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SLIPKNOT frontman
Corey Taylor says that he would "probably" take a page out of the
SEX PISTOLS' playbook by declining to be inducted into the
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame if his band was to ever get the nod.
When the
SEX PISTOLS' induction was announced in 2006, lead singer
Johnny Rotten (né
Lydon) sent along a hilariously blunt (and grammatically incorrect) handwritten letter in which he compared the
Hall to "urine in wine" and added: "Next to the
SEX PISTOLS, rock and roll and that hall of fame is a piss stain. Were [sic] not coming. Were [sic] not your monkey." Later he said: "I can't accept any accolade from them — unless they offer me a shitload of money."
The prospect of
SLIPKNOT being inducted into the
Rock Hall was raised during
Taylor's recent interview with
Andy Hall of the Des Moines, Iowa radio station
Lazer 103.3. When
Andy suggested that fans had the power to get
SLIPKNOT into the
Hall and "right all of the wrongs of the past by also inducting
JUDAS PRIEST and
SCORPIONS and a bunch of other bands that deserve their spot,"
Corey said (as transcribed by
BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "First of all, I don't care about that
Hall, 'cause I think it's a pile of garbage. They don't honor anything except pop music, really, and they only really induct real rock bands when they have to cave to pressure. They disrespected so many bands over the past by putting others in before the ones that actually deserve it, that I would probably go the way of the
SEX PISTOLS. I'd be, like, 'Your
Hall is a sham. I don't care if I'm a part of it or not. You have no idea what the spirit of rock and roll is actually about. So take this and shove it up your you-know-what.' So, that's basically where I'm at. And, obviously, I'm not getting any brownie points, and I probably will never be nominated, but I don't really care."
Taylor went on to say that he doesn't think
SLIPKNOT fans "would actually care if we were in [the
Rock Hall] to begin with. It's not gonna stop us from playing," he said. "I mean, think about it: football players, they retire and then they go [into the
Football Hall Of Fame]. We're still going. Why would I wanna go in the
Hall Of Fame if we're still killing?"
This is not the first time
Taylor has critized the
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. Back in May 2016, the singer was asked by
Loudwire Nights for his opinion on comments
Gene Simmons taking issue with hip-hop acts — and other non-rock artists — being inducted into the
Rock Hall. He responded: "I see what
Gene's saying, and, you know, I'm old-school guy as well; I get it. But at the same time, the more I look at what
N.W.A. did, man, I mean, they influenced me, and I'm a rock and roll guy. So how do they not deserve to be in there? To me, bands like that, bands like
RUN–D.M.C., it's a different type of band, but it's a band, man. I mean, that's straight up. So I can see both sides of it."
He continued: "I have bigger problems with the
Hall Of Fame than some of the people who have gone in. Mine has more to do with the fact that until this year,
CHEAP TRICK and
DEEP PURPLE weren't in. That, to me, is disrespectful on a whole other level. Does N.W.A. deserve to be in. You're goddamn right they do. But did
CHEAP TRICK and
DEEP PURPLE deserve to be in years before they got in? You're damn right they did. So that whole organization needs to figure out who they're gonna honor and when, because there are still bands right now who aren't in that should be."
Two years earlier,
Corey called out
KISS over the public feud between the current bandmembers, two original ex-members and the
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame over the group's long-awaited induction into the
Hall in April 2014.
Taylor said: "On one hand, you're stoked being a
KISS fan, but on the other hand it's, like, 'Can you guys just put aside your petty issues and realize that without one another you wouldn't have been able to do this? Can you just set stuff aside and do one show for the fans of the original lineup again? And then you never have to see each other again?'"
KISS co-founders
Simmons and
Paul Stanley firmly rejected the idea of performing at the induction ceremony with former founding members
Peter Criss and
Ace Frehley, despite the
Hall's and fans' wishes.
Taylor added: "Without [
Frehley and
Criss], the other two guys wouldn't be where they are! And that's just me layin' it straight! I might not ever get a kind word from anybody in that band anymore. But I think it's petty and I think it's ridiculous! Figure it out! Show respect, because sometimes it's not about you, it's about the fans."
Another artist who famously refused to be inducted into the
Rock Hall is
GUNS N' ROSES singer
Axl Rose. In an April 2012 letter to the
Hall, band fans and "to whom it may concern,"
Rose listed several reasons for not attending his band's ceremony in Cleveland, including a feeling that the
Hall does not respect him. In declining his own induction, he added: "I strongly request that I not be inducted in absentia and please know that no one is authorized nor may anyone be permitted to accept any induction for me or speak on my behalf."