Watch Kim Gordon front Nirvana at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony
Things changed once Joan Jett eagerly signed and Grohl had a chat with P.J. Harvey where she expressed incredible excitement, but couldn’t make the show. It gave him a very big idea though. “We thought, ‘Wait, it has to be all women,’” Grohl said. “‘Don’t even ask anyone else. If we can fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance with these incredible women singing Nirvana songs, then we’ll have achieved our own revolution.’ It also added a whole other dimension to the show.
Lorde, St. Vincent, and Kim Gordon didn’t take much convincing. Check out this incredible video of Gordon performing a feral rendition of “Aneurysm” that night. She was the second singer of the night, following Joan Jett. St. Vincent and Lorde followed. “Joan Jett, who formed the Runaways, changed rock & roll for women,” Grohl said. “Kim Gordon, from Sonic Youth, was this beacon of light in the predominantly macho, male underground punk rock scene. St.
At the end of the night, everyone headed over to Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn for a super late, super secret show. Lorde had to bail to catch a flight to Coachella, but Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis and Deer Tick’s John McAuley joined with Jett, St. Vincent, and Kim Gordon to take turns fronting the band. The whole show is on tape somewhere, but it has yet to surface.
Sonic Youth have yet to even appear on a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot even though they’ve been eligible for over a decade. If there’s any justice in the world, that will change sometime soon. It might be a little awkward behind the podium, but if Nirvana could find a way to resurrect themselves for the Hall of Fame, Sonic Youth can pull it off too.
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