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[edit] Reunite?

Anyone else here hoping they reunite? I fucking love Soundgarden...! yeah i reckon everyone here wants em to reunite, but i dont chris's vocals could take it... ▓░ Dark Devil ░▓ ( Talk ♥ Contribs ) 09:39, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Why do you say that, he still sounded damn good with Audioslave. FinalWish 00:09, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

well from the live videos on youtube, hes starting to sound better now, but in some live videos of audioslave it sounded like he was straining his voice a bit ▓░ Dark Devil ░▓ ( Talk ♥ Contribs ) 12:13, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

K So I have been hearing Soundgarden is reuniting for a 2008 tour. Can someone confirm that? TtertNoslen 00:23, 29 May 2008

[edit] Random blaber

Soundgarden rules, especially Ben Shepherd, he rules all, and Kim Thayil is okay, but Cornell and Cameron are awesome as well

Yes they all kick ass, Cameron is the best rock drummer of our time and is tearing it up with pearl jam. The live stuff is incredible.

[edit] Thayil

tom Morello is better then him! Thayil is a better guitarist than any that chris, ben & matt have worked with or ever will work with. You play the solo to Like Suicide and get back to me.

Thayil is way better than chris will ever be Jobe6 02:17, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)


I can play the solo to Like Suicide, and every other solo he did on their albums. And I don't think it's fair to compare Chris to Kim, Chris was only a rythm guitarist on Superunknown, before that he didn't play any guitar. And of course Kim was the lead guitarist so... Ladysway1985 9/17/05

uhh actually Chris has played guitar since the wee beginning. JobE6 Image:Peru flag large.png 03:11, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
Cornell used to play drums as well as vocals right at the beginning but then they got someone else to play drums so that Cornell could concentrate on vocals. I think it must have been soon after that he became the rhythm guitarist. I seem to remember seeing a live video of him playing rhythm in Loud Love. In the Badmotorfinger albums notes, it says Chris plays Gibson Guitars.

Almost all the cool solo's are Kim's work. I suggest you watch the SNL version of Pretty Noose.

Cornell did not play guitar at the beginning, in the Soundgarden "biography", New Metal Crown, it states Cornell didn't start playing guitar until after the songs on Deep Six, or right before Screaming Life; I can't remember which. --199.29.6.2 22:48, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Soundgarden

All the separate contributors to Soundgarden were/are brilliant, full stop. Otherwise the amazing and original music they created would not be here today. When put together, however, they formed the even more amazing Soundgarden. It was their combined efforts that made this milestone in Grunge (and mainstream) music history - basically, what does it matter how great each was separately. They are all great musicians. But together they formed one of the greatest bands in music history (in my opinion).--Mozz 00:20, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Instrumental?

The article's intro says: "Soundgarden was [...] instrumental in creating the sound that came to be called grunge." While this is of course very poetic, I think something like "Soundgarden helped to define the sound that came to be called Grunge," or "Soundgarden pioneered the sound that came to be called Grunge." The use of the idiomatic "to be instrumental in sth." is slightly confusing in a music context; readers could misread or misinterpret and end up thinking that Soundgarden's instrumental work was the birth of Grunge, which is simply not fair to Chris Cornell. ;-) If a frequent contributor to this article agrees with me, please go ahead and change the sentence. --Netvor 07:08, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

I think the minimal of audioslave should be on this page because imho it's quite disgraceful to have Audioslave's "hit album" in a article about Soundgarden.

Agreed...It can be mentioned that Cornell went on to form Audioslave but I don't think that the info about Audioslave should be mentioned in this article. Flyerhell 08:23, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

I deleted the audioslave thingy. it shouldnt be on a soundgarden article. its only suppose to be about soundgarden. KeyLime 3:05, 27 October 2005

[edit] 82.157.199.33=flx82

It is implied in previous version that Shepherd threw his bass in the air because he was fed up with the band or something, this was not the case as he commented in the summer 2005 interview. He was mad because his equipment died. And he was quite surprised to hear afterwards from a roadie that the band wanted to split.

ps. Sorry for the ref tags, didn't really know how that worked.

[edit] EPs

Were erased with no reason have put them backKsprayDad 04:59, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Loud Love was a 4 track single, so should it be under the EP section? It is at the moment, but I disagree

[edit] The band's roots

This article did not mention a very important fact: A cousin of one of the band members is Gidget G. Does anyone know which band member?

--How about we take a step back? Who the hell is Gidget G?

--- Perhaps he means Marilyn Manson's original junkie bassist Gidget Gein? Presumably, also, "very important fact" was intended as a joke... Artsfiend 02:53, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Current members?

Uh, the band are split up (*sniff*) as far as I know. How can it have "current members"? - THE GREAT GAVINI {T-C} 17:59, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

A limitation of the current "musical artist 2" infobox. Hopefully there's movement underway to merge that and the "band" infobox, which would be ideal. Tarc 03:47, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
The guy in charge of the infobox template says that "current members" isn't supposed to be used by defunct bands - that the lineup should be listed under "former members". I personally think that's ridiculous, and that an easy solution would be to simply switch "Current members" to just "Members" so that "Former members" is usable. But he doesn't feel that way. -- ChrisB 19:12, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Song page clean up

Serious Clean up is needed on many of the song pages, I've edited a few, but much more needs to be done...--Msl747 00:20, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Digging the Garden of Sound

Anyone ever heard of the album "Digging the Garden of Sound"? Can't seem to find any info on this album, and I don't have a physical copy to look at. I'm thinking it's a bootleg of some sort but I'm not sure.

I was on another website and it listed a "Garden of Sound" as a bootleg of theirs. Maybe that's what you're thinking about. Sherlock32 23:20, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Never mind, it was called "Digging the Garden" not "Garden of Sound". Sorry. Sherlock32 17:15, 27 October 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sherlock32 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Stolen Prayers

Speaking of bootlegs, what exactly was Stolen Prayers? When was it "released"? When were each of the individual songs recorded? Is it worthy of mention in the SG article? For some reason, stolen prayers is the only bootleg I've repeatedly heard mentioned by name. I've heard some of the songs on it, and it's definitely a decent CD. I'm still trying to find the demo version of Flutter Girl which is on it. Many fans consider it better than the version on Euphoria Morning. I'm rambling, sorry. --199.29.6.2 22:46, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This is quite a short article for such a seminal band.

For example, the Nirvana and Pearl Jam articles are a lot longer...--HisSpaceResearch 18:25, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

You think THIS article is short? You should check out Rob Zombie's page.

Yeah, but Nirvana and Pearl Jam were much more successful and had more of a lasting effect in the music industry (although I think Soundgarden was way better than both of those bands). Sherlock32 23:20, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] grammy awards for black hole sun and spoonman

apart from the pages for the songs, black hole sun and spoonman, is it mentioned anywhere on the soundgarden page that they received these grammys? ▓░ Dark Devil ░▓ ( Talk ♥ Contribs ) 11:29, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] members

it doesnt look good with the four main members combined with the other former members. for example see nirvana's page. it separates the three main members from the other members ▓░ Dark Devil ░▓ ( Talk ♥ Contribs ) 01:16, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing. I'm going to separate the members that used to be in the band, with the members that were still there in the end. I have yet to see a defunct band that has a former/now member style like this article does. The Beatles is an example. Xihix 23:59, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
There was a period where the infobox template guidelines "required" listing all members of a defunct band as former members. However, I think we recently found consensus that if a band had a particular notable lineup (e.g., The Beatles, Nirvana), it was acceptable to list them as "members". With Soundgarden, I definitely think that's the right call. -- ChrisB 04:18, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Yes, it looks much better this way. Beve 12:12, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
I disagree. I think it's confusing to list members of a defunct band in the "current members" field. I also think featuring a notable lineup is subjective; there could be many opinions about which lineup was most notable. The infobox guidelines indicate that only the "former members" field should be used. (see Template:Infobox_Musical_artist#Past_members). Strobilus 23:38, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] discography - studio albums

should screaming life/fopp be listed as a studio album or not? because it is a compilation album... their a-sides album is also a compilation, and it isnt listed under studio albums. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dark Devil (talk • contribs) 10:11, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Years active / reunion

At the top under years active, it says 2007-Present. Did they really reunite or what? If so, then something should be said about it in the article. Sherlock32 23:28, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

One idiot friend of mine said he saw a re-united Soundgarden perform without Cornell, but I think he was mistaken. The band has not, and will never, reunite. Frvernchanezzz (talk) 09:36, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Another person is now claiming that they reunited. If they haven't actually reunited than why say they have? Sherlock32 (talk) 00:16, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Sg96promo.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:26, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Soundgarden+Audioslave=?

Why the fuck is the Audioslave page bigger then Soundgarden, it doesen't make sense. The Page is even shorter then that on Norsk (bokmål) wikipedia. [[--83.108.143.116 (talk) 00:11, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The origin of the name itself?

Is it true that Soundgarden got their name from an art exhibit in Seattle that was known as "The Soundgarden?"

If this is true, I think it would really nice to see that somewhere in the article. It is a really short article now that I think of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Russbee51 (talk • contribs) 05:38, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

It's already in there. Beve (talk) 17:59, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Post-break-up: 1998–present

It's wrong Wellwater Conspiracy realesed their first studioalbum in 1997.--Wellwater Conspiracy (talk) 09:34, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sections

Why are the sections in the page so small. Look at Alice in Chains page. Thats what you call a good writen article. Hilsen --Wellwater Conspiracy (talk) 13:27, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Album articles

Why are pages like Superunknown and Down on the upside bigger then the Soundgarden page. WHY WHY --Wellwater Conspiracy (talk) 19:33, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

You now what i've found out that i would keep on editing again when i saw this good i love it. --Wellwater Conspiracy (talk) 19:36, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] FAC withdrawn

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