Gary Glitter De-Bricked and Brassed at the Cavern Club

I have a personal antipathy to naming schools, parks, or whatever after living persons, especially if it's a politician that's still in office. Take Hoover Dam, for example, which kept on getting renamed depending upon whether Republicans or Democrats were in office. And hat if you name something after the person, then discover that the person was involved in a terrible scandal?

Different rules apply for halls of fame, however, and these people are often honored while they are still living. Take, for example, the conversation that launched the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

HEY MAN!

What?

I JUST HAD A TRIPPY IDEA.

Are you gonna eat five pizzas again?

NO, MAN, THIS IS SERIOUS. I WANT TO MAKE A HALL OF FAME FOR ROCK AND ROLL.

What, like Cooperstown?

YEAH, BUT COOL. LIKE, WE'LL PUT THE BEATLES IN THERE!

And the Stones?

YEAH, AND THE DEAD!

Cool!

Well, it turns out that the so-called Cavern Club (I say "so-called" because the original club became a shaft for the Liverpool Underground in 1973) has a "wall of fame" with various musicians of note.

That wall of fame has lost a name:

A brick bearing the name of disgraced rock musician Gary Glitter has been removed from the "wall of fame" at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.

Convicted paedophile Glitter was among hundreds of stars who had played at the Matthew Street club to be honoured with their own memorial brick. But after a local media campaign, his name was chipped off last week. Instead, a plaque was displayed acknowledging the removal of the brick, as well as one recognising disgraced former music mogul Jonathan King.

King, incidentally, was also accused of sex with underage children.

I could not find an authoritative list of all 1801 (1800? 1799?) names on the wall, but Wikipedia mentions a few:

Most people would know of the Club’s proud association with The Beatles and Mersey Beat, but few would realise that artistes such as Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Status Quo, Judas Priest, Joe Cocker, The Who, The Kinks, Rod Stewart, Queen, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf, Elton John, Edwin Starr, Gene Vincent, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix all played at The Cavern between 1957 and 1973.