Another year, another nominee bashing the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Liam Gallagher, the former frontman of Oasis, shared a post on X (complete with Jamaican slang) just hours after the 2024 Rock Hall nominees were announced: "F--- the Rock Hall. It's full of bumbaclarts."
As fans replied with support, the singer continued discussing the nominations. "Don't waste your time. As much as it's appreciated, it's a load of bollox," he told one fan urging others to vote for the band. "There's something fishy about those awards," he told another. "I don't need some wank award from a geriatric in a cowboy hat," he added. The band is currently ninth in the fan vote.
As for his brother Noel, Gallagher speculated that the guitarist, who recently collaborated with the Black Keys, would likely attended. "The little fella loves hanging out with celebrities so he’d prob go as for me I’m washing my hair and having a pedicure and a manicure."
He's not the first to speak out or even reject a nomination from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Dolly Parton initially turned down her nomination, feeling her country background wasn't worthy of the rock 'n' roll museum. She eventually accepted and recorded a rock album to "earn her keep," which we discussed with her last year. The Sex Pistols lambasted the high costs of tables and performances in 2006. Guns and Roses' Axl Rose refused to play with his band in 2012. Paul McCartney didn't show in 1988 when Ringo Starr and George Harrison accepted on behalf of the Beatles, though that was likely bad blood within the band as he attended his solo induction, inducted John Lennon and inducted Ringo Starr.
Ozzy Osbourne is another artist in this year's class who has had some words for the Rock Hall.
"The nomination is meaningless, because it’s not voted on by the fans,” he said at the time — though he did show up to the awards. “It’s voted on by the supposed elite for the industry and the media, who’ve never bought an album or concert ticket in their lives, so their vote is irrelevant to me. Let’s face it, Black Sabbath has never been media darlings. We’re a people’s band and that suits us just fine.”
He seems to have since changed his tune, writing the following in response to his nomination.
"I’m deeply honored to receive this news from the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame," the Prince of Darkness shared on Instagram. "To be one of the few musicians who’s being considered for a second entry, now as a solo artist, is something I could never have imagined. After 44 years as a solo artist the fact that I can continue to record music and receive this recognition is something I am incredibly proud of."
Fans of Oasis, which hasn't played since 2009, are hoping the band has a similar change of heart. But those who pine for the band to finally reunite will likely be disappointed. Gallagher recently told Mojo Magazine that Noel turned down an offer for "a big tour, a lot of money" around the 30th anniversary of Definitely, Maybe.
“It’s down to the universe. It’ll happen when it happens, it’s not in our hands anymore,” he told the magazine. “Me, I love nostalgia though. I’m doing the lot. Every album.”
Well, he apparently doesn't love it that much.
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