Following the 32nd anniversary of their first gig last week and after six years of eligibility, The Smiths were nominated today for induction as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2015 inductees, along with the late Lou Reed and Kraftwerk,
It remains to be seen whether a band such as The Smiths can be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Cure was among the 2012 nominees, but Robert Smith’s immensely popular band was not inducted that year and has not made the ballot since then.
If The Smiths are inducted would most certainly not reunite for such an honor, even if they were inducted. We could probably expect a sharply penned retort via True to You disparaging the whole concept of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Toronto shoegaze outfit Rituals first stirred to life in 2009, a quiet experiment in Adam Seward’s small, dim room, where…
Filled with fire Come to me Suspended with so much pleasure No matter how scared we may be To live…
Be a starlight once more that guides me in the dead of night and when your fire weakens I shall…
Sarcophagus golden carcass Sarcophagus rigor mortis Drenched in cataclysm and curled in dystopian dread, Qual—William Maybelline’s fierce alter ego—seizes the…
Skin sloughed off Exposed rot Sickness spied Wet, weak eyes Lacerated soul Psychodermatology is a medical field that studies the…
Loving something you shouldn’t is like clutching a live wire—painful, charged, and impossible to release. You know it’s wrong, yet…