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SoundgardenBackground informationOrigin,Genres,Years active1984 - 1997, 2010-2019LabelsAssociated acts,WebsitePast membersSoundgarden was an American band. They began in, in 1984.Soundgarden helped create the sound of.
This is a of that first became popular in Seattle. They were first signed to a local.
Later, they were the first grunge band to sign to a major label, in 1988.Soundgarden became well-known with the 1994 album. It debuted at number one on the charts. Two won; ' and '. Has ranked Soundgarden at number 14 in their special 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.In 1997, the band broke up because they could no longer agree on the sound of their musical future. The members worked on other projects for more than ten years.
Soundgarden got back together in 2010. Two years later, they released their sixth, King Animal.On May 17, 2017, frontman Chris Cornell was found dead in his Detroit hotel room, the night after a concert at the city's Fox Theatre. Police are treating it as suspected suicide. Soundgarden will almost certainly not continue.
Contents.Early band history Soundgarden began in 1984. They first had three members: singer and drummer, lead guitarist, and bassist.
The band named themselves after a wind-channeling pipe sculpture, '. The work is in, in Seattle.At first, Cornell played drums while singing, but in 1985 the band hired so that Cornell could just sing.
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The band's first recordings were three songs on a for named. Also appearing on the album were early grunge artists, and the. In 1986, Sundquist left the band. He was replaced by, who had been the drummer for.A Seattle staion, Jonathan Poneman, liked Soundgarden after seeing them perform. He later said, 'I saw this band that was everything rock music should be'. Poneman offered to pay for a record to be made by the band.
Teaming up with Bruce Pavitt, Poneman also contributed $20,000 to the financially struggling Sub Pop. This helped turn Sup Pop into a popular, successful record label that attracted more success with grunge bands. Sub Pop then released Soundgarden's in 1987, and the EP in 1988. A combination of the two was issued as in 1990.Though major labels were asking Soundgarden to sign with them, in 1988 the band chose a small independent label,. SST released their,. The album was nominated for a for Best Metal Performance in 1990.The band's first, ', became popular; airing regularly on 's.
In 1989, Soundgarden promoted Ultramega OK with a tour of the United States and then went to Europe. This was their first overseas tour.
Major labels In 1989, Soundgarden released their first album for a major label,. Louder Than Love became the band's first to chart on the. It reached number 108 on the chart in 1990. The band supported the album with tours of and.A month before touring for Louder Than Love began, bassist Hiro Yamamoto left to go back to college. Yamamoto was unhappy because he felt he was not important enough to the band.
Former bassist took his place for the tour. Everman was fired immediately after Soundgarden got back from Europe in mid-1990.
An EP and the video compilation, were both released in 1990. The video shows five live tracks made during the Louder Than Love tour.Badmotorfinger: 1990–1993 Bassist joined Soundgarden in 1990. Their next album, was released in 1991. It had some success, reaching number 39 on the album charts.
But it got less attention because of the surprise success of 's, released the same month as Badmotorfinger. Two singles got popular airplay on alternative radio stations and.The first single from Badmotorfinger, ', got negative attention when MTV banned its in 1991. Many listeners were outraged by the song and its video, calling it anti-Christian. The band received death threats while on tour in the United Kingdom in support of the album. Badmotorfinger was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1992.After a tour of North America in 1991, the band opened for in North America on the band's 'Use Your Illusion Tour'. After several tours to promote the album, they rejoined Guns N' Roses in the summer of 1992 in Europe as part of the Use Your Illusion Tour with another opening act,.
The band took part in the 1992 tour with the, and.The band later released a video compilation. It was made in 1992 at the Paramount Theatre. Also that year, they appeared in the movie.
They were show performing 'Birth Ritual'. The song appeared on the, as did a Chris Cornell solo song, 'Seasons'.Superunknown: 1994–1995 Soundgarden released in 1994. It became the band's best-selling album, partly because of the popular singles ', ', ', and '. Upon its release in March 1994, Superunknown debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart.The lyrics of the songs were dark and sad; much of them seem to be talking about,. Reviewer J.D. Considine of said Superunknown 'demonstrates far greater range than many bands manage in an entire career.'
He also stated, 'At its best, Superunknown offers a more harrowing depiction of alienation and despair than anything on.' The music video for 'Black Hole Sun' received the Video Music Award for 'Best Rock Video Best Metal/Hard Rock Video' award in 1994. Soundgarden won two in 1995; 'Black Hole Sun' received the award for Best Hard Rock Performance and 'Spoonman' received the award for Best Metal Performance.Down on the Upside: 1996–1997 After a worldwide tour to promote Superunknown, the band members began working on what would become their last studio album for more than 15 years. It was released in 1996. Four singles were released from the album: 'Pretty Noose', 'Blow Up the Outside World', 'Burden in My Hand', and 'Ty Cobb'.The music was less heavy metal and grunge sounding than the group's previous albums. The band members said that they wanted to experiment with other sounds.
In a review, David Browne of said, 'Few bands since Led Zeppelin have so crisply mixed instruments both acoustic and electric.' However, the writing and recording of the album was stressful for the group. Thayil and Cornell seemed to not agree on a change from the heavy guitar riffs that had become the band's trademark. The album got favorable reviews, but did not sell as well as Superunknown.The band played on the 1996 tour with, who had asked for them to appear. After Lollapalooza, the band left for a world tour.
Tensions continued to increase during the tour. When asked if the band hated touring, Cornell said, 'We really enjoy it to a point and then it gets tedious, because it becomes repetitious. You feel like fans have paid their money and they expect you to come out and play them your songs like the first time you ever played them. That's the point where we hate touring.' At the tour's final stop in, on February 9, 1997, Shepherd threw his bass guitar into the air in frustration after his equipment failed.
He then stormed off the stage. The band then also left the stage, but Cornell returned to play a as an. Breakup and reunion On April 9, 1997, the band announced they were breaking up. Thayil said, 'It was pretty obvious from everybody's general attitude over the course of the previous half year that there was some dissatisfaction.' A best-of album named, was released in November 1997 through. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
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