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Soundgarden is tagged as: grunge, rock, alternative rock, alternative, hard rock

Soundgarden is a seattle rock band who helped to define the sound that came to be called grunge. Despite starting years earlier, and having a sound that more closely resembled Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin than their contemporaries, they are usually considered one of the “big four” of the ’90s Seattle grunge bands, along with Alice in Chains, Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
The band was formed in 1984 by Chris Cornell (vocals, and originally drums) and Hiro Yamamoto (bass), to be joined later by Kim Thayil (guitar) and Scott Sundquist (drums). Thayil joined the band after moving to Seattle from illinois with Yamamoto and Bruce Pavitt, who would later start sub pop records. Scott Sundquist, who left in 1986 to concentrate more on his family, was replaced on drums by Matt Cameron. Yamamoto was replaced by Jason Everman on bass after the release of 1989’s Louder Than Love. Jason Everman was quickly replaced by Ben Shepherd, who remained with Soundgarden for the rest of its life-span.
Break-up:|Soundgarden disbanded in 1997, following an aborted tour in support of their album Down On The Upside, as a result of increasing tensions within the group. Cornell went on to pursue a solo career, releasing a solo album, Euphoria Morning. He subsequently went on to form A...
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Top 10 Soundgarden Songs
Black Hole Sun
Spoonman
Fell On Black Days
The Day I Tried To Live
Rusty Cage
Outshined
My Wave
Let Me Drown
Superunknown
Burden In My Hand
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Top 10 Soundgarden Albums
Superunknown
Badmotorfinger
Down On The Upside
A-Sides
Louder Than Love
Ultramega OK
A Sides
Screaming Life/Fopp
Songs From The Superunknown
Fresh Deadly Rarities
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