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Jan Wenner, aged 70, is a hipster?To answer Walt's question, the R&RHoF is owned by Jan Wenner, who also founded Rolling Stone magazine. Wenner hates Progressive rock. Pink Floyd was the first Prog band inducted. Genesis was finally allowed in 2008, Rush in 2014 and now, finally, Yes. Wenner is a pretentious music snob, a hipster who thinks that the only "real" rock & roll is blue collar, middle class poetry. He is, IMO, a jerk.
But I'm very happy that Yes is finally getting in, though a couple of years too late to see Chris Squire on that stage.
Jan Wenner, aged 70, is a hipster?
Ya’ll are forgetting about King Crimson in the gods of Prog-Rock discussion. But my favorite of the genre was Jethro Tull. (Awaiting for Tery to come back and tell us the flute has no place in Rock N Roll. )
Jan Wenner, aged 70, is a hipster?
To answer Walt's question, the R&RHoF is owned by Jan Wenner, who also founded Rolling Stone magazine. Wenner hates Progressive rock. Pink Floyd was the first Prog band inducted. Genesis was finally allowed in 2008, Rush in 2014 and now, finally, Yes. Wenner is a pretentious music snob, a hipster who thinks that the only "real" rock & roll is blue collar, middle class poetry. He is, IMO, a jerk.
But I'm very happy that Yes is finally getting in, though a couple of years too late to see Chris Squire on that stage.
Attica! Attica!You're going to wait a very long time, then. I love King Crimson and Jethro Tull and am outraged that neither has been inducted. Maybe with the opening up of voting to the public will fix that. It's what got Rush in the club. If you doubt it, watch Wenner at the start of the 2012 show when he introduces the inductees.
Face it, the R&RHoF is a private club and Wenner is the guy who decides who the "cool kids" are. Lately, fans have been putting pressure on him and his Board. It seems to have helped but there's more to do. KC and Tull next year? I'll vote if you will, DiO'Bolic
Yes, I know all of that. But Jan Wenner at 70 is no hipster!The term 'hipster' dates back to the Jazz culture of the '30s, actually. It gained mainstream notoriety with the Beat culture of the early-late fifties. It used to just mean someone who was 'with it', or 'hep' (if you can dig me, daddy-o)--you know, a stoner (heh). Oh course, nowadays it just means some d-bag with fake glasses and an unkempt, Civil War beard. Blerf!
To answer Walt's question, the R&RHoF is owned by Jan Wenner, who also founded Rolling Stone magazine. Wenner hates Progressive rock. Pink Floyd was the first Prog band inducted. Genesis was finally allowed in 2008, Rush in 2014 and now, finally, Yes. Wenner is a pretentious music snob, a hipster who thinks that the only "real" rock & roll is blue collar, middle class poetry. He is, IMO, a jerk.
But I'm very happy that Yes is finally getting in, though a couple of years too late to see Chris Squire on that stage.
Yes, I know all of that. But Jan Wenner at 70 is no hipster!