LibraryCatIllinois
Oct 2022
Put a review on Yelp as well…perplexing why folks are so enamored of this place. Building is neat, employees were friendly, Beatles exhibits cool. The Stones one was great. Had to struggle to find Billy Joel, Elton, Cheap Trick. Very small exhibits…as was the one for Bruce. Really disturbed by what feels like a money grab for non-rock fans. Lionel Ritchie is not a rock musician…seems every year, most nominations are for pop folks. And to have Madonna featured was bad enough until I saw the large Taylor Swift display. I truly didn’t think folks we have to worry about that. Not sure why folks aren’t out protesting. She and others like her are about as far from rock music as is Beethoven, Tommy Dorsey, all disco, etc. Please stop with the inductions and displays for pop artists. There should be no place here for top 40 garbage. There are incredible bands and artists that appear not to be featured at all…Bob Seger, Queen, ELO, etc. Why not feature in the ‘newer’ artists section cool bands like The Killers or Blackberry Smoke? No need to come back…or to go if you are a true rock fan. The grade school class is likely making the decisions here for inductees and featured artists. Way to go on Pat Benatar, at least!!