CHRIS JERICHO On Rock: “We Should not Have To Fear What The GRAMMYs Or Rock Corridor Suppose”

Fozzy vocalist Chris Jericho is not too involved about what the GRAMMYs or Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame take into consideration rock. In an interview with Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, Jericho mentioned that the rock style has “all the time been type of the red-headed stepchild of the music world” except for just a few notable bands like Metallica and Weapons N’ Roses.

Jericho then elaborated on his level, including that rock probably will not be dropped at the forefront till the trade finds a superb band to get behind.

“Properly, now you are going into the enterprise standpoint of issues. Is there bands that would do it? In fact there’s. Should you have a look at the Struts, or in the event you have a look at Greta, otherwise you have a look at a few of these forms of bands — Soiled Honey and Halestorm — otherwise you talked about Fozzy, a good-time rock and roll band. However you need to have the trade behind you. And that is what I imply by Weapons N’ Roses or Metallica in ’91. These bands had been all the time nice, however it was the trade getting behind them, the choice makers getting behind them. And you understand how that works. And till the subsequent rock band is type of deemed that, I do not assume you are gonna see rock within the forefront.

“I do not assume it is value getting offended about as a result of we all know that the arenas are nonetheless full, rock and roll is alive and effectively, and we should not fear what the GRAMMYs assume or what the Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame [thinks]. Who provides a shit anyhow? It is like Chuck D. mentioned: ‘Who cares if I received a freakin’ Grammy?’ I believe that many of the bands really feel that method.”

One GRAMMY producer not too long ago issued an apology for snubbing the likes of Joey Jordison and Jon Zazula in the course of the on-air In Memoriam phase, whereas the Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame is not letting Dolly Parton rescind her nomination for the Class of 2022.