{"id":1498,"date":"2009-04-05T10:46:06","date_gmt":"2009-04-05T17:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/04\/run-hits-the-hall\/"},"modified":"2009-04-13T23:55:28","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T06:55:28","slug":"run-hits-the-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/05\/run-hits-the-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Run Hits The Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

from The Times South Africa<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Run-DMC, Metallica in Rock Hall of Fame<\/h1>\n

CLEVELAND \u2014 Metallica shoved the mosh pit into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Heavy metal\u2019s heaviest hitters, whose menacing, monstrous sound has banged heads around the globe for decades, were inducted into rock\u2019s shrine on Saturday night, capping a star-studded ceremony that felt much more like a concert than an awards show.<\/p>\n

Many came to pay homage to Metallica, which earned top billing in an eclectic 2009 class that included rap pioneers Run-DMC, virtuoso guitarist Jeff Beck, soul singer Bobby Womack and rhythm and blues vocal group Little Anthony and the Imperials.<\/p>\n

Metallica\u2019s members have survived some of the dark themes \u2014 death, destruction and desolation \u2014 that threads through its music, and their induction was a chance to celebrate their legacy as perhaps the hardest band to ever walk the earth. The event also served as a reunion as bassist Jason Newsted, who left the group in 2001, joined his former bandmates on stage for seering versions of “Master of Puppets” and “Enter Sandman.”<\/p>\n

“Whatever the intangibles elements are that make a band the best, Metallica has them,” said Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, who delivered a heartfelt speech in presenting the band. He recalled being on tour and hearing Metallica on the radio for the first time.<\/p>\n

“My mind was blown. It wasn\u2019t punk rock. It wasn\u2019t heavy metal. It just stood by itself,” he said. “I didn\u2019t know what it was, but I knew it was a mighty thing.”<\/p>\n

With two turntables and a microphone, Run-DMC broke down the barriers between rock and rap. With sparse, stripped-down lyrics above pounding beats, the trio of Joseph “DJ Run” Simmons, Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels and Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell changed rap in the 1980s by taking the realities of the streets to the suburbs.<\/p>\n

“They broke away from the pack by being the pack,” said rapper Eminem, looking like the band\u2019s lost member by sporting the group\u2019s trademark black fedora and black leather jacket. “They were the baddest of the bad and the coolest of the cool. Run-DMC changed my life.”<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s three of them and if you grew up with hip hop like I did, they were the Beatles.”<\/p>\n

Their remake and collaboration with Aerosmith on the rock band\u2019s “Walk This Way” changed modern music.<\/p>\n

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from The Times South Africa Run-DMC, Metallica in Rock Hall of Fame CLEVELAND \u2014 Metallica shoved the mosh pit into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Heavy metal\u2019s heaviest hitters, whose menacing, monstrous sound has banged heads around the globe for decades, were inducted into rock\u2019s shrine on Saturday night, capping a star-studded ceremony […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}