The Hall of Fame finally acknowledged the oversight and confirmed that Chad Channing will be included in the induction. My head is spinning after all this pushback but we reached the finish line together. Keep an eye on the ceremony to ensure they actually follow through on this promise.
June 11, 2014
Induct former Nirvana drummer Chad Channing into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Final supporters
Nirvana is being inducted the first year it is eligible. That eligibility is based on the fact that the band's first single, a limited-edition cover of Shocking Blue's "Love Buzz," was released more than 25 years ago. Yet almost inexplicably, Chad Channing, the drummer on that track and the album it landed on is not being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Not only did Chad play on the track that made Nirvana eligible for induction, but he also played drums on a majority of the band's first album, "Bleach," played with the band on several important European and American tours, and demoed the tracks that would end up on Nirvana's groundbreaking 1991 release "Nevermind."
Yet, after first being told that he would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Chad was notified (secondhand, via text message!) less than a month prior to the ceremony that the only Nirvana affiliates that would be inducted would be founding members Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic, as well as Chad's replacement, Dave Grohl.
Chad Channing drummed on the first of three Nirvana studio albums, and drummed on several tracks featured on the compilations "Incesticide" and "With the Lights Out," as well as the live album "From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah." Additionally, it was Chad's version of the song "Polly" that wound up on the final release of Nirvana's seminal album, "Nevermind."
We the undersigned feel the nature with which the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decides which band members will be inducted is at best arbitrary, and at worst discriminatory and, in this case, hypocritical. Is it OK to use a recording as the basis for eligibility, yet ignore one of the three musicians that recorded it?
We don't feel it is and think Chad Channing should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl on April 10, 2014.
Thank you.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 20, 2014
March 19, 2014
The silence from the Hall is heavy but it only proves why this matters. I am still digging through the archives to force a conversation about the history they choose to ignore.
Reached 100 supporters
March 18, 2014
March 18, 2014
The path forward is exhausting but we are nearing five hundred signatures. Please send this link to someone who knows the history of these early records. We need to keep this momentum going even when it feels like we are shouting into the void.
March 16, 2014
The path forward is exhausting and often feels ignored by those in charge. Please push this out to your contacts now so we can hit our goal and show them we are not going to let Chad be forgotten.
293 Comments
He is a seminal member of nirvana. You can't use the recording then ignore the artists who recorded it! The surviving nirvana members need to fight publicly for chad to be included.
Played on the first record+toured in support of it=eligible member for induction. he wasn't a hired gun, he was a dude who is even related to kurt that was IN the band.
FACT: The RRHOF is using Channing's body of work as criteria for induction. Therefore, they need to include Channing in the induction, along with Novoselic and Grohl. PERIOD. This should not even be under debate.
Honestly, the man is kick ass, was in the band, is a creative force in the band and made Bleach. did Nirvana not exist before Nevermind? it did. and it was kick ass. and that record has sold 1.7 million copies and is certified gold. what?
He deserves this. He was on the 1st level of their success. He played on Bleach which was an international success and he toured w them for two years. Not to mention Krist Novoselic wants him in the hall. Chad Channing DESERVES to be in the Hall of Fame as much as Dave Grohl.
Chad Channing deserves to be inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame for his contributions to Nirvana. Not only did he play on their debut album Bleach, but he also wrote the drum parts for many of the songs on Nevermind (as can be heard on the Smart studios sessions). Not to mention the fact that he is the one playing on the Nevermind version of Polly.
He really deserves it
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The Hall of Fame finally acknowledged the oversight and confirmed that Chad Channing will be included in the induction. My head is spinning after all this pushback but we reached the finish line together. Keep an eye on the ceremony to ensure they actually follow through on this promise.
June 11, 2014
Induct former Nirvana drummer Chad Channing into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Final supporters
Nirvana is being inducted the first year it is eligible. That eligibility is based on the fact that the band's first single, a limited-edition cover of Shocking Blue's "Love Buzz," was released more than 25 years ago. Yet almost inexplicably, Chad Channing, the drummer on that track and the album it landed on is not being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Not only did Chad play on the track that made Nirvana eligible for induction, but he also played drums on a majority of the band's first album, "Bleach," played with the band on several important European and American tours, and demoed the tracks that would end up on Nirvana's groundbreaking 1991 release "Nevermind."
Yet, after first being told that he would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Chad was notified (secondhand, via text message!) less than a month prior to the ceremony that the only Nirvana affiliates that would be inducted would be founding members Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic, as well as Chad's replacement, Dave Grohl.
Chad Channing drummed on the first of three Nirvana studio albums, and drummed on several tracks featured on the compilations "Incesticide" and "With the Lights Out," as well as the live album "From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah." Additionally, it was Chad's version of the song "Polly" that wound up on the final release of Nirvana's seminal album, "Nevermind."
We the undersigned feel the nature with which the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame decides which band members will be inducted is at best arbitrary, and at worst discriminatory and, in this case, hypocritical. Is it OK to use a recording as the basis for eligibility, yet ignore one of the three musicians that recorded it?
We don't feel it is and think Chad Channing should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl on April 10, 2014.
Thank you.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 20, 2014
March 19, 2014
The silence from the Hall is heavy but it only proves why this matters. I am still digging through the archives to force a conversation about the history they choose to ignore.
Reached 100 supporters
March 18, 2014
March 18, 2014
The path forward is exhausting but we are nearing five hundred signatures. Please send this link to someone who knows the history of these early records. We need to keep this momentum going even when it feels like we are shouting into the void.
March 16, 2014
The path forward is exhausting and often feels ignored by those in charge. Please push this out to your contacts now so we can hit our goal and show them we are not going to let Chad be forgotten.
293 Comments
As a journalist who worked in Seattle during this era, the exclusion of Chad is preposterous. It argues that Nirvana only mattered when Dave Grohl took over the drum kit. Nothing could be further from the truth.
He is a seminal member of nirvana. You can't use the recording then ignore the artists who recorded it! The surviving nirvana members need to fight publicly for chad to be included.
Played on the first record+toured in support of it=eligible member for induction. he wasn't a hired gun, he was a dude who is even related to kurt that was IN the band.
FACT: The RRHOF is using Channing's body of work as criteria for induction. Therefore, they need to include Channing in the induction, along with Novoselic and Grohl. PERIOD. This should not even be under debate.
Honestly, the man is kick ass, was in the band, is a creative force in the band and made Bleach. did Nirvana not exist before Nevermind? it did. and it was kick ass. and that record has sold 1.7 million copies and is certified gold. what?
He deserves this. He was on the 1st level of their success. He played on Bleach which was an international success and he toured w them for two years. Not to mention Krist Novoselic wants him in the hall. Chad Channing DESERVES to be in the Hall of Fame as much as Dave Grohl.
Chad Channing deserves to be inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame for his contributions to Nirvana. Not only did he play on their debut album Bleach, but he also wrote the drum parts for many of the songs on Nevermind (as can be heard on the Smart studios sessions). Not to mention the fact that he is the one playing on the Nevermind version of Polly.
He really deserves it
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As a journalist who worked in Seattle during this era, the exclusion of Chad is preposterous. It argues that Nirvana only mattered when Dave Grohl took over the drum kit. Nothing could be further from the truth.