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duga · 08-02-2010, 06:49 AM

Ok...we can compromise. Soundgarden were metal for the grunge audience. I can see how people may not like them so much (they have always sounded like a love them or hate them kind of band). Maybe even their playing was mediocre. You can't deny their creativity, however. They had a very interesting hybrid of influences in my opinion. Maybe they can be considered the cult classics of music. Like a movie that comes out and no one really thinks much of it but then a couple years later there is a giant fanbase of loyal supporters.

I also agree with you, dave, on no one self destructing in the band and then not receiving attention because of it. Even Billy Corgan got his share of the spotlight with his massive ego. I remember a picture in some magazine of Audioslave backstage laying around on couches...Chris is reading and the other guys are watching tv or something. The caption is "Another Audioslave afterparty spirals out of control". If that is similar to how Soundgarden spent their days...no wonder nothing crazy happened.

08-02-2010, 06:49 AM	#182 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	Ok...we can compromise. Soundgarden were metal for the grunge audience. I can see how people may not like them so much (they have always sounded like a love them or hate them kind of band). Maybe even their playing was mediocre. You can't deny their creativity, however. They had a very interesting hybrid of influences in my opinion. Maybe they can be considered the cult classics of music. Like a movie that comes out and no one really thinks much of it but then a couple years later there is a giant fanbase of loyal supporters. I also agree with you, dave, on no one self destructing in the band and then not receiving attention because of it. Even Billy Corgan got his share of the spotlight with his massive ego. I remember a picture in some magazine of Audioslave backstage laying around on couches...Chris is reading and the other guys are watching tv or something. The caption is "Another Audioslave afterparty spirals out of control". If that is similar to how Soundgarden spent their days...no wonder nothing crazy happened. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...