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"Variety" Writer Wants To Know Why Chicago Isn't In The Rock Hall Of Fame

I've actively avoided the early work of Chicago (thanks to a childhood spent hearing its later material), so I can't say whether I agree with Variety's Phil Gallo and his contention that the band and its "superb musicianship" has been unfairly kept out of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. But I'm intrigued by one of his claims: "It shows the bias of the hall's voters—they are either too old to have the wistful childhood memories of the early '70s or too young to fully appreciate how distinctive they were in the pop landscape at the time." Whether it's due to this alleged age schism (I doubt that the "rock experts" who get ballots don't include people with childhood memories of the early '70s) or not, there are quite a few commercially successful and even critically acclaimed artists who released notable works in that decade and have been ignored by the voting public. More »

5:30 PM on Thu Jun 5 2008
By Anthony Miccio
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Latest by AcidReign: There was a time, when anyone who didn't like the stuff I like, was un-cool! To each his own. About the only "legitimate" measure of Hall-of-Fame-ness is probably sales or air-play figures. I don't like rap, for instance, more »

Madonna will not perform at tonight's Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony—airing at 8:30 on VH1 Classic~~—making her the first living inductee who'll attend the ceremony, but not hop on stage to bust out a song or two on the night she's being honored~~. (Ah, that'll teach me to fall victim to Roger Friedman's anti-Jann Wenner propaganda. Man do I hate Mondays!) Which only makes the possibility of a Ciccone Youth torch-passing that much more likely. [Fox 411]

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Ciccone Youth Member To Honor His Idol At Hall Of Fame Induction

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, perhaps looking to bolster the rocker cred of one its most undeniably pop inductees yet, is going a little left field with its choice of performers to pay tribute to Madonna at next week's induction ceremony: Iggy & The Stooges. Then again, it's not clear who would be a more obvious choice as a younger heir apparent to the singer's legacy of blonde ambition, given the more wholesome new crop of Disneyfied starlets, and the fact that the pop tarts of yesteryear that Madonna previously passed the torch to with her tongue are currently popping out babies or otherwise, er, indisposed. More »

12:45 PM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Al Shipley
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Latest by Chris Molanphy: @tigerpop: "Candy" is even a word in the title of her new album! I mean, can you beat the synergy?! more »

Hey, the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inductions are happening in a week and a half! Can't you feel the excitement oozing from the Waldorf-Astoria in New York? Well, get ready to get even more psyched—they're going to double as a promotional stunt for Madonna's new album, which features Justin Timberlake, because Justin is going to present her to the crowd! Yay, music industry! Don't fall over from reaching too far to pat yourself on the back there, now! [In Touch Weekly]

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The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees: The Right To Party Was Not Won

So the more-contentious-than-usual inductees into the 2008 class of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame have been announced. We're not surprised that voters preferred "Pink Houses" to "Dance, Dance, Dance," but we still shed a single tear upon reading the list this morning. And all those cranky rock critics—aghast that so much disco bubblegum was nominated this year, especially over greats like Poco and Neil Sedaka—can at least take comfort that none of the hip-hop acts made it in. More »

10:59 AM on Thu Dec 13 2007
By jharv
1,109 views, 19 comments

Latest by n/a: The fact that KISS is not in the Hall of Fame is an abslolute atrocity! They should have been inducted on first ballot, no doubt. They not only left behind some great music, but started the blueprint for what a more »

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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees Continue To Make Cranky Rock Critics Even Crankier

So a lot of old timey rock critics are getting irritable over the nominees for this year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, but San Francisco Chronicle senior pop crit Joel Selvin is just left tired by them, too tired to even bother voting. Are this year's nominees really so enervating? More »

11:15 AM on Thu Nov 15 2007
By jharv
1,145 views, 26 comments

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Crazed Fox News Goon Calls For Rolling Stone Boycott Until The Majesty Of Poco Is Recognized

Fox 411's Roger Friedman is pissed at Jann Wenner—running wild with little regard for respect or decency when it comes to pointless honors, meaningless awards, and inane, random canonization—for defiling the good name of rock music with the "tremendous insults" of the most recent round of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees. He's so pissed off, in fact, that he's calling for all Americans of conscience to boycott Rolling Stone, at least until such time as the titans of country rock and '70s singer-songwriterdom get their due over those crazy rappers and disco dollies. The following is a partial list of artists Friedman thinks should be inducted into Hall before, say, Chic or Madonna unless Wenner wants some real trouble: More »

11:45 AM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By jharv
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Latest by Jupiter8: @queensissy: That may be true, but he totally bungled the money he could have made reissuing the band's back catalog in the CD reissue era-a market which probably peaked in the early 90s. The only thing that ever came more »

Keith Richards Gives His Review Of Last Night's Hall Of Fame Ceremony

Ol' Keef is all thumbs as he and his cavernous, cavernous rib cage address the press room. [Photo: WENN]

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We Got It Bad, Got It Bad, Got It Bad: Live-Blogging The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony

Welcome to Idolator's first-ever live-blog of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, an annual rite-of-passage for aging rockers, aging magazine magnates, and aging record executives eager to goose their catalog sales. The show kicks off at 8:30 p.m. EST, and this year's honorees include R.E.M., Patti Smith, the Ronettes, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and 5/6 of Van Halen (those of you without VH1 Classic can watch it here). After the jump, our minute-by-minute account of musical performances so good, they deserve to be immortalized in a weird-looking building in Cleveland. More »

1:32 AM on Tue Mar 13 2007
By Brian Raftery
3,914 views, 25 comments

Latest by Chris Molanphy: Hey guys! This blog post was quoted on NPR's Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me - just thought you'd like to know. more »

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Raise Your Hand If You Plan On Enduring Tonight's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony

...because we want to endure it with you! We'll be liveblogging tonight's festivities, which kick off tonight at 8:30 P.M. EST on VH1 Classic. So many questions will be answered, such as: How many times will Eddie Vedder invoke his hardscrabble youth will inducting R.E.M.? Will David Lee Roth pull an ODB and rush the stage? And what will happen when Patti Smith finally bumps into Patty Smyth? All this and more! Maybe. More »

3:15 PM on Mon Mar 12 2007
By Brian Raftery
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Van Halen Drama Gets Fleshed Out Even More

The on-again/off-again Van Halen-reunion fiasco has gotten even more depressing: Last week, Eddie went into rehab, and David Lee Roth claimed he had been shut out of tonight's Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony. The L.A. Times has an update of the behind-the-scenes brouhaha, and for those of you who thought this story had already reached its nadir, we have two words for you: "Paul Schaffer." More »

11:00 AM on Mon Mar 12 2007
By Brian Raftery
1,316 views, 5 comments

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The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: Get Ready For One Big Live-Blog Jam Session

On Monday night, the newly bowdlerized VH1 Classic will air this year's Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony, in which artists such as R.E.M., Grandmaster Flash, and Van Halen will be honored with a 12-minute, multi-guitarist version of "In The Midnight Hour." We'll be watching it live, so please join us for a few hours of up-to-the-minute Paul Shaffer jokes and Diver Down references. More »

2:37 PM on Fri Mar 9 2007
By Brian Raftery
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Right Now, Michael Anthony Is Wondering If He Should Just Order In On Monday Night

The Van Halen saga continues, with Eddie checking into rehab, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame organizers denying David Lee Roth the chance to perform at Monday night's induction ceremony, and Michael Anthony being the only Van Halen member likely to attend said gala. (Perhaps he could bring Gary Cherone as his date?) From the LA Times: More »

8:48 AM on Fri Mar 9 2007
By mjohnston
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The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: For Just One Day, Let's All Pretend To Care

Ah, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: Publicly derided for being a bloated boomer-rock trade show, privately idolized for being able to get Brian May and Jimmy Page in the same shrimp-buffet line. The Cleveland Plain Dealer has a round-up of the names going to the ballots for next year's ceremony, which tentatively takes place in January at Jann Wenner and Bono's Tuscany time-share; Van Halen and R.E.M. are among the eligible names, but plenty of other talents were shunted to the side. Anyway, we know you're tool cool for this kind of stuff, but who do you think is being overlooked? More »

10:57 AM on Mon Oct 30 2006
By Brian Raftery
101 views, 9 comments

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