Nikki Sixx Says Rock Hall of Fame Is ‘Not Some Elite Club’

Motley Crue shouldn’t be a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, however that does not imply guitarist Nikki Sixx does not have an opinion on it.

“I think people get too worked up about the RRHF,” Sixx just lately posted on his social media. “If you get in that’s cool and if not, it’s not a big deal. It’s not some elite club that defines you. It’s an award. None of us hopefully make music just for awards.”

Sixx did, nonetheless, notice one of the positives that sometimes comes together with being inducted into the corridor: “I do like the idea of jamming with other musicians at the ceremony.”

Motley Crue’s History With the Rock Hall

Motley Crue have been eligible for the Hall since 2006, however they’ve but to even be nominated for it. This additionally is not the primary time Sixx has expressed a lower than favorable viewpoint of the establishment.

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“It’s a fixed old-boy network that has lost touch with art, songwriting craft, lyrics and influential music and usually has other agendas at hand,” he stated in 2015. “Young bands tell me it’s a joke and these bands are the future.”

His bandmate Tommy Lee has appeared to agree. Just just a few months in the past, the drummer famous that the Hall does not maintain the enchantment it as soon as did for Motley Crue.

“We’re like, uh, maybe this isn’t the cool club,” he stated in an interview with Bill Maher. “And now it’s like, if they asked us, we’d probably say, ‘Yeah, thanks, not really interested.'”