Mad respect to Rick Beato for getting these interviews. What an era of music.

@mattykevlee

Жыл бұрын

Where can I get whole interviews?

@xoch1717

Жыл бұрын

@@mattykevlee the interviewer's channel is "Rick Beato" he posted it about 2 weeks ago :)

@jamiemacdonald436

Жыл бұрын

Even more respect to Rick for knowing when to stay quiet and let these guys tell their story. Great interview.

@Allan-mf1he

Жыл бұрын

@@mattykevlee Think the link is in the description.

@dowens3781

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'm surprised that anyone would want to talk to him since he's such a pompous douche.

So glad to have been a teenager through this generation of music.

@adamn78

Жыл бұрын

Likewise.

@andrewdods2236

Жыл бұрын

Me tooo !!! 😀👍🏻🤘🏻

@Leah.says.the.things

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@unkind78

Жыл бұрын

last great decade

@Xxrocknrollgod

Жыл бұрын

Lucky

So sad that both lead singers are no longer with us. But boy did they leave behind some great songs.

@johncollins5552

Жыл бұрын

Sadly there have been no singers anywhere close since .

@jeffgomez88

Жыл бұрын

Can you imagine if all these singers where still alive? They would of definitely had a Monsters of Grunge tour: Nirvana , Sound Garden , Alice In Chains, and Pearl Jam.

@hps69

Жыл бұрын

Same goes for Layne Staley, Scott Weiland, Andrew Wood, etc.

@RootzRockBand

Жыл бұрын

In Heaven all of our lost Seattle rock musicians will be there...including Jimi Hendrix.

@timkryworuka1196

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention Lane Stanley and Scott Weiland all amazing song writers, singers and musicians, I was around 13 when all these bands hit the scene , what a time to be alive , todays mainstream music is complete trash

Dave Grohl has mentioned as well that he froze in his tracks...the moment he heard Black Hole Sun. He said in essence, "How did they do that?" He was hypnotized and mesmerized by it.

I turned 20 in 1991. Little did I know then that '91 was going to absolutely be one of, if not THE greatest years for music in my life.

@rupowell2821

Жыл бұрын

I wrote some serious tunes in 91 ✊😁

@Eazy_Bruh

Жыл бұрын

Born in 95. Ill love soundgarden and nirvana forever

@sadhu7191

Жыл бұрын

No one knew even the Rockstars

@technobat8601

Жыл бұрын

‘69,’84,’91 are the 3 best years of music

@billbrasky1288

Жыл бұрын

Born in 1982. Started getting into music in 92/93 with Metallica and GNR then worked my way backwards in time to Grunge and classic metal and classic rock. I feel so lucky to be so immersed in great music as a kid.

I miss those times. I miss the rebellious spirit. I miss Chris.

@joelthegoat4284

Жыл бұрын

now teenagers are straight up murderers lmao

"It's not gratuitous prog... it's always in service to the song.." long live soundgarden/nirvana 🤘🏼😎

@Lucas-sg7pp

Жыл бұрын

I love that term "gratuitous prog"

@Rickkelley365

Жыл бұрын

That line was spot on

@Katehowe3010

Жыл бұрын

'Gratuitous Prog'. Now that's a keeper!

@algrundau9441

Жыл бұрын

You know, Kim Thayil sounds like an intelligent guy with a lot of interesting things to say...It's too bad that outside of Soundgarden he has remained so musically dormant.

People sometimes forget Chris was also guitar genius

@aaronm.1998

Жыл бұрын

Lol. Sure he was.

@CynHicks

Жыл бұрын

@@aaronm.1998 But but but but... Lol

@AB-ez2ze

Жыл бұрын

More like a songwriting Genius!

@frank9367

Жыл бұрын

@@aaronm.1998 yeah he was, no need to repeat it

@silvercloud1641

Жыл бұрын

"audioslave - black hole sun (soundgarden cover live 2005)"

I remember when the video for Teen Spirit debuted on MTV ... it felt like time stopped and everything changed in an instant.

@sdqsdq6274

Жыл бұрын

lol , a over played song , which make me hate nirvana

@nixxx8631

11 ай бұрын

@@sdqsdq6274nevermind

Krist looks like a small town cop trying to track down the psycho killer in a horror movie.

@tfwnoyandere

Жыл бұрын

lmfaoo

Dude that second solo where he "accents the vocals,".... pure fucking genius. Always the first thing that comes to my mind when someone mentions Black Hole Sun. To me it's such an insanely epically trippy mind explosion when that moment occurs. My body gets chills thinking about it.... have to go listen to it again now.

As a guitarist, Kim Thayil and Jerry Cantrell were my favorite guitarists as a little boy.

@solac7749

Жыл бұрын

@James Ritchie and they still remain to be creative behemoths 🤘

@mollyrawford5834

Жыл бұрын

Legends!!

@ProgrammedForDamage

Жыл бұрын

The thing I love about both of them is that they never really waste notes or embellish solos. Everything is in deliberate service to the song. There's no bloat, and you are just carried on a journey with them.

@Arenow

Жыл бұрын

Kim is one of these secret legends in rock history. Both his tone and his playing are so unique, and yet he always plays in service to the song. No solo is wasted time, no distortion crunch is gratuitous. And such a humble guy. What a supergroup Soundgarden was!

@TheStepmonkey

Жыл бұрын

Yess, Jerry Cantrell is a legend. One of the best in rock history💗

The nineties were such a great time to be young. Everyone was just hanging out enjoying life. No social media and cell phones. Everyone was engaged with each other in real time. Although we didn’t realize it or appreciate it at the time, life was great in the nineties

I got to see Soundgarden at a 1,200 cap venue right around the time that Badmotorfinger was getting a lot of attention. I assume the show was booked before they were too big to play there. The energy was insane. Security was trying to kick out stage divers and Chris would pull them away from security and throw them back in the crowd. Matt Cameron was on fire. Everyone killed it. I’ll never forget that night

@Rickkelley365

Жыл бұрын

There is some footage of a few of those early theater gigs on the verge of Badmotorfinger blowing up here YT. They’re really cool to watch. They’re all so innocent but they hit the stage and wow

This video made me feel much older than I thought I was.

Man. We are old. Not getting old, but we ARE old. Still rockin out though.

Seeing these guys makes me realize I'm old even though I still see through the eyes of the boy who listened to these albums when they first released. Damn....time is precious

@dantesinferno1258

Жыл бұрын

Me too. Still feel like a angsty teenager but hiding in a middle aged woman’s body 😂 You’re right, time is precious.

@clc2328

Жыл бұрын

I'm 54 and have had one heart attack and later another bypass. Still hear it with 23 year old ears. Time is short.

A little funny ; I grew up as a teen during late 70’s , early 80’s punk. Lo and behold , I got a second run in the 90’s , being a father of two and the Seattle bands just pulled me back into that world.

@aziziabdrahman7756

Жыл бұрын

My maths teacher was also a teen during the late 70s/early 80s punk wave. And when grunge came out he told me it was very reminiscent of that era

@raggeragnar

Жыл бұрын

@@aziziabdrahman7756 : So cool ! Even though it was at the decline of vinyl records , I went ”all-in” and bought all I could. In the second half of the 90’s , most were only released on cd , but they are reissued on vinyl nowadays , so : Here we go again ! 57 years old !!!!!! But I don’t care. I want them.

The Day I Tried to Live is another one of those super-sophisticated tracks. The riff is 7 descending power chords at 15/16 tempo, with a beautiful melody going the whole time. I feel like only Soundgarden could really pull that off.

@Jackie.Daytona

Жыл бұрын

That song is amazing

@guerrillafinger3179

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry, TeChNiCaLlY 15/16 iS a TiMe SiGnAtUrE, nOt A tEmPo

@JustLikeHeaven77

Жыл бұрын

The bridge that goes... Dun dun da dun dun duuun Right before the "One more time around" ending verse is great.

@claytonbinns7679

Жыл бұрын

And the guitar tuning is crazy too

@workmansong

Жыл бұрын

@@guerrillafinger3179 It's in 7/8 kiddos

Oh how I miss this music 🎸🎶makes me Sad😪when I think about it... - But when I turn it on and listen l feel nothing but Happiness❣ R.I.P. Kurt⚘&🥀Chris

I love Kim's sound and style sooo much. His riffs are both dense and textured

First hearing Black Hole Sun was otherworldly. It sounded like a Zeppelin tune but, better. My first thought was “the radio is going to ruin this.”

@xviphoenix69

Жыл бұрын

Yup.. radio ruins everything. I've heard it so many times that I forgot what it felt like the first time hearing it but the nostalgic feeling is still there when I want go back to 1994 (age 9 at the time).

@kevinr.3542

Жыл бұрын

I thought it had serious Beatles vibes, with a hard edge. Blew me away as well.

@kellymacdonald9618

Жыл бұрын

I first heard it when I saw the video clip. As an 8 year old, I was terrified! hahaha. :D

@asaprabbit8305

Жыл бұрын

@@kellymacdonald9618 I was a teenager and on some heavy LSD the first time I saw the video and had the same reaction lolol scared to death 🤣

@smokesgtp

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinr.3542 same. Immediately reminded me of Sargeant pepper on roids

Thank you RICK for pulling these guys together, so amazing. ALL 4 OF YOU.

I never thought about the fact that I had very similar reactions to hearing both songs for the first time. I heard Teen Spirit while driving to meet a friend who was also driving. We got out of our cars and immediately said to each other, "Did you hear that song?!" (we used to listen to the same radio station). With BHS, I was coming home from work when I first heard it. I was so transfixed that I called the radio station as soon as I got home to find out what song it was and who did it. Both bands managed to tap into something that moved so many people so deeply with those amazing songs.

Chris Cornell was off the charts talented

@brandonstandberry8236

Жыл бұрын

You took the words not just from my mouth,but of many fans who knows how great he was..The man just had it all

@bklynff55

Жыл бұрын

was never a big fan

@darthukas

Жыл бұрын

Was? Damn.

@BlowUpTheOutsideWorld

Жыл бұрын

@@darthukas he's dead

@timetravelingoldman6839

11 ай бұрын

​@@bklynff55cry about it

Has a young girl the first time I saw and heard Chris Cornell his presence was startling. Watching him evolve from basically a kid to a adult was a privilege and honor. I’m 47 now. Best memories I have of him and his personality was watching him and SG on MTV headbangers go bowling. So funny and full of life and humble. They are so down to earth and just have a genuine love for music. He is so missed.

Louder than Love is an incredible album, and sophisticated is the word for sure, but as Jack said, “It’s in service to the song”.

Should have named it “Soundgarden Smells Teen Spirit For The First Time”..

This is gold, these guys are living legends

I think Rick was trying to say they were sophisticated.

@BbGun-lw5vi

Жыл бұрын

I’m still not sure that’s what he meant. I need him to repeat it a few more times.

@katskillz

Жыл бұрын

elegant? no, sophisticated mature? no, sophisticated cultured? No! Sophisticated!

1:39 I love Kim. He's right.

The music of my generation

Wow…this level of conversation is refreshing and inspiring!

The music bug bit for me in '94. The two stingers was Disarm by Smashing Pumpkins and Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden. Still two of the greatest songs I've ever heard (or ever will hear).

I graduated from HS in 91 and absolutely loved (and still love) all that music.

Lucky to say that the Soundgarden was the crews backdrop music during an entire leg of touring working as drum tech way back early 90s it was the only music we had in the cars player and all of us were blown away by the sound... "full on kevs mum" touring in Australia there was a lot of time spent travelling between shows that cd just played on permanent repeat for the week 😂 and for over 3000 KLM we rocked it ...🦑

Kim was also in the Crowd for the show at the “off ramp” which was the night Kurt debuted aneurysm 11/90

Glad to see full credit given to Rick. 👍

I was 17 when I got a bootleg tape of Bleach, then went through the "grunge" (I hate labels but they serve their purpose) phase of music full bore. It's a shame it ended. What a great time to be alive n love music

This entire interview is fantastic

I was jumping on my couch when I first heard Smells Like Teen Spirit, I still rock out when it comes on the radio, it reminds me of being 23 and thinking life was going to grand!

Music back then was deep!

what was incredible at the time to me was that the South london dance clubs i occasionally found myself in as a teenager would play Blur There's No Other Way and Nirvana Teen Spirit - and the dance kids in there would go wild and love it. Huge crossover.

I was 20 when these bands blew up, so glad for that time in music

This was a fucking great interview. Kim and Krist has really great chemistry.

“Not gratuitous prog…. In service to the song” nail on head.

Awesome convo🤘

I was born in '93 so I missed the whole era but it's cool too see the perspectives of where the fellow bands were at and where their head was at musically :)

I absolutely love Rick

Kim's A Perfect Circle hat is the cherry on top of this sundae.

Having grown up through this time in music I was able to witness everything great that was coming out with Rock n Roll Metal and Grunge it was many bands best albums, still my favorite to listen to and take a trip back to my glory days 86-91 💥🤘✌✊🎶

Black Hole Sun and heart shaped box have similar vibes.

@grungetea

Жыл бұрын

indeed

For some reason, I specifically remember how I heard about "Nevermind" - it was on MTV Headbangers Ball, and they had a regular segment where some Dr Demento-like guy would sit in front of a pile of CDs telling the audience about some new finds. He pulled out that CD and could not stop gushing about it. IIRC he kept saying we'd hear more about this band...and Cobain showed up on a later ep wearing dress LOL.

I remember Soundgarden was considered Heavy Metal at the time. That's the aisle you found them in at the record store. Alice In Chains too. It's funny, Alice In Chains was considered like a sleazy band by the mainstream back then. That was the era. Just after warning labels had to be put on album covers. It was the time of Shocks Jocks and Shock Rock. Howard Stern and Andrew Dice Clay were the lowest slime on Earth. That's how most people saw it. It's crazy looking back on it now.

@Daniel_Alves1993

Жыл бұрын

I can see thinking Alice in Chains as metal, they really were the most metal sounding of the grunge, but Soundgarden, I think you have to really make a case for that.

Ty, Rick! (as always)♡

When you try to keep it clean and simple and honest to what you're doing, then magic happens for everyone to enjoy it.

In music, when it comes to a HUGE, almost instantaneous change, it really truly is pre Smells Like Teen Spirit (and Nevermind as a whole/post Smells Like Teen Spirit. Yes, the whole grunge/alternative thing was something in of itself, lots of albums from great bands in that era that continually pushed it along, but Smells Like Teen Spirit was the ignition that lit that rocket. Total game changer.

I remember when them 2 songs came out it was such a breath of fresh air coming off all the hair metal shit that was over played.

Man we had an era there of great music. When you look through that late 80's to mid nineties era it becomes apparent.

Ive read that Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic heard a demo of Black Hole Sun on January 30, 1994 at Robert Lang. Kurt loved it. They heard that demo before anybody! due to the fact they were in a studio about to record a song and one of the engineers happened to record Soundgarden demo a few days earlier. Kurt put down You Know Your'e Right after hearing that, and added 7 vocal takes to it. I listen to those two back to back often. Sometimes I feel Kurts song would've been song of the year 1994, not Soundgardens, but of course it wasnt released until 2002.

@el34glo59

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Dam shame he didn't stick around

@HerotsLament

Жыл бұрын

You know you're right is a cool unreleased song but it was not even close on the same level of black hole sun.

The 90's were awesome,heavy but music that had a very sensitive side to it also,lyrics dealing with issues of loneliness instead of going to a bar to get a root. Nirvana opened the door with Smells Like Teen Spirit,it was that much of a song that the suits bought in to it and we saw alt music take centre stage. Magic times,I call the 90's movement,the USA invasion,all the great alt bands were American at the time.

Cornell is one of the greatest rock voices of all time, no matter what band he was in. Kurt just didn’t live long enough to write in his prime.

i love these guys

Rick. I'm a kid from the 80s born in 69 had a Hard Core band from 84 till 91. Got to share the stage with the milkmen and Black pool and a bunch of bands from Halifax (Nova Scotia Canada) and the New Brunswick scene who would make the trek to the Halifax area. I remember hearing about Sound Garden through a Thrasher Magazine article, Nirvana came later when I started venturing to Florida.. I lost my drummer and my base player, me being the final member, I feel like Dave. We took on a singer in 90 for a stab at doing some cover tunes ( that was just before we split up) that kid stole my only recordings I've ever had of our band. I love watching your interviews, it makes me FEEL MAKES ME REMEMBER those days of mosh pits swirling to my tunes and I made the crowd rise and fall with each moment of release.. each piece of tension before dropping another hammer onto them. I've since gone towards a more folk and feeling type. And now with so many kids at home.. well I don't even get to spend the time I'd like in my home built studio.. Never quiet enough ..lol. Love what you do. If you want to see what I've dine. We'll you can follow my link through here. Go to my page and scroll WAY down to my studio days. I think my last song I put up was in 2015.. The stuff in 2010 was killer

whoop loved this man what days these were

Two great bands of my generation!

I love that Kim says Bleach is his favorite Nirvana album, it's mine too. I even own it on vinyl.

I was in the front row at a sound garden concert it was amazing!

Every Gen X musician knows those Nevermind songs backwards and forwards. And I honestly got burnt out on it years ago. But I still occasionally play the Superunknown album in its entirety and it's still one of the most astonishing albums ever made. I never get tired of it.

@samuelplacensia9979

Жыл бұрын

I’m not a musician but I was 14 years old when smells like teen Spirit came out. And you’re right I also got burnt out on grunge music a long time ago. Occasionally I’ll go back and listen to it.

@katskillz

Жыл бұрын

Superknown has a lasting power beyond the era I think because Soundgarden were able to work with a broader color pallete musically speaking. They didn't stick with pure primal rhythms like a lot of grunge, and they didn't shy away from incorporating richer, almost Beatle-esque motifs and harmonic turns within the metal-punk-indie formats. And of course Cornell's soulfullness in his voice just doesn't wear you down the same as other angst-vocalists, even when the music is harsh and in your face.

@patton303

Жыл бұрын

@@katskillz Don't forget the time signatures! Nobody else was writing songs in 7!

@JustLikeHeaven77

Жыл бұрын

Let's see, hmmmmm, iconic GenX albums for 1000 Alex... Jane's Addiction- Ritual Chili Peppers- Blood SugarSM Nirvana- Nevermind PIXIES- doolittle SoundGarden- superunknown Faith No More- Angel Dust AIC- dirt Pearl Jam- ten Screaming Trees- sweet oblivion Craberries- the one with linger, lol STP- purple Smashing Pumpkins- siamese dream Sonic Youth- dirty NIN- pick one Dinosaur jr- where you been Reverend Horten Heat- It's martini time That Runaway Train song. Haha LONG LIVE THE BUTTHOSURFIZ! I'm not including Bush, Hanson or Dave Matthews, sorry. Can you think of more? Marylin Manson, Rage,

@samuelplacensia9979

Жыл бұрын

@@JustLikeHeaven77 Firstly, are you Gen X ? And secondly, you didn’t mention some of the absolute most iconic 90s grunge or alternative rock albums of all time.

Legends in one room lol

Great content here and I agree with all the guys about the genius in those songs and the host dude is right about the difficult chord changes in some nirvana stuff and black hole sun I've been playing guitar for years and those songs still trip me up sometimes

I clicked on the video and started listening but instantly forgot what it was about. I swear I thought I was listening to Neil Degrasse Tyson talk about nirvana.

@BelleTolles

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

I went to the Big Day Out in Australia and on one day i watched The Ramones, Smashing Pumpkins and many other bands. Soundgarden came on at the end of the evening and they blew the joint up. It was a insane show, the lead singer broke every single string on his guitar.

@GEEMELLOW

Жыл бұрын

I was there too mate. Ive got some photos of all those bands in Sydney that hot summer day. Indeed awesome days back then

So thankful I was born in 1976 cuz like my father before me went through a Music Revolution and like his son after him

Sophisticated

r.i.p. both kurt and chris

great history talks 💯 legendary groups

1st time for me ; Eugene Oregon , Green Noise Records the owner just received a box of the lp (from SubPop no less) and put one on "loud" blew me away like nothing prior listened to side 1 and bought it on the spot !

That A Perfect Circle hat though. 🔥🔥🔥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🫡🫡

He loves him some of him loves to hear himself talk

Wow! This is just great.

Thanks ,so much Pixies.

First time a 17 year old me and my cousin heard Smells like Teen Spirit I turned right around in my 87 Honda Accord on route 1 in College Park Md and drove straight to the Record shop near UM and bought the cassette within a matter of 15 minutes

I still can’t believe Chris is gone.

@jamesvancam

Жыл бұрын

It's so sad they both took their own lives.

Kim may be the most underrated musician in rock music.

@roddyboethius1722

Жыл бұрын

Musicians know his value if the public does not

MTV decided that Nirvana would be famous, and they were. End of story.

Not just these 2 bands, but Pearl Jam's TEN and VS, and Alice In Chains DIRT have so much sophistication.

“Not gratuitous prog. Always in service to the song” amen

My heroes !

Kim Thayil is one the greatest underestimated guitarist of all of human time

Great journalism.... To post anothers video, reminds me of Woodward and Bernstein.... Truly brave and relentless in the pursuit of truth.

Oh yeah I love this guy.

Ah yes... I did my first demo at Avast with Stewart... Such memories

I remember the first time I heard SLTS and Nevermind. I remember where I was and exactly what was happening. The album blew me away. Like nothing I’d ever heard. Similar reaction to appetite for destruction a few years before.

Krist is just sitting there like 👁👄👁

Too young. I was born in 1990 and only really knew "grunge" when it was starting to phase out, only as an adult with full access to misic have I fully appreciated the songs from my childhood.

I love the part where Soundgraden hears smells like teen spirit for the first time

Krist looks great I’m happy for him

He says Gratuitous Prog like it's a bad thing 😂

Kurt made simple things sound easy, and easy things sound complex!