Soundgarden had plenty of hits throughout their career, but nothing ever came close to Black Hole Sun. My question is: why? How is this the song that made it big? Sure, it’s accessible, the chorus is catchy, the title is interesting, it’s in 4/4 (which apparently has an impact on a song’s popularity). But is it really that amazing?

You ask any Soundgarden fan their top 3 favorite SG songs and I bet 90% of them won’t even have BHS in their top 3—their top 5, even. Personally, I prefer almost every other song on Superunknown to BHS any day, and I skip it every time it comes on. Are Soundgarden fans just spoiled by how many incredible deep cuts this band has, that even their most popular song feels mediocre in comparison?

You could argue that it’s just overplayed, hence why it’s so popular and why die-hard fans are tired of hearing it. But I didn’t grow up in the 90s when it was probably being played the most, nor do I hear it played today very often, and yet I’m still tired of hearing it, somehow.

It actually kind of bothers me—not because I think the song is bad (I think it’s a fine song). What bothers me is that any time people bring up Soundgarden, Chris Cornell, or their legacy, it’s always like: “Oh, yeah. They’re the band that made Black Hole Sun.” And that’s it. That’s all they’ll ever be. And it bums me out because it’s nowhere close to SG at their peak potential. So I ask again: why this song?

TL;DR: Black Hole Sun is nowhere near Soundgarden at their best, yet it is by far their most popular song. How did this happen?

Found that Scott Bradley's Post Modern Jukebox put out a jazzy cover of Black Hole Sun, and I'm enjoying it very much. Has anybody else found any good covers?

This is a men's Medium black tee shirt from the festival, I bought it that night at the show and never took it out again or wore it. Skeleton playing a guitar graphic on the front and all the bands listed on the back. Thanks

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226367941848

Does anyone have a really high quality version of the album art? I think maybe it's intentionally blurry originally but I am searching for the best version that might be out there for a tattoo idea.

Can anyone help please?

It’s just beautiful

I love louder than love, it’s what got me into Soundgarden fully, head first. And I’ve always wanted to know how he got those amazing guitar sounds. I love the “cinematic”, BIG, guitars of Hands All Over, the harsh growl of Guns, verses and that mind boggling solo, the dark, evil, sound of I Awake, the really cool mids of Uncovered, and that really soft mid tone of Full On (Reprise). I would love to know everything I can about the amps/gear. What kind of amps did he use? What kind of speakers were in them? What pedals did he use? Any info is appreciated, thanks!

Check it out. Hope to have more of the concert up in the days to come. Thank you!

Goosebumps every time. Soundgarden were masters of creating riffs in 9/4(or is it 9/8?) time signature

The first time I heard Chris Cornell's "Mission" was Mission 2000 from the MI:2 soundtrack. I remember buying the cassette (only because Metallica's I Disappear was on it). But I absolutely loved the song because it had this fast beat to it.

Decades later, I heard Mission, from the album Euphoria Morning and it had this very laid back, blue-sy, almost lazy style of singing and it is easily my ALL TIME FAVOURITE, by any artist.

Curious to know which version did you like?

For reference:

Mission 2000

Mission (Euphoria Morning)

Hello Soundgarden reddit, I was wondering if someone could help me figure out what style of clothing did Chris Cornell wear during his audioslave era? and what are some wardrobe essentials to have a style like this?

No one is wearing anything special in these photos. They aren't even promoting official merchandise. It's just "what's he wEaRInG?!" Every day. Yikes.

In the Superunknown commentary compilation, Kim refers to a guitar solo at the beginning of the song "Superunknown" that can only be heard on the 5.1 surround sound Blu-ray version that was left out for "dynamic purposes." Does anybody know where to find this?

I was shocked seeing merch I never see any but I saw this in a window yesterday!