Soundgarden

alex in nyc is officially the biggest crybaby on ILX.

How does merely stating a fact make me a crybaby?

I've never heard anyone else make the comparison, but Soundgarden's songwriting remind me a lot of early Traffic- stuff like "Mr. Fantasy" and "Forty Thousand Headmen"- in the lyrics, the dynamics and in Cornell's singing.

I wonder if "My Wave" was meant as a Yes rip, because it reminds me of part of "Ritual"...

Anyone know how much some of their rarer vinyl is worth? Such as:

Louder Than Live (yes, Live) on blue vinyl.
Hands All Over promo single.
Loud Love promo single.
etc.

Try completed listings on ebay -

http://cgi.ebay.com/SOUNDGARDEN-Louder-Than-Live-promo-12-blue-wax-punk_W0QQitemZ370061040886QQihZ024QQcategoryZ306QQcmdZViewItem

63 on ebay, can buy it mint on musicstack for 70.

Thanks, but how do you search for ebay completed listings?

It is under advanced search, it requires you to sign in. If you don't have an account, google is pretty good for finding recent listings too.

try http://www.popsike.com/ too

http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildata.php?itemnr=4873252359

The hell?:

The biggest highlight came when Morello introduced former Soundgarden members guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepard and drummer Matt Cameron. The three former bandmates took to the stage with none other than Tad Doyle, former frontman of TAD and current powerhouse singer for Brothers of the Sonic Cloth. He led the band through a three-song "Tadgarden" set that included a Soundgarden rarity and a classic.

Doyle, who is good friends with the Soundgarden crew from their days as tour and labelmates on Sub Pop, sang a powerful rendition of "Nothing to Say" and delivered a scream-laden "Spoonman," which included Morello on rhythm guitar.

It appeared as if a lot of the crowd, which was a mixture of old school grungers in their mid 30s to late 40s and younger Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave fans, didn't quite know what to make of Doyle.

lol that sounds pretty great, though i guess you would have had to sit through a tom morello solo show to see it?

haha yes... and here i am stuck with tix to see cornell ;_;

Photos and more:

http://cherrycanoe.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/nothing-to-say/

the 12 year old me just bust a nut

badmotorfinger is nothing short of explosive when the right mood hits. strangely it makes for a truly nostalgic listen, most likely because it encapsulates the creative heights of an era that was so dominant and far-reaching in its exposure, but also so brittle and dependent on the energy and conviction levels of its principle players to survive.

The iPod in my head is playing 'Room a Thousand Years Wide' right now.

that's called your brain.

Well I'm amused:

http://www.soundgardenworld.com/

I'm going to remain optimistic until further notice.

I'm pretty hyped for this though from recent material not sure if Chris' voice can still hit those big heights

I really hope this is true!

If this is true, then I'm sold. Soundgarden was 'my band' when I was a 14-year-old really discovering music for the first time, and they were my gateway drug to so much amazing stuff it's unbelievable.

I'm pretty hyped for this though from recent material not sure if Chris' voice can still hit those big heights

― Jamie_ATP, Friday, January 1, 2010 6:31 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah, that's my one concern too. although i'm pretty sure they'd still put on a killer live show where i wouldn't notice much about his voice anyway. i wonder how extensive or long term this will be, considering that Matt Cameron still tours with Pearl Jam all the time.

lmao @ Cornell tweeting "Knights of the Soundtable ride again!""

Yamamoto or Shepard?

I'm gonna take a wild guess that the bassist from the later and far more successful half of the band's career is the one involved in the reunion.

Hiro's got his own reunion going on with Truly, last I read.

This could be awesome. I hope it is. They don't have to hang around for long...just do an awesome tour of awesome shows and let me relive my youth ONE last time. Fingers-crossed that Cornell can still get his scream on...

Frankly I'd just be jazzed to see Thayill back on stage again

i'm enough of a stan that i actually went to see The Traveling Chris Cornell Good Time Rock'n'Roll Revue last year and i was worried going in but The Voice was in good form. Whatever behind-the-scenes technical wizardry was required to pull that off, I'm sure it'll still be available in 2010.

my juvenile, factually-unsupported theory is he stopped screaming when he cut his hair. grow hair back = screaming returns. in my mind, it's that simple.

grow hair back = screaming returns.

I think they're coming back as a lounge act. A full album of Wayne Newton and Burt Bacharach covers.

They will be 10X better.

:|

...another year of overwrought acoustic "Imagine" and 'Billie Jean' covers. DO NOT WANT

I think they're coming back as a lounge act. A full album of Wayne Newton and Burt Bacharach covers.

So what, less Soundgarden and more Sound Patio?

I guess with this and Alice In Chains back in business, it is time to buy stock in flannel and ripped up jeans with the 20 year cycle coming right on time.

I loved grunge (really Nirvana) at the time, but in terms of the 20-year retro cycle, I was hoping pop music would latch onto something else. I mean, don't nu-metal and screamo take the angst-fueled rage from grunge, anyway? (Unfortunately, they forgot the tunefulness and, for the most part, lack a legitimate basis for angst, but they seem to have the shouty-screamy part mastered).

I mean, don't nu-metal and screamo take the angst-fueled rage from grunge, anyway?

no offence daniel, but i have to say anyone who said this, i'd doubt whether they'd actually ever heard grunge, screamo or nu metal.

indeed haha

i'd doubt whether they'd actually ever heard grunge, screamo or nu metal.

I heard a lot of grunge in my 20s. I've stayed away, for the most part, from nu-metal and screamo. I'm open to learning or being disabused of wrong ideas, tho! What am I missing?

Every single time a grunge band reunites or tours or has a new album or a high profile reissue for the past 10 years there's been a bunch of goofy "grunge is back/we're cycling back to grunge already" grumbling. Did people go "it's the British invasion all over again!" when the Stones released albums in the '80s?

Cameron says they are working on completing an unfinished Soundgarden album, the last stuff Cornell sang on which was apparently held up by a lawsuit from his widow. (Fwiw, it sounds like the reason he left Pearl Jam was that he was mostly sick of playing 3-hour shows every night on long tours. And he's got a Wipers sorta tribute band now that features him on guitar and vocals, too.)

would 100% go see a Wipers tribute band.

and also 100% wanna hear that new Soundgarden LP

I think I saw a clip of Cameron's band on Insta the other day, with Hiro guesting to sing "Circle of Power".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5oUYhhkdiI

A friend from my freshman year in college was a huge music nerd from Seattle and after returning from a trip home he brought back this warbly tape of 4-track demos from Cornell that was such a massive departure from Soundgarden at the time (Louder Than Love, Flower & the Screaming Life/Fopp reissue)... it was way more in line sonically with The Winding Sheet or what would become the blues/gospel songs off Temple of the Dog, but with lucid imaginative lyrics, experimental song structures and crazy guitar tunings played on his acoustic.

The only song I recognized coming to fruition from that tape was "Seasons" which showed up on the Singles OST. I'd love to hear those spooky, warbly demos again if any old school Seattle folks know what I'm talking about.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, May 18, 2017 12:35 PM (eight years ago)

still looking for this... would have been 90 timeframe, maybe 1991 at the absolute latest.

also, partially related: found out much later that SEXY DANCER and this friend of mine were schoolmates.

The recent-ish reissue of the Singles OST had the 'Poncier' sessions as bonus tracks - was that possibly it? I think Seasons is so far beyond anything else Chris did solo, and when Soundgarden split I hoped that was the direction he went in. He really didn't, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWC8L434zi4

Kim Thayil just published a memoir

I want that to be an Art Brut song title

would 100% go see a Wipers tribute band.

I would especially see this if they played late 80s/90/s wipers songs

Think I need this book.

It's a good read! And really interesting on being an Indian guy within US (counter)culture. I interviewed him about it last month:https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/09/soundgarden-kim-thayil-interview-grunge-chris-cornell-kurt-cobain

Great interview.

thank you PBKR!

Yeah, that was really good, really well done. Kim came through loud and clear.

Thank you JR!

Sure. Also reminded that recently I overheard an actor being interviewed at the local coffee shop and I am glad I did because, when it finally got written up and printed, the effect was much diluted from what he had said and how he said it.