Black Sabbath, Blondie and The Sex Pistols have all been inducted into the US Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, alongside Lynyrd Skynyrd and the late Miles Davis. While The Sex Pistols weren't in attendance at the induction ceremony (they were boycotting it, you'll remember), Blondie did their bit to ensure there was a bit of rock n roll tension in the air.
Past and current members of Blondie appeared on stage to be inducted, but current members Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke did their best to ignore their former bandmates, having already refused to allow departed guitarist Frank Infante and bassist Nigel Harrison to perform with them. Harrison told Billboard: "We wanted to play. We weren't part of it", but guitarist Stein apparently said after his band's live set: "[Infante and Harrison] wrote themselves out of the band's history as far as I'm concerned."
There was less tension in the Black Sabbath camp. Following his band's induction by Metallica, drummer Bill Ward said: "Hopefully our induction tonight will add to the validation, and hard rock and heavy metal will have an enduring and everlasting place in rock history", whilst Ozzy Osbourne paid tribute to wife Sharon.
Meanwhile, that previously reported note from the Sex Pistols declaring their intention to stay away from the event was read out by Rolling Stone magazine founder Jann Wenner, who explained that their awards would be held at the Hall Of Fame headquarters in Cleveland, and that the band could pick them up whenever they wanted, adding: "If they want to smash them into bits, they can do that too."