It’s Kind Of A Disrespect To Rock And Roll

Metallica frontman James Hetfield is not thrilled that Motörhead and their iconic vocalist Lemmy Kilmister have not been inducted into the Rock & Roll Corridor Of Fame. In a latest episode of The Metallica Report, Hetfield famous his displeasure and questioned the logic of these concerned with the corridor… as all of us do. Like, rather a lot.

“Probably the most rock and roll lifestyle-living individual on this planet just isn’t within the Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame, which is a travesty, a disgrace,” mentioned Hetfield. “It is sort of a disrespect to rock and roll, mainly.”

Motörhead was nominated as soon as in 2020 and has but to both get in or get a second shot at induction. Lemmy and Motörhead be a part of acts like Iron Maiden, Soundgarden, Slayer, Pantera, Thin Lizzy, and numerous others which were largely ignored by the corridor for no readily obvious cause.

Hetfield additionally talked a bit of about his new middle finger tattoo which partially consists of a few of Lemmy‘s ashes.

“Adriana, my girlfriend, her greatest buddy handed away,” mentioned Hetfield. “And we had simply talked concerning the means to place ashes within the ink to characterize somebody who you carry round in your life.”

“So considering up concepts of what would characterize that individual and reminiscences for his or her life – I imply, that is actually what they’re; they’re reminiscences – and remembering that I had been given some ashes of Lemmy and a bit of silver bullet that was like a necklace and utilizing that to get my – yeah, the Iron Cross and the ace of spades.”

He added: “So Lemmy is ready to nonetheless fly the hen to the world through me. And only a reminder of what an inspiration he has been in my life – what to do, what to not do. And for me paying respects to him in perhaps lieu of him being within the Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame, which nonetheless continues to piss me off.”