Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

I attended the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony last night, and the experience was amazing. Although the event was filmed for the television audience (not many people acknowledged that there were about 15,000 rock music fans in attendance), the event was still really cool to experience.

I was there mainly for Nirvana (who put on an excellent performance), however the other acts were really great too. Nirvana performed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" with Joan Jett, "Aneurysm" with Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, "Lithium" with Annie Clark of St. Vincent, and "All Apologies" with Lorde.

All of the songs contained women on vocals, probably because Kurt Cobain was a huge feminist. My favorite performance of the night was "Lithium". It surprised me because St. Vincent makes alternative pop songs, so I did not think that Clark would do a great job perform
ing Lithium, which is a hard rock song. However, she did a really great job with the performance.

The most bizarre guest vocalist was Lorde. Although her performance during "All Apologies" was fine (I am not a huge fan of Lorde's music) and it was done in "typical Lorde style" (dreary and sleep inducing), she was an odd choice because she did not influence Nirvana's music. However, neither Annie Clark did not influence Nirvana's music either.

It was really cool to be apart of this once in a lifetime opportunity, for the surviving members of Nirvana will probably never perform Nirvana songs together again. My only regret is that I was not able to attend the after party, because it was invitation only. The after party set included other fan favorites, like "School", which the band performed with J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr.

Watch J Mascis perform a great version of "School" with the surviving members of Nirvana here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=092bFcVqT5s