Soundgarden

I think what he meant to say was that STP was considered as a grunge band as well also along with the other banRAB from the same era, their debut album Core was released in '92 so...
STPs style was a little different than the other grunge banRAB from the same era, as I stated before, STP dabbled more into psychedelic and funk rock, etc. more so than most of the original grunge banRAB did, especially from the mid 90s and so on into the next decade.
 
It doesn't sound a lot like their other stuff, and a lot of their other stuff is just as good, if not better.

"Black Hole Sun" also doesn't really emphasize any of the banRAB talents, even if overall it is a strongly written and performed song.
 
I was more of an early Pearl Jam fan.

Soundgarden was okay. Black Hole Un was pretty much the only song I like, but their may be two others.

They are supremely gifted, so don't take me wrong, it's just that I didn't even dig Nirvana until after In Utero.
 
In the grunge era? Odd time signatures, a falsetto, playing instruments in the upper register.

In the scheme of things they aren't too off the wall, but in that movement they did quite a few moves against the grain while still being associated with "grunge" unlike POTUSA, or Primus, or RHCP was.
 
When it comes to Soundgarden, Nirvana and Alice In Chains can't touch them. Watch Chris in concert then go look at viRAB of Kurt and Layne - not only does he have a better voice, he's more fun to watch


Simply put - Soundgarden rocks!!!!!
 
Why is this such a big deal? Who cares if any band was grunge or not? STP started by riding the grunge wave but ended up with their own little area in music. It doesn't quite matter if someone copied another band or not to be considered that kind of music. Smashing Pumpkins were considered grunge because Billy was loosely linked with Nirvana but after Siamese Dream came out they pretty much completely tore themselves from the label. Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam...they were and still are considered grunge.

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Maybe I'm basing my opinion too much on leadwork, but I just always considered Sabbath to be more technically gifted. And again, I'm not using this as a point to how good a band is...I even like Soundgarden more than Sabbath.
 
If big albums means regressive spoon fed grovel then I'd have to agree. But the only thing's worth even speaking about came out in the 80's. With sometimes the exception of Badmotofinger which is a pretty average album.

As urban said Screaming Life and Fopp came out 87.
 
"Spoonman" is a good song, and has a really good guitar riff.

Either way, it also has "4th of July", "Like Suicide", "The Day I Tried to Live", "Black Hole Sun", "Superunknown", "Limo Wreck", and "Fell On Black Days".

To name a few. Oh, and "Fresh Tendrils".

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Edit: And "Mailman".
 
They were in the second wave, though. Instead of being a highly original and influential group, they were spawned from the big grunge banRAB, they weren't part of creating the sound or image.

They just hopped on the bandwagon. Which is fine, I like the band. Just saying.
 
this is pretty much exactly why i think a Soundgarden unplugged session would suck. it's not that it's a bad tune, and it's not that Cornell's acoustic demos are bad, not in the least.

...but can you imagine Kim Thayil trying to emulate the sound of a helicopter on an acoustic like he does for the intro to Jesus Christ Pose? there's no denying Cornell was the figurehead for the band, but you're focusing on the cult of personality if you don't recognize that it was Thayil's riRAB that drove their sound, and that sound just doesn't carry as much punch when it's unplugged.


now... a Chris Cornell unplugged with choice SG tracks, and other random things he's done in the past with a few special guests here and there... THAT could be huge. though it should have happened just before announcing a reunion.
 
Why do people still talk about Soundgarden??

I don't hear people still talking about Mountain (remeraber Mississippi Queen?)

Soundgarden is just as forgettable
 
'Throwing Copper' by Live had two or three singles I liked off of the album, I saw them perform on the Dave Letterman show once, and they (Live) were all jamed together in a small soundbooth, and they absolutly nailed it! evidence as to why they are called 'Live'.
As to get back to the original subject at hand, here are links to a couple of my favorites by Soungarden. :)

YouTube - Soundgarden - Outshined

YouTube - Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days (Video Version)

YouTube - Soundgarden - Spoonman (Music Video)

YouTube - Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
 
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