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Soundgarden on the making of their monster hit Black Hole Sun
By Niall Doherty published
The Superunknown cut was released as a single 30 years ago and became the Seattle rockers' biggest hit

The epic story of Soundgarden, the superstar grunge band who didn’t want to be superstars
By Greg Prato published
Late, great Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell would have turned 60 on July 20 – this is the story of the band that made him famous

Listen to Soul star Aloe Blacc give Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun a jazzy, R&B makeover
By Fraser Lewry published
Black Hole Sun comes from Aloe Blacc's upcoming rock covers EP Rock My Soul Volume 1

“Some of our peers thought, ‘Are they going to be corporate sell-outs?”: the rise, fall and return of Soundgarden
By Dave Everley published
In 2014, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil sat down with Metal Hammer to look back over his band’s rollercoaster career

“I guess I’m a big grunge-head!" Why WWE superstar Becky Lynch loves Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and the rest
By Merlin Alderslade published
Multiple-time world champion and future WWE Hall Of Famer Becky Lynch on why grunge was the music she fell in love with

"I don't like the production of that record. I don't like how it sounds. I don't like how it looks": Soundgarden look back at their breakthrough album Superunknown
By Ian Winwood published
Grunge‘s founding fathers, Soundgarden watched the bands they inspired shoot past them. But with their mighty fourth album, Superunknown, they would help define the 1990s

“Us and them doesn’t exist any more”: How The Cult's Ian Astbury tried to break down genre barriers with his pre-Lollapalooza festival Gathering Of The Tribes, and claimed he got “ripped off” for his trouble
By Paul Brannigan published
Don't tell Ian Astbury that Perry Farrell invented the concept of the genre-fluid alt. rock festival in the US

Soundgarden's Kim Thayil says the word 'grunge' was nothing but a marketing ploy
By Stef Lach published
Soundgarden guitarist says grunge bands never used the word – but marketing types were all over it

"I feel like I'm hallucinating and all of a sudden I've listened to this song 15 times in a row. I called Chris Cornell and said, You're a genius": producer Michael Beinhorn on the tensions and triumph of Soundgarden's Superunknown
By Paul Brannigan published
How forcing Chris Cornell to be more selfish sparked the creation of Soundgarden's finest work
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