Soundgarden

Founders of Seattle grunge, this sludgy hard rock outfit combined crazy technical prowess with hair-raising vocals. Led by a one-of-kind lead singer, they defined a movement that persists to this day. It's SOUNDGARDEN week!

Jon and Alex deal with the fallout of being cancelled by the anti-Dave Grohl internet movement before tracking the twists of a band that mostly avoided TV appearances! Clip 1 finds the band on a short-lived awards show put on by the College Media Journal and the USA Network. Steve Issacs returns to the show right as grunge is taking over, with Soundgarden blasting through Outshined and Slaves & Bulldozers on Hangin' with MTV. Superunknown is a huge hit and the band is hardly on TV for it, except for a 40-minute Japanese grunge special. And we discuss the band's 2010s reunion with clips on Conan and Jools Holland before Chris Cornell's tragic ending.

Want to watch along with us? Check out the links below for the performances discussed this week!

Ugly Truth/Big Dumb Sex reprise, 10/26/1989 on the CMJ New Music Awards

Outshined/Slaves & Bulldozers, 12/11/1991 on Hangin' with MTV

Fell on Black Days/Spoonman, 2/8/1994 on Sony Music TV Japan

Pretty Noose/Burden in My Hand, 5/18/1996 on Saturday Night Live

Black Rain/Hunted Down, 11/9/2010 on Conan

Been Away too Long/Taree/Rusty Cage, 11/6/2012 on Later...with Jools Holland