Vanessa: The Soundgarden superfan in my house (my husband) just sprinted in to watch this induction by…Jim Carrey? \u201cWhen the Seattle music scene exploded, it resurrected rock \u2018n\u2019 roll for me,\u201d Carrey said.<\/p>\n
Mikael: Might be the fact that folks have been drinking for a couple hours now, but the audience is rowdier during this speech than it\u2019s been all night.<\/p>\n
V.F.: Nobody\u2019s having a better time at this induction ceremony than Hiro Yamamoto, Soundgarden\u2019s original bassist. Every time the camera pans to them he has the biggest grin.<\/p>\n
M.W.: Audioslave! I totally forgot about Audioslave.<\/p>\n
V.F.: You forgot because they were far inferior to Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine<\/a>.<\/p>\n M.W.: Not sure about Carrey\u2019s designation of \u201cBlack Hole Sun\u201d as Soundgarden\u2019s magnum opus. I\u2019m an \u201cOutshined\u201d guy.<\/p>\n V.F.: Agreed. I am a \u201cBadmotorfinger\u201d girlie forever looking California and feeling Minnesota, but \u201cBlack Hole Sun\u201d isn\u2019t even the magnum opus of \u201cSuperunknown.\u201d I mean, \u201cThe Day I Tried to Live\u201d is on that album.<\/p>\n No lie, as soon as I heard that opening riff of \u201cRusty Cage\u201d I threw my fists in the air and yelled \u201cYes!\u201d (Like I said, I\u2019m a \u201cBadmotorfinger\u201d girlie.) And Taylor Momsen is so good. I first heard her sing with them at the Chris Cornell tribute at the Forum<\/a> in 2019 and I was blown away.<\/p>\n M.W.: Mike McCready with the old-school grunge-era guitar toss.<\/p>\n Brandi Carlile really does love Soundgarden (though she\u2019s dressed like she\u2019s in My Chemical Romance<\/a>)<\/p>\n V.F.: MCR was also the first thing I thought of. Brandi joined the black parade! <\/p>\n