pete townshend introduced u2 to the rock and roll hall of fame.
who introduced u2 to the rock and roll hall of fame?
pete townshend
in addition to playing with pearl jam and temple of the dog, vedder has performed or recorded with numerous well-known artists. he has appeared on albums by the who, ramones, neil young, r.e.m., neil finn, bad religion, mark seymour, cat power, mike watt, fastbacks, wellwater conspiracy, jack irons, and john doe, and has also recorded with the strokes, nusrat fateh ali khan, supersuckers, susan sarandon, and zeke. in the months of june and july 2006, vedder made live performances jamming with tom petty and the heartbreakers, singing on many tracks, including lead vocals on "the waiting" and backing vocals on "american girl". vedder performed the songs "break on through (to the other side)", "light my fire" and "roadhouse blues" with the remaining members of the doors at the 1993 rock and roll hall of fame induction ceremony. he also performed with r.e.m. at the 2007 rock and roll hall of fame induction ceremony and with the stooges at the 2010 rock and roll hall of fame induction ceremony. vedder made a guest appearance at the ramones' last show on august 6, 1996 at the palace in hollywood. vedder has also performed live on stage with some of the biggest names in music and film including pete townshend, paul mccartney, rolling stones, u2, bruce springsteen, robert plant, roger waters, tom petty and the heartbreakers, the ramones, sting, peter gabriel, cat stevens, chris martin, flea, beyoncé, bryan adams, ben harper, jack johnson, roger daltrey, jay-z, kings of leon, dave grohl, chad smith, perry farrell, cheap trick, the strokes, my morning jacket, beck, sheryl crow, jerry cantrell, andrew stockdale, josh homme, mike ness, neil young, guided by voices, ace frehley, dave matthews, elvis costello, x (american band), natalie maines, tim robbins, johnny depp, adam sandler, jeanne tripplehorn, glen hansard, simon townshend and joe elliott
eddie vedder
before october 2012, deep purple had never been nominated for induction into the rock and roll hall of fame (though they have been eligible since 1993), but were nominated for induction in 2012 and 2013. despite ranking second in the public's vote on the rock hall fans' ballot, which had over half a million votes, they were not inducted by the rock hall committee. kiss bassist gene simmons and rush bassist geddy lee commented that deep purple should obviously be among the rock and roll hall of fame inductees. there have been criticisms in the past over deep purple not having been inducted. toto guitarist steve lukather commented, "they put patti smith in there but not deep purple? what's the first song every kid learns how to play? ["smoke on the water"] ... and they're not in the rock and roll hall of fame? ... the rock and roll hall of fame has lost its cool because of the glaring omissions." guns n' roses and velvet revolver guitarist slash expressed his surprise and disagreement regarding the non-induction of deep purple: "the list of people who haven't even been nominated is mind-boggling ... [the] big one for me is deep purple. how could you not induct deep purple?". metallica band members james hetfield, lars ulrich and kirk hammett have also lobbied for the band's induction. in an interview with "rolling stone" in april 2014, ulrich pleaded: "i'm not going to get into the politics or all that stuff, but i got two words to say: 'deep purple'. that's all i have to say: deep purple. seriously, people, deep purple. two simple words in the english language ... 'deep purple'! did i say that already?" in 2015, chris jericho, wwe wrestler and current vocalist of rock band fozzy, stated: "that deep purple are not in it [hall of fame]. it's bullshit. obviously there's some politics against them from getting in there."
deep purple