Duran Duran, Rob Halford, Pat Benatar and several other different members of the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame class of 2022 have been in a celebratory temper after studying of their induction this morning.
The Rock Corridor will enshrine Benatar, Duran Duran, Eminem, Eurythmics, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie and Carly Simon as performers this 12 months, whereas Judas Priest will get in through the Musical Excellence Award.
A number of inductees expressed their pleasure and gratitude on social media right this moment, both in tweeted statements or transient video conversations with Rock Corridor president and CEO Greg Harris.
“We’re thrilled and humbled to grow to be a part of the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame household,” Benatar and her husband and guitarist Neil Giraldo tweeted. “Thanks to everybody who voted, particularly the followers, and congratulations to all the opposite inductees.”
“We’re so honored and thrilled and glad,” mentioned John Taylor of Duran Duran, who additionally topped the Rock Corridor fan vote by a landslide. “We actually need to thank our followers, the folks which have been voting for us, actually, actually pushing, giving us the folks’s vote. We’re very pleased with that. Nick [Rhodes]’s engaged on his speech. We’ll see you in Los Angeles.”
Simon was feeling reflective and humbled to be in such rarefied firm when the Rock Corridor caught up together with her about her induction. “Nicely, it’s so private as a result of it’s not gonna be that vital to anybody else,” she mentioned. “I imply, it’s form of good for different folks, in the event that they like me, to say, ‘Oh, I’m with Carly Simon,’ simply in the way in which that it’s nice for me to be with Todd Rundgren or Bob Dylan or the Doobie Brothers or Robert Johnson or, I imply, so many. I can’t even start to let you know how many individuals are my favorites.”
And what about Halford, whose band has lengthy been thought-about one of many Rock Corridor’s greatest snubs? “All I would like is a self(ie) with Dolly Parton,” he jokingly advised Billboard. The Steel God adopted a extra critical tone when addressing the importance of Judas Priest’s induction, making them arguably the third-ever metallic band to grace the Rock Corridor following Black Sabbath and Metallica. “And glory hallelujah, there’s one other metallic band in now,” he mentioned. “That’s the blessing we’ve all been ready for.”
Halford mentioned of the band receiving the Musical Excellence Award: “I believe it validates the actual musical journey that Judas Priest has been on since Rocka Rolla. … One minute we could be your Turbo Lover after which we could be your Painkiller, and the way superb it’s for a band to essentially seek for these alternatives throughout the style of heavy metallic. So I believe the acknowledgment of Musical Excellence is a extremely candy addition.” You may see extra reactions from the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame class of 2022 beneath.
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