Congratulations #RockHall2019 Inductees @thecure, @defleppard, @janetjackson, @stevienicks, @radiohead, #RoxyMusic and @thezombiesmusic Now's the time to celebrate with us: https://t.co/9aY5FNQFd7 🍾 pic.twitter.com/3WnI1xOEPY
— Rock Hall (@rockhall) 13. Dezember 2018
@rockhall 2019 induction pic.twitter.com/AqTIzAFIgN
— Lol Tolhurst (@LolTolhurst) December 13, 2018
I would like to give a big thank you to all Cure fan's far and wide, for their outstanding support over the years to present day, I thank you. Ax.
— Andy Anderson (@andyandersonkit) December 15, 2018
And it's Congratulations to The Cure : well done lads, hard work over the years, and well deserved.
Quote from: josmagerotte on December 18, 2018, 17:43:53
I'm desesperatly trying to find why some members of the band are not mentionned on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame web site. Are they, then, not inducted ?
What is the selection process? What is the use for this kind of induction ? Do someone have a real documented answer ?
Quotehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame
There is also controversy in the lack of transparency in the selection process. Janet Morrissey of The New York Times wrote:
"With fame and money at stake, it's no surprise that a lot of backstage lobbying goes on. Why any particular act is chosen in any particular year is a mystery to performers as well as outsiders – and committee members say they want to keep it that way."
Jon Landau, the chairman of the nominating committee, says they prefer it that way. "We've done a good job of keeping the proceedings nontransparent. It all dies in the room."
Quote from: josmagerotte on December 18, 2018, 17:43:53Do someone have a real documented answer ?
Quote from: josmagerotte on December 18, 2018, 17:43:53
I'm desesperatly trying to find why some members of the band are not mentionned on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame web site. Are they, then, not inducted ?
QuoteRolling Stone: They're taking in you, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Perry Bamonte, Michael Dempsey, Simon Gallup, Boris Williams, Jason Cooper and Roger O'Donnell. Any mistakes? Did they get that right?
Lol: Yeah. I don't really understand their criteria too much. It seems a little arbitrary in some respects. It would be nice to meet everyone again. A couple of those people I haven't seen in ages. That will be good.
Quote2019 Induction Ceremony Ticket On Sale Info
Tickets go on sale on February 1 at 10am EST
It's going to be a once-in-a-lifetime celebration for our newest Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees at the 34th annual Induction Ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The ceremony will be held on March 29th, 2019 and tickets to the general public will go on sale on February 1, 2019 at 10am EST.
- Base ticket prices are $506, $256, $131, $86, and $56 (plus applicable Ticketmaster fees).
- Public on sale has a limit of four [4] tickets per transaction.
- To be eligible for the Member Pre-Sale, you needed to join or renew your membership by December 31, 2018
- A seating chart for the venue layout is available at Ticketmaster.com
- VIP packages sold on Ticketmaster.com are fulfilled by Ticketmaster and are subject to details provided by Ticketmaster
Get Tickets https://www1.ticketmaster.com/event/0000562F99271EC0
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When it was announced that The Cure had been selected for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the list of Cure members eligible was missing 4 names - Reeves Gabrels, Andy Anderson, Phil Thornalley, and Matthieu Hartley. On Monday it was revealed that the Hall had reconsidered and Reeves will now be inducted with the rest of the band. Before this change was made, I'm told there was a good chance that the band might decide to skip the event, but are now more open to it. Still not confirmed but looking better.
Quote from: bobcat on February 07, 2019, 19:56:35
aah, not being mean but i can see why they didnt include Reeves. he hasnt been in the band that long
Quote from: Ulrich on February 08, 2019, 10:00:39Quote from: bobcat on February 07, 2019, 19:56:35
aah, not being mean but i can see why they didnt include Reeves. he hasnt been in the band that long
Yeah it looks like they're making an exception to their "rules" - maybe because RS threatened not to come at all!
Quote from: josmagerotte on December 18, 2018, 17:43:53I'm desesperatly trying to find why some members of the band are not mentionned on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame web site.
Quote from: dsanchez on February 23, 2019, 11:33:30
Anyone reading this please go there and sign
I'll be talking to all the inductees at this years Rock n Roll Hall of Fame!
— Carrie Keagan (@CarrieKeagan) March 12, 2019
Do you have questions you want me to ask them?🤘🏼
TUNE IN to the live stream of the @rockhall red carpet March 29th 5:30pm EST by going to https://t.co/bHpdNtU39m @Citi @HiltonHotels @KlipschAudio pic.twitter.com/fRyy5Aw4hj
Quote from: word_on_a_wing on March 13, 2019, 13:20:11
...looking forward to watching footage of this :)
The 2019 @RockHall of Fame Induction Ceremony premieres Saturday, April 27 on HBO. https://t.co/oUe4uF6NFY pic.twitter.com/GWuePEglwf
— HBO (@HBO) March 15, 2019
Quote from: word_on_a_wing on March 13, 2019, 13:20:11
http://p4k.in/iK6u4QG
Trent Reznor will do the honours
...looking forward to watching footage of this :)
Quote from: dsanchez on March 29, 2019, 00:18:56
There will be an "Official Red Carpet Live Stream" tomorrow. Stay tuned!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubVjUsV61ik
QuoteGood evening. I'm Trent Reznor. Tonight we are here to give praise and respect to one of the most instantaneously recognizable and sonically unique rock bands of the 20th century. Tonight, the Cure enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
I grew up in a small town—small town USA, Mercer, Pennsylvania to be precise, where there was nothing to look at but cornfields. It was a primitive time, long before the miracle of the internet arrived to devalue our wonderful art form. Even pre-MTV, with nothing to listen to on the radio and nothing to do but dream and escape.
When I left home, it was time for the big city—in my case the big city of Cleveland. And everything changed. It was the mid-'80s, and just being able to tune into college radio made my head explode with limitless possibilities. This was my baptism into the world of alternative and underground music—the sounds that informed what Nine Inch Nails would eventually become.
One of the most important aspects of being swept away by this tidal wave of music was getting to hear the Cure for the first time. Immediately, this band struck a deep chord in me. The first album I heard was Head on the Door, and I hadn't heard anything like it before. And a lot of darkness I felt in my head was coming back at me through the speakers and it blew my mind. It was like this music was written just for me. Now I've struggled my whole life feeling like I don't fit or belong anywhere, kind of like right now. Hearing this, I suddenly felt connected and no longer quite so alone in the world. That's one of the things I find so unique and special about the power of music.
It wasn't just the sound or the words or the presentation—all of it was anchored by the most exquisite of instruments—Robert Smith's voice. That voice, capable of such a range of emotion from an expression for rage, sorrow, and despair to beauty, frailty, and joy. It might sound naive but until I heard The Head on the Door, I just didn't realize it was possible to write about such difficult and profound ideas, but do it in the context of successful songs that might even get played on the radio, challenging norms from the inside.
Anyway, I listened to that record nonstop until I wore the grooves off the vinyl and then I worked my way backwards. It was a rich and important back catalog waiting for me.
The group that would become the Cure formed in 1976 in the suburban English backwater of Crawley, a small town that all the members also dreamt of escaping from. They were four imaginary boys: Robert Smith, Lol Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey, and Pearl Thompson, who were energized both by the explosion of punk that was happening miles up the road in London and by the heavy psychedelic rock from America which they'd grown up loving.
After a few lineup changes and the creation of some timeless post-punk and new wave, the band entered 1980 as one of the groups who would come to define the music, the attitude, the look of the decade to come. Singer, guitarist, and songwriter Robert Smith, bassist Simon Gallup, and drummer Lol Tolhurst presided over a trio of classic albums—Seventeen Seconds, Faith, and Pornography—that would help to become what would be known as gothic or alternative rock.
Just as everyone else was getting ready to jump on the new sound that the Cure helped usher into the world, they were already moving to new pastures. Robert Smith was keen to show the world he could do so much more than monochromatic. He recorded a series of songs that became huge hits across the globe and are rightly still seen as classics today. The 13 albums they recorded over their 40-year career stand as a testament to their undiminished power and artistic imagination.
Despite making challenging music that deals with the biggest themes, their impact has been gigantic. They've sold the best part of who gives a shit how many million records and been an essential touchstone in the genres of post-punk, new wave, goth, alternative, shoegaze and post-rock. They've been in and out of fashion so many times in the last four decades that they ended up transcending fashion itself. Though they might be a hip name to drop in 2019, this wasn't always the case. Their dedication to pushing sonic and artistic boundaries while making music for the ages wasn't always rewarded with glowing reviews in the press. But they never failed to attract a passionate, intelligent and loyal fanbase who always knew the truth: The Cure are one of the most unique, most brilliant, most heartbreakingly excellent rock bands the world has ever known.
Quite understandably, most musicians tend to differ from their carefully cultivated personas to one degree or another. As far as I can tell, Robert Smith is that rarest of things—a 100 percent authentically Robert Smith kind of person who lives a 100 percent authentically Robert Smith kind of life. He used that to create a completely self-contained world. It's a sound, it's a look, it's a vibe, it's an aesthetic that the fans get to visit and immerse themselves in whenever they like. It's a custom world for anyone who has ever dreamed of escape.
I should make a full disclosure at this point. I think it's only right for me to admit that I've been, let's say, ambivalent about the existence of certain award ceremonies. I've perhaps been in the habit of questioning their motivations with a certain degree of cynicism. In fact, I remember distinctly saying to myself, among other things, how can I even take this awards ceremony seriously if they'll open their doors to X, Y and Z and not acknowledge the Cure? Not so long ago I get a phone call I wasn't expecting, and, well, here we are. Let's just say I've never been as happy to eat my words as I was tonight.
QuoteI'd like to thank everyone at the Rock Hall... everyone that voted for us. It's a surprise. It's a very nice surprise to be inducted into the Rock Hall. And I'd like to congratulate everyone else that was indcuted tonight as well. As Trent said, it's 40 years since our first album came out—doesn't seem like it though. And in that time, there's obviously been a lot of people who played a part in the Cure story, for better or worse. I'm not gonna stand and read of a lot of names... I shouldn't say too much really, it is quite tedious. I'm no good with stories and I'm a very bad communicator. But I would like to thank everyone that's been in the band: Boris Williams, Pearl Thompson, Laurence Tolhurst, Michael Dempsey, Perry Bamonte, Matthieu Hartley, Phil Thornalley, and the much-missed Andy Anderson. And everyone that's in the band: Jason Cooper, Reeves Gabrels, Roger O'Donnell, and of course, Simon Gallup, who's been with me every step of the way.
I was thinking as I was walking up, if I start naming people I'll just go on and on. But there is one person when we very first started, when we were a teenage trio in 1978 playing in the south of England, this small bloke came along, and we weren't really sure who he was. And he saw something in us that most people didn't and that's Chris Parry, proving that he did get something right, after all. And finally, I'd like to thank all the fans, because, everyone that's bought records—I mean, obviously that's going to get a cheer! Everyone that's bought the record, or listened to the music, been to a show, just enjoyed what we do, it's been a fantastic thing, it really has. Thanks. We love you too, that's the point
Where's my "wrap it up!"? I need my wrap it up sign! Anyway, I'd rather use that allocated time to play some music... thank you very much!
Now that they're voting members, @thecure hope to get @depechemode into the @rockhall with them 🎸💋 #RockHall2019 pic.twitter.com/oyLYoLxIPN
— SiriusXM (@SIRIUSXM) March 30, 2019
#TheCure #RockHall2019 Robert Smith's first sentence is 👌😂 pic.twitter.com/bG3PPgdOcP
— Imploded View (@ImplodedView) March 30, 2019
Quote from: dsanchez on March 30, 2019, 10:29:25
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D25VrvwWwAAB-00?format=jpg)
Quote from: dsanchez on March 30, 2019, 10:14:55
Robert's inductions speech:Quote
...I'd rather use that allocated time to play some music... thank you very much!
Quote from: Ulrich on March 30, 2019, 11:27:13
Who's the guy between Boris and Trent? Perry's brother per chance?
Quote from: dsanchez on March 30, 2019, 11:41:00
has to be Chris Parry.
Quote from: MeltingMan on March 30, 2019, 12:18:31Quote from: dsanchez on March 30, 2019, 11:41:00...and I thought it was Michael Dempsey. 😳
has to be Chris Parry.
Quote from: MeltingMan on March 30, 2019, 12:18:31
...and I thought it was Michael Dempsey.
Quote from: Ulrich on March 30, 2019, 12:52:50
Thanks, I knew I'd forgotten someone when I considered the old members who could be there!!
He looks very different (is my excuse)...
Quote from: dsanchez on March 30, 2019, 13:08:59
Some photos from yesterday:
(https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/michael-dempsey-pearl-thompson-roger-odonnell-phil-thornalley-and-lol-picture-id1139205020)
Quote from: dsanchez on March 30, 2019, 11:49:13
Pearl Thompson not too happy on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/p/BvnZzk9n6PJ/):
Quotehttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-cures-robert-smith-on-rock-hall-induction-and-f-cking-great-new-album-815601/
How does it feel to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
I should know by now [to] have a glib answer to offer. There are so many people who have done that I actually admire hugely and inspired me and the band that I think my reservations, such as they were, were kind of pretty immaterial, as it turns out.
What were your reservations?
When we came to the building and we did the red carpet thing, my initial response, because I hadn't quite thought it through [was] I was a bit glib and said despite my best efforts at being alternative, we'd been subsumed into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. There's an element of truth to that, but to fight against it would be slightly churlish. It doesn't change how we do, or how I think about, what we do.
Simon [Gallup] said we should do it because people will see us onstage, know who we are, and we'll play songs for them. That's kind of what the band does. He made the band come back down to Earth and stop theorizing about what it really means and what it represents. We'll just play some songs to people. They'll either like us or they won't. Then we'll go and have a beer. He's a much more down to earth character than I. I think sometimes I worry too much.
Quote from: sadchild on April 06, 2019, 03:55:20
... person who kept "Lovesong" from the #1 spot with "Miss You Much".
Quote...first of all we didn't know if we were coming [to the induction] until about two weeks ago because he couldn't just decide whether we should do it.http://curefans.com/index.php?topic=9111.msg769291#msg769291
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame does not mean anything in England and it does not mean anything to any of us.
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Goddam SN! Are YOU as EXCITED as US?!! Rock's biggest night of the year premieres Saturday at 8pm ET/PT on HBO #RockHall2019
Goddam SN! Are YOU as EXCITED as US?!! Rock's biggest night of the year premieres Saturday at 8pm ET/PT on @HBO #RockHall2019 pic.twitter.com/Mwq92INLZP
— The Cure (@thecure) April 25, 2019
Quote from: word_on_a_wing on April 28, 2019, 06:50:16
Hope someone uploads onto YouTube... can't view it here in Australia 😕
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A bit surreal to watch the @rockhall induction ceremony. Like a high school reunion with better music! Seriously though I am very grateful to @rockhall for making it happen, happy for my whole Cure family. But most of all thankful for Cure fans that have loved us for 40 years.
Quote from: word_on_a_wing on April 30, 2019, 14:54:09
It's interesting to see Trent's speech in full (as posted by NIN official account) vs the speech that was broadcast (both of which have been uploaded on YT now 👍)
Quote from: dsanchez on April 30, 2019, 21:10:57
It was a fantastic speech but I was just wondering if he wrote it in advance and read it from a teleprompter. Reason I am curious is because I don't think many people can give such an elaborate and well spoken speech without reading it.
Quote from: theenglishleft on May 12, 2019, 14:55:14Anyone who the girl was that was dancing to Shake Dog Shake and throughout the set? The camera kept going to her like I should know who she is. Short brown hair, thin, smiley.
Quote from: dsanchez on May 12, 2019, 15:33:36I suppose you mean this one (attached).
Quote from: dsanchez on May 12, 2019, 15:33:36Quote from: theenglishleft on May 12, 2019, 14:55:14Anyone who the girl was that was dancing to Shake Dog Shake and throughout the set? The camera kept going to her like I should know who she is. Short brown hair, thin, smiley.
I suppose you mean this one (attached). She was next to Simon, I think, so there you have a start. Will comment if I find out more.
Quote from: Ulrich on May 12, 2019, 17:03:25Quote from: dsanchez on May 12, 2019, 15:33:36I suppose you mean this one (attached).
If so, then the description "short brown hair" needs a new definition... :?
Quote from: theenglishleft on May 12, 2019, 17:10:05I guess hair length description is subjective...