Spiderbait were among six inductees to the ARIA Hall of Fame at the weekend, in the 40th year of the honour.
For the first time, the induction was a stand alone televised event.
KRAM, Janet English and Damian Whitty were given the chance to perform some of their greatest hits and share a few words.
The induction also coincides with a milestone year for the band, who are hitting the road from July to tour and celebrate 30 years since the release of Ivy & the Big Apples - their third studio album release.
In accepting their Hall of Fame awards, the trio each shared snippets of their journey, with KRAM specifically giving a shout out to Finley.
“We grew up in a small town called Finley; sorry about all the racket we made when we were 15 in my parents' backyard,” he said.
“We’re very much a collective, and music is about the art form. It’s beautiful, but it’s also about the friendship.
“And the better friends you make together, the more you kick arse, and nobody kicks arse more than these two (gesturing to Janet and Damian).”
Damian gave thanks to all their supporters and fans, while Janet made specific remarks about there finally being more female representation in the Hall of Fame.
“Thanks most of all to anyone who has ever connected with what we do and how we do it, thank you,” Damian said.
“To all the women who work in the music industry, keep making noise,” Janet said.
“Thanks to everyone that makes the music scene such an inclusive, diverse, weird place for everyone to belong,” she continued.
Spiderbait were inducted by Aussie actress Claudia Karvan, and described by ARIA as “one of Australia’s most enduring and distinctive bands” which had a “trailblazing career and enduring influence on Australian rock music”.
The band was invited to close out the “epic evening” with live performances of Calypso, Black Betty and Buy Me a Pony.
Other artists inducted this year were Gurrumul, Jenny Morris, Kate Ceberano, The Living End and Vika & Linda.
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