Posts with tag "the smiths"

Presenting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Most Egregious Snubs

Posted Oct 5th 2010 at 12:45 PM by Jason Newman

With last week's release of the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees, so begins the perennial conversation on who should be in and who's been overlooked since their eligibility date (artists are eligible beginning 25 years after the release of their first single or album). The Nominating Committee, made up of 30 music executives, journalists and musicians, has long been a source of ...

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The 10 Most Shocking Music Moments of the 2000s

Posted Dec 21st 2009 at 10:30 AM by Shelley White

With the music industry in a tailspin, it's no surprise that some pretty wacky stuff happened in the last 10 years. Some of the incidents were calculated to elicit gasps, others were gaffes that were repeatedly forwarded to the delight of cubicle monkeys around the world. Some were horrifying, some hilarious, some tragic -- and most had little to do with music. Here were the most flabbergasting ...