The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have confronted loads of criticism over time over who has been inducted and in some circumstances once they had been inducted, and one of many newest criticisms comes from Courtney Love, who shared a tweet from creator Jessica Hopper breaking down a number of the lower than stellar stats on the subject of feminine illustration within the Rock Corridor.
Hopper initially responded to a Music Connection article noting the Rock Corridor was celebrating #WomenWhoRock with particular packages as a part of Girls’s Historical past Month. The headline on the article learn, “Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame Celebrates Girls Who Rock.”
In her response, Hopper famous, “Do they tho? 719 inductees to the Rock N Roll Corridor of Fame, solely 61 are girls. That is 8.48 p.c. C’mon @rockhall, it is FUCKING GRIM BRO when yr doing worse than women-artists-on-country radio numbers (10 p.c) and ladies headliners at main music festivals (13 p.c).”
That tweet garnered Love’s consideration who then added her personal response to the dialog, whereas additionally sharing one in all her texts she had despatched to Dave Grohl upon the Foo Fighters‘ induction announcement by the Rock Corridor.
“@jesshopp DOES THE MATH,” tweeted Love. “37 years in existence & girls make up 8.48 p.c of inductees out of 719. See txt to Grohl. @rockhall ELIGIBILITY is 25 years after 1st launch. @foofighters had been nominated 4 secs later. @NinaSimoneMusic & Carole King 30 years #fixtherockandrollhalloffame.”
In her textual content to Grohl, Love wrote, “Have enjoyable on the Rock Corridor Dave. Ensure that and maintain the seats of Tina Turner & Carole King, each who’ve been eligible for over 30! years every.”
Nina Simone was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2018, having been eligible since 1984. Tina Turner and Carole King had been each inducted in 2021, the identical 12 months that Foo Fighters had been inducted into the Rock Corridor.
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There are many alternatives for the Rock Corridor so as to add to their feminine illustration in 2023. Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott and Cyndi Lauper have all been nominated, whereas The White Stripes (Meg White) and New Order/Pleasure Division (Gillian Gilbert) even have feminine members within the band.
Eight of the 14 potential Rock Corridor inductees are on the Rock Corridor poll for the primary time. Solely two of these, Missy Elliott and The White Stripes, are in their first year of eligibility. The 2023 induction class will likely be revealed in Could.
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These acts may’ve been nominated for the Rock Corridor in 2023, however weren’t.
