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July 21, 2009

The Soundgarden Songs You Haven't Heard: Kim Thayil Breaks His Silence

Guitarist on future of band's unreleased recordings and reunion prospects
April 24, 1997

In the Studio: The Joys of Noise

Soundgarden throws a high frequency sludgefest
June 16, 1994

Cover Story: Into the Unknown

Soundgarden explore rock & roll's heart of darkness

Recordings and Reviews

Down On The Upside

These are the best of times and the worst of times for Seattle rock. The A&R leeches and press hounds are long gone; the scene is back to relative normality – that is, lively and neighborly (even if some of the neighbors have platinum all over their walls). But the survivors are hemmed in by th...

1996 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Superunknown

1994

Louder Than Love

1989

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Biography

One of the first bands to come out of the Seattle grunge scene (and one of the earliest to sign with Sub Pop Records), Soundgarden parlayed gloomy metal riffs, surrealistic psychedelia, and punk into platinum with a trilogy of popular albums released in the '90s. After graduating high school in Illinois in 1981, musicians Kim Thayil and Hiro Yamamoto, as well as fanzine editor (and later Sub Pop ...

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