Seattle rock titans Soundgarden to join Hall of Fame

To hear Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil talk about it, you’d think he was planning a destination wedding.

Not surprisingly, there’s a fair amount of logistical coordinating that goes into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony Saturday in Los Angeles, where the Seattle rock titans will be enshrined among generations of music royalty, including their Seattle brethren Nirvana and Pearl Jam. There are “the little anxieties” that come with preparing a speech and a guest-laden performance to curate and rehearse for.

Not to mention details like travel and seating arrangements — stuff someone else on Soundgarden’s payroll is surely tasked with handling, not that it’s stopped the hands-on guitarist from thinking about them.

“Just as long as I sit next to my girlfriend,” Thayil said a few we