Courtney Love Appalled By Rock Hall’s Lack of Female Inductees

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Since it was established in 1983, can you guess how many women have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Music critic and author Jessica Hopper decided to do the math herself, and the result is dismal as hell.

Having come across an article from Music Connection titled Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Celebrates Women Who Rock, Hopper did the math to see how many men have been inducted into the Rock Hall versus how many women have been inducted. Hopper shared her results via a thread on Twitter, and per the first tweet she wrote in the thread, she shares:

“Do they tho? 719 inductees to the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, only 61 are women. That’s 8.48%. C’mon @rockhall, it’s FUCKING GRIM BRO when yr doing worse than women-artists-on-country radio numbers (10%) and women headliners at major music festivals (13%)”

61 women out of 719 artists – out of all the amazing women that make up music history, only 61 have been inducted. That is incredibly insulting.

Among those who have come across Hopper’s thread is Courtney Love, who not only retweeted Hopper’s thread, but also tagged the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame account and called them out for their lack of female representation.

Also within this tweet, Love mentioned the late and amazingly talented Nina Simone, as well as the talented Carole King (neither who has been inducted); she also uploaded a photo of a text she sent to Dave Grohl. Per Love’s retweet:

“@jesshopp DOES THE MATH!37 years in existence & women make up 8.48% of inductees out of 719.

“See txt to Grohl.

“@rockhall ELIGIBILITY is 25 years after 1st release @foofighters were nominated 4 secs later @NinaSimoneMusic & Carole King 30 years #fixtherockandrollhalloffame”

What do you make of the Rock Hall’s lack of female inductees? Who are female artists you believe should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

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