Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell Q&A: Looking Back on ‘Grunge’
Twenty years after Soundgarden's 'Badmotorfinger' rocketed to the fore in 1991 along with Pearl Jam's 'Ten' and Nirvana's 'Nevermind,' Chris Cornell talks about the rise of Seattle music, signing to a...
View ArticleSoundgarden’s ‘Avengers’ Single Offered as Free Download
Soundgarden‘s first new song in 15 years, “Live to Rise,” will be available as a free download on iTunes beginning April 17 as part of the promotion of Disney’s film “Marvel’s The Avengers.” The...
View ArticleSingle Reviews: Bruno Mars, Adele, Rihanna, Sky Ferreira & more
BRUNO MARS Locked Out of Heaven (3:54) Producer: Mark Ronson Writers: B. Mars, the Smeezingtons Publishers: various Elektra/Warner With Gotye busy channeling Peter Gabriel, 2012 seemed overdue for a...
View ArticleSoundgarden on ‘King Animal’ and Why They Shouldn’t Have Broken Up
Despite the title, Soundgarden’s comeback single “Been Away Too Long” is not “specifically about my band getting back together,” frontman Chris Cornell says. But the title made it an obvious choice as...
View ArticleSoundgarden Kings NYC Club On ‘Animal’ Album Release Day
Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell thanked folks crammed into New York club Irving Plaza last night (Nov. 13) for attending the “record release party” for “King Animal,” out yesterday. But from behind...
View ArticleSoundgarden Vaults: Deluxe ‘Badmotorfinger,’ B-Sides Album Eyed
With its 20th anniversary editions of the landmark “Superunknown” album about to come out, Soundgarden is eyeballing some more forays into its vaults. Guitarist Kim Thayil tells Billboard that a...
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Soundgarden Rocks ‘Superunknown’ Club Show in New York (Review)
“We’re from Seattle,” Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell said as he led the band through its classic 1994 album “Superunknown” at New York’s Webster Hall on Monday (June 2), “It’s black even in...
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Soundgarden Guitarist Kim Thayil Says Another Soundgarden Studio Album is...
More than two years after the death of singer Chris Cornell, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil says it's quite possible the band might have one more album to offer fans. Speaking to SiriusXM's Trunk...
View ArticleWatch Chris Cornell Perform ‘Black Hole Sun’& More at a 2013 Soundgarden Concert
Last year, Artists Den, Soundgarden, and the Cornell Estate released the live album and concert film Soundgarden: Live From the Artists Den, which featured the band’s full 29-song set from their 2013...
View ArticleSoundgarden’s Kim Thayil on the Group’s Final Concert in 2017: Behind the...
“We would tend to start off with a bang,” says Kim Thayil, guitarist for Soundgarden, a pillar of the Seattle grunge scene in the late ‘80s and a 2023 nominee for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame....
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