Soundgarden have reunited

jenizzle

From: http://soundgardenworld.com/

Soundgarden: The 12 Year Break is Over and School is Back in Session

Thoughts?

Rockee

jenizzle wrote: »

From: http://soundgardenworld.com/



Thoughts?

Fcuk yes is my thought.

gizmo

More Kim Thayil. **** yes!
No more Chris Cornell solo work. **** yes!

lord lucan

I hope they tour,one of the remaining bands on my list to see live. They were supposed to play Slane in '92 with GN'R but pulled out.

SwirlsAllAround

That's great news! Good start to 2010. Looking forward to a tour and some new stuff.

seachto7

matt cameron is hardly going to be on board? He's been with PJ for about 10 years now I reckon...?
I think his drumming style is as much part of SG as Kim Thayill's guitar is.

Still, if Cameron is involved or not, I am delighted. It's the one band I would love to have seen live, and I still don't know why they never released a proper live dvd after down on the upside. All I have to rely on is bootlegs on youtube, and bits and pieces of concerts.

One of my all time favourite bands!!!

Nea

What a great New Years surprise.

Would love to see them live again but I would hope that they would be better than the last time I saw them. CC has been fantastic live the last 3 gigs so hopefully that would mean well.

At least all that Timbaland crap is out of the system.

Great News!!!

redmosquito

Man, what a way to wake up to a new decade! Love it!!!

Sephiroth_dude

Great news,Hope they come over here.

Kess73

WAAAHOOOOO




TOUR AND A NEW ALBUM PLEASE

QOTSA90

So fukin happy right now

Wooden Jesus

Best news iv heard in a while! Have to go see a show no matter where they play. Probably only be the one tour cause of Matt Cameron in Pearl Jam and the guy is irreplacable

LivingDeadGirl

Omg I'm so so excited, YES!!!! :D:D

Creature

:eek:

fluke

no way! :eek:

projectmayhem

I must be the only one who feels that when a band breaks up and stays broken up for a long time, they should leave it be...

Sure a tour would be nice but having memories of a great band would be nicer. They're not the same people and aren't likely to create the same music as they did. I don't want them to ruin the legacy...

Notorious

projectmayhem wrote:

I must be the only one who feels that when a band breaks up and stays broken up for a long time, they should leave it be...

Agree with that.

It sounds like Chris Cornell knew he wasn't getting anywhere on his own.

I've never been a big Soundgarden fan, so I'm pretty 'meh' overall.

rovert

Can only think that will be more bland tripe from Cornell.

Wooden Jesus wrote: »

Best news iv heard in a while! Have to go see a show no matter where they play. Probably only be the one tour cause of Matt Cameron in Pearl Jam and the guy is irreplacable

They could get Timbaland

ninwilky

I dont think chris cornell is as good solo as he was in temple of the dog, audioslave or soundgarden so this is great news in my opinion....

but its a bit vague. there's nothing really saying the band has definitely reunited properly. could be a one off gig or minus nearly all the members

it could even be a money grabbing stunt for cornell, reform the band with him being the only original member..... a bit like axel rose

blindpilot

A tour I would definitely be excited about. I don't know about new material though. Bands that get back together rarely continue on from where they left off.

Kess73

newblue08 wrote: »

A tour I would definitely be excited about. I don't know about new material though. Bands that get back together rarely continue on from where they left off.

Some do though. Take Jane's Addiction. They came back with Strays in 2003, and for me it is their strongest album. Plus there is a rumour that they may have a new album out this year.


Anyone who has seen Cornell live over the last few years will tell you that the man still has it in spades in a live setting, and with the quality that the other Soundgarden members bring to the table (well what members that can be available anyway), I fail to see how it cannot be great in a live setting, and that those guys cannot have a damn good go at making at least one more good album.

QOTSA90

Lads, they come to Ireland and play 'blow up the outside world'.. I can die a happy man, I say bring on SoundGarden in whatever form they take!

--LOS--

http://www.billboard.com/news/soundgarden-reunion-planned-for-2010-1004056149.story#/news/soundgarden-reunion-planned-for-2010-1004056149.story

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2010/01/01/soundgarden-reunion-is-official-school-is-back-in-session-writes-chris-cornell/

QOTSA90

Fukin class!

Its great to see they respect the fact that there are still huge amounts of fans out there and people still discovering them. Id LOVE to get my hands on the b-sides Chris was talking about :):)

thebigcheese22

Totally agree with most people here! this is going to be epic! a tour is the minimum like,a new album could be likely - look at stp and aic like not sure what this means for pj and matt,but i'm guessin a hiatus after this summers european tour. chris has been busy and apparantly is better than ever live,as is matt. i'm really expectin great things what are the odds of an appearance at electric picnic this year? (oxegen isn't possible because of pj tour)

jenizzle

I saw Chris at Graspop in '07, and didn't enjoy it too much. I guess my expectations are just too high though, and I really wanna hear Birth Ritual live

Wooden Jesus

Chris was good last year at download, I was pretty surprised with how good the new stuff stuff sounded too. Birth Ritual was only played once ever live would be unreal if they played it next year

Angron

Overall, I'm indifferent to this.. Was never too big into Soundgarden, but I suppose we will have to see if this is gonna be a serious attempt, or getting back together just for the sake of it

calex71

I was a fan back in the day , saw them play in '95 - they were utter rubbish live

So unless they have new material they should have stayed gone imo, and so should every other band that does the reunion thing. Seems to be a huge trend at the moment to go off on a reunion tour, I can see why they would simply tour and now do new albums as these days there is likely more money in a tour.

zenmonk

Kim Thayil was the driving force of this band and certainly kept the standard high. Read an interview with him where he said in the later albums he was marginalised and overuled by the other members in the direction they went.
Surprised to see him back with Cornell.

fluke

zenmonk wrote: »

Kim Thayil was the driving force of this band and certainly kept the standard high. Read an interview with him where he said in the later albums he was marginalised and overuled by the other members in the direction they went.
Surprised to see him back with Cornell.

I loved the later albums, though i haven't heard the real early ones yet...

seachto7

no love for soundgarden around here eh....?

I heard they were ropey live, but f**k it, I'd still go and see them.

jenizzle

zenmonk wrote: »

Surprised to see him back with Cornell.

$$$$$ perhaps?

zenmonk

He was involved in Badmotorfinger and Superunknown and alot less in Upside.

MetalDawg

Great news!

Yellowledbetter

Fantastic news............................as long as it doesnt mess up the Pearl Jam end of things.
As much as i liked Soundgarden back in the day,Matt would be mad to jump the PJ ship full time.
Maybe Jack Irons on the sticks for SG!!

jenizzle

Yellowledbetter wrote: »

Fantastic news............................as long as it doesnt mess up the Pearl Jam end of things.
As much as i liked Soundgarden back in the day,Matt would be mad to jump the PJ ship full time.
Maybe Jack Irons on the sticks for SG!!

Or else have Matt feck off back to SG and let Jack back into PJ :cool:

thebigcheese22

jenizzle wrote: »

Or else have Matt feck off back to SG and let Jack back into PJ :cool:

I don't mind either tbh!

zenmonk

In fairness if I was in a band who produced such drivel as PJ's last I would welcome a change.

seachto7

was watching "touring band" the other day. M Cameron is some feckin drummer in fairness to him....

This could get messy.....

stateofflux

seachto7 wrote: »

was watching "touring band" the other day. M Cameron is some feckin drummer in fairness to him....

This could get messy.....

camerons up there with jimmy chamberlain imo....amazing drummer....when i saw him doing jesus christ pose on tv yonks ago it was TOO good...:D

Cornell said it has to be all original members so cameron is one of them...im not sure what the pearl jam story will be....

its the original line up...there is nothing of that calibre in that genre coming out at the moment so i think its a good thing........once they play a good bit of badmotorfinger ....one of the best albums of all time....

chin_grin

I don't like this. It has Cornell coming from a few dodgy solo albums and back in to a band that was amazing in it's prime.

I wouldn't be surprised if they get Timbaland in as some guest producer on the new stuff.

seachto7

stateofflux wrote: »

........once they play a good bit of badmotorfinger ....one of the best albums of all time....

out of all the music I have, and I'd like to think I have a varied collection, Superunknown is my favourite album. From start to finish, I love it. I loved it when I got it on cassette, and I still love it now...

Down on the Upside is pretty good too, but I just love everything about Superunkown, great melodic vocals, great riffs, alternate tunings, great hooks..

limo wreck, mailman, 4th of July, like suicide (one of the best Soundgarden songs). If I were to pick an example of a song I'd love to write or aspire to, Like Suicide would be it. To me, it's got it all: alternate tunings, low vocal, high vocal, savage solo....

I didn't go near Cornell's latest album, I didn't like what I heard, but I'm not going to slate him for it as I'm sure lots of people do like it. I'll happily listen to all the stuff I do like about him (Euphoria Morning, and SG.).

It would be great if M Cameron did play with them, but at the same time he seems a great fit for Pearl Jam, as a drummer and as a writer....

Even if it's just a few gigs, sign me up! If it gets Cornell to record something similar to Euphoria Morning in the future, happy days.....

0ubliette

Only ever listened to down on the upside and superunknown. Both albums are depressing as **** and not anything id want to listen to nowadays. The reunion is hardly suprising give how incredibly **** cornells solo output was

nix

*yawn*

he will never get his soul back, yer ****ed chris

Nea

Euphoria Morning was amazing. Alain Johannes and Natasha Schneider had a big helping hand in that record.

Chris gave up drink/drugs after EM/Audioslave debut.

Slippery slope since.

thebigcheese22

0ubliette wrote: »

Only ever listened to down on the upside and superunknown. Both albums are depressing as **** and not anything id want to listen to nowadays. The reunion is hardly suprising give how incredibly **** cornells solo output was

Firstly Down on the Upside depressing? Sure theres a couple of dark songs but I personally find it an uplifting record. There are far more depressing albums out there.

Secondly, if you've ever bothered to listen to Euphoria Morning, you'll see that it is far from ****.

seachto7

0ubliette wrote: »

Only ever listened to down on the upside and superunknown. Both albums are depressing as **** and not anything id want to listen to nowadays. The reunion is hardly suprising give how incredibly **** cornells solo output was

Feed the troll!!:)

Depressing? Lyrically maybe, but not any more than Radiohead. Who do you like? That would be a good yardstick to determine whether you would get Soundgarden at all....

Cornell's first solo album is very good , and far from depressing.....

All down to personal opinion of course, but, for example, if you think The Libertines are great, then you will never get Soundgarden, as there's too much brain power involved....

Creature

I get why people are cynical about these sort of reunions but its not necessarily going to be a total flop. Jane's Addiction reformed last year and for a bunch of Soundgarden era guys now in their mid 40s they did a hell of a job live. So if they can do it there's no reason why Soundgarden can't. I just hope Cornell can handle some of the old songs. I just listened to Outshined again there, good god his voice on that song :eek:

120_Minutes

I hope its '91-top-of their-game soundgarden and not '95-we're-****e-live-and-hate-the-sight-of-each-other soundgarden that we see this year, otherwise i'll hold out for a temple of the dog reunion. better band, better album.

birth ritual was only performed once as cornell cant sing it.

Giblet

120_Minutes wrote: »

I hope its '91-top-of their-game soundgarden and not '95-we're-****e-live-and-hate-the-sight-of-each-other soundgarden that we see this year, otherwise i'll hold out for a temple of the dog reunion. better band, better album.

birth ritual was only performed once as cornell cant sing it.

You mean this reunion?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o7uyRyGI8U