The R&R Hall of Shame!

Fela Kuti! 

Hercules wrote: I'm delighted to say that I don't own a single album by any of those bands/artistes. The only ones I vaguely like are Kate Bush, Iron Maiden and The Foo Fighters. TBH, it's incredibly American oriented.

A Crimson Mellotron wrote: The R&R Hall of Fame is becoming less and less related to Rock' n' Roll. It's ghastly and disgraceful seeing someone like Jay-Z getting a nomination, alongside bands like Foo Fighters or Rage Against the Machine (nothing against them, but seriously?). I believe this is an event that is absolutely unworthy of attention, so I personally do not give a spit about who gets nominated or who gets inducted. However, it is an event that is in desperate need of renaming - The Music Hall of Fame would fit it much better. Why mess up what R&R is!

SteveG wrote: ^ Nicki Minaj's thong? Good God!

^ Nicki Minaj's thong? Good God!

As mentioned, it moved away from just rock & roll a long time ago.   I have been considering creating my own Music Hall of Fame or Museum of Fame and Possibly Infamy. For my own museum, which would be set up in the hallway of my House for now (so just The Hallway of Fame), I hope to go bigger if I acquire enough "relics". In that case I will expand to the rec. room, right next to the elliptical trainer. I figure it would be nice for people to get a work-out while looking at the fine artefacts. If anyone has any original hand-written music manuscripts by fairly well-know names such as J.S. Bach cluttering up their drawers, please consider a donation to a worthy cause. I'm fine with various materials from music artists who are still composing or decomposing. I'm also interesting in collecting instruments used by musicians and more general music artefacts, curios, relics, memorabilia, antiquities, curios, souvenirs, paraphernalia and stuff like that. I'd like to have one of the guitars used by Jimi Hendrix where he tooth plucked/ played it. I'd settle just for the slightly chewed strings (hoping there's little bit of chipped tooth still stuck to it), for a little taste of Hendrix.   In fact, I would settle for some of his old used chewing gum.

Please PM me if you've got any old relevant stuff that's just taking up space in your garage or cluttering your drawers that belonged to, was created by, or was used by any reasonably renowned music personalities (a Clapton guitar is okay, Mozart's harpsichord is okay, but please keep those Nicki Minaj thongs in your own drawers). Very rare albums that you very rarely or never play I'll take off your hands too. I would be willing to cover the shipping costs depending on the item, and with every donation comes a significant discount on the admission price to visit the museum. The biggest donor will receive a season pass if certain restrictions are ever lifted.   If not, just know that that old stuff you weren't doing anything with has found a nice home. Thanks in advance.

Edited by Logan - February 11 2021 at 12:00

The thing is that some artists really appreciate the induction. When The Zombies were inducted both Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone were absolutely ecstatic over it and considered it a great honor. Now, those two chaps are two of the nicest men in the rock business, without an ounce of ego or pretention, so I'm happy for them, not the RRHOF.

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