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Sex Pistols snub US Hall of Fame
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Sex Pistols snub US Hall of Fame
Punk band the Sex Pistols have refused to attend their own induction into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In a handwritten note posted on their website, they called the institution "urine in wine".
"We're not your monkeys, we're not coming. You're not paying attention," continued the statement.
The band, named as inductees alongside Blondie, Herb Alpert and Black Sabbath, were due to take part in an induction ceremony in New York on 13 March.
Executive director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, Susan Evans, said: "They are being the outrageous punksters they are, and that's rock 'n' roll."
'Old famous'
The note further criticised the Hall of Fame for offering "fame at $25,000 if we paid for a table or $15,000 to squeak up in the gallery".
It further claimed that the money "goes to a non-profit organisation, selling us a load of old famous".
A Hall of Fame representative said each inductee gets two free tickets, with additional ones costing $2,500 (£1,432).
The group's letter acknowledged that the organisation's judges are anonymous, but denounced them as "music industry people".
Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten once famously derided the rock 'n' roll institution as "a place where old rockers go to die", dubbing it the "Rock and Roll Hall of Shame".
The Sex Pistols' notorious hits from the late 1970s include Pretty Vacant and God Save The Queen, while they released just one album before splitting.
They reformed for a tour in 1996, and came back in 2002 to re-release God Save The Queen to coincide with the Golden Jubilee.
This was followed with a brief tour of the US a year later.
Musicians for the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are considered for induction 25 years after their first recording.
A shortlist of nominees is sent to an international body of about 700 voting "rock experts".
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/4750262.stm
Published: 2006/02/25 12:40:25 GMT
© BBC MMVI
Punk band the Sex Pistols have refused to attend their own induction into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
In a handwritten note posted on their website, they called the institution "urine in wine".
"We're not your monkeys, we're not coming. You're not paying attention," continued the statement.
The band, named as inductees alongside Blondie, Herb Alpert and Black Sabbath, were due to take part in an induction ceremony in New York on 13 March.
Executive director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, Susan Evans, said: "They are being the outrageous punksters they are, and that's rock 'n' roll."
'Old famous'
The note further criticised the Hall of Fame for offering "fame at $25,000 if we paid for a table or $15,000 to squeak up in the gallery".
It further claimed that the money "goes to a non-profit organisation, selling us a load of old famous".
A Hall of Fame representative said each inductee gets two free tickets, with additional ones costing $2,500 (£1,432).
The group's letter acknowledged that the organisation's judges are anonymous, but denounced them as "music industry people".
Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten once famously derided the rock 'n' roll institution as "a place where old rockers go to die", dubbing it the "Rock and Roll Hall of Shame".
The Sex Pistols' notorious hits from the late 1970s include Pretty Vacant and God Save The Queen, while they released just one album before splitting.
They reformed for a tour in 1996, and came back in 2002 to re-release God Save The Queen to coincide with the Golden Jubilee.
This was followed with a brief tour of the US a year later.
Musicians for the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are considered for induction 25 years after their first recording.
A shortlist of nominees is sent to an international body of about 700 voting "rock experts".
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/4750262.stm
Published: 2006/02/25 12:40:25 GMT
© BBC MMVI
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Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
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Some die just to live.
there you are.
- brain of c
agree with everything you just said. if the sex pistols are in the hall of fame why not green day? sex pistols are only a legendary [sarcasm]punk[/sarcasm] band cause of their gimmick it has nothing to do with the music.
there you are.
- brain of c
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i agree 100%.......
agreed. RnR Hall of Fame is bullshit, and the Sex Pistols were never far from that.
They didn't create the bullshit that is called punk today. No sir.
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there arnt many bands responsible for bringing in a new genre of music. the sex pistols deserve a spot in the hall of fame and have the right to say it sucks ass if they think so. sounds like it does. they dont have a 'gimmick'. They expressed themselves in the way they did due to the times they were living in. Green Day has a gimmick and that is trying to be the Sex Pistols when its not necessary anymore.
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The pistols are to punk what Nirvana is to grunge love them or hate them, theres no point denying there place in the history of music, Jonny Rotten is a very talented musician and his music with Public Image LTD has gone on to prove that, yeah Sid Viscious couldnt play bass but Glen Matlock the original bassist could and was also a very good musician.
if rush is not in there then rhf sucks.