Rockblog

KISS bass player Gene Simmons commented on the band’s exclusion from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the fith annual Billboard Touring Conference held at the Roosevelt hotel in New York.

According to Billboard, Gene said “There are disco bands, rap bands, Yiddish folk song bands in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but not Kiss. I believe we have more gold records in America than any other group, but it’s OK.”

I think Gene may have a point. KISS has 24 albums that have been certified at least Gold, with 10 of those going on to be Platinum or Multi-Platinum.

And more important, they are a rock band. Which is what you would think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame would be about. But many of the acts being inducted, or at least nominated, in recent years means the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should think about changing its name to the Popular Music Hall of Fame. Either that or the “We’ve Got Our Heads Up Our Asses and Wouldn’t Know a Rock and Roll Band If One Came Up and Busted their Guitars Over Our Hunched Backs” Hall of Fame.

A stupid concept to begin with, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has now proven its incompetence at running that stupid concept.

I don’t find myself agreeing with much of what Gene Simmons says. But if you are going to run a “Rock and Roll” Hall of Fame, how can you seriosly induct Madonna and Grand Master Flash while bands that actually play rock and roll like KISS, Alice Cooper, Rush, and countless other ROCK bands do not get considered? 

Trackback URI | Comments RSS