Soundgarden

Yea. Great set. A lot of people bolted when the big hits were out of the way

nice

Can you be more specific about when they bolted?

it was a really lame crowd. the 20k seat arena was maybe a third filled, the floor maybe 40% full, the rest of us in seats, and the intro for Soundgarden only got a meek "yay" from the crowd.

then they rolled off the biggie Superunknown songs and "Outshined" and everybody got briefly excited but once "Been Away Too Long" started, the exodus started slowly. I was surprised that "Blow Up the Outside World" didn't get more of a reaction, it was a fairly popular song when I was in high school. and then the Ultramega OK tunes was enough to thin the place out considerably.

i always love when they end with Beyond the Wheel tho. that's a killer closer.

Wish I had been in one of those empty spaces.

How was Cornell's voice during the show?

Too bad no "hands all over"

xpost he's never going to be the vocalist he was again, but he's getting a little of it back. tbh he's pretty good at the high notes when he stays up there a while (ie "Beyond the Wheel"), it's the flipping between head voice and chest that he struggles more with (but, tbh, that was true to a lesser degree even in his prime - always an inconsistent live singer).

His highs still have surprising potency even if he doesn't make them as dirty as he used to. His mid to low range actually sounds a lot closer to what it did in the 90s than it has in a while.

his yells sound more shrill than they used to, but he's doing them again which is cool. idk overall I was pleased. "Jesus Christ Pose" was kind of painful though. the verse at least - the rest of it he was pretty good.

cornell has sounded great the last few times i've seen him. he's a way more consistent live singer now afaict

he does avoid the highs on Outshined a bit tho. which is weird cos he doesn't play guitar on that one.

"Spoonman" he was actually screaming again, surprisingly.

apparently their show yesterday was same setlist, except no "Ugly Truth" and instead of "All Your Lies" was "Incessant Mace"

they're appraently on right now in Ft Myers. I should be working but I'll be watching setlist.fm to see what the nerds add in real time.

I should know their later albums better than I do, but I got off the boat after Superunknown.

down on the upside is underrated imo

i've been listening to "Zero Chance" a lot given my moodiness recently.

my fav solo song of his

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6GlbuBKu1o

cornell has sounded great the last few times i've seen him. he's a way more consistent live singer now afaict

This. Which Matt is drumming with them at the moment, Cameron or Chamberlain? Much as I loved Pearl Jam I always feel bad that SG sometimes have to tour without Matt Cameron as he's such a distinctive and inventive drummer.

Was watching some old footage of SG doing Jesus Christ Pose on YouTube a while back - Ben Shepherd was playing like a motherfucker, flayling and hurling himself around and not seeming to miss a note

I always enjoyed Shepherd's slightly psychedelic leanings and 'Switch Opens' is a lovely example and a good reason to revisit DOTUS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfdQ-u0nUmU

"Head Down" is my favorite Sheperd penned track

Chris is one of my all-time favorite vocalists. That Euphoria Morning video was nice.

I'm waiting to hear the Singles soundtrack reissue and see what the unheard tracks are like.

he was sounding kinda rough a while back, there was some throat surgery stuff in there somewhere that I think put him at a disadvantage for a while, but ever since the Soundgarden reunion shows I think he's just been going from strength to strength vocally. The Temple of the Dog show I saw at the end of last year was jaw dropping for how right-on his voice was. I mean, he can't get ALL the way up there like he used to but jesus, he's getting 90% of the way there which is awesome to see

I've forgiven him for Billy Jean and have finally moved on from those dark times lol

Uh wtf

http://abc7.com/entertainment/rocker-chris-cornell-dies-at-52-rep-says/2006846/

no no no no no nooooo

wow that is a bummer RIP

fuck WHAT

unreal that all of these dudes are gone. Cornell, Weiland, Staley, Cobain.

don't forget andrew wood

fuck i wouldn't be anywhere near here probably without soundgarden cracking open my mental door between metal and "modern" rock (1990, you know)

Gutted, what a voice. I remember someone on ILX saying he was a better singer than Robert Plant, and I think they might have been right. Will play Superunknown loud this morning.

Oh man RIP.

Soundgarden was never my thing but there was never any denying Cornell's talent and presence.

well this sucks :(

wow this is unexpected. RIP.

this fucking sucks so hard

so so so so fucking sad. and not that this is why its tragic, but there was a new SG album coming too, I heard.

this hurts

This fucking sucks

Listened to this 10 times in a row already

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xeFx4WG0CA

can't get my head around this at all

this is so sad, RIP. we saw him in brisbane about 18 months ago and he was great.

@stevie http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7760610/chris-cornell-the-promise-soundgarden-album

i keep thinking of how life affirming the temple of the dog show was

so they were on tour at the moment and they'd played a show last night?

You were the first person I thought of, Maura. Damn.

"Mind Riot" was always the song I randomly defaulted to in my memory when I thought of them and him. Probably going to be doing so in general all day today.

Well...shit.

Have any details about the cause of his death emerged? Cause even though this was a long time ago it's kinda alarming (taken from that Billboard interview just upthread)

"I remember years ago, we were doing Badmotorfinger, and I saw some drama on the Holocaust with Willem Defoe as a boxer [Triumph of the Spirit]. I watched it late at night, and I woke up the next morning and we were flying from Sausalito back to Seattle. I got a migraine so bad that I had to be hospitalized. The blood vessels had expanded so much in my brain that I couldn’t really talk. I could see that this was blue [points to a bottle], but I couldn’t remember the word that was the symbol for the color blue. It was a scary thing and I’ve never had that since, but it’s stuck with me that there’s some part of me that has a hard time with that on some level that’s way more intense than I would have expected."

And yeah, realizing ALL those frontmen are gone from the era and place, all of whom were legit huge breakouts or on the verge of becoming one, is crazy to think about. (Saw them all live too aside from Wood.) Vender is the only one left, and when you think about how he started there precisely because Wood died -- I mean, I'd feel pretty damn weird if I were in his shoes.

Found in the bathroom, a band around his neck.

thanks, i can think of 10000 better ways of phrasing that

Quoting the police directly. You're welcome.

Damn! Quick story.. In a matter of a week I saw him in LA, played blackjack at the same table in Vegas
for a couple hours and then saw him at a bar in NYC. He remembered me, bought a round and we talked for a bit. He was a super nice and humble guy. Rip bro