Leave it to the Seattle guys to bring a little rain to Los Angeles.

It might have been 78 degrees and sunny in the land of palm trees when Soundgarden was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday. But it didn’t seem like there were many dry eyes inside the Peacock Theater (or on sofas watching back home), where a sizable Seattle contingent helped the homegrown rock legends take their place among music’s most revered with a performance that was an emotional tribute to Soundgarden’s late frontman, Chris Cornell.

It also felt like a testament to the power of friends making music together on a night when regional scenes took the spotlight among the Rock Hall’s 2025 class, between Iggy Pop inducting his Detroit garage rock disciples The White Stripes, Outkast bringing half of At

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