I agree but all you have to do to understand what the Rock and Roll HOF is all about is go there. It has very little to do with music and everything to do with grifting suckers for the admission price for a tour of memorabilia that you could find at any Hard Rock Cafe.
A few miles away you can see Elvis’ Electra Glide in a Cleveland Harley dealership but you won’t find one in the HOF.
It’s a joke.
Bi-Sexual Editor of Rolling Stone and head of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Jann Wenner has said Rush will never get in under his watch because they have not contributed anything to rock and roll other than Tom Sawyer. As a fan of this band...this is our thorn. 40 million records sold worlwide and one of the top ten grossing tours this year not to mention a #3 Billboard debut.
There is a small network of people within the Hall that do know what rock and roll is.
My brother has said that the exhibits at the Hall themselves have been good at times (featuring older acts that haven’t been “inducted”).
Also they underwrite a festival based in New Orleans that celebrates the unsung heroes of rock and roll and gets them on stage one more time (example lineup: Plas Johnson, Link Wray, Scotty Moore with DJ Fontana, Alex Chilton providing backup, Dale Hawkins with James Burton... Too much to recall at this time.
I’ve been to the Experience Music Pavillion in Seattle but not the RRHOF. There were some decent items and a lot of crap.
And Hard Rock may have a lot of memorabilia but they don’t preserve it, many artifacts have faded from poor protection (they didn’t use UV filtered glass).