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Spot on pretty much for me too. I did begin to appreciate Cornell alot more in recent years as I learned more about the Seattle scene in the '90s and how all those people/groups connected. But SG never did it for me back then compared to the others, although I did like some of their tunes on Superunknown.
I do the same and always will, whether it's digital, tape, CD, record, 8-track, whatever. I don't know what else to call it.
Hope so, Nirvanna gets all the credit when really Soundgarden predates all those bands, and made it for a lot of them.
Soundgarden was too heavy for a lot of people early on. Songs like "Beyond the Wheel", "Jesus Christ Pose," "Slaves and Bulldozers," etc.. were crushing tunes. Full on metal. It wasn't until the more memorably melodic songs like "Rusty Cage" and "Outshined" caught some airplay that mainstream audiences really started paying attention to them. They still had some sludgy riffs all the way through Superunknown on the deeper album cuts (Mailman, Limo Wreck, etc..)
Yeah, I get it, just trying to give credit where credit is due. Do you think The Pearl Jam ever happens without Temple of the Dog? I guess we'll never know, but c'mon.
It's an album. Genericide. You could call it an LP, though, for long-playing. That's what the LP is for.
Saw Pearl Jam before 10 was released as an opening band for Soul Asylum. As good as a performance as I've ever seen for a band that I had never heard of before. They were going to be big.
Yep...same. FWIW my first vinyl was Queen's A Night at the Opera. I'm sure I still have all my albums in a box somewhere.
Does TOTD happen without Wood OD'ing? Things happen and then other things happen. Let's not act like TOTD/Hunger didn't help Cornell at all either.
I had Ten on cassette in 12th grade. I don't think I heard of Temple of the Dog until I saw the Hunger Strike video on MTV that first year in college.
I did indeed hear Temple Of The Dog before Pearl Jam, but that's because I had just started getting into indie music.
Hunger Strike was the first time Vedder was ever recorded professionally. If you tried to say the members who later became Pearl Jam recorded TOTD with Cornell you would have it exactly backwards. But, whatever, agree to disagree because we probably shouldn't be arguing in this thread.
For anyone looking for a refresh on their very early raw sound, they recently released a new version of Ultra Mega Ok which was reproduced, and it adds even more to an old classic.
If I know the story correctly, Eddie was in town while TOTD was recording to audition in person for PJ's (working name Mookie Blaylock). But, Eddie had already submitted tapes to the crew of his vocals over several songs that ended up on 10. I don't know the exact dates, but a lot of it was happening at the same time. Cornell wrote the first songs that became the TOTD album too. Trying to pick which came first and who to give credit to is a silly argument. It was all going on at the same time and we're all benefactors because some amazing art came out of it all.
That's true. It's just fun to haggle when you've been informed of tragedy. It's a steep loss, and nobody other than one poster is arguing.
I agree with you, just tossing out my opinion on why Soundgarden didn't get the same attention early on as Nirvana & Pearl Jam did.
"Rusty Cage" was the intro song, right? I never had Road Rash, but watched a friend play it once.
Wasn't "Rusty Cage" on one of the radio stations in one of the GTA games as well? Thought I remembered that...
Eddie Trunk is doing a 3-hour tribute on 106, a channel I'd never heard before - I forget what it's called.
It doesn't make sense. Just seemed like a well adjusted guy with so much going for him. Didn't appear to be haunted by the demons that drive people to suicide. Clearly there is more to this story that will be revealed in the coming days and weeks.
I think that's why this is messing with me so much. I know he talked about depression and alcoholism, but usually in the past tense (though we all know that's tenuous at best) and he really seemed like he had it all together. You never know what's lurking beneath the surface, I guess.
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