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In 1997, the band broke up due to internal strife over its creative direction. Soundgarden has sold 14 million records in the US, [2] and an estimated 30 million worldwide. [3] Cornell announced Soundgarden's reunion on January 1, 2010, [4] The band's first studio album in 16 years, King Animal, was released on November 13, 2012. [5]
Soundgarden were pioneers of the grunge music genre, [159] [160] which mixed elements of punk rock and metal to make a sludgy, murky sound through the use of fuzzy-sounding distortion in the guitars. [161] [162] Soundgarden cited Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Butthole Surfers, Wire, and Joy Division as key early influences. [163]
Soundgarden's debut full-length album Ultramega OK features cover versions of Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning" and John Lennon's "Two Minutes Silence" (under the title "One Minute of Silence"). Soundgarden released a recording of The Beatles song " Come Together ", written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney , as a B-side to " Hands All Over ...
AllMusic staff writer Greg Prato said, "Motorvision is an excellent sample of Soundgarden in concert." [ 1 ] Motorvision was originally released on VHS only. An official DVD version was finally made available, with various live videos added as extras, in November 2016 as part of the Badmotorfinger 25th anniversary Super Deluxe edition box set.
Louder Than Live is a home video by the American rock band Soundgarden, featuring songs performed live at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California on December 7 and 10, 1989. It was directed by Kevin Kerslake , and released on May 22, 1990.
Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path is a 3-CD compilation album by the American rock band Soundgarden.It was released on November 24, 2014. [2] The album is a collection of rarities, live tracks, and unreleased material spanning the group's history.
King Animal is the sixth and final studio album by American rock band Soundgarden, released on November 13, 2012, through Universal Republic and Loma Vista Recordings in North America and Vertigo Records elsewhere. Produced by the band alongside Adam Kasper, it was Soundgarden's first studio album in 16 years, following Down on the Upside (1996).
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. [2] [3] AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne.