Soundgarden - Live in Usa (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting) '2025

Tracks list

	Tracklist:

1. Come Together (Live) (06:17)
2. Ugly Truth (Live) (05:16)
3. Get on the Snake (Live) (03:33)
4. Beyond the Wheel (Live) (05:25)
5. Into the Void (Sealth) (Live) (06:36)
6. Outshined (Live) (05:20)
7. Gun (Live) (05:33)
8. Room a Thousand Years Wide (Live) (03:42)
9. Big Dumb Sex (Live) (04:10)
10. Jesus Christ Pose (Live) (05:29)
11. Searching W/my Good Eye Closed (Live) (07:39)
12. Rusty Cage (Live) (04:34)
13. Hands All Over (Live) (05:38)
14. Face Pollution (Live) (02:27)
15. Slaves & Bulldozers (Live) (08:09)


 moreFor a band so heavily identified with the Seattle scene, it's ironic
that two of its founding members were from the Midwest. Kim Thayil (guitar),
Hiro Yamamoto (bass), and Bruce Pavitt were all friends in Illinois who decided
to head to Olympia, Washington, to attend college in 1981. Though none of them
completed college, all of them became involved in the Washington underground
music scene. Pavitt was the only one who didn't play -- he founded a fanzine
that later became the Sub Pop record label. Yamamoto played in several cover
bands before forming a band in 1984 with his roommate Chris Cornell (vocals), a
Seattle native who had previously played drums in several bands. Thayil soon
joined the duo and the group named itself Soundgarden after a local Seattle
sculpture. Scott Sundquist was originally the band's drummer, but he was
replaced by Matt Cameron in 1986. Over the next two years, Soundgarden gradually
built up a devoted cult following through their club performances.

Pavitt signed Soundgarden to his fledgling Sub Pop label in the summer of 1987,
releasing the single "Hunted Down" before the EP Screaming Life appeared later
in the year. Screaming Life and the group's second EP, 1988's FOPP, became
underground hits and earned the attention of several major labels. The band
decided to sign to SST instead of a major, releasing Ultramega OK by the end of
1988. Ultramega OK received strong reviews among alternative and metal
publications, and the group decided to make the leap to a major for its next
album, 1989's Louder Than Love. Released on A&M Records, Louder Than Love became
a word-of-mouth hit, earning positive reviews from mainstream publications,
peaking at 108 on the charts, and earning a Grammy nomination. Following the
album's fall 1989 release, Yamamoto left the band to return to school. Jason
Everman, a former guitarist for Nirvana, briefly played with the band before Ben
Shepherd joined in early 1990.

Soundgarden's third album, 1991's Badmotorfinger, was heavily anticipated by
many industry observers as a potential breakout hit. Though it was a significant
hit, reaching number 39 on the album charts, its success was overshadowed by the
surprise success of Nirvana's Nevermind, which was released the same month as
Badmotorfinger. Prior to Nevermind, Soundgarden had been marketed by A&M as a
metal band, and the group had agreed to support Guns N' Roses on the fall 1991
Use Your Illusion tour. While the tour did help sales, Soundgarden benefited
primarily from the grunge explosion, whose media attention helped turn the band
into stars. They were also helped by the Top Ten success of Temple of the Dog, a
tribute to deceased Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood that Cornell and Cameron
recorded with members of Pearl Jam.

By the spring release of 1994's Superunknown, Soundgarden's following had grown
considerably, which meant that the album debuted at number one upon its release.
(A year before its release, Shepherd and Cameron released an eponymous album by
their side project, Hater.) Superunknown became one of the most popular records
of 1994, generating a genuine crossover hit with "Black Hole Sun," selling over
three million copies and earning two Grammys. Soundgarden returned in 1996 with
Down on the Upside, which entered the charts at number two. Despite the record's
strong initial sales, it failed to generate a big hit, and was hurt by grunge's
fading popularity. Soundgarden retained a sizable audience -- the album did go
platinum, and they were co-headliners on the sixth Lollapalooza -- but they
didn't replicate the blockbuster success of Superunknown. After completing an
American tour following Lollapalooza that was plagued by rumors of internal
fighting, Soundgarden announced that they were breaking up in April 1997 to
pursue other interests.

During the late '90s and 2000s, each member kept very busy. Cornell released
three solo albums, also recording and touring as Audioslave with former members
of Rage Against the Machine. Cameron toured his Wellwater Conspiracy project,
and played and recorded with Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam. Thayil
collaborated with a wide range of artists, including Cameron, Dave Grohl, Steve
Fisk, and Boris. Meanwhile, Shepherd helped out with Wellwater Conspiracy, and
also played and recorded with Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees. Finally, in 2010,
the band announced a reunion with a few live shows during the summer (including
that year's edition of Lollapalooza) which preceded a compilation, Telephantasm,
in the fall. Telephantasm was initially available as a double-disc set on
September 28, with a single-disc version appearing a week later (the single-disc
was also included in Guitar Hero on September 28). In 2011, Soundgarden released
their first live album, Live on I-5, which featured material recorded during the
band's supporting tour for Down on the Upside. All of this activity would be the
prelude to Soundgarden's full-on return in 2012, when they released their sixth
album, King Animal, in the fall of that year.

King Animal debuted at five on the Billboard Top 200 upon its November 2012
release and the band supported it throughout the next year with a tour. Matt
Cameron took a hiatus from the band in November 2013 due to commitments with
Pearl Jam; former Pearl Jam drummer Matt Chamberlain replaced him for live dates
in 2014. That year, Soundgarden celebrated the 25th anniversary of Superunknown
with the release of two deluxe editions of the 1991 album: a double-disc set and
a seven-disc Super Deluxe box set. During 2015, Chris Cornell mentioned that
Soundgarden had started working on material for a new studio set and the band
made it official in 2016, announcing that they were beginning to record an
album. In the meantime, the band released a deluxe reissue of Ultramega OK in
March 2017 and began an American tour that April. On May 17, following the
band's concert at Detroit's Fox Theater, Cornell was found dead in his hotel
room; he had taken his own life at the age of 52.

In the wake of Cornell's death, the surviving members of Soundgarden took time
to regroup. In an October 2018 interview, Thayil suggested that the remaining
trio would retire the Soundgarden name but perhaps work together in some
capacity. The three did perform at a Chris Cornell tribute concert in January
2019, a show where vocals were handled by several singers, including Brandi
Carlile, Taylor Momsen, and Taylor Hawkins. In July 2019, the band released
their first posthumous record, the double album Live from the Artists Den, which
captured a concert from 2013. © Stephen Thomas Erlewine



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