The Black Keys: Steve Miller 'really disappointed us' at Rock Hall induction
The Associated Press | Posted: April 14, 2016 2:00 PM | Last Updated: April 14, 2016
Miller blasted rock hall, music industry during ceremony and in interviews afterward
Black Keys' frontman Dan Auerbach says he lost sleep after inducting an openly ungrateful Steve Miller into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last week, telling Rolling Stone magazine Wednesday he "hated the feeling in my gut of being connected to that negativity."
Miller blasted the rock hall and the music industry during the April 8 induction ceremony and in press interviews afterward.
Auerbach told Rolling Stone he and bandmate Pat Carney were personally disappointed in Miller and regret participating in the ceremony.
A spokeswoman for the band confirmed the comments.
"There's a time and place to stand up and be angry," Auerbach told the magazine.
"But when people are honouring you for how great you are, that's not the (expletive) time or place... And I hated being a part of that."
According to Auerbach, Miller said "'The whole process was unpleasant.' And for Pat and I, honestly, the most unpleasant part was being around him."
Rock rant
The 72-year-old Miller, who performed popular hits during the ceremony including Fly Like an Eagle and The Joker, ripped into the rock hall for what he described as an "unpleasant" system.
"The whole process needs to be changed from the top to the bottom," the guitarist and revered singer-songwriter told reporters in the press room after the ceremony.