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Soundgarden

Named after a Seattle park pipe sculpture that makes howling sounds in the wind, Soundgarden was the first Seattle group under the grunge umbrella to sign to a major record label. However, the band had humble beginnings. Early in their career, Soundgarden released a number of recordings under Sub Pop and other indie labels, before signing to A&M Records in 1988. Their 1991 album Badmotorfinger sold well and eventually went platinum, but it was a few more years before Soundgarden found huge commercial success with 1994's Superunknown, driven by the hugely popular single "Black Hole Sun" and other classics like "Spoonman" and "Fell On Black Days". The follow up album, Down On The Upside, was released in 1996 and entered the Billboard 200 at #2.

In 1997, after 12 years together, the band made the unexpected announcement that they were going to split. Since then singer Chris Cornell and drummer Matt Cameron have been involved in the most high-profile projects as members of Audioslave and Pearl Jam respectively.

Discography Ultramega OK 1988 Louder Than Love 1990 Badmotorfinger 1991 Superunknown 1994 Down on the Upside 1996 A-Sides 1997 Band members Chris Cornell vocals, guitar Kim Thayil guitar Ben Shepherd bass Matt Cameron drums

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