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Two Rock Hall Voters Debate Their Dream Ballot for 2024
“There’s a certain sector of people there who will tell you, ‘We’re making a TV show.’”
This year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction class will be the first one crafted without Jann Wenner lurking from around the corner, after he was removed from the board of directors last September following an egregious interview to promote his book about so-called “masters” of the genre. One way this evolution is being manifested is the Rock Hall’s new mission statement, which promises to celebrate and honor artists whose music “connects us all” — a vague objective that will allow just about every genre and logic, regardless of merit, to be under consideration. I realize there’s always going to be an ossified boomer contingency who thinks she’s the terrible person who broke up the Beatles, corrupted their sweet and beloved John Lennon, and turned him into a weird art junkie.
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