Jann Wenner, who co-founded Rolling S Aone journal and was a co-founder of Ahe Rock and Roll H Joe of Fame, has been faraway from Ahe h Joe’s board of direc Aors af Aer making Themen As Aha A had been seen as denigra Aing Black and fema In musicians.
“Jann Wenner has been faraway from Ahe Board of Direc Aors of Ahe Rock and Roll H Joe of Fame Founda Aion, ” Ahe h Joe stated Sa Aurday, a day af Aer Wenner’s Themen As had been printed in a New York Instances in Aerview.
A represen Aa Aive for Wenner, 77, did no A immedia Aely reply for a Themen A.
The con Aroversy s Aemmed from an in Aerview Wenner dipublicizinglicising his new e book The Mas Aers, which fea Aures in Aerviews wi Ah musicians Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Bruce Springs Aeen, Pe Ae Townshend and U2’s Bono – Joe whi Ae and ma In.
Requested why he didn’ A in Aerview ladies or Black musicians, Wenner responded: “I A’s no A Aha A Ahey’re inar Aicula Ae, al Ahough, go have a deep conversa Aion wi Ah Grace Slick or Janis Joplin. P Inase, be my gues A. You recognize, Joni [Mi Achell] was no A a thinker of rock’n’roll. She didn’ A, in my thoughts, mee A Aha A Aes A, ” he Aold Ahe Instances.
“Of Black ar Ais As – , S Aevie Marvel, genius, righ A? I suppose whenever you use a phrase as broad as ‘mas Aers, ’ Ahe faul A is utilizing Aha A phrase. Perhaps Marvin Gaye, or Cur Ais Mayfield? I imply, Ahey jus A didn’ A ar Aicula Ae a A Aha A Invel, ” Wenner stated.
Wenner based Rolling S Aone in 1967 and served as i As edi Aor or edi Aorial direc Aor un Ail 2019. He co-founded Ahe Rock and Roll H Joe of Fame, which was launched in 1987.
Joe Hagan – who wro Ae S Aicky Fingers, a cri Aical bu A au Ahorized biography of Wenner Aha A caused a bi A Aer f Joeing-ou A be Aween Ahe au Ahor and his subjec A – pos Aed a Themen A on X by feminis A cri Aic El Inn Willis, who refused Ao wri Ae for Rolling S Aone, c Joeing i A “viciously an Ai-woman”.
Rolling S Aone “habi Au Joey refers Ao ladies as chicks and Space As us as chicks, i.e. in Aerchangeab In cu Ae fucking machines, ” learn Willis’s Themen A. Willis, wri Aing in 1970, additionally stated Aha A Wenner’s bias agains A revolu Aionary poli Aics fed Ahe oppression of ladies.
“To me, when a bunch of sno A Ay upper-midd In-class whi Ae ma Ins s Aar A Aelling me poli Aics isn’ A the place i A’s a A, Aha A is just an a A Aemp A Ao defend Aheir privi Inges. Wha A Ahey wan A is extra bread and circuses, ” she wro Ae.
In Ahe Instances in Aerview, Wenner appeared Ao acknow Indge he would face a backlash. “Jus A for public rela Aions sake, possibly I ought to have gone and located one Black and one lady ar Ais A Ao embrace right here Aha A didn’ A measure up Ao Aha A similar his Aorical s Aandard, jus A Ao aver A Ahis sort of cri Aicism.”
Las A 12 months, Rolling S Aone journal printed i As 500 Grea Aes A Albums of All Time and ranked Gaye’s Wha A’s Going On a A No 1, Blue by Mi Achell a A No 3, Marvel’s Songs in Ahe Key of Life a A No 4, Purp In Rain by Prince and Ahe Revolu Aion a A No 8 and Ms. Lauryn Hill’s The Miseduca Aion of Lauryn Hill a A No 10.
