At long last, Rush will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
Artists become eligible for induction 25 years after their initial record release (that would have been around 1999 for Rush). The Hall Of Fame (HoF) started in 1986, but if you read up on it it is riddled with suspicion over the processes it uses to admit people.
Rolling Stone magazine, which is firmly connected to the HoF, has long held a grudge against Rush and overlooked them in favour of such “musical luminaries” as Grandmaster Flash and other (c)rap acts, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Gladys Night, The Bee Gees, and so on. Rap isn’t rock & roll, nor is disco (Donna Summer is also being inducted this time around), nor is Elton bloody John.
The award is totally meaningless – something which Rush are all too aware of, having been overlooked for nearly 15 years, while upstarts like U2 got in the second they became eligible.
A case of justice eventually being done in order to correct a gross injustice.