Jann Wenner Removed from Rock & Roll HOF Board After Remarks on Black, Female Artists

Rolling Stone’s founder simply misplaced decision-making energy within the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — all as a result of he referred to as Black and feminine artists inarticulate … TMZ has discovered.

A rep for the Hall tells us Jann Wenner has been booted from the famed HOF’s Board of Directors for his or her Foundation — this after a vote was taken among the many present members.

Sources with direct data inform us the one dissenting vote was from Jon Landau.

Jann Wenner — who helped launch RS Magazine manner again in 1967 — did an interview with the NYT this week during which he talks about who he interviewed for his forthcoming providing, “The Masters,” which incorporates wide-ranging sit-downs with 7 rock and roll gods.

That consists of Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Bono, Jerry Garcia and Pete Townsend … all of whom, because the NYT journo famous, are white and male.

The Q: “There are seven topics within the new e book; seven white guys. In the introduction, you acknowledge that performers of coloration and girls performers are simply not in your zeitgeist. Which to my thoughts isn’t believable for Jann Wenner. Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, the record retains going … What do you suppose is the deeper clarification for why you interviewed the themes you interviewed and never different topics?

Wenner’s reply is telling. He says, “When I was referring to the zeitgeist, I was referring to Black performers, not to the female performers, OK? Just to get that accurate. The selection was not a deliberate selection. It was kind of intuitive over the years; it just fell together that way. The people had to meet a couple criteria, but it was just kind of my personal interest and love of them.”

He provides, “Insofar as the women, just none of them were as articulate enough on this intellectual level.” The reporter pushes again, incredulously asking if he actually does not suppose Joni Mitchell was articulate sufficient to speak music on an mental degree.

Wenner responded, “It’s not that they’re not creative geniuses. It’s not that they’re inarticulate, although, go have a deep conversation with Grace Slick or Janis Joplin. Please, be my guest. You know, Joni was not a philosopher of rock ’n’ roll. She didn’t, in my mind, meet that test. Not by her work, not by other interviews she did. The people I interviewed were the kind of philosophers of rock.”