Longtime Bass Player of Deep Purple, Roger Glover, was asked about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on the radio show, Noize in the Attic. Glover responded that the band was “kind of ambivalent” about the prospect of entering the Cleveland based institution and that they were “up in the air” whether they would accept an induction or not. The British based Hard Rock band has been eligible for the Hall since 1993, but has only been nominated in the last two years.
It is easy to understand Glover, and his bandmates frustration. Glover continued to add that they “might just say, you know, forget it, too late. They’re at least twenty years too late as far as I’m concerned. They should have done it when Jon Lord was still alive when it would have had a bit more meaning”.
Lord passed away in 2012 and was a co-founder of the band. He was the band’s organist and is to this day considered one of the most talented organists of all time.
Glover would add an interesting comment that “one of the jurors was heard to say ‘Deep Purple, they’re just one hit wonders” likely referring to “Smoke on the Water, which was released in 1972, and is a staple still today of beginning guitarists.
Deep Purple may have only had two songs crack the top ten (Smoke on the Water and Hush) but since when did “hits” make a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee? Besides, it is not like they did not have true commercial success, as they are one of the few bands in history to sell over 100 million albums over their career.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com had Deep Purple ranked in the top five since our website’s inception in 2009 and have moved up to the number one slot based on your votes.
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