JON BON JOVI BLAMES TWO PEOPLE FOR KEEPING HIM OUT OF THE ROCK HALL
Jon Bon Jovi says there are two specific on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that have deliberately stood in the way of Bon Jovi being inducted. Once again, Bon Jovi has been ed over for induction -- despite being eligible since 1999. NJarts.net reported that Bon Jovi appeared on Howard Stern's radio show and when Stern broached the subject, Bon Jovi said, "I couldn't be as honest as I’d like to be. The criteria is actually that your music had an influence on generations that came after you, and that it’s still out and very present. Yeah, we have every criteria. I had a big falling out with one of the guys that runs (the hall)."
Although Bon Jovi would neither confirm nor deny that his issue was with Rolling Stone founder/publisher and Rock Hall chairman Jann Wenner, Bon Jovi revealed: "I called (the guy I had a falling out with) a few choice words, and I’m never shy, when I see him, to call him a few more choice words. And there’s other guys on that thing that have made it their personal mission to f*** with me. And that’s okay. I get it. I’ve sold more records than their artists."
- Stern went on to ask "if the system is rigged" -- to which Bon Jovi said, "I don’t know anything about the system being rigged. . . That’s okay. It is what it is."
- When pressed about "who would argue" with the Bon Jovi's three decades worth of hits and influence, Bon Jovi replied: "These two f***ers in the room."
- Jon Bon Jovi told us that he's not pinning any hopes of the band getting into Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame any time soon: "Hall Of Fame, in all honesty, would be nice, but I'm not counting on it. I wouldn't think that that necessarily would be so, and we'll probably be one of the only bands that sold over a 100 million records and don't get in. So we'll see, but I'm, I'm not gonna hold my breath." :
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