Looks like the Sex Pistols won't be attending their induction into the Ohio-based Rock'N'Roll Hall of Fame next month.
"John Lydon has previously referred to it as the "Rock and Roll Hall of Shame", and, "a place where old rockers go to die".
The Sex Pistols' former bass player, Glen Matlock, told The Independent on Sunday yesterday it had been a unanimous decision by the band to steer clear. "It's nothing to do with the bands - it's all to do with business. When I first heard about it I was quite excited... but then I found I was going to have to pay thousands of pounds to take my kids." [
Jon Savage, the author of the definitive punk history, England's Dreaming, was unsurprised that the band had turned down the honour. "They are no friends of the music industry and they have always had an uneasy relationship with it. I think it's interesting that finally their influence is being recognised by the mainstream American music industry. America didn't do them any favours. They had a terrible time on tour there. At the end of the day the Sex Pistols were punk rockers, so what do people expect?"
gte the original press release from www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk.Generated some funny headlines, tho...
Sex Pistols Flip Off Rock Hall
Sex Pistols Insult Rock Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame? A Rotten idea! Pistols refuse to pony up dough for award show
Punk rock - a breath of rotten air
Jay Dee's last days
"The untold story of the noted Detroit hip-hop producer's drive to make music in the face of life-threatening illness" Read it here.
Beatmaking videos... kinda heavy on the downloding, but you get Pete Rock making beats for Soul Survivor, Kanye West making a beat, Jay Z's Fade to Black studio sessions doc, Pharrell making and RnB beat, and Domino from Hieroglyphics making a beat with Sesame Street samples. (hat tip to Catchdubs)
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