Go-Go's, Todd Rundgren, Carole King and Tina Turner. Show There's no denying the impact each of those acts have had on the greater musical landscape, but the glaring lack of metal in the list does feel like a slight. However, the one silver lining for heshers worldwide is that late Ozzy Osbourne/Quiet Riot guitarist Randy Rhoads will be posthumously honored with a "Musical Excellence Award" alongside LL Cool J and Billy Preston. The renowned axeman tragically died in a plane crash back in 1982 when he was just 25 years old, but his playing style continues to have a massive influence on rock and metal writ large. Despite that one proper nod, many metalheads will surely be irked by the Hall of Fame's continued dismissal of indisputably significant acts like Maiden, Judas Priest and Motörhead — none of whom have been recognized despite having been eligible for nearly two decades. However, it's times like these when we should consider the wise words of Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, who infamously torched the institution during a stop of his 2018 spoken word tour in Melbourne, Australia. "I actually think the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is an utter and complete load of bollocks, to be honest with you," Dickinson told a room of fans. He added, "It's run by a bunch of sanctimonious bloody Americans who wouldn't know rock & roll if it hit them in the face. They need to stop taking Prozac and start drinking fucking beer." Gene Simmons has hit out at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for not inducting Rage Against The Machine and Iron Maiden this year. The Hall announced its 2021 inductees earlier this week, with Jay-Z, Foo Fighters, Tina Turner, Todd Rundgren, The Go-Go’s and Carole King all entering this year.
Among the artists who were nominated for induction this year were Rage Against The Machine and Iron Maiden, but their failure to make the Hall’s final cut for 2021 has irked KISS vocalist and bassist Simmons. “RR Hall of Fame is a sham not to include Maiden,” he wrote in a tweet yesterday (May 13). “Disgusting!”
Simmons then tweeted about Rage’s omission, writing: “Sadly, Rage Against The Machine shut out of RR Hall of Fame. The Hall should be ashamed of themselves….”
Back in 2018 Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson derided the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame as “an utter and complete load of bollocks”. “It’s run by a bunch of sanctimonious bloody Americans who wouldn’t know rock and roll if it hit them in the face,” he said at the time. In an interview earlier this week Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame CEO Greg Harris defended the Hall’s lack of heavy metal inductees. “It’s an interesting one, because we do [celebrate metal],” Harris told Audacy Music during a recent interview. “We celebrate all forms of rock’n’roll… We nominated Maiden, Judas Priest have been nominated, we put Def Leppard in.” Back in February, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released their line-up of 2022’s nominees for induction. Included on that list were seminal heavy metal band Judas Priest and influential rap-rockers Rage Against The Machine. Unfortunately, the Hall of Fame’s fan vote has been tallied, and neither of these metal bands made the cut. According to Blabbermouth, the fan vote leaders are as follows:
If you remember, Dolly Parton initially backed out of her nomination because she wasn’t a rock musician, leading Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider to singer her praises and Judas Priest’s own Richie Faulkner to hail her as “classy.” However, the Rock Hall then refused to take her off the ballot, and she has since told NPR that she would “accept gracefully.” Apparently, the Rock Hall’s “fan ballot” that will be tallied with the other ballots when the 2022 inductees are announced in May. Says the organization’s officials:
So there’s a chicken-and-egg situation here. On the one hand, metal fans are dubious of the Rock Hall because it’s snubbed their favorite artists repeatedly in the past — so maybe they didn’t vote for Judas Priest and Rage, because they figured, What’s the point? On the other hand, if you don’t come out and vote in huge numbers, then it doesn’t look great for your favorite bands, and therefore they might not get inducted. Either way, with the fan ballot looking like this, it seemingly puts to rest a lot of potential metalhead ire about Priest and Rage not getting inducted. If you cared, you should’ve voted more, right? Anyway, there you go. Good luck to those who topped the fan ballot; I’ll always rep some Pat fuckin’ Benetar.
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Is the MC5 in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?CLEVELAND, Ohio – There aren't too many artists who have been nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame more than MC5. The influential hard-rock band out of Michigan is tied with Chuck Willis for the second most nominations without earning induction at six (Chic leads the pack with 10).
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Are there any country artists in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?But the list to date largely consists of country pioneers whose artistry cemented the foundation upon which rock 'n' roll built its house. They include Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers and Johnny Cash, not to mention Elvis Presley, whose vocal alchemy turned country and blues into rock.
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