Nirvana kinda reunited to play with a slew of chick rockers pretending to be Kurt Cobain. Â Kiss didn't reunite. Â Other inductees were Hall & Oates, Peter Gabriel, The E Street Band, Cat Stevens and Linda Ronstadt.
· British musician and manager Peter Asher honored late Beatles manager Brian Epstein and original Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham with the Ahmet Ertegun Award for non-performers. They become the first managers inducted into the Hall.
Martin read a joke "excerpt" from the Bible, that he claimed was from the Book of Genesis (get it?). It told the story of the band and the "Angel Gabriel." He went on to list off the singer's accomplishments, saying, "He helped John Cusack get his girlfriend back in the movie Say Anything." When he accepted the honor, Peter advised up and coming musicians to surround themselves with brilliance. Peter and Chris then together performed "Washing of the Water," also from Us. Peter went on to do "In Your Eyes" with Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour.
Rage Against the Machine guitarist, Tom Morello, inducted Kiss.
He told the crowd, "Kiss was never a critics' band, kiss was a people band." Morello said the criteria for induction should really be impact, influence and awesomeness and explained how Kiss excels at all of those. He listed all the non-original members of the band, who aren't being inducted, and said they deserved a round of applause. He then brought up what he called Rock and Roll all Nite and Party Every Day Hall of Fame inductees Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. When accepting the honor, Gene stated, "This is a profound moment for all of us," and he complimented each of his bandmates individually, past and present. Peter spoke about being male breast cancer free and said he'd always be "The Catman" in and out of make-up. Ace said he wrote a speech but said his sunglasses weren't prescription so he couldn't read it. He went on to discuss his sobriety and the need to educate people about addiction since they think it has to do with will power. Ace said to them, "Try using will power when you have diarrhea." Paul used his stage time to say how the people should have more of a say in who gets into the Rock Hall since the people are the ones who buy tickets, not the ones who nominate.
Art Garfunkel inducted Cat Stevens, also known as Yusuf Islam.
Carrie Underwood, Emmy Lou Harris and Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks and Sheryl Crow all performed Ronstadt's tunes.
E Street Band get the Award for  Musical Excellence, which used to be called "The Sidemen Category," but when the E Street members were called sidemen, Bruce said it was a "misnomer if there ever was one." The Boss spoke about how each original member came to the band and he paid special tribute to late saxophonist Clarence Clemons. He went on to say his one regret of the night is that Clarence and late organist Danny Federici couldn't be there. Bruce also spoke highly of his bandmate and wife, Patti Scialfa.
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe took the stage to induct Nirvana.
· Often times there is a jam at the end of the Induction Ceremony and there were rumors that some rockers would play AC/DC's "Highway to Hell," but for one reason or another, the show ended after Nirvana's set.
Check it out yourself May 31st when it debuts on HBO.