Joan Jett believes her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is due to her guest appearance with Nirvana at the 2014 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony.
Jett had joined Nirvana’s surviving members, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear for their first performance of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” since Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994. She said Noveselic “was so funny. I think he’s the one that got me into the Hall of Fame. ‘Cause he was bitching afterwards, saying, ‘Can you believe she’s not in the Hall of Fame?’ So I think they guilted ’em into it.”