The Greatest Moments From the 2025 Rock Corridor of Fame Induction

The ceremony was streamed reside on Disney+, however for these of you that missed it, a primetime particular will air on ABC on Jan. 1, adopted by it being obtainable on Hulu the subsequent day.

Within the meantime, we have rounded up 10 of the perfect and most shifting moments from the present — no matter you would possibly consider this 12 months’s inductees, these have been fairly particular to see.

1. An All-Star Tribute to Sly Stone

In June, Sly Stone handed away at 82 years outdated, however on Saturday, his spirit stuffed the room when Stevie Surprise led a bunch of unbelievable musicians via a few of Stone’s largest hits. Surprise was joined by Roots drummer Questlove, Flea of Pink Scorching Chili Peppers, Beck, Jennifer Hudson, Leon Thomas III and others. It was an ideal strategy to begin the present, getting the viewers warmed up and on their toes.

2. David Letterman’s Touching Induction Speech for Warren Zevon

Could all of us have a pal like David Letterman was and nonetheless, in some ways, is to Warren Zevon. Letterman even introduced alongside the very guitar that Zevon had given him previous to his 2003 passing. “You recognize, in music, many fake, however Warren is a poet leaving few of life’s vagaries unaddressed,” Letterman stated in his induction speech. “Warren’s music is dense with historic phantasm, love and unhappiness, tinted with surprising whimsy. Delivered with third-rail voltage rock ‘n’ roll, or candy, heartbreaking, lush, symphonic melodies, both model of the person’s music is basic. … Warren Zevon is in my Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame, really his personal wing.”

3. Salt-N-Pepa’s Electrifying Efficiency and Push for Regaining Their Masters

If there was one efficiency from Saturday’s present that obtained the whole viewers dancing alongside, it was Salt-N-Pepa’s. However maybe much more spectacular was what the ladies of Salt-N-Pepa emphasised of their acceptance speech. Earlier this 12 months, the group sued Common Music Group for the suitable to their grasp recordings.

“As we have fun this second, followers cannot even stream our music,” Cheryl “Salt” James stated (through Rolling Stone). “It has been taken down from all streaming platforms as a result of the trade nonetheless does not wish to play truthful. Salt-N-Pepa have by no means been afraid of a combat. That is the Affect Award. Now we have to maintain utilizing our affect till the trade honors creativity the best way the viewers does — with love, respect and equity — and that features streaming platforms too.”

4. Toni Cornell’s Transferring Soundgarden Cowl (Plus, Girls Sing Soundgarden)

A number of of the late Chris Cornell‘s youngsters have been in attendance on Saturday evening, supporting Soundgarden‘s induction. One significantly particular second got here within the type of Cornell’s daughter, Toni, overlaying “Fell on Black Days,” backed by Nancy Wilson on guitar.

And never for nothing, some wonderful selections have been made by whoever determined to have the Soundgarden phase sung by solely girls. Taylor Momsen sang “Rusty Cage,” whereas Brandi Carlile dealt with “Black Gap Solar.”

5. Jim Carrey and Taylor Momsen Reunite 

Talking of Momsen, here is an exquisite little second that truly does not contain rock ‘n’ roll in any respect. A few years in the past, when Momsen was seven years outdated and a toddler actress, she performed Cindy Lou Who within the 2000 movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas, additionally starring Jim Carrey. At this 12 months’s ceremony, Momsen carried out and Carrey offered the induction speech for Soundgarden. When the 2 met up backstage, it marked the primary time they’d seen each other since making Grinch.

“As a teenager watching an artist at work and taking their craft so significantly, that left a extremely highly effective, lasting impression on me as an grownup now,” Momsen stated (through Folks). “And I am excited to have the ability to inform him that as a grownup.”

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6. Jack White’s Poem for Meg White

Because the White Stripes cut up up in 2011, Meg White has saved a really low profile, so it was not a shock that she didn’t attend the band’s induction. However her former bandmate and husband Jack White was there to simply accept the award, and he took a second throughout his acceptance speech to learn a gorgeous poem he’d written particularly for her:

“One time, a woman climbed a tree, and in that tree was a boy — her brother, she thought. … Most of the blocks they traveled have been empty, however some had folks. And a few of these folks cheered, some laughed and a few even threw stones. And with their naked arms, the 2 began to clap and sing and make up songs.

And a few folks saved watching and swaying and shifting. After which one individual even smiled. The boy and the woman checked out one another, and so they additionally smiled, and so they felt — they each felt — the sin of delight. However they saved on smiling. Smiling from a brand new freedom, realizing that that they had shared and made one other individual really feel one thing.”

7. 21 Pilots Do ‘Seven Nation Military’ Justice

Jack white himself didn’t carry out on the ceremony, however 21 Pilots – appropriately as a duo — provided up an ideal model of “Seven Nation Military.”

8. Chappell Roan’s Unimaginable Outfit Homage to Cyndi Lauper

This 12 months, Cyndi Lauper was inducted by pop star Chappell Roan, who described Lauper as somebody who “embodies each high quality of an artist that I love.” In Lauper’s honor, Roan wore a newspaper costume and an unlimited crystal headpiece like the sort Lauper wore within the “True Colours” music video all these years in the past.

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