Perhaps no upcoming album from the remaining ’90s grunge contingent is more anticipated than Soundgarden’s new LP. Chris Cornell and his entourage haven’t released a collection of originals since 1996’s Down on the Upside, and after the band’s 2010 reunion, it was obvious the guys have preserved their ability to mesh sludgy metal with alternative rock and put out catchy, neo-psychedelic nuggets.
Soundgarden appear on the cover of Rolling Stone Australia’s February issue and in the article, the full band discuss the grunge group’s past, present and future, asserting, “there’s absolutely nothing nostalgic” about their reunion.
Cornell recently told Gibson.com that if he could go back and change one thing along Soundgarden’s career path, he would take back the big “breakup” announcement. “I think if there’s a lesson to be learned, it’s that it wasn’t even necessary to announce a breakup. We could have just said we were going on indefinite hiatus, and that would have been fine,” he said. “There didn’t have to be some sort of finality. It certainly didn’t change anything from the standpoint of the media or even Soundgarden fans. Every time I did an interview, I was asked, ‘Is Soundgarden ever going to get back together? Will the band ever do anything again?’ Had we just said we were going on hiatus, the question would have been “When?” instead of ‘Will?’ [laughs] And the answer would probably have been the same: ‘I don’t know.’”
Read more of Gibson.com’s exclusive interview with Cornell, including why he loves rocking Gibson ES-335s with Soundgarden, here.
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