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Superunknown
''Superunknown'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Soundgarden, released on March 8, 1994, through A&M Records. It is the band's second album with bassist Ben Shepherd, and features new producer Michael Beinhorn. Soundgarden began work on the album after touring in support of its previous album, ''Badmotorfinger'' (1991). ''Superunknown'' captured the heaviness of the band's earlier releases while displaying a more diverse range of influences. ''Superunknown'' was a critical and commercial success and became the band's breakthrough album. It debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 310,000 copies in its opening week. The album also topped the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand charts. Five singles were released from the album: " The Day I Tried to Live", "My Wave", "Fell on Black Days", "Spoonman", and "Black Hole Sun", the latter two of which won Grammy Awards and helped Soundgarden reach mainstream popularity. In 1995, the album was nominated f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundgarden
Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil (both of whom are the only members to appear in every incarnation of the band), and bassist Hiro Yamamoto; Cornell switched to rhythm guitar in 1985, replaced on drums initially by Scott Sundquist, and later by Matt Cameron in 1986. Yamamoto left in 1990 and was replaced initially by Jason Everman and shortly thereafter by Ben Shepherd. The band dissolved in 1997 and re-formed in 2010. Following Cornell's death in 2017 and a year of uncertainty regarding the band's future, Thayil declared in October 2018 that Soundgarden had disbanded once again, though they did reunite in January 2019 for a one-off concert in tribute to Cornell. The band helped to popularize grunge music, a style of alternative rock that developed in the American Pacific Northwest in the mid-1980s, alongside such Seattle contemporaries as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Cornell
Christopher John Cornell (né Boyle; July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017) was an American singer and musician best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary lyricist and songwriter for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. He also had a solo career and contributed to numerous movie soundtracks. Cornell was also the founder and frontman of Temple of the Dog, a one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend Andrew Wood. Cornell is considered one of the key figures of the 1990s grunge movement, and is well known for his extensive catalog as a songwriter, his nearly four-octave vocal range, and his powerful vocal belting technique. He released four solo studio albums, ''Euphoria Morning'' (1999), ''Carry On'' (2007), ''Scream'' (2009), and ''Higher Truth'' (2015); the live album ''Songbook'' (2011); and two compilations, '' The Roads We Choose'' (2007) and ''Chris Cornell'' (2018), the latter released posthumously. He received a Golden Globe Award nomination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down On The Upside
''Down on the Upside'' is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Soundgarden, released on May 21, 1996, through A&M Records. Following a worldwide tour in support of its previous album, ''Superunknown'' (1994), Soundgarden commenced work on a new album. Self-produced by the band, the music on the album was notably less heavy and dark than the group's preceding albums and featured the band experimenting with new sounds. The album topped the New Zealand and Australian charts and debuted at number two on the United States' ''Billboard'' 200, selling 200,000 copies in its opening week and spawning the singles "Pretty Noose", " Burden in My Hand", " Blow Up the Outside World", and "Ty Cobb". The band took a slot on the 1996 Lollapalooza tour and, afterward, supported the album with a worldwide tour. ''Down on the Upside'' was Soundgarden's last studio album until 2012's ''King Animal'', as tensions within the band led to its break-up in April 1997. The album has sold 1.6 mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Shepherd
Hunter Benedict Shepherd (born September 20, 1968) is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band Soundgarden from 1990 to 2019. Shepherd has won two Grammy Awards as a member of Soundgarden. Early life Shepherd was born in an American military base in Okinawa. His father worked in the Nike missile program and played the guitar. His family moved to Allen, Texas, then settled in Kingston, Washington, where Shepherd grew up. Shepherd became interested in music after listening to Johnny Cash on television. When Shepherd asked his father for a guitar, his father complied only after insisting he must learn every chord in a large book with nothing but a guitar neck. Shepherd did so—with help from his cousin Ralph "Tony" McMullen—and his father bought him his first guitar. Shepherd played in numerous punk-rock bands with friends as a teenager like March of Crimes, Mind Circus and 600 School, meeting future musicians such as Stone Gossard, Krist Novoselic an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Hole Sun
"Black Hole Sun" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, the song was released in 1994 as the third single from the band's fourth studio album, '' Superunknown'' (1994). Considered to be the band's signature song, it topped the '' Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it spent a total of seven weeks at number one. Despite peaking at number two on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart, "Black Hole Sun" finished as the number-one track of 1994 for that listing. Worldwide, the single reached the top 10 in Australia, Canada, France and Ireland, while in Iceland, it reached number one. "Black Hole Sun" was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album '' A-Sides'' and also appeared on the 2010 compilation album ''Telephantasm''. Origin and recording "Black Hole Sun" was written by frontman Chris Cornell. In 2014, Cornell explained the song's origins to Uncut Magazine: Cornell said that he wrote the song in about 15 min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fell On Black Days (song)
"Fell on Black Days" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Fell on Black Days" was released as the fifth single from the band's fourth studio album, ''Superunknown'' (1994). The song peaked at number four on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album, '' A-Sides'' and the 2010 compilation ''Telephantasm'' as the ''Superunknown'' version on the single disc version and the video version on the Deluxe Edition. Composition "Fell on Black Days" is a grunge and psychedelia song, and was written by frontman Chris Cornell. The time signature of the song is in 6/4.Rotondi, James. "Alone in the Superunknown." ''Guitar Player''. June 1994. Cornell said, "On 'Fell on Black Days'; the drums are totally straight, even though the riff is in six, so it doesn't feel quirky at all." Guitarist Kim Thayil has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fell On Black Days
"Fell on Black Days" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "Fell on Black Days" was released as the fifth single from the band's fourth studio album, ''Superunknown'' (1994). The song peaked at number four on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album, '' A-Sides'' and the 2010 compilation ''Telephantasm'' as the ''Superunknown'' version on the single disc version and the video version on the Deluxe Edition. Composition "Fell on Black Days" is a grunge and psychedelia song, and was written by frontman Chris Cornell. The time signature of the song is in 6/4.Rotondi, James. "Alone in the Superunknown." ''Guitar Player''. June 1994. Cornell said, "On 'Fell on Black Days'; the drums are totally straight, even though the riff is in six, so it doesn't feel quirky at all." Guitarist Kim Thayil has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Beinhorn
Michael Beinhorn is a North American record producer, composer, author and musician. He has produced albums for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Hole, Violent Femmes and Marilyn Manson. Career 1977-1983: Early Years, Material, Herbie Hancock Beinhorn began his career as a Synthesist. His first instrument was a Moog Micromoog, after which he began working with a Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, an EMS Synthi AKS, Oberheim OB-Xa and Rhodes Chroma, as well as other instruments such as a Roland TR-808 drum machine, Roland SVC-350 Vocoder, Oberheim DMX drum machine and Oberheim DSX sequencer. Later, he began using such instruments as ARP 2600, as well as Moog modular and Serge Modular systems. He received formal training in synthesizer programming on the Buchla 200 series modular systems at Public Access Synthesizer Studio in New York City. In 1977, Beinhorn met bassist Bill Laswell and together, with his friends Fred Maher and Cliff Cultreri, they formed the Zu Band (so-named b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day I Tried To Live
"The Day I Tried to Live" is a song by American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, "The Day I Tried to Live" was released in 1994 as the second single from the band's fourth studio album, ''Superunknown'' (1994). The song peaked at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 25 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album, '' A-Sides''. Composition "The Day I Tried to Live" was written by frontman Chris Cornell. The guitar tuning, as with many Soundgarden songs, is unorthodox: E-E-B-B-B-B.Rotondi, James. "Alone in the Superunknown." ''Guitar Player''. June 1994. The song has a dissonant atmosphere and is also notable for its changing time signatures. For much of the song, there is a cycle of one measure of 7/4, then two of 4/4. Guitarist 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Wave
"My Wave" is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Featuring lyrics written by frontman Chris Cornell and music co-written by Cornell and guitarist Kim Thayil, "My Wave" was released in 1994 as the fourth single from the band's fourth studio album, '' Superunknown'' (1994). The song peaked at number 11 on the '' Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Composition "My Wave" features lyrics written by frontman Chris Cornell and music co-written by Cornell and guitarist Kim Thayil. The tuning, as with many Soundgarden songs, is unorthodox—E-E-B-B-B-B.Rotondi, James. "Alone in the Superunknown." ''Guitar Player''. June 1994. The song is in the keys of E minor and B mixolydian. The song also features the use of a bass wah pedal by Ben Shepherd. "My Wave" as a musical piece is very typical of Soundgarden's style. Predominantly in , a particularly irregular time signature for rock music, the song changes, intersperses and juxtaposes time signatures freely. The effect create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Thayil
Kim Anand Thayil (born September 4, 1960) is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of the Seattle-based rock band Soundgarden, which he co-founded with singer Chris Cornell and bassist Hiro Yamamoto in 1984. Cornell and Thayil remained as the original members of the band until Cornell's death in 2017, and the band's subsequent split in 2018. Thayil was named the 100th greatest guitarist of all time by ''Rolling Stone'' in 2010, and the 67th greatest guitarist of all time by SPIN in 2012. Thayil has won two Grammy Awards as a member of Soundgarden. Biography Childhood and early life Born in Seattle in 1960, Thayil grew up in the Chicago suburb of Park Forest. His parents came from the state of Kerala in India to Seattle. His mother Shanti Thayil was a music teacher who studied to be a concert pianist at the Royal Academy of Music. His father Boniface Thayil earned a degree in chemical engineering, received employment in Chicago and moved there with his family. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spoonman
"Spoonman" is a song by the American band Soundgarden. Written by the band's frontman, Chris Cornell, "Spoonman" was released on February 14, 1994, as the first single from the band's fourth studio album '' Superunknown'' (1994). "Spoonman" is credited as one of the songs that launched Soundgarden's career into the mainstream. The song peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number nine on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. A remixed version of the song by Steve Fisk appears on the "Black Hole Sun" and "My Wave" singles. The song was included on Soundgarden's 1997 greatest hits album '' A-Sides'' and the 2010 compilation album ''Telephantasm''. Origin and recording "Spoonman" was originally written for the soundtrack to the 1992 film ''Singles''. At that time, Soundgarden, along with Pearl Jam, were working on the soundtrack for the film. Pearl Jam's bass guitarist, Jeff Ament, had been put in charge of creating the name for a fictional band that w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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