‘What Are They Waiting For?

During a recent interview with Billboard Brasil, Kerry King was asked when fans can expect SLAYER to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

“Pfft. Why don’t we see them there yet? [Laughs] I don’t know. We’ve never even been on the nomination list, so I don’t know what they’re waiting for,” Kerry said (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “How many more decades do we have to play? Forty years isn’t enough, I guess. I don’t know. We’ll see.”

 “I went to [the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame museum in Cleveland, Ohio] thinking I’d be there for, like, a half hour, and I didn’t go there until like 10, 15 years ago. It took me a while. And I’m, like, ‘Eh, I’ll go check it out for maybe like a half hour.’ I was in there for four hours, and there’s a lot of cool stuff in there.”

Revisiting the topic of SLAYER‘s potential induction into the Rock Hall, Kerry remarked: “Is it something that’s gonna make my career complete? Absolutely not. If my parents were alive, I would be stoked if we got in there so I can say, ‘Hey, mom, I’m in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.’ That would be cool.

“To me, if it happens, it happens, ’cause, obviously, the voting process and the election process is a little faulty. So we’ll see. And me here badmouthing it probably isn’t helping my situation. [Laughs]

“If we ever got nominated and the fans elected us to be in, it would be honorable, for sure, just to say these kids from Los Angeles got together and ripped the world a new f**king a**hole,” he added.

Despite being eligible for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25 years after launching their first album or single, legendary hard rock and metal groups such as IRON MAIDEN and MOTÖRHEAD have not yet received acknowledgement from the organization, which inducted GUNS N’ ROSES during their initial year of eligibility.

In 2018, MAIDEN frontman Bruce Dickinson described Rock Hall as “an utter and complete load of bollocks run by a bunch of sanctimonious bloody Americans who wouldn’t know rock and roll if it hit them in the face.”