- Angus Young
Reaction to Madonna's recent induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame AC/DC
It should be noted that all deceased members actually clawed their way
An addendum to the petition suggested that, once departed, former mem- © Ken Socrates 2008. All rights reserved.
"If That Bitch Is In, Man,
Then I Want Fucking Out"
has arrived swiftly as the following artist's have signed a petition requesting
that all mention of themselves and their work now be completely removed.
Paul Ackerman
Aerosmith
The Allman Brothers Band
The Animals
Louis Armstrong
Chet Atkins
LaVern Baker
Hank Ballard
The Band
Frank Barsalona
Dave Bartholomew
Ralph Bass
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
The Bee Gees
Benny Benjamin
Chuck Berry
Black Sabbath
Chris Blackwell
Hal Blaine
Bobby “Blue” Bland
Blondie
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Booker T. and the M.G.’s
David Bowie
Ruth Brown
James Brown
Charles Brown
Jackson Browne
Buffalo Springfield
Solomon Burke
James Burton
The Byrds
Johnny Cash
Ray Charles
Leonard Chess
Charlie Christian
Eric Clapton
Dick Clark
The Clash
The Coasters
Eddie Cochran
Leonard Cohen
Nat “King” Cole
Sam Cooke
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Floyd Cramer
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crosby, Stills and Nash
King Curtis
Bobby Darin
The Dave Clark Five
Miles Davis
The Dells
Bo Diddley
Dion
Willie Dixon
Fats Domino
Tom Donahue
The Doors
Steve Douglas
The Drifters
Bob Dylan
The Eagles
Earth, Wind & Fire
Duane Eddy
Nesuhi Ertegun
Ahmet Ertegun
The Everly Brothers
Leo Fender
The Flamingos
Fleetwood Mac
The Four Seasons
The Four Tops
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
Aretha Franklin
Alan Freed
Milt Gabler
Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
Marvin Gaye
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Berry Gordy, Jr.
Bill Graham
Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five
The Grateful Dead
Al Green
Woody Guthrie
Buddy Guy
Bill Haley
John Hammond
Isaac Hayes
Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss
Billie Holiday
Holland, Dozier and Holland
Buddy Holly
John Lee Hooker
The Impressions
The Ink Spots
The Isley Brothers
Mahalia Jackson
James Jamerson
Etta James
Elmore James
Jefferson Airplane
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Billy Joel
Little Willie John
Elton John
Johnnie Johnson
Robert Johnson
Janis Joplin
Louis Jordan
B. B. King
The Kinks
Lead Belly
Led Zeppelin
Brenda Lee
John Lennon
Jerry Lee Lewis
Little Richard
Little Walter
Lovin’ Spoonful
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Mamas and the Papas
Bob Marley
Martha and the Vandellas
George Martin
Curtis Mayfield
Paul McCartney
Clyde McPhatter
John Mellencamp
Joni Mitchell
The Moonglows
Scotty Moore
Van Morrison
Jelly Roll Morton
Syd Nathan
Ricky Nelson
The O’Jays
Roy Orbison
The Orioles
Mo Ostin
Johnny Otis
Earl Palmer
Parliament-Funkadelic
Les Paul
Carl Perkins
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Sam Phillips
Wilson Pickett
Pink Floyd
Gene Pitney
The Platters
The Police
Doc Pomus
Elvis Presley
The Pretenders
Lloyd Price
Prince
Professor Longhair
Queen
Ma Rainey
Bonnie Raitt
Ramones
Otis Redding
Jimmy Reed
R.E.M.
Righteous Brothers
Smokey Robinson
Jimmie Rodgers
The Rolling Stones
The Ronettes
Sam and Dave
Santana
Pete Seeger
Bob Seger
Sex Pistols
Del Shannon
The Shirelles
Paul Simon
Simon and Garfunkel
Percy Sledge
Sly and the Family Stone
Bessie Smith
Patti Smith
The Soul Stirrers
Phil Spector
Dusty Springfield
Bruce Springsteen
The Staple Singers
Steely Dan
Seymour Stein
Rod Stewart
Jim Stewart
The Supremes
Talking Heads
James Taylor
The Temptations
Allen Toussaint
Traffic
Big Joe Turner
Ike and Tina Turner
U2
Ritchie Valens
Van Halen
The Velvet Underground
The Ventures
Gene Vincent
T-Bone Walker
Dinah Washington
Muddy Waters
Jann S. Wenner
Jerry Wexler
The Who
Hank Williams
Jackie Wilson
Howlin’ Wolf
Stevie Wonder
Jimmy Yancey
The Yardbirds
Neil Young
The (Young) Rascals
ZZ Top
Frank Zappa
from their graves and dragged their rotting corpses to places where they
could add their names in grisly scrawls of righteous, gruesome protest.
bers would only consider a return when the talentless, pandering so-called
singer was summarily removed from every aspect of the hall and The Smiths,
Nick Cave, Joy Division and The Replacements were immediately inducted,
restoring the now tainted institution to a bare minimum measure of legitimacy.
