From the archives: An interview with Soundgarden on the eve of Superunknown
David Browne is EW's music critic and author of ''Dream Brother: The Lives & Music of Jeff & Tim Buckley'' In early 1994, Soundgarden were about to go from being another Seattle grunge band to a global rock force with the release of their breakthrough studio album,The record spawned five hit singles — plus that insanely memorable video for the MTV staple “Black Hole Sun” — and earned the band two Grammys. To date, it remains the group’s most successful album.
“We’re still different from all those bands,” says Thayil of his Seattle peers. “We don’t play party music.” Maybe not — but it is commercially viable. Since the last album’s release, alternative rock has gone mainstream, and grunge is a department in Bloomingdale’s., an offshoot album featuring members of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, went platinum, and Beavis and Butt-head play — and like — videos from.
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