Legendary guitarist slams Rock Hall of Fame a ‘frat boys club’ 

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By James

14, Sep 2024

Eric Clapton is the only person admitted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame three times, but he still criticizes it.

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“I think of it as a frat boys club that happened to lure [me] in,” Clapton told The Real Music Observer. 

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The Yardbirds, Cream, and the guitarist were admitted in 1992, 1993, and 2000, respectively. 

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Despite the triple honor, Clapton believes he was misled into joining involved.

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He explained his original attraction to the facility and why he changed his mind.

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He said that the former Atlantic Records president and Hall of Fame chairman, Ahmet Ertegun, was the reason for him. 

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He was doing it for Ruth Brown and the Drifters. The snowballed. Ruth Brown and the Drifters, all those forgotten early Atlantic artists. 

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Clapton later called Rolling Stone creator Jann Wenner's Rock Hall launch “suspicious”.  

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