Soundgarden

But one thing I was taken with was during the bridge or somewhere in the middle of all the riffage in the middle is this pretty direct lift of a couple Jesus Christ Superstar themes which I never picked up on in 1992 for one reason or another... despite picking the very same themes up in Pegboy and Afghan Whigs records from the same year. Anyone else catch that?

In any case, Soundgarden -- in their day (now many, many, many moons ago) -- were fucking **MASSIVE** , and a QUADRILLION LIGHT YEARS OF BROAD SWEEPING VAST DISTANCES better than their snivelling little pals in Nirvana. First saw them at L'Amour in Brooklyn (with Voi Vod and Faith No More) circa Louder Than Love and they blasted a new part in my hair. Great, great, great band .

big fans of Killing Joke, by the way.

Soundgarden had their moments.

I don't really see much of a point of comparison with Soundgarden and Nirvana anyway, other than they were both guitar rock bands from Seattle....Soundgarden has way more in common with the bands that Myonga just cited than Nirvana....

Also, I REALLY REALLY REALLY WISH I WOULD HAD BEEN AT THAT SHOW....christ what a lineup! I need to listen to some Voivod.

And yes, the show in question was godlike. Voi Vod had recently released Nothingface and FNM were promoting The Real Thing. And this was at a shitty, tiny little club. I was wearing a Dread Zeppelin shirt at the time, and Matt Cameron -- seemingly on his way out of the men's room during Voi Vod's set -- says "that's some funny, fucked up shit!". Yay.

i had erased dread zeppelin from my memory until i read that. yikes! boy i bet that wouldn't seem as funny if i heard it now...

I like 'em both just fine.

Actually, honestly, I guess Soundgarden were better than I ever give 'em credit for. If I'd never read a single interview with or article about them, I'd like 'em more than I do. (But still not as much as Sabbath or Zep, from whom they borrowed plenty despite their nonsensical denials.)

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.

"Mind Riot" kinda felt like a precursor to some of the more atmospheric stuff they did on later albums

That Vedder video making the rounds is cathartic and sad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2GcJ32m13Y

they've always reminded me of a very heavy version of early Traffic

for your consideration, this challop (?) i found on the interweb:

'SG was always more Heart than Sabbath'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY5tDB9mp3c
what a voice

OMG

heavy as fuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkPDK0m8Ir4

Wow. Thanks for that.

And for this:

/they've always reminded me of a very heavy version of early Traffic/

for your consideration, this challop (?) i found on the interweb:

'SG was always more Heart than Sabbath'

that whole new live album is great, some nice early jams on it. felt very very lucky to have caught one of those reunion shows in london - they were on amazing form.

looking back at setlist only sad thing for me personally was no jesus christ pose https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/soundgarden/2012/o2-shepherds-bush-empire-london-england-53da9f5d.html

new live album is immense. cornell's voice is so strong.

Yeah, I'm listening to the live album now and it's redeeming King Animal songs for me - I found that album incredibly forgettable at the time, but those tunes slot into an amazing set very well.

it's a great album! worth spending time with!

Bones Of Birds is one of their very best

Drown me riff 4 lyfe

nah slaves & bulldozers

why choose

“Hands all over” a close second maybe

"Beyond the Wheel" is the tits

cosign on that too

I miss Chris Cornell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUqkDX0tnfM

I will never regret buying the ticket to see him on a whim at some minor local festival (when I couldn't make Welcome to Rockville), as he was gone only a few weeks later. he seemed in good spirits and sounded great, with a lot of his power coming back.

oh, the other song that was a jam was "Room a Thousand Years Wide"

nah slaves & bulldozers

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8hKsPtw4yY

was curious about this performance and just ended up watching it straight through. greatest band of all time

I saw them on that tour. Gigantic performance, and one of the greatest large venue-concert experiences I can remember.

I was at that show. I'd flown home from Seattle, interviewing Mark Arm, that morning. It rained, and it was sublime. Cornell's voice just got better and better.

He wrote the best vocal melodies.

Yeah that tour was awesome. I saw them the year prior in SF and they were on fire.

Was reminded of this today:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71ZmsBHcOtL._AC_SX679_.jpg

SOUNDGARDEN ROOKIE CARD!

Sad it's not the rare error card with Scott Weiland in a tutu

I'm gonna hit
I'm gonna hit that
I'm gonna hit that upper deck and run

XP But otoh you get Ben Shepard's photo and Jason Everman's credit.

no Hiro, no credibility for a rookie card

Everman’s incorrect credit - he was only in the videos and maybe toured the album. Hiro played on it and he’s pictured on the cover, for crying out loud!

I am pretty sure this was Jason's only studio contribution with SG:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpT4kgg5xlw

https://www.billboard.com/business/legal/soundgarden-vicky-cornell-resolution-unreleased-chris-cornell-songs-1235304525/

Sad it’s taken this long just to get close to getting these songs out.

Can't believe it's been almost six years. Wow.