\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div> \t\t\t\t\tFeist and Olivia Rodrigo perform onstage during the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmy Sussman\/WireImage<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tThe White Stripes were inducted into the Rock Hall by fellow Motor City rock icon Iggy Pop, who took the stage and led the crowd through a chant of \u201cSeven Nation Army.\u201d He held his speech in his hands and joked, \u201cLet me see if I can read this shit.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tPop described the duo as \u201ca 21st century Adam and Eve, who had started a rock & roll band,\u201d and praised Meg\u2019s drumming ability, saying it was her support that launched \u201cthe rocket of racket that was Jack White<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tNext, Jack himself took the podium for his induction speech, thanking \u201cUncle Iggy.\u201d Standing in a red suit and white tie, he revealed that he\u2019d been talking to Meg about being honored, and that Meg made \u201cpunctuation and corrections\u201d to his speech. \u201cI spoke with Meg White the other day; she said she\u2019s very sorry she couldn\u2019t make it tonight, but she\u2019s very grateful for the folks who have supported her throughout all the years, it really means a lot to her tonight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \n\tJack thanked the White Stripes\u2019 musical heroes, and also named other iconic duos in pop culture: Leiber and Stoller, Siegel and Shuster, and Abbott and Costello. \u201cI myself have been in a lot of bands that you\u2019ve probably never heard of,\u201d he said. \u201cBut for some reason, people especially connected with this one two-piece duo project that I was in called the White Stripes. We don\u2019t know why these things happen, but when they do, it\u2019s the most beautiful thing you can have as an artist or musician when people are responding and sharing with you.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n \n\t\u201cTo young artists, I want to say, get your hands dirty and drop the screens and get out in your garage or your little room and get obsessed,\u201d he added. \u201cGet obsessed with something, get passionate. We all want to share in what you might create.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tIggy Pop and Jack White onstage during the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAmy Sussman\/WireImage<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tRodrigo, who was born just two months before the White Stripes released Elephant<\/em> since April 2003, has long praised the group, saying she grew up listening to the album and especially \u201cThe Hardest Button to Button.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cMeg\u2019s drums really shine on that one, and from there I dove into all their other incredible albums and became a massive fan,\u201d Rodrigo told Elle<\/a><\/em> in 2023. \u201cMeg\u2019s drumming and the White Stripes in general [provided] a huge lesson to me on the value of simplicity in music. They taught me that a truly great song doesn\u2019t need to have crazy production or layers of sound. It just needs to move you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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