It’s absolutely nothing to do with rock ‘n’ roll and anyone who thinks it is is a fool. Other than Neil Young’s participation in the induction process, the whole thing was, and is, total bollocks. Ahead of the Pretenders frontwoman's debut solo album, we revisit a classic 1979 Melody Maker interview in which she recalls her. ( like moving out of the USA and being arrested at PETA protests and my general personality ). Chrissie Hynde: 'Malcolm McLaren wanted me to dress up like a guy'. On July 20, 1982, the band began recording the song at AIR Studios in London. I’d upset them enough by then, so it was one of those things that would bail me out from years of disappointing them. My heart sank because I knew I’d have to go back for it as it would be too much of a kick in the teeth to my parents if I didn’t. I was living a happy life in Rio when I got the call I was being inducted. ![]() ![]() I got in a band so I didn’t have to be part of all that. It’s just more establishment backslapping. I don’t even wanna be associated with it. If anyone wants my position in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame they are welcome to it. “It’s absolutely nothing to do with rock ‘n’ roll and anyone who thinks it is is a fool.” “Other than Neil Young’s participation in the induction process, the whole thing was, and is, total bollocks,” Hynde wrote. The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde announces intimate 2022 UK tour dates 'Finally getting to play some of my favourite Pretenders songs in my favourite type venues' By Will Richards 19th. Ahead of the Pretenders frontwomans debut solo album, we revisit a classic 1979 Melody Maker interview in which she recalls her. (Photo by Per Ole Hagen/Redferns/Getty Images. In a message on Facebook today, presumably reacting to Love’s op-ed, she writes that she only attended her own 2005 induction to make her parents happy. Chrissie Hynde has slammed the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, describing it as having nothing to do with rock ‘n’ roll. Chrissie Hynde: Malcolm McLaren wanted me to dress up like a guy. The Pretenders Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne discuss why theyve covered a number of Bob Dylan songs. You can count Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders among those without respect for the Rock Hall. Even Jann Wenner, who co-founded the Hall and presided over it for years, is now a vocal critic. Todd Rundgren called it a “ scam,” and even if Philip Selway says otherwise, it spoke volumes when Thom Yorke and the Greenwood brothers did not show up for Radiohead’s induction. ![]() Lots of artists in the Rock Hall are either indifferent toward or actively repulsed by the institution. It echoed complaints from Alanis Morisette of a sexist production environment at last year’s ceremony. Earlier today Courtney Love published a Guardian op-ed decrying a history of “sexist” gatekeeping at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
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