The Sex Pistols, along with fellow music icons Black Sabbath, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Skynard, and Blondie, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame late last year. But now with induction ceremonies just around the corner, the punk band is making it clear that they’re not so thrilled about the honours.

In a handwritten letter posted on the group’s website Friday morning, the Sex Pistols compared the hall to “urine in wine,” and said they would not be attending the ceremonies scheduled for March 13 in New York City.

“Were (sic) not your monkeys and so what? Fame at $25,000 if we paid for a table, or $15,000 to squeak up in the gallery, goes to a non-profit organisation (sic) selling us a load of old famous,” the letter read, apparently referring to the price of ceremony tickets. However, the Associated Press reports that a hall of fame representative said each inductee gets two free tickets, and other tickets are $2,500.

In response, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation executive director Susan Evans said, “They are being the outrageous punksters they are, and that’s rock and roll.”

The band added in the letter that “next to the Sex-Pistols rock and roll and that hall of fame is a piss stain.” The “God Save The Queen” rockers have been eligible for the Hall of Fame since 2001 but have been snubbed by industry voters until now.






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