Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Announced: N.W.A Was Fucking Slighted
The craptastic rock and roll hall of fame inductees were just announced. 
Cover photo by Howard Rosenberg May 5, 1989 cover
Here's who was nominated:
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Chic
Deep Purple
Heart
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Albert King
Kraftwerk
The Marvelettes
The Meters
Randy Newman
N.W.A
Procol Harum
Public Enemy
Rush
Donna Summer
Here's who got in:
Heart
Albert King
Randy Newman
Public Enemy
Rush
Donna Summer
Also, Lou Adler and Quincy Jones as "non-performers."
Nothing against those folks, but where's Kraftwerk? Where's fucking N.W.A?
I guess pretty much inventing electronic music and laying the groundwork for hip-hop and inventing gangsta rap and changing the political and social discourse in this country aren't very important.
Public Enemy's cool, of course, but to say their impact was greater than N.W.A's is on some east coast left-wing bias shit.
As for Rush, we do have to admit that Neil Peart does have a ginormous drumkit.
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