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CC in Stockholm, Sweden on September 7, 2006.Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, Tennessee.Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by lead singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto.Soundgarden was one of the key bands in the creation of grunge, a style of alternative rock that developed in Seattle and was based around the band's record label Sub Pop.Soundgarden was the first grunge band to sign to a major label, but the band did not achieve commercial success until Seattle contemporaries Nirvana and Pearl Jam popularized grunge in the early 1990s.In 1997, the band broke up due to internal strife over its creative direction.Soundgarden has sold 8 million records in the U.Cornell originally played drums while singing, but the band enlisted Scott Sundquist to allow Cornell to concentrate on vocals.Poneman offered to fund a release by the band, so Thayil told him to team up with Bruce Pavitt.The band's first music video, "Flower", was directed by Mark Miremont, and aired regularly on MTV's 120 Minutes.After the release of the album, Yamamoto left to go back to college.He was briefly replaced by Jason Everman, formerly of Nirvana, who appeared on the Louder than Live video.However, Ben Shepherd was soon recruited as a permanent replacement.The new line up recorded Badmotorfinger in 1991.At the same time, the focus of attention brought by Nevermind to the Seattle scene brought Soundgarden wider attention, allowing "Outshined" and "Rusty Cage" to find an audience at alternative radio and MTV.The band toured with Guns N' Roses to support the album, and later released the video compilation Motorvision, which was filmed on that tour.The band also made an appearance in the movie Singles performing "Birth Ritual".The song appeared on the soundtrack, as did a Chris Cornell solo song.Hard Rock Video at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards.Soundgarden won two Grammy Awards in 1995; "Black Hole Sun" received the award for Best Hard Rock Performance and "Spoonman" received the award for Best Metal Performance.This album spawned several singles, including "Pretty Noose", "Blow Up the Outside World", and "Burden in My Hand".However, tensions within the group arose during the sessions, with Thayil and Cornell reportedly clashing over Cornell's desire to shift away from the heavy guitar riffing that had become the band's trademark.Despite strong reviews, the album did not match its predecessor's sales.The band took a slot on the 1996 Lollapalooza tour with Metallica.At the tour's final stop in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 9, 1997, Shepherd threw his bass into the air in frustration after suffering equipment failure, and subsequently stormed off the stage.The band retreated, with Cornell returning to conclude the show with a solo encore.On April 9, 1997, the band announced its disbanding.Sides, was released the following fall.Soundgarden
Chris Cornell released a solo album in September 1999, entitled Euphoria Morning.Wellwater Conspiracy, to which both Shepherd and Thayil have contributed performances.In 1998, he stepped in on drums for Pearl Jam's Yield tour, and subsequently joined the band as a permanent member.Dead Kennedys vocalist Jello Biafra, former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Gina Mainwal for one show, performing as the No WTO Combo during the WTO ministerial conference in Seattle on December 1, 1999.Ben Shepherd toured with Mark Lanegan and released the second Hater album in 2005.He was also the vocalist on Wellwater Conspiracy's first studio album, Declaration of Conformity, released in 1997, however he left the band in 1998.Regarding a future Soundgarden reunion, Chris Cornell stated in an October 2005 interview that it would "probably not happen".He continued, "It's almost like we sealed the lid and said, this is Soundgarden and this is its lifespan, and put it out there.In interviews following his departure from Audioslave in February 2007, Cornell reiterated that the members of Soundgarden had no interest in reuniting.Soundgarden would often utilize alternative tunings and odd time signatures in its songs.The E strings of the instruments were at times tuned lower, such as on "Rusty Cage", where the bottom E string is tuned all the way down to B.Kim Thayil has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song until after the band had written it, and said that the use of odd meters was "a total accident."Kaufman, Gil (September 25, 1998).Soundgarden Singer Chris Cornell Plows Ahead With Solo Debut.Our Band Could Be Your Life.Little Brown and Company, 2001."Chris Cornell Talks Audioslave Split, Nixes Soundgarden Reunion".Chris Cornell Keen On Soundgarden Rarities Album.Soundgarden at Allmusic
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