The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2025 Induction Ceremony took place over the weekend in Los Angeles, where Seattle grunge rockers Soundgarden were included in this year's crop of inductees. The ceremony aired live on Disney+ this past Saturday night, with Jim Carrey having the honor of inducting the band. Carrey gave his heartfelt induction speech, and then introduced the band's induction video, which gave a brief history of Soundgarden in between band interview segments and glowing comments from other musicians singing their praises. One of those musicians was Rush's Geddy Lee, whose comments were sprinkled throughout the video:
On Soundgarden's sound: They could be heavy, they could be riff-oriented. Kim's guitar part evolved way beyond that, he had amazing range.
On Badmotorfinger: And then you get Badmoterfinger, and, Wow, there's a real step up in production value.
On drummer Matt Cameron: Matt Cameron. He's the most unobtrusive drummer in rock-n-roll. 'Hey look at me, look at me!' - he's not that kind of a drummer; he figures out exactly where he needs to be.
On Chris Cornell's voice: I can sing high, but man that guy [Chris Cornell] can sing really high, and then he can bring it down. He's got so much soul.
On their legacy: They created pieces of work that will live forever as great masterpieces of rock.
After the video, the surviving members of the band performed with guest musicians Taylor Momsen, Brandi Carlile, Jerry Cantrell, and Mike McCready, and then accepted the award, joined by Chris Cornell's daughter Lilly Cornell Silver. The video segments with Geddy Lee were taken from a longer session the Rock Hall did with Ged that they've been teasing here and there over the last few months. There's this video where Ged delves further into Badmotorfinger, and then this vid where Ged has more kind words for guitarist Kim Thayill.
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