Given the generally atrocious omissions year after year from the Rock Hall inductees, this seems like a case of getting Capone for tax evasion.
The selection of white women in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been nothing short of disgusting. The only thing Rolling Stone wants to hear from women is them moaning about how bad they need seven inches, and if it’s a strap-on on a woman all the better.
In the first ten years of HOF, the only white women inducted were Carole King (specifically as a non-performer) and Donna Jean Godcheaux, inducted as part of the Grateful Dead as a sort of a technicality, since she was only briefly with the band.
In 1995, finally the first white female performer was included, Janis Joplin. In 1996, the Jefferson Airplane was selected, among whom was Grace Slick who was actually a substantial part of the band. I don’t want to diminish Maureen Tucker of the Velvet Underground, but let’s face it, they were honoring Lou Reed and accidentally included a woman.
It took FOREVER to get Heart, Joan Jett and Pat Benetar in. Somehow the “ROCK AND ROLL” Hall of Fame managed to put Madonna in first.
And where is Pink?
I know the proudly ignorant geezer patrol will rush in to ask, “Who?” but for fifteen solid years, Pink dominated the pop charts with songs that were usually straight-ahead rock, anti-herding, and actually pretty damned artistically superior. Hell, “Give Me Just One Reason” may be the damned best-written ballad of the 21st century... and still rocks just a little.