‘80s rock star tears into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for waiting until musicians die to induct
Dee Snider has a simple message for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Don’t wait until musicians are dead to induct.
The Twisted Sister frontman took to social media recently, urging the Hall to induct while those being honored are still alive.
“Dear RNR Hall of Fame: There are bands who YOU KNOW are going to eventually be inducted because of their huge influence,” Snider posted on “X,” the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “How about NOT waiting until the entire band is DEAD?
“The MC5 are being inducted next month,” he continued to write in the post. “The last living member died yesterday. RIP MC5.”
It isn’t the first time Snider had words for the Hall, In 2021, he went after the organization for its handling of hard rock and metal bands, who he believed were woefully underrepresented.
“The RnR Hall committee members are arrogant elitist assholes who look down on metal & other bands that sell millions because we’re not their definition of cool,” Snider tweeted. “The fan vote is their ‘throwing a bone’ to the peasants. I want to say FU, but I want them to have to deal with us!”
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