“Stunning! Shredding! Smoking! Super!” April, 1994 RIP Magaz…
Mar 4th 2016
“Stunning! Shredding! Smoking! Super!”
April, 1994 RIP Magazine
SOUNDGARDEN: THE BADASS SEED
The integrity of Soundgarden comes across loud and clear in every note they play on their latest album, Superunknown. The disc has a dense, transcendent, rather retro vibe that’s been riveted together out of the best musical elements of their past but still impresses one with its freshness. As the dust from the Seattle music explosion finally begins to settle and the one-hit wonders fade into oblivion, Soundgarden stand tall, as vital and powerful as ever with ten years of bandom behind them and a bright future ahead.
RIP met with the guys shortly before Christmas, while they were mastering Superunknown at Hollywood’s A&M studios. Bassist Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron had flown back to Washington so that their side project, Hater, could open for Pearl Jam. This left vocalist Chris Cornell and guitarist Kim Thayil to fend for themselves. In marked contrast to Soundgarden’s uncompromising, intense musicality, Cornell and Thayil have an easygoing camaraderie, and their take on the world is irreverent, smart and sarcastic. In Cornell’s case, his quick quips and sometimes recalcitrant approach seem to stem from shyness. He’ll rarely look you in the eye, except to make sure you know when he’s pulling your leg–which tends to be quite often. It took a bit of coaxing and 120 minutes in a locked conference room, but we eventually managed to get around his and Thayil’s reluctance to blow their own horns and were able to glean some serious info about Superunknown and the merrymakers behind it.
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