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Post by Fuggle on Mar 15, 2006 11:39:19 GMT -5
Johnny Rotten Not Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Stepping Stone
Jack Confalone 03/14/2006
Johnny Rotten, lead singer of punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols was among those honored at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony this year but decided not to show up.
Instead, the Sex Pistols faxed a letter that said, “We’re not your monkey.” The letter went on to say, “Next to the Sex Pistols, Rock and Roll and that hall of fame is a piss stain.”
The 2006 inductees also included Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blondie, and jazz legend Miles Davis.
It was an awkward night for those in attendance. In addition to the Sex Pistols’ shocking letter, Blondie performed with their new line up fronted by Deborah Harry. When the original members asked to play along they were turned down.
The New Wave band has been in a feud since law suits over royalties prevented the band from ever reuniting.
Black Sabbath did not perform, but Ozzy Osbourne told Reuters it wasn’t because they kicked him out of the band in the late 1970’s.
In his usual way with words, Ozzy explained to Reuters, “If we’d have played everyone would have been [expletive] dead at the end, the volume we play at.”
Although Black Sabbath had been rejected from the hall of fame on seven previous occasions, Ozzy was still happy to have the honor. They were introduced by heavy metal band Metallica who mentioned that the honor came “a decade or so late” and performed a couple Black Sabbath covers.
Miles Davis died of a stroke in 1991.His children accepted the honor on his behalf.
Many of Lynyrd Skynyrds members died in a plane crash in 1977 but those remaining accepted their induction and performed “Sweet Home Alabama.”
Artists become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first album. The Foundation’s nominating committee selects nominees every year in the “artist” category. Ballots are then sent to an international voting body of about 700 rock experts, according to the Hall’s website.
The founders of A&M records, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss were also inducted as non-performers.
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 15, 2006 11:45:45 GMT -5
Johnny Rotten to Rock Hall of Fame: 'Kiss this!'
Mar 10, 2006 — LOS ANGELES (Reuters)
Former Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten has nothing but disdain for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is why he won't be attending Monday's induction ceremony.
The singer, who now goes by the name John Lydon, appeared as a guest on ABC's late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Friday, and was asked why he and his two surviving partners from the ground-breaking punk band were snubbing the hall.
"They never cared who we were," Lydon said. "They never bothered to correct the incredible fatal, bad mistakes about our legend and legacy in their museum and up until now, they've rejected our nomination for three years running, and now they want a piece of us.
"Well, guess what? KISS THIS!" he said, making a rude gesture.
"When I began as a Sex Pistol, there was no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and suddenly this organization is put on top of us like we have an obligation to them. Well, it's the other way around. Don't use my name to prop up your … nonsense."
When it was first announced the group would be inducted into the Hall of Fame, the Sex Pistols declined the honor with a coarse message posted on their Web site.
Other inductees into the Hall of Fame this year include Black Sabbath, Blondie, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Skynyrd and music executives Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss.
Copyright 2006 Reuters News Service. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 15, 2006 11:58:00 GMT -5
Metallica Thud, Blondie Feud At Rock Hall Of Fame Ceremony
03.14.2006
Blondie refuse to let estranged former members perform with them.Ozzy Osbourne accepts Black Sabbath's Rock Hall induction on Monday Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com"It's all over now. ... Rock n' roll is sh--. It's dismal," Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon railed in the June 1980 issue of the late, great rock mag Trouser Press. And although he said those words more than 25 years ago, Lydon's tune has So when it was announced back in November that Lydon and his fellow Pistols would finally be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (see "Black Sabbath Finally Make Rock Hall Of Fame — Whether Ozzy Likes It Or Not"), it was just a matter of time before he came out swinging against it all. And when Lydon finally did — via a hand-scrawled note posted on the Pistols' Web site (see "Sex Pistols Respond To Rock Hall Invite With Filth And Fury") stating that the group would not attend the ceremony — the music industry responded with little more than a chuckle and a collective roll of the eyes. And of course, when the Rock Hall held its 21st annual induction ceremony at New York's glitzy Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Monday — an event that also saw the induction of Blondie and Miles Davis, as well as Black Sabbath and Lynyrd Skynyrd (both of whom, like the Pistols, had been passed over several times; see "So How Do You Get Into The Rock Hall Of Fame?") — Lydon and the Pistols were nowhere to be seen. It was supposed to be a silent middle finger to the rock and roll establishment, though it actually seemed to disappoint rather than enrage the assembled musicians, suits and journos. (Rumors, which sadly turned out to be false, had been swirling all day that Green Day were going to induct the Pistols). Still, one cannot help but wonder what Lydon would've thought of the whole ceremony if he'd bothered to attend it. He probably would have enjoyed the nasty onstage spat that occurred between members of Blondie, which was certainly the most "punk" moment of the night. After frontwoman Deborah Harry, guitarist Chris Stein, keyboardist Jimmy Destri and drummer Clem Burke accepted their awards, former members Frank Infante and Nigel Harrison — who unsuccessfully sued to rejoin the band on its 1998 reunion tour (see "Blondie Reunion Blocked By Former Members") — raided the podium and begged to perform with Blondie. "Debbie, aren't we allowed?" Infante whined. "I thought the group was being inducted tonight." "Can't you see my real band is up there?" Harry shot back, before launching into spirited set of Blondie's hits, "Heart of Glass," "Rapture" and "Call Me." The ugly onstage incident spilled over into the press area, as Stein told the assembled media that he was keeping an eye on his Rock Hall trophy "In case I see one of those f---ers back here." That sorry scene was, for better or worse, probably the evening's highlight. Sting inducted A&M Records cofounders Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. The late Miles Davis was inducted by a polite Herbie Hancock. And Black Sabbath, who had made their displeasure with the Rock Hall known on many occasions, were strangely subdued when giving their acceptance speech. Even the rambunctious Ozzy Osbourne seemed touched by the honor, thanking the Hall of Fame "for getting it right" and dedicated the honor to the memory of former Metallica bassist Cliff Burton and former Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. "I was getting a bit tired of getting my hopes up year after year, but I'm happy we're finally in," Ozzy said before the ceremony. "It's a great honor and hopefully it will lead the way to more heavy-metal acts being inducted. I'd like to see Judas Priest in soon." And though Sabbath did not play after accepting their award (because, as Ozzy delicately put it, "my b---s hurt"), the spirit of their brutal proto-metal was brought to thudding life by Metallica, who chugged through "Hole in the Sky" and "Iron Man" with wanton disregard for the eardrums of the largely graying assembled dignitaries. (It should be noted that even though frontman James Hetfield adopted a sorta-Ozzy falsetto for the tunes, as a Sabbath cover band, Metallica are a pretty decent Metallica.) And as the night ended with inductees Lynyrd Skynyrd jamming away on — what else? — "Free Bird," Lydon's criticisms felt only partially valid. Sure, there are still many artists who deserve to be inducted (Grandmaster Flash, the Stooges) and the ceremony still has the feel of a corporate gospel brunch at the House of Blues. But the Hall seems to be working to fix its problems. Inducting the Pistols, Sabbath and Skynyrd was one step; festooning the Waldorf's stately stage with all manner of punky graffiti was another. Maybe next year, they'll get it all right. And it'd be a shame if Lydon weren't there to see it. See it all for yourself, including performances by Metallica and Kid Rock with Lynyrd Skynyrd, during VH1's broadcast of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony March 21 at 9 p.m. — James Montgomery
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 15, 2006 18:39:57 GMT -5
Johnny Rotten's Rock and Roll outrage2006-03-15Johnny Rotten refused to attend the Sex Pistols induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night (13.03.06). The punk band's former lead singer even dismissed the iconic event as "nonsense". During an interview on US TV, he fumed: "They never cared who we were. "They never bothered to correct the incredible fatal, bad mistakes about our legend and legacy in their museum and up until now, they've rejected our nomination for three years running, and now they want a piece of us." Thrusting a rude hand gesture towards a camera he added: "Well, guess what? KISS THIS!" "When I began as a Sex Pistol, there was no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and suddenly this organization is put on top of us like we have an obligation to them. Well, it's the other way around. Don't use my name to prop up your ... nonsense." When it was revealed that the legendary British rockers were going to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, they put a foul mouthed message on their website blasting their induction. It read: "Next to the Sex Pistols, rock and roll and that Hall of Fame is a p**s stain. Your museum. Urine in wine."
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 16, 2006 8:38:17 GMT -5
The Clash Happy for Sex Pistols Hall of Fame induction
By Trent McMartin Mar 14, 2006
In the seventies, The Clash and the Sex Pistols were portrayed as rivals in the media but Clash guitarist Mick Jones admitted recently he was always a fan of the British punk rockers despite the rivalry.
"We were great rivals, said Jones. "We were sort of allies at the same time. You know, we come from the same kind of place, and we were both actually from West London, mostly. So we had that. And we were all really good friends with them as well as being rivals to them."
After a few years on the ballot, the Sex Pistols are finally getting into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, however the remaining members have announced they don't plan to attend tonight's induction ceremony in New York City.
The Clash were inducted in 2003, but did not play due to the death of frontman Joe Strummer a few months prior.
VH1 will broadcast a taped version of the Hall of Fame ceremony at 9 p.m. ET on March 21st.
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 16, 2006 8:40:42 GMT -5
Blondie members wrangle, Sex Pistols curse at Hall of Fame induction
Posted on : Wed, 15 Mar 2006 | Author : Martin Booth
On Monday night, members and former members of the rock band Blondie ended up taking their fight to the public at the 21st annual Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at hotel Waldorf Astoria in New York.
A happy occasion turned sour when Frank Infante, who along with Nigel Harrison had sought legal action to reunite with the band in 1999, begged Deborah Harry, who along with Chris Stein and Clem Burke forms the current band, to let him join them.
Before Blondie went up to perform their hit tracks, Heart of Glass, Rapture, Atomic and Call Me, Infante asked Harry, “Debbie, are we allowed?” to which she coldly replied, “Can't you see my band is up there?” Infante sarcastically came back with, “Your band? I thought Blondie was being inducted.” Infante's 'pretty please' didn't help and Harry pointedly said, “No thanks.”
Some more coldness followed and afterwards Nigel Harrison, complaining about Infante and his non-inclusion in the performance, said, “We want to play. We weren't part of it. I feel like I'm attending my own funeral.”
But guitarist Chris Stein defended his group's decision to keep the two out. “They wrote themselves out of the band history, as far as I'm concerned. They should have a little bit of honor. This is supposed to be rock 'n' roll. This is supposed to be friendly. This is like going through the trenches together,” Stein said.
This wasn't the only incident that marred the event. Sex Pistols, who were invited for the induction, referred to the Hall of Fame as 'urine in wine'. But Rock Hall founder and Rolling Stone magazine publisher Jann Wenner sportingly read a profanities-laden statement from Sex Pistols, ending it with a message to the band to pick their trophies from Cleveland. “If they want to smash them into bits, they can do that, too,” Wenner said.
However, some moments at the ceremony delighted. Black Sabbath, who had earlier said they weren't keen on being inducted into the Hall of Fame, seemed genuinely happy to get their honors from Metallica bandmembers. “I was getting a bit tired of getting my hopes up year after year, but I'm happy we're finally in. It's a great honor and hopefully it will lead the way to more heavy-metal acts being inducted. I'd like to see Judas Priest in soon,” said Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne. Dedicated the trophy to Metallica guitarist Cliff Burton and Pantera ex-member Darrell Abbott, Osbourne said, “It's an achievement. I'm really proud about it.”
Among others who were inducted on Monday were late jazz icon Miles Davis and the band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, who founded A&M Records, were the recipients of lifetime achievement awards.
Portions of the Hall of Fame induction ceremony would be aired on VH1 on March 21.
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 16, 2006 8:43:02 GMT -5
Sex Pistols A No-Show At Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Lyndsey Parker Fri Feb 24
The famously surly John Lydon--aka, the artist formerly known as Johnny Rotten--has posted an official statement on his The Filthy And The Fury website, stating in no uncertain terms that the Sex Pistols aren't planning to attend their upcoming induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. In a somewhat typo-laden scrawl, Lydon writes: "Next to the SEX PISTOLS rock and roll and that hall of fame is a piss stain. Your museum. Urine in wine. Were not coming. Were not your monkey and so what? Fame at $25,000 if we paid for a table, or $15,000 to squeak up in the gallery, goes to a non-profit organisation selling us a load of old famous. Congratulations. If you voted for us, hope you noted your reasons. Your anonymous as judges, but your still music industry people. Were not coming. Your not paying attention. Outside the sh*t-stem is a real SEX PISTOL"
Other 2006 Hall Of Fame inductees include Black Sabbath, Blondie, and Lynyrd Skynyrd, who are expected to attend the 21st annual induction ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City on March 13.
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 16, 2006 18:21:19 GMT -5
Johnny Rotten to snub Rock Hall of Fame
14 March 2006
Former Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten has nothing but disdain for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which is why he won't be attending Monday's induction ceremony.
The singer, who now goes by the name John Lydon, appeared as a guest on ABC's late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live on Friday, and was asked why he and his two surviving partners from the ground-breaking punk band were snubbing the hall.
"They never cared who we were," Lydon said. "They never bothered to correct the incredible fatal, bad mistakes about our legend and legacy in their museum and up until now, they've rejected our nomination for three years running, and now they want a piece of us.
"Well, guess what? KISS THIS!" he said, making a rude gesture.
"When I began as a Sex Pistol, there was no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and suddenly this organisation is put on top of us like we have an obligation to them. Well, it's the other way around. Don't use my name to prop up your ... nonsense."
When it was first announced the group would be inducted into the Hall of Fame, the Sex Pistols declined the honour with a coarse message posted on their Web site.
Other inductees into the Hall of Fame this year include Black Sabbath, Blondie, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Skynyrd and music executives Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss.
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 17, 2006 15:42:54 GMT -5
Commentary: How Hallowed the Halls? Black Sabbath and The Sex Pistols edge closer to the mainstream.
by John Roberts Hornet Managing Editor March 17, 2006
On Monday night, the annual induction ceremony was held by the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. However, it seems that more attention is being paid to those who didn’t show up than those that did. The Sex Pistols’ lead singer, formerly known as Johnny Rotten decided to post a hand-written letter to the Hall of Fame on the band’s website. This rant, (not much different than one of the millions posted on MySpace) entertained any and all who read it, especially when Mr. Rotten called his opponents “monkeys.”
Also almost-absent from the ceremony was Black Sabbath, who decided when it came to the free food, they were in, but when it came to playing music (why they were being honored), not so much.
However, certain disaster was avoided by having the world’s best Sabbath cover band, Metallica (since ‘83) perform instead. Why are these two bands fighting so hard to not accept the recognition of a job well done?
First, the whole notion of a “hall of fame” is tired. Does anyone even know where the Hall of Fame is? If you were stuck in Cleveland for several hours, would you even bother to go? What could you see there that the Hard Rock Cafe chain doesn’t own already?
Next, these bands are still very much “with us.” The original Black Sabbath line up remains untouched by the hand of death. They are also a bit of folklore in the flesh, rumored to appear every odd year on the Ozzfest line-up. Not to mention the fact that in today’s social climate “War Pigs” could function as a commentary to Bush’s policies.
This might be why last year I saw the song performed by two completely different bands (neither of which were Sabbath) and had the song on two different CDs back at home. The Sex Pistols, with the original bass player, not Sid (still dead, not actually Gary Oldman) have toured several times since they broke up in Jan. 1978, usually around the time of divorces or house payments. This is most likely due to the fact that they do not have any box sets, greatest hits albums, or anything else. They only recorded one CD, and that was it.When the royalties start to run dry, touring becomes more and more of a possibility.
Finally, both of these bands lose respect from their fans when they wander too close to the mainstream. When Sabbath began making music, there was nothing else even remotely close to their sound. It was a chorus of rebellion against the free-love, peace-promoting, neverending pop music their radios were broadcasting.
So, mainstream-be-damned, devil worshipping music came into existance (with its own hand sign, the two-finger devil horns.) By the time the Pistols came around, songs were again around the four minute mark. This new style of music of theirs didn’t have time for solos, or anything beyond three chords.
Short, angry tracks with socio-economic relevance mattered more.
Take a shot at the government, the Queen or the IRA (Google it) because THEY are what’s keeping you down. By speaking out, one way or another, these bands’ unified message is clear. “If we don’t care, you shouldn’t either.”
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 17, 2006 16:16:56 GMT -5
The Sex Pistols shoot down respectabilityBY RAFER GUZMÁN STAFF WRITER
March 13, 2006In the space of about a year, the Sex Pistols released one album, horrified the Western world with their obnoxious music and broke up. In the process, they galvanized a generation, changed the course of pop music and set a standard - angry, uncompromising, intensely passionate - for future bands that would dare to assume the mantle of punk rock. Tonight, almost three decades after the release of that seminal 1977 album, "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols," the group - singer Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook, bassist Glen Matlock and his more famous replacement, the late Sid Vicious - will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum at a ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The Rock Hall, of course, represents the one thing the Sex Pistols hated more than anything: respectability. So it's no surprise that the band won't be showing up. "Were not coming," read a misspelled, unsigned but nevertheless "official" statement that appeared last month on www.thefilth andthefury.co.uk. Still, Matlock says he's happy to be inducted. "I suppose it's some kind of interband rivalry. You know, the Clash got in," he said in a recent interview. "I did see Mick Jones' acceptance speech, and he said, 'If it weren't for the Sex Pistols ...' But he kind of had to say that, 'cause I'll head down to the pub with him sometimes. And he knew I would persecute him mercilessly." Speaking from California while touring with his band, the Philistines, Matlock seems like a personable punk. It's easy to see why he was tagged "the nice one," though Matlock is quick to correct: "The reasonable one," he insists. Band lore has it that Matlock's affability rankled the other Pistols and led to his ouster. He held no ill will against his replacement, Sid Vicious - in fact, they played a one-off gig together with drummer Rat Scabies and guitarist Steve New as the Vicious White Kids. That August 1978 gig was Vicious' last in England. He died of a heroin overdose in New York the next February. Matlock is even-handed about the other Pistols. He calls Jones the "spirit" of the band, credits Cook with helping create the group's raucous sound and dubs Rotten "a poet." The four later put their differences aside for reunion tours in 1996 and 2003. "If you've got your own hotel suite and you're flying everywhere first class, you can easily afford to come to some sort of accommodation with others," Matlock notes. And he's always up for another Pistols gig: "When we get in a room and start playing, we're the Sex Pistols. Nobody else approaches that."
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 18, 2006 12:35:40 GMT -5
Sex Pistols spurn Hall of Fame, rebel rockers honored
Tue Mar 14, 2006 By Claudia Parsons and Chris Michaud
Rebel rockers the Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath and Lynyrd Skynyrd were finally ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday after years of rejection but the Sex Pistols didn't bother to show up.
The 2006 class of inductees also included jazz legend Miles Davis and New Wave group Blondie, who made little secret of the antagonism between current and past members of the band at a ceremony marked by controversy, awkwardness and no-shows.
The ballroom of New York's Waldorf Astoria was packed with aging, long-haired rockers decked out in suits and gowns. Waiters in white ducked through swing doors adorned with graffiti to match a stage set designed to bring an air of seedy rock to the luxury of the chandeliered ballroom.
Musicians become eligible for consideration 25 years after their first recording and for several of those honored on Monday, the induction came too late for them to enjoy it.
Davis died of a stroke in 1991, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious died of a drug overdose in 1979 and several members of Lynyrd Skynyrd died in a 1977 plane crash.
Living up to their reputation for thumbing their nose at the establishment, the Sex Pistols snubbed the ceremony.
Still remembered for outraging British society with such nihilistic anthems as "Anarchy in the U.K.," the punk rockers faxed a letter to organizers saying: "We're not your monkey."
"Next to the Sex Pistols, Rock and Roll and that hall of fame is a piss stain," said the letter which was read out by Hall of Fame vice president Jann Wenner.
BAND TENSIONS
British heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath and Southern band Lynyrd Skynyrd were also rejected previously by the 700 or so "rock experts" who vote on a shortlist, but both turned up.
The original crew of Blondie were inducted into the Hall of Fame but it was the band's current lineup led by a red-haired Deborah Harry who performed three of their hits, including "Call Me." There was an awkward moment when the original band members said they wanted to join in but and were turned down.
Guitarist Chris Stein said backstage law suits over royalties had soured relations.
Black Sabbath, formed by four friends from Birmingham, England, almost 40 years ago, chose not to perform but singer Ozzy Osbourne, who was kicked out of the band in the late 1970s, said that was not because of any antagonism.
"If we'd have played everyone would have been fucking dead at the end, the volume we play at," said Osbourne, the self-proclaimed "prince of darkness" who recently had a popular revival on the television reality series about his family, "The Osbournes."
Osbourne said that he was happy to be given the honor, despite anything he may have said to the contrary on the seven previous occasions when the band was rejected. "I thought at the end of the day they're never going to do it," he said.
Fellow heavy metal stars Metallica introduced the band, noting the honor came "a decade or so late," before performing the Black Sabbath songs "Iron Man" and "Hole in the Sky."
Like Black Sabbath, Florida band Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the biggest and hardest-living bands of the 1970s. They played their best known hit "Sweet Home Alabama."
Several of Miles Davis's children accepted the honor on his behalf. "Father changed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame," Davis's daughter Cheryl said backstage, recalling his jazz roots and his impact on other musicians.
Trumpeter Herb Alpert and business partner Jerry Moss, the founders of A&M Records, were inducted as nonperformers.
Former Police frontman Sting introduced the pair, describing how they started the A&M record label back in 1962 with an initial investment of $100 each and built it into one of the most successful independent record labels.
Reuters/VNU
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 18, 2006 19:29:53 GMT -5
Blondie, Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Miles Davis and Sex Pistols Inducted Into HallNEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation) - The 2006 inductees are:
Black Sabbath Blondie Miles Davis Lynyrd Skynyrd Sex PistolsBlack Sabbath - (Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward) Formed in Birmingham, England in 1968, Black Sabbath stands as the premier purveyors of heavy metal. Enormously influential, the group's songs dealt with black magic, Satanism, apocalypse, death and destruction. Blondie - (Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri, Nigel Harrison, Debbie Harry, Frank Infante, Chris Stein, Gary Valentine) Formed in New York City, Blondie is one of the most successful rock and roll bands to emerge from the late Seventies New Wave scene. Fronted by Debbie Harry, Blondie's eclectic hit-making sound flirted with salsa, funk, disco, reggae and rap and their 1979 Parallel Lines record, featured the hit 'Heart of Glass.' Miles Davis - Miles Davis was one of the 20th Century's most creative artists changing the sound of popular music many times in his six decade career. His musical experimentation beginning in the late 60's created a fusion of jazz with rock and roll, soul, funk and hip hop. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Bob Burns, Allen Collins, Steve Gaines, Ed King, Billy Powell, Artimus Pyle, Gary Rossington, Ronnie Van Zant, Leon Wilkeson) Lynyrd Skynyrd was one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed Southern Rock groups of the 1970's. Their distinctive triple-lead guitar sound made their songs 'Freebird,' and 'Sweet Home Alabama' American anthems and staples of FM radio. Sex Pistols - (Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious) Over the course of their short and turbulent career, the Sex Pistols released a single album - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols - that ranks as one of the most important rock records ever released. The album changed the course of rock and roll kicking the British punk movement into high gear. Inductees are honored at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum in Cleveland. Highlights of the 21st annual ceremony will be shown on VH1 on March 21.
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 18, 2006 19:34:33 GMT -5
Sabbath, Sex Pistols, Blondie Make for Raucous Hallby Josh Grossberg Mar 14, 2006With absent Sex Pistols, a backstabbing Blondie and a kinder, gentler Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, Monday night's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel featured its usual raucous attitude as those seminal bands, along with Dixie-powered rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd and jazz icon Miles Davis, were enshrined in the music establishment. The always rollicking ceremony featured the Sex Pistols swearing off the ceremony with a written statement that compared the Hall of Fame to a "piss stain." The band also declared, "We're not your monkey." Tension also mounted around the induction of Sabbath, with organizers not sure how Ozzy & Co., who had publicly slammed the voting process over the years, would behave. But it was a rare public feud between the once and current members of Blondie that not only provided the evening's most awkward moment, but also belied that old rock 'n' roll axiom that great bands don't always get along. The current lineup of Chris Stein, Clem Burke and now-red-haired singer Debbie Harry made it a point of ignoring ex-bandmates Frank Infante, Nigel Harrison and Gary Valentine, who left Blondie years ago in a nasty battle over royalties. The trio of former members were permitted onstage to accept the Hall of Fame award but were barred from performing with the group. "Debbie, are we allowed?" Infante pleaded into the microphone. "Can't you see my band is up there?" a terse Harry shot back, prompting a grunt from Infante as he left the podium. Blondie, minus the three original members, then took the stage and played three of its classic hits, "Heart of Glass," "Rapture" and "Call Me". (The revamped band later announced it was heading out on a North American tour with a similarly reunited Cars, minus Ric Ocasek. The 27-date Road Rage tour kicks off May 12 in Robinsonville, Mississippi, and wraps June 30 in Clarkston, Michigan.) The fact that the Sex Pistols skipped the banquet didn't seem to bother Jann Wenner, the Hall of Fame's vice president and founder of Rolling Stone magazine. He praised the punk band for giving '70s rock music a major dose of mayhem on the strength of their one seminal album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols. The record featured blistering two-minute anthems such as "Anarchy in the U.K." and "God Save the Queen" that were not only odes to rebellion but also influenced generations of mohawk-sporting rockers. Wenner attempted to channel some of that spirit by reading aloud the letter the rockers issued a few weeks ago, flipping off the whole affair. He then invited surviving band mates Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook, Steve Jones, and Glen Matlock to pick up their trophies in Cleveland, the official home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum. "If they want to smash them into bits, they can do that, too," Wenner said. Rotten, who now goes by his birth name, John Lydon, appeared on ABC's late-night gab fest Jimmy Kimmel Live Friday and reiterated why he and his mates have scorned the rock establishment. "They never cared who we were," Lydon said. "They never bothered to correct the incredible, fatal, bad mistakes about our legend and legacy in their museum. And up until now, they've rejected our nomination for three years running, and now they want a piece of us. "Well, guess what? Kiss this!" he said, making a certain obscene gesture. On the other hand, bat-chomping metal god Osbourne and his "War Pigs" comrades--Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward--showed up and were relatively well behaved. Metallica's James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich inducted Sabbath, explaining exactly why they deserved to be enshrined alongside rock's greatest luminaries. "If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy," Ulrich cracked. "No fun." Sabbath didn't perform, however, preferring to let Metallica play covers of "Iron Man" and "Hole in the Sky." "I thought at the end of the day they're never going to do it," Osbourne said of being inducted after being passed over on the Hall of Fame ballot for eight years. The Prince of F--king Darkness then thanked his manager-wife Sharon and the couple's two daughters, Kelly and Aimee, sitting in the ballroom audience. Southern rock greats Lynyrd Skynyrd, who lost founding members Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines in a devastating 1977 plane crash, proved themselves the ultimate survivors as they were inducted and duly performed their greatest hits, "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird." Herbie Hancock heralded his jazz forbearer Davis for his innovative fusion of rock and jazz on such classic recordings as A Tribute to Jack Johnson and Bitch's Brew, calling the trumpet master a "man of mystery, magic and mystique." Davis' children accepted the induction honor on his behalf. Last but not least, Sting paid tribute to A&M Records founders Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss for creating a hugely successful label that launched the career of his old band, the Police, as well as such acts as Cat Stevens, John Hiatt and Supertramp, among many others. An edited version of the 21st annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fames induction ceremony is scheduled to air on VH1 on Mar. 21.
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 18, 2006 19:38:27 GMT -5
Sex Pistols shun Hall of Fame inductionTuesday, 14 Mar 2006Sex Pistols shun Hall of Fame inductionBritish punk rockers Sex Pistols lived up their anarchic reputation yesterday by shunning the supposed privilege of being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The ageing hell-raisers were due to appear alongside a number of music's greatest rock names for the ceremony held at New York's Waldorf Astoria last night. However, the band, fronted by John "Rotten" Lydon, suggested last month they would not be attending and they fulfilled that by opting against making the trip. A statement published on the group's website said: "We're not coming. We're not your monkey. "Next to the Sex Pistols, rock and roll and that Hall of Fame is a p*** stain." The other 2006 class inductees included Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, jazz legend Miles Davis and new wave band Blondie. Ozzy Osbourne, the Black Sabbath lead singer until the late 1970s when he was kicked out, was a little warmer in reception of the accolade. He did say however that he thought their induction came "a decade or so late", and he added: "I thought at the end of the day they're never going to do it."
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Post by Fuggle on Mar 18, 2006 21:49:06 GMT -5
Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blondie, Sex Pistols, Davis in rock hallNEW YORK March 15, 2006Click here to play video.wmp.mainichi-msn.co.jp/MSN/2006/03/15/0314rock.wmvBetween an ugly feud among Blondie members spilling over onstage and a rancorous letter from the absent Sex Pistols, the latest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class did not enter quietly. The animosity even made Ozzy Osbourne, inducted with Black Sabbath, seem sedate. As midnight arrived Monday under the chandeliers of the Waldorf-Astoria's grand ballroom, Lynyrd Skynyrd was performing the song that launched countless cigarette lighters, "Free Bird," to celebrate their own induction. Famed jazz trumpeter Miles Davis completed the honorees. When Blondie, the most commercially successful band to emerge from a fertile New York rock scene that also produced Talking Heads and the Ramones, reformed after 15 years, they didn't include former members Frank Infante and Nigel Harrison. They sued unsuccessfully to join. Infante, Harrison and Gary Valentine, another former member left behind in a business dispute, were barely acknowledged by former chums Deborah Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke as they received their awards. Infante begged to perform with the band. "Debbie, are we allowed?" he pleaded before Blondie performed their hits "Heart of Glass," "Rapture" and "Call Me." "Can't you see my band is up there?" Harry replied. The three rejected members walked offstage, but not before Infante groaned into the microphone. Punk rockers the Sex Pistols had turned down the honor in a profane letter that compared the hall to "urine in wine." Rolling Stone magazine founder Jann Wenner read the letter, and invited the band to pick up their trophies at the rock hall in Cleveland. "If they want to smash them into bits, they can do that, too," Wenner said. Behind the unnerving stare of singer Johnny Rotten and the lacerating lyrics of "God Save the Queen" and "Pretty Vacant," the Sex Pistols appeared the most shocking of the first punk-rock generation in the mid-1970s. The Pistols imploded after one album, with Rotten saying, "ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" before walking offstage after their last show for decades. Osbourne may be better known now as an addled reality TV star, but his musical legacy with Black Sabbath got its due with the band's induction. Osbourne has badmouthed the hall of fame for waiting a decade to induct Sabbath, a cause taken up by Metallica member Lars Ulrich in his induction. Metallica guitarist James Hetfield and Ulrich both said their band would not exist without the example of Black Sabbath. "If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy," Ulrich said. "No fun." Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward did not perform, but Metallica rattled the walls with versions of "Iron Man" and "Hole in the Sky." "Thank you to all Sabbath fans everywhere," Ward said. "Hopefully our induction tonight will add to the validation ... (and) hard rock and heavy metal will have an enduring and everlasting place in rock history." Osbourne thanked his wife, Sharon, who sat in the ballroom with their daughters Kelly and Aimee. Davis was inducted by fellow jazz musician Herbie Hancock, who said the trumpeter often played with his back to the audience simply because he was conducting the band. "He was a man of mystery, magic and mystique," Hancock said. "It was often said he was an enigma. I would venture to say that many who said that just didn't get it." Southern rockers Skynyrd, whose name was a deliberately misspelled "tribute" to a hated high-school teacher, made much of its memorable music before a 1977 plane crash killed singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines. "No one deserved to be here more than Ronnie Van Zant," said his widow Judy, "and he would truly be honored." Johnny Van Zant, who replaced his brother as the lead singer, joined Kid Rock in a duet of the band's hit "Sweet Home Alabama," such a well-known prideful statement of Southern heritage that the title was later swiped for a Reese Witherspoon movie. Each of the acts is still active. Blondie and the Sex Pistols reformed after long dormant periods, and so did Sabbath, who frequently headlined the popular Ozzfest summer concert tours. The hall also is giving a lifetime achievement award to Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, founders of the influential A&M Records label that bore their initials and signed artists like the Police, Supertramp, John Hiatt, Cat Stevens and Alpert's band, the Tijuana Brass. "I haven't seen this many people since I played bar mitzvahs years ago," said trumpeter Alpert. Inductees are honored at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum in Cleveland. Highlights of the 21st annual ceremony will be shown on VH1 on March 21. (AP)
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