CLEVELAND, Ohio — Seattle’s Soundgarden were the first of the grunge giants to sign with a major label, but they were never just grunge.

They were heavy, cerebral, and gloriously strange—the closest thing to Black Sabbath that main-stage rock had until Ozzy and company reunited for Ozzfest in the late ’90s.

Jim Carrey inducted Soundgarden into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday, marking a full-circle moment: Carrey famously hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 1996 only on the condition that Soundgarden serve as musical guests.

Nearly 30 years later, he shared the stage once again with them—this time joined by The Pretty Reckless frontwoman Taylor Momsen, reuniting the pair 25 years after co-starring in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”

Momsen, who is releasing “A Pretty Reckless Chri

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