The founder of Rolling Stone thinks only white men are 'masters' of rock.

[DigitalDrifter]

Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone magazine are known for its left leaning politics. He does of course know rock music and its players.
This especially is going to tick a lot of people off:

• Wenner said that Black and female artists couldn't "articulate" at the same "level" as the white male musicians in his book.

• Rolling Stone cofounder Jann Wenner is publishing a book composed of interviews with rock "masters."
• Those "masters," who include Bono, John Lennon, and Mick Jagger, are all white men.
• Wenner said that Black and female artists couldn't "articulate" at the same "level" as the white male musicians in his book.

Rolling Stone cofounder Jann Wenner, who left the publication in 2019, is coming out with a new book, "The Masters," about rock legends — Bono, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger among them. And while his list of seven "philosophers" of the musical genre doesn't include any artists of color or women, Wenner says that there's a reason.

"They just didn't articulate at that level," Wenner told The New York Times in an interview with columnist David Marchese.

Wenner's book is composed of interviews conducted during his Rolling Stone days, including his watershed conversation with John Lennon in 1970, in addition to a new one with Bruce Springsteen. Marchese confronted Wenner on an acknowledgement in the introduction of the book that female musicians and musicians of color are simply not in Wenner's "zeitgeist," and pushed him on how he selected his subjects — and Wenner pushed back.

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[Pete7469]

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Interesting in that the loosely defined genre ‘rock’ was the result of a music form generated by blacks.

 

[Lord Long Rod]

Lol!! WHAT?!?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Hmmm. Actually, he's right! Blacks certainly dominated Blues. They own Hip Hop lock stock and barrell. Whites have rock and heavy metal.

 

[Crepitus]

Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone magazine are known for its left leaning politics. He does of course know rock music and its players.
This especially is going to tick a lot of people off:

• Wenner said that Black and female artists couldn't "articulate" at the same "level" as the white male musicians in his book.

• Rolling Stone cofounder Jann Wenner is publishing a book composed of interviews with rock "masters."
• Those "masters," who include Bono, John Lennon, and Mick Jagger, are all white men.
• Wenner said that Black and female artists couldn't "articulate" at the same "level" as the white male musicians in his book.

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So he never heard of Jimi Hendrix? Chuck Berry? Muddy Water?


Prince?

 

[Leo123]

Interesting in that the loosely defined genre ‘rock’ was the result of a music form generated by blacks.

Blues met gospel and country and rock was born.

 

[Lord Long Rod]

So he never heard of Jimi Hendrix? Chuck Berry? Muddy Water?


Prince?

Yeah, I hate it, but I am going to have to agree with creep. There were a lot of black artists in R&R back in its infancy.

 

[Crepitus]

Hmmm. Actually, he's right! Blacks certainly dominated Blues. They own Hip Hop lock stock and barrell. Whites have rock and heavy metal.

Dean Pleasants of Suicidal Tendancies.

William Duval of ALICE IN CHAINS

The entire cast of Body Count. Including Ice-T

Video NSFW

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

I thought that Little Richard invented rock and roll.

Little Richard: 'I Am the Architect of Rock & Roll'

The Georgia Peach, the Living Flame, the Southern Child, the King of Rock & Roll: Little Richard is all of these, and he'll be the first to tell you so.

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[Crepitus]

Yeah, I hate it, but I am going to have to agree with creep. There were a lot of black artists in R&R back in its infancy.

And today.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Dean Pleasants of Suicidal Tendancies.

William Duval of ALICE IN CHAINS

The entire cast of Body Count. Including Ice-T

Video NSFW

Never heard of a single one of them.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

So he never heard of Jimi Hendrix? Chuck Berry? Muddy Water?


Prince?

Sarcasm? Rhetorical? Or are you actually asking this question? How old are you?

Rolling Stone magazine was founded by Wenner in 1967, so yes, he's very aware of those artists. This is what his experience has found. I'm not going to argue with what he has taken away from his decades in the business.

 

[Crepitus]

Never heard of a single one of them.

If you've never heard of Alice in Chains or Suicidal Tendencies than you've never listened to metal.


Either that or you're 10 years old.

I'll admit that Body Count is kinda niche but the other two are as main stream as it gets.

 

[Crepitus]

Sarcasm? Rhetorical? Or are you actually asking this question? How old are you?

Rolling Stone magazine was founded by Wenner in 1967, so yes, he's very aware of those artists. This is what his experience has found. I'm not going to argue with what he has taken away from his decades in the business.

Those people are acknowledged by everyone who's not a racist as some of the greatest rock musicians that ever lived.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Those people are acknowledged by everyone who's not a racist as some of the greatest rock musicians that ever lived.

There it is folks. He's "racist".

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Blues met gospel and country and rock was born.

Gospel was influenced by blues. Rock and jazz emanated from blues.

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[MarathonMike]

Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone magazine are known for its left leaning politics. He does of course know rock music and its players.
This especially is going to tick a lot of people off:

• Wenner said that Black and female artists couldn't "articulate" at the same "level" as the white male musicians in his book.

• Rolling Stone cofounder Jann Wenner is publishing a book composed of interviews with rock "masters."
• Those "masters," who include Bono, John Lennon, and Mick Jagger, are all white men.
• Wenner said that Black and female artists couldn't "articulate" at the same "level" as the white male musicians in his book.

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How long before he throws himself on the Woke Altar and begs forgiveness for such "hateful" words?