Enough with the furshlugginer hair bands already!

I've seen a clip from the now-defunct Headbangers Ball featuring fresh, new artists Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl from the band Nirvana. Dave Grohl was in a tux and Kurt Cobain was in a ladies' evening gown. The humor seemed lost on the clueless host (it's a *ball*, ya lummox!).

I've always said that Kurt Cobain was to my generation what Elvis Presley was to my mom's. This, of course, irritates my mom to no end.

And really just for a handful of songs. But they were influential.

Bleach, Nevermind, and In Utero

(but as you said, they WERE influential)

Hendrix had only four albums.

Sad to think how much music we lost by these premature deaths

I kind of like it.

I can't believe this was twenty years ago. (back when the "M" in MTV meant MUSIC)

who were a ground breaking band, but the Rock and Roll HoF is a joke.
Just Google at a list of who is in and who isn't.

RRHOF was founded in 1988.

Still plenty of people to induct..

plenty of deserving groups and people who have been eligible for years are not in.
But ABBA and people who have nothing to do with Rock or had just one hit are.


http://www.futurerocklegends.com/The_Snub_List.php

Pay to play hype for a few people to make a fortune.
Evidence?:http://www.notinhalloffame.com/rock-and-roll

The fact that Sonic Youth and the Pixies aren't in proves it's a joke. Nirvana has even cited the Pixies as one of their main influences.

and add roxie music, the smiths, the cure, new order/joy division.

Looks like they have a very loose definition of "rock"...


ABBA
Beastie Boys
The Bee Gees
Earth Wind and Fire
Grandmaster Flash
Madonna
Micheal Jackson
Bob Marley
Joni Mitchell
Parliament Funkadelic
Public Enemy
Bonnie Raitt
Run DMC
Donna Summer
Stevie Wonder

http://rockhall.com/inductees/alphabetical/

Some of these are a real tragedy

Moody Blues
Yes
Bon Jovi
The Doobie Brothers

Come on now.
Tons of them that have been shut out for no reason except what - 70's rock.

I suspect he would have dismissed all of the hullabaloo.

She said he would have said he hated it, but privately would have been proud. I don't know about that. We'll never know.

I don't have a big issue with the HOF. I take it for what it is. I think most of the people who do have issues with it do so because a band they love isn't in it, which is odd since most of those same people say the HOF is a joke. I'm not sure I would give a shit if I were them. It's a subject that seems to elicit a lot of anger in some, which is bizarre to me.

I've been a fan since 1991. I'm just glad people are talking and writing about Kurt and the band again and I enjoyed the performances last night.

I loved all the bands of that time, but Pearl Jam was my favorite. I always thought Cobain was an asshole for the way he treated Pearl Jam. As time has passed and I have seen how principaled Eddie Vedder is and how he was used his wallet to speak out against the system (while creating kick ass music), the only conclusion I can come to is Cobain realized how much better Vedder/Pearl Jam was/were.

And I still stand by what I said.

Seems like Eddie and the rest of PJ have let it go.

I feel the same way about Guns and Roses for the same reasons. Only difference is there was never a reconciliation to that fued like there was between PJ and Nirvana.

Ahh the feud talk makes me quite nostalgic. It was so fun to follow back in the day.

I think what bugged me was how wrong they were. He accused PJ of selling out. This is the band that would not produce video's for MTV, would not tour and boycotted ticketmaster, accepted an award for Spin the Black Circle solely for his deceased father while telling the establishment off. In short, they were the complete opposite of what they were accused of.

I put it down to Kurt Cobain being a wanker, or the male version of Courtney Love. He just didn't know wtf he was talking about when he slagged off Pearl Jam...

btw, I always like showing this to fellow Pearl Jam fans. A thoughtful and insightful review of Pearl Jam's first 20 years. It's actually pretty funny

http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/01/05/pearl-jam-are-the-most-boring-band-in-20-years

He hated pigs that treated women like shit, bigots and the like. He loved women being involved in rock n' roll and detested the cheesy spandex teased hair bullshit that objectified women and dominated rock music throughout the late 80s.

it was because the drummer in our band came to rehearsal totally excited, waving a copy of Nevermind and said "Dudes! You really, really gotta hear this!". At the time I thought it was the most refreshing and passionate sound I'd heard in years.

Soon after that, our band moved to the Seattle area, as did half the other bands in the Northwest. By 1994, there was a guitar player living in every dumpster in Seattle.

Here's a classic from a lesser known but very talented Seattle area band whose demise resulted from a deadly heroin overdose of a beautiful rising star.

I gotta watch the segment about them on PJ 20.

I liked the Temple of the Dog tribute album.

made me think of this Todd Snider tune tho.

Stipe is cool, though.

However, like it or not, apparently she was central to the festivities.

Actually Grohl and his mom, Wendy, had a much bigger part in the actual induction. Courtney was third or fourth to speak.

So yeah, I hold grudges.

Very cool evolution gif

It was trending on imgur, and I snagged it. It never gets old.

I got the album because Dale Crover played drums on some of the songs but I was not exactly excited about it. Never got into Nirvana really, they sounded too produced when Smells Like Teen Spirit came out.