Two weeks ago, Chris Cornell tantalized Soundgarden fans when he tweeted a 22-second preview of ‘Live to Rise,’ the band’s first new song in 15 years.
Well, the entire tune — nearly four minutes in length — has finally made its way to the Internet, courtesy of a stream on Seattle radio station KISW-FM’s Web site.
Soundgarden fans, rejoice! Chris Cornell recently told Billboard.com that the new Soundgarden album is “mostly done.” He went on to say that, “We just need to finish a couple of songs and mix it, so that will be happening probably over the holidays.”
They don’t have a release date, a title, or even a record company waiting to get it onto the shelves, but Soundgarden is in the studio working on its first new album in 15 years – and during a pair of recent interviews, frontman Chris Cornell and guitarist Kim Thayil hinted at what fans can expect to hear.
“We’re kind of doing it in stages,” says Thayil, adding, “We have about 14 songs in various stages of completion. Previously, we’d just block out a bunch of time and go and track everything at once, but we can’t really do that right now.”
May 10, 2011 Soundgarden recently announced a few new shows to their summer tour including a stop at The Gorge on Saturday, July 30th. Along with Soundgarden will be Queens of the Stone Age, Mastodon and Meat Puppets. We've grabbed a few of our favorite Soundgarden videos you can check out and enter to win a pair of tickets after the jump.
March 2, 2011 Just two weeks ago, Soundgarden updated fans with their plans for 2011, saying their goal was to make a record.
It’s happening.
February 18, 2011 