Jann Wenner

Diss on my list

Friday, December 18th, 2009 | musiX | No Comments

So Jann Wenner and his rock ‘n’ roll boys club have again slammed the door on KISS, denying the band entrance into the Rock and Roll Hall of Lame this year after they received their first nomination. Well, at least John Cougar is in there.

KISS should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame … but isn’t it much cooler to not be in the Hall? Dunno, ask Iggy.

On another note, TDoL’s year-end list—which I’m told is far more influential than any Hall of Fame—comes to you on Monday. Hint: Jann Wenner did not make the cut.

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Ki** our a**, Ja** We**er!

Monday, December 8th, 2008 | musiX | 2 Comments

Well, I’ll be damned. A non-KISS frea … err … fan has called attention to the fact that those fun-loving, middle-aged Knights in Satan’s Service STILL haven’t been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The fine folks over at Ear Farm have made their Top 20 Candidates For the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, written in a very logical, un-KISS frea … err … fan-biased-diatribe kinda way.

To put it into perspective, an artist is eligible for the Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their debut. KISS was eligible in 1999. Yeah, they didn’t make the 2009 cut, either. Of course, KISS’ exclusion makes perfect sense when you realize who’s chairing the RNRHOF: Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone, the magazine that never gave KISS the time of day even when the band was in their halcyon ’70s prime. The complete HOF list is here. And if the following clip (one of my personal favorites) doesn’t scream rock ‘n’ roll, I don’t know what does.

KISS performing “Parasite” live in San Francisco, 1975

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