CORRECTION: Nirvana's unplugged was broadcast in 1993 but CD came out in late 1994. So big 4 from Seattle had number 1 records within the span of a year.

@Will-rd7eq

9 күн бұрын

Roygbiv

Badmotorfinger really is a masterpiece. I enjoy the fact it is so unpolished, just straight grunge.

@johnny2demax

22 күн бұрын

Yeah it's a great black Sabbath album

@WinterInTheForest

22 күн бұрын

@@johnny2demax Lol. Indeed influenced by Sabbath.

@johnny2demax

22 күн бұрын

Love both bands, always remember a review in 94 'soundgarden has made the best black Sabbath album this year' despite Sabbath actually releasing an album that year.

@ariescustom

22 күн бұрын

@@johnny2demax Soundgarden > Sabbath

@johnny2demax

22 күн бұрын

@@ariescustom ah no

Limo Wreck is such a good song. R.I.P Chris.

@lutesjay

22 күн бұрын

That chorus is killer!

@bobhawke7373

22 күн бұрын

Ever tried to sing it in the shower? You go alright for awhile and then you end up imploding and gasping for breath. Chris was the man

@Spooky_515

21 күн бұрын

Pretty Noose

The most endearing thing about Soundgarden was Chris learning to sing in front of the world, that warbled scream turned into one of the greatest.

My best friend introduced me to Soundgarden in 1990. He even bought Louder Than Love at a Seattle record store and mailed it to my house, because I could not find that album where I lived.

@wen410

22 күн бұрын

Load Love was a song Chris wrote about him & Susan.

It took a while but after Chris’s death I couldn’t listen to any Soundgarden or Audioslave. Is a shame Chris couldn’t get the help he needed to heal… I still miss him

@graffittitagger65

22 күн бұрын

I actually cried when he died... it's weird because I've never cried over a death until his happened

@johnny2demax

22 күн бұрын

Why? Did you know him personally??

@ZapperRS

22 күн бұрын

@@johnny2demax if someone had a positive impact, you can still miss them when said person passes away. Look at Christina Grimmie for example

@jackhall8994

22 күн бұрын

​@@graffittitagger65I also cried and I'm not really sure why

@cjthemetalkid

22 күн бұрын

​@@johnny2demax why? Do we need to know him?

The Rock N’ Roll world loves and misses you deeply, Chris. ✌🏻❤️🙏🏻

One of the Greatest bands to ever exist. R.I.P. Chris

While Pearl Jam and Nirvana are the kings of grunge, my favorite grunge band of all-time might be Soundgarden (Alice in Chains is neck and neck with them). Chris Cornell, thank you for your awesome voice and amazing contributions to the music industry. Rest in Power, man.

@matasbutkus4071

21 күн бұрын

Cornell is the only king of Grunge

@kenterminateddq5311

21 күн бұрын

@@matasbutkus4071 Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder fans might disagree with you. I love Cornell though.

8:05 Blow Up The Outside World is one of my favorite songs ever

I stopped listening to rock during the glam years. Badmoterfinger brought me back.

@Vibeagain

22 күн бұрын

Excactky

@musicmatters4357

22 күн бұрын

Same here. I was on to metal and rap and some Queensryche. Beastie Boys and Public Enemy. Then I heard BLEACH. Holy shit. That was a game changer. Then, it was SG for me. Spoonman was doing his thing at Pike Place Market....good times

@poindextertunes

22 күн бұрын

@@musicmatters4357My older sister is super smart and has an impeccable taste in music. I raided her CD booklet for bands like Portishead, Bjork, and an obscure band called “The Hunger” they sounded like a prog version if alice in chains. vanishing cream is their best song

@BarnabyWild13

21 күн бұрын

85 through 90 glam rock was a parody of itself. Especially right at the end. The ballads were the worst. I cut of my mullet and called it quits.

@YouTube_still_sucks

Күн бұрын

Slayer existed then. Metallica existed then. There were a lot of good bands during the 'hair metal' era, which I agree was pathetic. Even Judas Priest took a dive when they released 'Turbo,' which was by far their worst album. But their was plenty of good metal being made. Sepultura, Kreator, Venom...just so many great bands. It wasn't all hopeless, thank God LOL.

I saw a more recent interview with Matt Cameron, where he's asked the same question, and his response is: "Chris quit. He wanted to just do other stuff. I think he was under a lot of pressure from the industry. He was the focal point, the voice; he was that guy. Everyone wanted to interview him, everybody wanted to photograph him, you know? And to his credit he really did a great job in that whole promotion world. Better than the rest of us did. But I think after a while it wasn't fun, you know? And the great thing about our band is that we always had a great time together. [...] the last tour [...] for sure there was some tension backstage and there was a lot of drinking by people other than myself, but you know, those things happen and fuckin', it's the way it works sometimes" .

Looking back on his dark lyrics it was only a matter of time. I miss him so much and then Chester taking his life afterwards on Chris’s birthday was another tragedy I took hard.

@michaelwills1926

22 күн бұрын

That’s called symbolic ritual. These guys weren’t depressed, they were taken out.

@stevewalters6853

22 күн бұрын

@@michaelwills1926 Everyone is entitled to their opinions or theories but if you say his lyrics weren’t written from a severely depressed person you’re not listening plus Chris said multiple times in interviews he had been severely depressed.

@ImYourOverlord

18 күн бұрын

Still not convinced that either of them died by his own hand.

@MarkMay-cr6bv

12 күн бұрын

@@ImYourOverlord That's because you wear tinfoil hats instead of baseball caps (or any other headwear people prefer).

@ImYourOverlord

6 күн бұрын

@@MarkMay-cr6bv *ROTFL* Uh, no :D

Brilliant band! Thanks for sharing. RIP Chris.🙏

I could have gone my whole life not knowing that the unit that is Randy Johnson played drums, let alone on a SG song. Amazing

@SST4SSG

22 күн бұрын

I was at game one of the World Series in Phoenix in 2001. It was a requirement of a halfway house that I had to work this game printing food to the club seats or whatever they were called near the front behind homeplate. I was new to town then and what a game it was! Rock Legends meet sports legends there. The interesting to hear that demo because I've heard about it for years

@88andresguzman88

19 күн бұрын

@@SST4SSG wow man thats awesome, thanks for sharing!

I still remember the first time I heard Soundgarden - one late night Saturday, at Super Channel -This guy looking like Jesus and singing his lungs out (The song was "Outshined") but in a much more powerfull away than I had ever seen anyone sing before... I was 16 years at the time and I was hooked for life... I was also very fortunate to see them live in 91 when they came to Lisbon supporting Metallica. Unfortunately, I also remember the day I opened the newspaper and read the article about the bands demise.... Cheers from Portugal

@DarranKern

5 күн бұрын

The first time I heard outshined I was blown away

I think its nearly impossible for bands at that level to stay close and not get into fights over royalty splits, songs on an upcoming album, etc.

@termsofusepolice

21 күн бұрын

That's what's so astonishing about Pearl Jam. (Unfortunately, it's far more astonishing than the music they make.)

@ShEDDiNgmYSkiN

20 күн бұрын

That's what I've always found astonishing about the band Tool as well.

@lol-wj4hx

3 күн бұрын

@@ShEDDiNgmYSkiN didnt maynard say his bandmates are big personalities that cant fit into one room? what do u find astonishing?

@ShEDDiNgmYSkiN

3 күн бұрын

@lol-wj4hx Astonishing that they're still together after all this time. Astonishing that they figured out how to get around each other's personalities and still make music.

Hey I love your videos. You should also talk about these bands: SOiL, Sevendust, Shinedown, & Smile Empty Soul to name a few

Rusty Cage is still a ripper. My buddies went to KC to see them, he punched his own ticket a day or two later.

I enjoyed their work and when i heard about CC's death i was devastated. I enjoyed all of his acoustic work and his acoustic performances of "thank you" & "Nothing compares." They're both masterpieces. RIP Chris.

Saw them on Lollapalooza 2014 Chile, it was AMAZING the only time Soundgarden came to Chile thank u Chris what an AMAZING BAND

Such good musicians and such amazing song writiting. Matt Cameron is still my fav drummer, to this day.

Your videos are always full of fantastic details and insight. Thanks for all the work you and your team do.

Thanks dude. I was lucky enough to see Chris play here in Calgary in 2016.

@rnrtruestories

20 күн бұрын

I remember wanting to go see them with NIN sometime around 2014 I think

Singles was one of my favorite movies as a kid and The Black Hole Sun video was everything. Actually, Chris Cornell was everything growing up. That crush began in middle school and continues on today. My husband and I were heartbroken when he passed.

I never fully recovered from that day when the news of Chris reached me via radio. What was equally as haunting, but also really strange and rather ironic was the fact that it was on the same day that Ian Curtis of Joy Division died back in 1980 under much similar circumstances.

@phnigra111

13 күн бұрын

@justinharvey1355 you’re right that is weird.. 37 years to the day and they went out in the same way. RIP to both Ian Curtis and Chris Cornell

Thank you for the post! 🤘🏻✌🏼😊

@rnrtruestories

22 күн бұрын

You’re welcome

@yvettevitacaponigro

22 күн бұрын

@@rnrtruestories 👍🏻😊

Saw Soundgarden in the summer of '96 at Lollapalooza. From what I remember they put on a good show. Didn't pick up on any tension or issues in the band at least.🤷‍♂

@eddieorfield

22 күн бұрын

Great show. At the end of their set, the band left the stage and Chris sang "Black Hole Sun" solo. So great.

@sitindogmas

22 күн бұрын

we we're eating loads of acid and other stuff by 96, was a great time to be alive

Man, I just want to say that I love what you do. Great research, well informed. Good delivery, you have a real knack for summarizing complicated stories. Rock on!

Of the bands that came from that time and place,I have had the most personal experience with and love for the music that Nirvana put out. But over time I've come to realize that the greatest of those bands was Soundgarden. Man...they truly were one for the history books. Absolutely phenomenal.

I worked event security during their last tour. They hated each other. Seperate dressing rooms.

@kamilmalinowski2565

21 күн бұрын

You mean last tour in 90s or last tour in 2017?

Great band. Needed more great music from them.

I was at the last show on Maui. I could see them fighting backstage a lot. It was really bad when he whipped his bass down. After that was one of the most incredible live music songs I’ve ever seen. Chris walked out on stage alone with the black telecaster and did a solo rendition of Black Hole Sun, I’ll never forget

Great band with amazingly talented singer! RIP Chris! 🤘😎

Man am I ever glad I got a chance to see them once. Had NO idea Chris played rhythm guitar...how could when he sings like that?! Too talented..

@tomrwills

22 күн бұрын

He was a drummer before that too I think. Crazy how talented people are. Creative lyricist too.

@hegemonycricket2182

22 күн бұрын

He was a drummer first.

@derekgregg9009

21 күн бұрын

I do feel like playing rhythm guitar holds him back a lot vocally

@electriceyeball

3 күн бұрын

Lotta guys do. Bradley Nowell played all guitar for Sublime while singing, Kurt Cobain used to, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Beck, its a super long list, and it wouldn't surprise me if Chris Cornell played all the guitar tracks on Soundgarden albums

@jeffwalker6815

3 күн бұрын

@@electriceyeball Yes but those guys are doing complicated guitar parts with simple vocals or vice-versa. Something like 'Jesus Christ pose' is hard enough on just one of those, let alone both.

The world would be a much better place if Chris was still around. Miss him so much every day. RIP ✝️

I wish Soundgarden had just taken a hiatus because their comeback album was awesome and I feel we missed some great music

Thanks 4 posting.

Matt Cameron is easily one of the best drummers to come out of that era. I kinda try and channel him, Buddy Rich and Keith Moon while playing.

@BarnabyWild13

22 күн бұрын

Carter Buford kills it too

I never saw them in person. I had a chance exactly two weeks before Chris died. I was busy, and I thought I would always have another chance. That is something I will always regret. Though I was never a huge fan of Soundgarden as much as I was of some of the other Seattle bands, there is no question that Chris Cornell was one of the most talented vocalists to ever live, and he was still getting better. He left us way too soon.

RIP ANGELS 😇

Always wondered why Soundgarden broke up 💔 great explanation 👍 thanks for the information

I was more upset about Chris' death than anything. Loved Soundgarden

King Animal is actually my favorite Soundgarden album...Well, actually it may be a tie between Down On The Upside and King Animal.

I love the riff on Pretty Noose. They may have been taking a more commercial direction with Badmotorfinger and after but their more raw albums before that just didn't seem to suit them. Some bands get worse with more polish, System of a Down is a great example. Their debut was full of jagged energy but when they recorded Hypnotize and Mesmerize they lost all of it. These guys got better the more refined they became.

Buddy, PLEASE get a new fucking lava lamp THAT WORKS. Jesus, it’s like $30

I loved their last album King Animal.

I remember watching Black Hole Sun every time it came on MTV in my mom's San Leandro studio with her nodded out in bed lol. Actually good memories minus all the heroin and neglect. Grunge really spoke to me.. couldn't get enough.

thanks for story. R.I.P Chris

My first exposure to Soundgarden was an add in Thrasher magazine in '87-'88.

Chris Cornell was a songwriting genius that comes around only once in a lifetime. For a minute, the world became a much more bearable place when Soundgarden reunited. His death is in equal par with Lennon for music in general.

@Spooky_515

21 күн бұрын

Lennon and Chris fluff Morrison before he does gigs in heaven and hell

@andrewstableford9781

21 күн бұрын

@Spooky Comment of the week right there.

Chris had the voice of an angel. One of my favorite performances of him is Sinead O’Connors Nothing compares 2 U

This breakup really got to me at the time 😞 they were definitely one of my top bands

Chris foreseen his own demise, hence Pretty Noose

@philyeary8809

21 күн бұрын

Getting warmer....odd how many Rockstars die in similar ways.

Had a Badmotorfinger decal on my car window 1992 the spiral one

Melbourne Big Day Out January 23rd 1994: They were incandescent. Melbourne Festival Hall January 26th 1997: They were tired and distracted, and broke up 2 weeks later. The difference was painfully apparent.

When on tour always have your therapists number on your phone. When I hit the road my therapist keeps me focused and I leave drama for reflections afterwards...RIP Chris 🙏✌️🤘🥁🎸⚖️🇦🇺

Bummer to have lost them. “King Animal” is an amazing album.

STP- Purple was #1 as well and sold over 6 million copies in 1994

Did not expect to hear a Big Unit reference in this...

Favorite band next to Opeth. My kids now love them. It has always been Soundgarden #1, AiC, Pearl Jam and then Nirvana in that order. Out of the Seattle music scene.

I love and miss them ❤ R.I.P Chris Cornell ❤

IMO Soundgarden were the best of the Big 4. By a wide margin. Cornell was head and shoulders above Cobain as a musician and songwriter.

Cornells vocal issues aside the 1996 shows were actually solid instrumentally all things considered.

It's funny to me that Soundgarden broke out last in mainstream popularity.....they were the first I heard of them all, by years. Louder Than Love was popular in my friend group and extended friends.

Stone Temple Pilots aren't from Seattle, but they are up there with Pearl Jam and Nirvana, and Soundgarden. Core and Purple are great records.

Yeah they (Soundgarden) were on top of the world in the mid nineties. Except for the fact that they were not yet inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Same goes for Alice In Chains as well. IDK maybe they need a much better facility or building because there is a little band named Nirvana that have been inducted., and I definitely don't consider either of the three bands better or more talented than the other. They all had about the same amount of exposure. So what's the hold up!!!

I wrote the press release announcing they broke up

It's odd. My favourite songs on most albums aren't the big singles. On Superunknown, I listen to Head Down, Limo Wreck and Fresh Tendrils the most.

@DarranKern

5 күн бұрын

Mailman all the way

60's Musicians: Peace, love, LSD.. 70's Musicians: Peace, pot, microdot.. 80's Musicians: Cocaine 90's Musicians: Depression Anyone else see a pattern here?

Did Kurt just tell people they were his biggest influence? Thought pixies were now its soundgarden. I get you can have multiple influences, but seems everyone that Kurt talks to was his biggest influence

I was really disappointed when I first heard Spoonman when it first came out. Soundgarden definitely became a pop band then. Loud Love and Badmotorfinger are awesome.

I LOVE Down On the Upside. Didnt know they were in such a bad zone

When the fuck are they gonna put out that final album? I thought the band and Vicky had resolved their legalities in court and come to an agreement- so why haven’t they released it..

Nobody sings like you anymore... R.I.P. Chris Cornell

I think it made a certain amount of sense for Soundgarden to move on, otherwise change their sound which would piss off people because that grunge sound was not really popular by the mid 90's despite I really enjoyed the singles off of Down on the Upside

At 5:34 that's a sweet SG-style guitar Kim has. It doesn't appear to be a Gibson. I can't read the headstock logo but it resembles "Guild". But Guild doesn't have this body style of guitar.

@vorpalblades

13 күн бұрын

Yes, it's a Guild.

@paulosicne8498

13 күн бұрын

@@vorpalblades Thanks a bunch.

I'm betting they broke up partially because they were getting tired of being called Savage Garden

@andybaker6088

Күн бұрын

Savage Garden didn't put an album out until '97 so I doubt your failed attempt at an amusing comment holds any weight.

@stuartday1330

Күн бұрын

@@andybaker6088 I'm terribly sorry that I don't know when that gay fxcking one hit wonder band came out. But I have heard people accidentally refer to Sound Garden as Savage Garden. And it's no knock on them, they're right behind Nirvana as being the best of the grunge era.

The only band that I could connect with during that time. Still miss Chris....

The only time I was bummed when a band broke up.

Overexposure killed a lot of the 90s / grunge era bands. During the early 90s you couldn't turn on the radio without hearing an STP, Alice in Chains or Soundgarden song, and they played the same ones over and over and over again. I suppose it happens in every generation, Zeppelin probably wore out their welcome in the late 70s/ early 80s, but the 90s were ridiculous.

The guy could sing.

@vorpalblades

13 күн бұрын

Not for long. His voice was shit by' 96.

Tighter & Tighter is my all time favorite song. It should have been released as a single.

Then this past year Robert Smith of The Cure called Tickemaster and said they would cancel their world tour.I phone call. Saw then 10x but some were 2 shows on the same tour.

@WinterInTheForest

22 күн бұрын

What

@user-hg9rp1yr5i

22 күн бұрын

@@WinterInTheForest I was refering to the time Pearl Jam went to court and had to player smaller venues. The tried to lower ticket prices. Also 2 days ago Ticketmaster was hacked.

Wait i don’t remember you ever showing your face before?!?!!

@rnrtruestories

7 күн бұрын

Been doing it in every video since last April

It just breaks my heart that all these rock stars end up dying alone with nobody around. Kurt. Cornell. Layne. Joey Jordison. Prince. The list goes on and on. It just breaks my heart man!! 💔💔

6:00 a soundgarden song with Randy Johnson the big unit on drums??? Where’s Ken Griffey Jr Edgar Martinez and A Rod

@10:12 My advice to you would be to get someone to proofread the title cards.

I saw them in the mid-nineties and they were clearly not on good terms with each other. It was a drag.

The industry that made them also destroyed them. Very tragic. They deserved better.

When Soundgarden broke up they had already been together twice as long as most bands. I'm glad they got back together before Cornell passed. Him and Michael Jackson are the only two celeb deaths I've ever felt saddened by because I'm genuinely disappointed I won't get to hear more material from either.

got to see them in 97 , was a good show other than the beating I took , should of kept my mouth shut , lesson learned

I went to the show in memorial stadium that they mentioned. You could see that Chris was struggling that night. I assumed that they were experiencing technical difficulties. He kept turning his back to the crowd and looking at someone off stage. I saw Soundgarden live 4 times. That was the only bad one. The other three sounded better than the records.

Best band ever.

down on upside sounds great and has some good songs, but u can tell the juice was dryin out

Down the Upside was a great album. I liked it better than Superunknown. My favorite track on Superunknown is Head Down.

I feel like they are the most underrated of the big from Seattle. They were a great band and Cornell was one of the best

@randall9000

21 күн бұрын

None of the big 4 from Seattle have ever once been underrated in any way

@MrMeek79

15 күн бұрын

@@randall9000 I was saying the most underrated out of them 4

@randall9000

15 күн бұрын

@@MrMeek79 no not even out of the 4. They had possibly the greatest rock singer of all time, the best drummer in Seattle, and were pretty much the first to make it big (with Badmotorfinger). Never been underrated in any way

It would be interesting to hear your thoughts on Audioslave. My thoughts on Chris are haunted by the sign at the fillmore in Denver in which I had tickets . Unfortunately Chris didn't make it. RiP ❤.

@rnrtruestories

22 күн бұрын

I did a really old video on audiosoave. It's not to the same level of detail as the videos I do today so I'd like to take another stab at it. I liked some of audiosoave. They were huge when I was in college, but I always preferred Soundgarden.

I loved his voice ever since hearing Hands All Over about a million years ago. I was okay until later that day when they said "took his own life" and I just started crying. Still can't listen to Room A Thousand Years Wide or watch the live video of When I'm Down.

We still mourn all of our banshee heroes.