Stooges, Genesis To Be Inducted Into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
The Stooges and Genesis are to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame next year – but Kiss have been shunned.The induction happens on March 15 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.
Commenting on the honour, Iggy Pop told Rolling Stone: “We’ve been rejected seven times, and we would have set a record, I think, if it happened again. It started to feel like Charlie Brown and the football.
“I had about two hours of a strong emotional reaction after hearing the news. It felt like vindication. Then I kind of scratched my head and thought, ‘Am I still cool? Or is that over now?’”
One thing that’s unlikely to happen is a performance reunion of what many people regard as the classic Genesis line-up – vocalist Peter Gabriel, guitarist Steve Hackett, bassist Mike Rutherford, drummer Phil Collins and keyboard player Tony Banks.
Not only is Collins now virtually unable to play drums, but Banks is not convinced Gabriel would be interested in doing this for the first time since 1982.
Banks said: “I don’t think he’d be itching to play early 1970s Genesis music at the moment, Peter is a bit elusive, but I’ll probably talk to him soon and see if he has any concept of what he wants to do. I don’t feel a great need to play. I’m happy just to drink.”
Sadly, neither Kiss nor the Red Hot Chili Peppers – both of whom were originally on the original shortlist – have made the cut this time.
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no KISS again? That proves that RNR HoF is useless. Taking pop artists like Madonna but NO KISS!
Im going to listen Kill em all in peace now. good day
Well, I aint a huge KISS fan, but considering, as mentioned above that Madonna is in, What the hell is the Hall of Fame thinking. Yes, Stooges and Genesis should be in, but even KISS should be in by now, they have been eligible since, 1998 I believe (25 years after thier first release). But hey, maybe next year….
There is a whole host of bands that haven’t been inducted yet but who should be.
Deep Purple
Thin Lizzy
Judas Preist
Iron Maiden
KISS ARE ONE OF THE M O S T INFLUENTIAL BANDS OF ALL TIME! ALICE IN CHAINS, PEARL JAM, CHEAP TRICK, WEEZER, KEITH URBAN, ANTHRAX, SOUNDGARDEN, PANTERA, STONE SOUR, JIMMY BUFFET, MOTLEY CRUE, WASP, POISON, BUCKCHERRY, SMASHING PUMPKINS, GARTH BROOKS, TAYLOR SWIFT, THE DONNAS, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, THE LEMONHEADS, LENNY KRAVITZ, DIE ARTZTE, ARCH ENEMY, HELLOWEEN, EUROPE, COUNTING CROWS, TWISTED SISTER EVEN STEVIE WONDER AND NILE RODGERS……AND SO MANY OTHERS WERE ALL INFLUENCED BY KISS…KURT COBAIN’S FIRST RECORD WAS DESTROYER!! NIRVANA DID A COVER OF ‘ DO YOY LOVE ME’ BEFORE THEY BECOME FAMOUS…….
YES KISS NEVER WAS CRITICS DARLINGS OR ROLLING STONE FAVOURITES OR MTV GROUP…NEVER HAD RADIO AIRPLAY EXCEPT ‘CRAZY NIGHTS ‘ AND ‘GOD GAVE R’NR TO YOU’…..BUT INFLUENCED SO MANY!!!!..HOW COME A GROUP THAT IS REALLY ”ALTERNATIVE ” AND ”UNDERGROUND” TO BE SO POPULAR TO THE MUSICIANS THAT MAKE HISTORY IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS AND THEIR FANS AND ON THE OTHER HAND IGNORED BY THE CRITICS ?????????? IF KISS HAD RADIO AND TV AIRPLAY LIKE U2 WOULD EASILY SELL MORE RECORDS THAN MADONNA AND U2 TOGETHER!!!…SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO U2′S LATEST EFFORT (around 700k in usa compared to 3,5 million of their previous one) because they had no airplay!!!!
I would like Genesis to play with Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters deputising on drums and for both Gabriel and Collins to sing.