2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; my Annual "Oh For Christ's Sake" moment.

Another year, another list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, another list of travesties. You'd think I would have gotten over it by now but folks, keep in mind, I am a very angry man with very little to distract me from my mounting rage.

This shit is getting silly now.


The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2009 Inductees, ticket availability to the Induction Ceremony and a weeklong schedule of events to celebrate the Induction’s return to Cleveland. On April 4, 2009, the Induction Ceremony will take place in Cleveland for the first time since 1997. The 2009 Induction Ceremony will be broadcast live on Fuse TV.

The performer inductees are:
Jeff Beck
Little Anthony & the Imperials
Metallica
Run-D.M.C.
Bobby Womack

Early Influence Category Inductee:
Wanda Jackson

Sidemen Category Inductees:
Bill Black
DJ Fontana
Spooner Oldham

The 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performer inductees were chosen by the 600 voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Artists are eligible for inclusion in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twenty-five years after their first recording is released.

In addition to being honored at the April ceremony, each inducted artist is commemorated at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland Ohio, which serves as a monument to rock and roll’s impact on our culture. These inductees will be honored – along with previous year’s inductees and hundreds of other artists – with an exhibit and film that serve to tell the story of modern music.


OK, I'll give you Run DMC, bridging rock and rap, breaking down barriers and such. Even a blind squirrel gets a nut sometimes. And Jeff Beck I can sort of swallow but it doesn't go down too easy.


Metallica? For reals?


As terrible it is that ultimate cry-babies Metallica are in here are some other gems.

2008 - JOHN COUGAR MELLONCAMP and Madonna? That's what we at the interwebs call a two-fer of WTF?, kids.
2000 - James Taylor. I'm 100% serious, go look it up.
1999 - Billy Joel (that one makes me nauseous, no joke. I can't even eat my shredded wheats.)

Can we make some trades?

Hmm...maybe:



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Kirk Hammet isn't fit to carry Steve "Mr Guitar" Miller's amp, Lou Reed would kick the shit out of James Hetfield for being a whiney little baby and I don't even want to think about what Iggy would do to Lars.


I need something to sooth my nerves and slowly back me off the ledge...



Nope, that kind of made things worse.



See you next year for The Rock and Roll Hall Of Hame Induction Ceremony 2010 featuring -

The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Asia
2 Live Crew (we put in SOME rap for you young fellows, because we're cool, we be hip, we're down right. For Shizzle. Pound it dog.)
Yngwie Malmsteen

and many more completely un-relevant acts that fill you with unspeakable, hot red anger!