“No one sings like you anymore…”
On May 18th we lost one of the most talented musicians of this generation in Chris Cornell of Soundgarden / Audioslave. Arguably one of the best voices in the history of rock music, Cornell has a legacy of music most can only dream of. On July 28th Zero Club will be honouring his memory and the music of Soundgarden / Temple Of The Dog and even though it’s not 90s…. Audioslave amongst their usual tracks at our Soundgarden Special.
For many, the first time Soundgarden caught their attention was the eye-opening and dark video for the 1994 track “Black Hole Sun” from the album, Superunknown. The dystopian yet hallucinogenic video found itself etched into the memory of everyone who saw it and still stands up to this day. But before this release, the band had made their name in the booming Seattle Grunge scene, being one of the forefathers of 90’s Alternative music as we know it.
Soundgarden was one of the seminal bands in the creation of grunge, a style of alternative rock that developed in Seattle, and was one of a number of grunge bands signed to the record label Sub Pop. Soundgarden was the first grunge band to sign to a major label (A&M Records in 1988), though the band did not achieve commercial success until they popularized the genre in the early 1990s with Seattle contemporaries Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Alice in Chains.
Soundgarden achieved its biggest success with the 1994 album Superunknown, which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and yielded the Grammy Award-winning singles “Black Hole Sun” and “Spoonman”. In 1997, the band broke up due to internal strife over its creative direction. After more than a decade of working on projects and other bands, Soundgarden reunited in 2010 and their sixth studio album, King Animal, was released two years later.
As of 2012, Soundgarden sold more than 10.5 million records in the United States, and an estimated 22.5 million worldwide. VH1 ranked Soundgarden at number 14 in their special 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
Each single, classic and hidden gem from the extensive Soundgarden back catalogue will be played during the night, as well as tracks from his other projects. Besides that, you can expect to hear the following :
GRUNGE // GEEK ROCK // RIOT GIRL // 90’S GENERATION X ANTHEMS
Nirvana // The Pixies // Pearl Jam // Weezer // Nada Surf // The Melvins // Smashing Pumpkins // Hole // Presidents Of The USA // Stone Temple Pilots // No Doubt // Beck // Soundgarden // Quicksand // Red Hot Chili Peppers // Jane’s Addiction // Eels // Foo Fighters // Faith No More // L7 // Garbage // Alice In Chains // Alanis Morissette // Bush // Mudhoney // The Offspring // Pavement // Butthole Surfers // Sonic Youth // The Breeders // Sublime // Temple Of The Dog // Everclear // Counting Crows // Silverchair // Dinosaur Jr // Radiohead // REM // Tad // Rage Against The Machine + much, much more.
