Courtney Love Slams Rock Hall of Fame’s “Sexuality”

Singer Courtney Love (58) slammed the legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In an opinion article in the British newspaper “The Guardian”. The widow of Kurt Cobain (1967-1994), star of the Nirvana band, and singer of the band Hall of Fame in Cleveland, USA, is accused of “sexual guarding”. Only 8.5 percent of all musicians inducted into the Hall of Fame are female, As Love points out, citing an account conducted by music journalist Jessica Hopper.

Kate Bush as a particularly glaring example

As an example of what she criticizes, Love cites 80s icon Kate Bush (64). Not only did the musician become known to a whole new audience last year with the Netflix series “Stranger Things”, he also became a “visionary” and was the first artist to have a number one hit in Great Britain with “Wuthering Heights”. which she also wrote herself.

Eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2004, Bush made the nominee list for the first time ever in 2018, and he’s been nominated again this year.

Love goes on to say that only nine of the 31 members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominating committee are women, and 90 percent of those eligible to vote and thus determine entry into the Hall of Fame are male. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has described Love as a “kingdom-making force in the global music industry”. Inclusion will greatly affect artists’ ability to perform and their ticket prices.

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