From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Friday, 3 Nov 1995 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 02:52:58 EST Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Friday, 3 Nov 1995 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: Re: I was a groupie stuff who shall open for sg? stuff Alive in the Superunknown........ Fur or not to Fur Re: Fur or not to Fur Roy Harper - long note....... AIC...I DON'T THINK SO re: Roy Harper re: Roy Harper Re: AIC...I DON'T THINK SO Re: I was a groupie Re: I was a groupie Re: Alive in the Superunknown........ New Tour hi there. Tea Party and RE: I want to be king. Re: who shall open for sg? Monster Faggot? I mean Magnent? RE: I want to be king. SG Art (was Re: Roy Harper - long note.......) RE: Monster Faggot? I mean Magnent? RE: I want to be king. FWD: Re: FWD: AIC...I DON'T THINK SO Re: I want to be king. Re: Chris and musical instruments Re: Chris and musical instruments Re: who shall open for sg? ok.. Re: I want to be king. jesus rice pose... Re: Chris, his instrument and a little on hiro tommy the drumming tomato... Re: I want to be king. the tea party Re: POTUSA / Silverchair Re: Fur or not to Fur lettuce me drown... openers Re: the tea party Re: tommy the drumming tomato... jack the man the with no scruples cyberian rhubarb ------------------------------------------------------------ From: Aleko Subject: Re: I was a groupie On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, Jamesetta Simpson wrote: > >Fur didn't do much for me, but Sidewinder was excellent. > > Fur was feature on an MTV special about new bands out of the land down under > (the special was mostly on Silverchair). But they did give Fur a good review - > could it have been a bad night, or is our Carolyn a better judge of bands...... > Well i have a couple of times (opening for others) and although they put a good live performance on I didn't like their music that much. I think Carolyn is just expressing her opinion on Fur, others may like Fur, you know that thing about people having different tastes. Sometimes it's hard to tell if a band is good at doing their thing, even if you don't like their "thing" :) "Happiness is not for us to find but for us to search for" ------------------------------ From: Frizzle Fry Subject: stuff Jaimie: the only thing Iknow about Roy Harper was that Zeppelin made a song called "Hats off to Roy Harper" out of respect for him. For Zeppelin to pay a tribute to him, he must be a mighty individual indeed. I'm just starting my roadie career myself. In fact, I did equipment set up for Blind Melon the Tuesday before their singer guy died. And I helped at a Maceo Parker show, who, if you don't know, used to play in James Brown's horn section. Talk about the funky stuff, it was funky as 6 month old milk! Hmmm....never mind that last sentence, it's only 2:30 AM. As for any possible fans of TOOL out there, they are getting a new bass player, but it wont be the guy from Jane's Addiction. I guess they are going to start recording with some mystery bass player yet to be named. They are shooting for a CD release for this summer!!!! And what's with this Jeff Ament is dead stuff? Has it been confirmed? Would my dreams be answered and Pearl Jam would break up? The person that said Silverchair was better that AIC because they sound "catchy" and they "wail" must have some sort of deep psychological problems, and in that case I would suggest therapy immediately, I'm sure it's not too late. I'm going to go see PRIMUS in a month. Those bastards suck! I cannot wait.... The CC=Jesus thing: It really doesn't matter. We know for sure what Chris looks like, and can only take an educated guess as to what Jesus looked like. I'm sure if they looked alike that would be great. It doesn't change the fact that Jesus is NOT a band member of SOUNDGARDEN and Chris is. That's all there is to it. ------------------------------ From: grendel Subject: who shall open for sg? Well, if you're looking for _contrast_, how about Throwing Muses. Maybe a little too much contrast? C.O.C. was an excellent choice. scott ============================================================= manhattan's streets i saunter'd pondering, on time, space, reality -- on such as these, and abreast with them prudence. * walt whitman huh-huh, huh-huh. he said "breast". huh-huh. yeah, yeah. * beavis & butthead ============================================================= ------------------------------ From: dgarrett@bcs.org.uk (Daniel Garrett) Subject: stuff Frizzle Fry wrote: > The person that said Silverchair was better that AIC because they sound > "catchy" and they "wail" must have some sort of deep psychological > problems, and in that case I would suggest therapy immediately, I'm sure > it's not too late. I did'nt actually say Silverchair were better than AIC, far from it, what I said was that out of two singles that I bought on monday afternoon - AIC Grind and Silverchair Tomorrow, the latter was better as it had more of a tune than the AIC single which does have alot of "wailing" on it. Also if Grind had been on Dirt it would definately have been considered the worst track. This however will not deter me from buying the album when it comes out in a couple of weeks, I just hope that the single is'nt a fair representation of the quality of the material on it, saying something in its favour though, the lyrics are good - "don't plan my funeral, till the body dies.." very apt. Daniel Garrett ------------------------------ From: "R. Kingsnorth" Subject: Alive in the Superunknown........ OK. This is my first post, so 'scuse me for being a tad thick....... But - does anybody know when 'Alive In The Superunknown' willbe released in the UK????? Is it the same date as in the US or wot - help!!!!! There doesn't seem to be anything in the music press about it....... Cheers...... Beck ps Anybody know if it will be released on vinyl or not??? ------------------------------ Subject: Fur or not to Fur From: jsimpson@mail03.mitre.org (Jamesetta Simpson) >> >Fur didn't do much for me, but Sidewinder was excellent. >> >> Fur was feature on an MTV special about new bands out of the land down under >> (the special was mostly on Silverchair). But they did give Fur a good review - >> could it have been a bad night, or is our Carolyn a better judge of bands...... >> >Well i have a couple of times (opening for others) and although they put >a good live performance on I didn't like their music that much. So, any other Aussie out there with a Fur opinion. So "fur" it looks like two not so good reviews. I mention two local bands (Kage and Jimmy Chickin...) that are worth the look. Anyone else out there know any local bands trying to make it big. Let's us know.... Especially if it is your band..... Yes, this is not a Soundgarden item, but hey, until the new CD comes out or they start touring you got to talk about something. I don't know about the rest of you - but having turkey five days after Thanksgiving is very bad - so is rehashing fab song on SG for five days. Jamie You think I don't hear, that which you never said but, this is not true For my heart hears the words your soul always speaks --Jamie ------------------------------ From: Greg Bensimon Subject: Re: Fur or not to Fur On Thu, 2 Nov 1995, Jamesetta Simpson wrote: > > I mention two local bands (Kage and Jimmy Chickin...) that are worth the look. > Anyone else out there know any local bands trying to make it big. Let's us > know.... Especially if it is your band..... > Anyone ever heard of Sorry About Your Daughter? For anyone familiar with the University of Maryland, they got started playing at the Paragon and the 'Vous. The first time I ever saw them, they did an excellent cover of Alive. They put out an album on Diesel Boy Records in 1994, and it's pretty cool. These guys rock! I jock them hard. Greg ****************************************** *** Sieze the day. *** *** Pull the trigger. Drop the blade. *** *** And watch the rolling heads. *** ****************************************** *** greg@sfa.com *** ****************************************** ------------------------------ Subject: Roy Harper - long note....... From: jsimpson@mail03.mitre.org (Jamesetta Simpson) Frizzle Fry: >Jamie: the only thing I know about Roy Harper was that Zeppelin made a >song called "Hats off to Roy Harper" out of respect for him. For >Zeppelin to pay a tribute to him, he must be a mighty individual indeed. Gordon Schumway: >Tell me about roy harper. I wish to know the origin of the song "hats off to roy harper" by led zep. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Harper at a local radio station (in my glory days I was friends with several DJ and owners of Mom/Pop type record emporium - because of this I was able to meet allot of up and coming bands) - but back to Roy Harper. Harper had a new record out and was doing the publicity thing. He was schedule to do a radio interview at a station in which I knew the DJ. This DJ knew that I did portraits of rock stars and called me and ask if I would like to bring Roy's picture in. I said - naaaa, why would I want to do that - sure and chickens lay square eggs. I went to the station, figuring I would hand over my drawing to a secretary - have her disappear into the back and return with it signed (just the name scribble on the bottom). No, way I was taken back to the studio, introduce to Roy Harper, offered a drink and given a seat beside him. He took my portfolio and look at each and every picture - including the ones I had done of Page/Plant. He did me the great honor of telling me, my renderings of these two was right on the money. When he got to his - he study it and then wrote several paragraphs on his views. Not just a scribble name but a full description. I than sat for a 1/2 hour or so talking about his new record and about Page/Plant. He was a very poetic speaker - his normal speech like his songs was lyrical. Wonderful accent. He was the type of person you like to discuss life with. Interesting and open. For the life of me I can't remember all he said about the Zep group. You have to remember I was very young and not very sophisticated in dealing with anyone of importance. Not like today, where in the present of some as - Chris/Kim/Ben/Matt I would handle myself like - - - the village idiot. It's hard to be cool in the present of greatness. Sorry to ramble - I still have the picture of Roy and I did at one time have Page's signature on his picture - gave it away....... >I'm just starting my roadie career myself. Roadie are the heart of any concert. They work very hard, get very little attention or respect. But, they can learn allot from the touring. My hat is off to you - sounds like our Frizzle Fry is on the right road, a hard one but I think for him the right one. Here's hoping you are the top billing star someday.... Mr. Schumway - I can only say that Harper and Page/Plant were close friends and had great respect for each other. When you care for someone it is easy to write for them...... Jamie He hides in the shadows of the noon day sun He stands in the corners of disillusions He waits for the cry that soon will come - The Dark Man - Jamie ------------------------------ From: "KIRSCHNER JEFFREY" Subject: AIC...I DON'T THINK SO After reading a number of responses to who would be a suitable band to open up for SG, I deduced that a number of you feel that Alice In Chains would be a good choice. I don't think so. Don't get me wrong, I think they're a good band, and "Rain When I DIE" and "Would" are truly killer tunes. I just don't think that they're in the same league as SG. Don't hate me, AIC fans, that's just my opinion. Personally, I think that a band such as White Zombie would do the trick. WZ are still not in the same leauge as SG, but the two bands styles would complement each other very well. WZ would be an interesting appetizer for the much more satisfying SG main course. Locally, a show is coming up with The Ramones opening up for WZ. I think that the Ramones would definately be a killer opening act for Soundgarden. Personally, I have seen SG live twice. The first time, back in '93, they opened up for Pearl Jam, who in turn, opened up for Neil Young. That was a great show, although it was BBHS, (Before Black Hole Sun), and the audience response for SG was tame, to say the least. The "Fans" were not particularly interested in the complex lyrics and musical style of SG. Fuck them, I was perfectly content to rock out to the band by myself. The next time I saw them, in the summer of '94, they were the headliners, and the opening acts consisted of Marilyn Manson, PWEI, and...NIN. That was a cool show, although SG did suffer from sound problems, and did not delve into their back catalouge enough. Basically, they played "Superunknown", but still omitted my favourite song, which is "The Day I Tried to Live". Anyways, what I'm trying to say is that I truly look forward to the next opportunity that I can see SG live, and I hope the opening act will complement a band as amazing as Soundgarden. JEFF ------------------------------ From: "KIRSCHNER JEFFREY" Subject: re: Roy Harper In responst to the request for info on Roy Harper, all I know is that he sung lead vocals on the excellent Pink Floyd tune "Have a Cigar" which is found on the "Wish You Were Here" album. The scene in the movie "Pink Floyd, The Wall", where Pink goes cocoo and smashes up his hotel room was inspired by a real life incident in which Roy Harper smashed up his trailer while waiting to lay down on his vocals for the song. ------------------------------ Subject: re: Roy Harper From: jsimpson@mail03.mitre.org (Jamesetta Simpson) > In responst to the request for info on Roy Harper, all I know is >that he sung lead vocals on the excellent Pink Floyd tune "Have a >Cigar" which is found on the "Wish You Were Here" album. The scene >in the movie "Pink Floyd, The Wall", where Pink goes cocoo >and smashes up his hotel room was inspired by a real life incident in >which Roy Harper smashed up his trailer while waiting to lay down on >his vocals for the song. Ahhhh, yes ROCK N' ROLL Jamie ------------------------------ Subject: Re: AIC...I DON'T THINK SO From: jsimpson@mail03.mitre.org (Jamesetta Simpson) > Personally, I think >that a band such as White Zombie would do the trick. WZ are still >not in the same league as SG, but the two bands styles would >complement each other very well. WZ would be an interesting >appetizer for the much more satisfying SG main course. I had completely over looked White Zombie - yes I could handle this line up, White Zombie, Soundgarden, (need a female group in here) can't think of one I really like - maybe L7 or I'll go out on the limb Melissa Etheridge (she can belt out a song). I have heard White Zombie is doing a show in my area around Christmas (Christmas and White Zombie now there a contradiction to reality). May have to break my self imposed band on concert going and do this one. Can I have input from anyone out there who has seen White Zombie in concert - shall I do it...... >'94, they were the headliners, and the opening acts consisted of >Marilyn Manson, PWEI, and...NIN. That was a cool show, although SG Hate Marilyn Manson - Hate Marilyn Manson - Hate Marilyn Manson and don't ask why - doesn't have a thing to do with their musical ability...... Jamie *****The cloudy mind see nothing****** ------------------------------ From: BdMtrFngr Subject: Re: I was a groupie On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, Jamesetta Simpson wrote: > > Hey, do you really want to hear all about my groupie days???? Lets remember I > been around when little know bands like Arrowsmith, Foreigner, Thin Lizzy, Roy > Harper (who they ask), ELO, The Who, Guess Who, and a few others were just the > opening act.. I have met members from each - and did the goofy fan stuff. > > Whoa, you're old. Isn't the name of that first group Aerosmith? > ------------------------------ Subject: Re: I was a groupie From: jsimpson@mail03.mitre.org (Jamesetta Simpson) >> Hey, do you really want to hear all about my groupie days???? Lets remember I >> been around when little know bands like Arrowsmith, Foreigner, Thin Lizzy, Roy >> Harper (who they ask), ELO, The Who, Guess Who, and a few others were just the >> opening act.. I have met members from each - and did the goofy fan stuff. >> >> >Whoa, you're old. >Isn't the name of that first group Aerosmith? > Yes, and your rude....... Jamie ------------------------------ From: Chicka Jackeen Subject: Re: Alive in the Superunknown........ On Thu, 2 Nov 1995, R. Kingsnorth wrote: > ps Anybody know if it will be released on vinyl or not??? No, it will be released on Vynil-Plus, so that you can play it as a record or you can use it in a vynil rom on computers, Sorry guys, couldn't resist that one. A Livein Thesu Per Unk Own. p.s. So un dg ar den ***************************************************************************** "I'm luck's last match struck in the pouring down wind." -Soundgarden ***************************************************************************** ------------------------------ From: harrimt5@wfu.edu (Matt Harrington) Subject: New Tour Alright, as an opening act for SG's upcoming tour (which I would go see no matter who opens), I suggest Ash. I don't know how many of you out there have heard of them, but they're incredible. I got to see them live at a bar down here in North Carolina, and they were absolutely incredible live. Talk about enthusiasm! If you have the chance to pick up their CD, "Trailer", it's a good buy. -Matt ******************************************************************** "I know I'm headed for the bottom...but I'm riding you all the way!" - C. Cornell "I gather speed / From you fucking with me." - E. Vedder "I'm in love with my sadness" - B. Corgan "Seize the day, pull the trigger, drop the blade, and watch the rolling heads"- C. Cornell "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage"- B. Corgan ******************************************************************** ------------------------------ From: foreshocks@bbs.cowland.com Subject: hi there. I saw my dream show last year, with the perfect opening bands.. Soundgarden, Tad and Eleven... Well we all know how awesome Soundgarden is, Tad is awesome (or so I think), and I love Eleven.. Did anyone else see this tour? What did you think of Eleven? Matt plays four songs on their new album and I must say he blows their old drummer away. :-) No one knows who the hell Eleven is though, and that's not so cool... As for WZ, AIC, MM, PWEI and NIN.. the only band I really like myself out of those is PWEI... sorry, just my opinion... I wonder what Soundgarden thought of playing with Marilyn Manson... heheh... I would like to see Soundgarden play with PWEI but I don't think I'd ever see that happen because I don't think Kim really likes industrial music, because I believe I read something to the effect of he doesn't believe in things like samples and stuff like that.. oh well. I dunno, Soundgarden's played with a bunch of bands before, it will be interesting to see them go on tour next year.. who will they bring? They usually take out bands that aren't too popular, or so they did last year.. You Am I, Reverend Horton Heat, Tad, Eleven.. I think Soundgarden should go on tour with RESTRAINT!!!!!!!! :-) sorry, it's just a dream of mine to open someday for Soundgarden (Restraint is my band.) Or POTUSA, Soundgarden playing with the Presidents would be definitely cool.... well, I've clogged up your mailboxes with too much shit, I'll shut up now Foreshocks ------------------------------ From: gfox@csc.uvic.ca (Greg Fox) Subject: Tea Party and RE: I want to be king. > Um, a good opening band for sg? How about, uh, how about, uh, >how about the tea party? (ok, maybe only the canadians on the >list will be able to judge that one.) -j OK, I love the Tea Party and SG, and I would love to see both TP and SG in concert, but in my opinion the two bands just do not match at all. What does anyone else think? SG and TP in one concert? Greg Fox ================================================================== |Greg Fox Its not the truth I see| |CSCU Extra Curricular Co-ordinator It's just a mockery| |http://www.engr.uvic.ca/~gfox -Hole| - ------------------------------------------------------------------ That damn polyphasic frog rototillered my beets again! ------------------------------ From: Ethan Hennessey Subject: Re: who shall open for sg? When SG played Bumbershoot (Seattle, 1990), they were filling in for the Psychedelic Furs, who cancelled at the last minute. The problem was, the Posies were still slotted as the opening act. Talk about a pssed off crowd.... - ----Ethan ------------------------------ From: AFNJ84A@prodigy.com (MR CASEY C CAUGHRON) Subject: Monster Faggot? I mean Magnent? - -- [ From: Casey Caughron * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] -- Why would anyone choose to hear Moster Magnent with Soundgardern? Blaaahh!!! I feel myself trying to puke at the mear idea. Why not have a more talented band like say Kyuss or Mudhoney? C.O.C is alright though. I do recall a time when Soundgarden played around hear and a band named Kill Whitey opened for them. Kill Whitey is now called STICK for any one who is interested. By the way GROTE>>>>> I have two Kill Whitey CD's if you are interested in a copy. One of the CD's has the original version of FUEL which is really good. They had a female lead singer. I remember reading an interview with Chris Cornell saying the best female rock singer he had heard was Kim Czarnopys from Kill Whitey. ------------------------------ From: M Shandro Subject: RE: I want to be king. On Tue, 31 Oct 1995, Chicka Jackeen wrote: > On Tue, 31 Oct 1995, Matthew Souza wrote: > > > > > The debate can rage on but my original point still holds. Kim looks > > more like Jesus than Chris. The idea of a European white Jesus is ludicrous. > > Let's vote on it! > In that case, i vote for Hiro as Jesus..... > > ***************************************************************************** > "I'm luck's last match struck in the pouring down wind." -Soundgarden > ***************************************************************************** > > I'll vote for Hiro as well....Rhubarb rocks ------------------------------ Subject: SG Art (was Re: Roy Harper - long note.......) From: seth > DJ knew that I did portraits of rock stars Which probably means you could do us some mean portraits of the boys in SG...and send them to me for our Web page, yes? > I went to the station, figuring I would hand over my drawing to a secretary Seth Perlman, Soundgarden Artwork Web Page Secretary, at your service. There are 387 of you on the list; so far, TWO of you have sent me Soundgarden-related artwork. Think of the benefits of contributing to the Web page: fame, fortune (well, not really), glory, etc. And while you people are at it, send me your pictures for the Member Directory, which (if I ever get my lazy ass in gear) will be at http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/list. seth ------------------------------ From: "Andre D. Benassi" Subject: RE: Monster Faggot? I mean Magnent? On Thu, 02 Nov 1995 14:31:37 EST, AFNJ84A@prodigy.com wrote... >-- [ From: Casey Caughron * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] -- > >Why would anyone choose to hear Moster Magnent with Soundgardern? >Blaaahh!!! I feel myself trying to puke at the mear idea. Why not >have a more talented band like say Kyuss or Mudhoney? C.O.C is alright >though. > >I do recall a time when Soundgarden played around hear and a band named >Kill Whitey opened for them. Kill Whitey is now called STICK for any >one who is interested. > >By the way GROTE>>>>> I have two Kill Whitey CD's if you are >interested in a copy. One of the CD's has the original version of FUEL >which is really good. They had a female lead singer. I remember >reading an interview with Chris Cornell saying the best female rock >singer he had heard was Kim Czarnopys from Kill Whitey. > > > Monster Magnet is a great band and also if you want Kyuss to open, its going to be hard, since they broke up Oct. 2. Fucking pissed me off, greatest band in the whole world, as far as I'm concerned. I don't see how you can like Kyuss and not like Monster Magnet. Kyuss was into Monster Magnet! Later, Andre ------------------------------ From: Matthew Souza Subject: RE: I want to be king. On Thu, 2 Nov 1995, Carolyn wrote: > Now Dearest Matthew, > I hope you said that with a smile on your face...... > :-) > Carolyn the Matthew Fan > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Get on the snake where the metal river bleeds **SOUNDGARDEN** > Ever think about the stones you left unturned? **PENNYWISE** > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To my most favorite Carolyn: I just couldn't stop laughing. P.S. I heard some stuff from a band called Front End Loader that is from your neck of the woods. They sounded pretty killer. Any opinions from the folks down under? Matthew the Aussie Fan "It's not funny, my ass is on fire." Mr. Bungle ------------------------------ From: "Andre D. Benassi" Subject: FWD: Re: FWD: AIC...I DON'T THINK SO - ----- Forwarded Message Starts Here ----- Well, I hate to get involved in discussions that come from mailing lists I'm not on, but I've got to say that a Soundgarden/AIC double bill would be either absolute heaven, or a disastrous mistake. I can't make up my mind. Should AIC open for Soundgarden? Probably, because Soundgarden's songs make better headlining material. But AIC are too good a band to be just supporting Soundgarden. As to the idea of White Zombie supporting Soundgarden - it doesn't work. At the Reading Festival this year, White Zombie were on before Soundgarden... okay, so they were on at 14:30 on a sunny day (not exactly the right mood for White Zombie music) and several hours before Soundgarden (but I didn't bother with any of the bands in between), but I think White Zombie are too heavy to open for Soundgarden. They'd get the crowd into a moshing frenzy, then Soundgarden would come on and seem like a bit of a disappointment. Not that there music isn't good, it just isn't as carefree and uplifting. (If anyone's interested in a mini-review of Soundgarden's set at Reading, tell me and I'll post something.) I reckon Soundgarden should tour on their own, actually. They're such a unique experience that it would be difficult to get an appropriate band to support them. As for AiC being relegated to their support act... it would be unfair. Almost humiliating. It would certainly leave a bad taste in my mouth. Neale (who will probably never see AiC live, and just wants to stop anyone else seeing them) - ----- Forwarded Message Ends Here ----- ------------------------------ From: Tony Dawe Subject: Re: I want to be king. On Thu, 2 Nov 1995, John Grieves wrote: > At 03:10 PM 11/1/95 -0800, Chicka Jackeen wrote: > > > Um, a good opening band for sg? How about, uh, how about, uh, > >how about the tea party? (ok, maybe only the canadians on the > >list will be able to judge that one.) -j > > > > We got Tea Party down here in Aus - I saw them at Australia's Alternative > Nation festival --> great band, good choice for opening for SG. > > Jackhammer. > i love the tea party, they are cool. the new album (i geuss you can call it new) edges of twilight is so cool. i know i may get flamed for this, but i think that silverchair qwould be great. they are young, but are so good. also, mabey our lady peace, they are very good too, or even the foo fighters. there are so many that are not as good as soundgarden, but there are some that are better. _____ ____ / /\ | | |\ | |\ | |\ |\ | |\ | / / \ | | | \ | | \ | /\ | \ | \ | | \ | \ / \ | | | \ | | \ | / \ | \ | \ |__ | \ | \ \ / | | | \| | / | __ /____\ |__/ | / | | \| / \ / | | | | | / | | / \ | \ | / | | | / \/ |____| | | |/ |____| / \| \ |/ |___ | | SOUNDGARDEN ULTRAMEGA OK LOUDER THAN LOVE BADMOTORFINGER SUPERUNKNOWN TONY DAWE GBF2033@INFONET.ST-JOHNS.NF.CA ------------------------------ From: Malkav Subject: Re: Chris and musical instruments On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, Chicka Jackeen wrote: > Ok, people, let's comprise a list of all the instruments Chris has > ever playued for a recording or live. > 1. Drums > 2. Bass > 3. Guitar > 4. Banjo > 5. Harmonica > 6. (Allegedly, whatever you call that chime instrument on black cat) > I would have to say that his voice is one of the best instruments he plays. ------------------------------ From: Tony Dawe Subject: Re: Chris and musical instruments On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, Chicka Jackeen wrote: > Ok, people, let's comprise a list of all the instruments Chris has > ever playued for a recording or live. > 1. Drums > 2. Bass > 3. Guitar > 4. Banjo > 5. Harmonica > 6. (Allegedly, whatever you call that chime instrument on black cat) > > Ok, i'm sure there are more, but none are coming to my mind right now, > so any additions to the list are more than welcome. -j > > "So heal my wound w/out a trace, and seal my tomb w/out my face!" > > > didn't he play some orcesteral (sp?) instrument in school? not sure which one, but i think i read that somewhere. _____ ____ / /\ | | |\ | |\ | |\ |\ | |\ | / / \ | | | \ | | \ | /\ | \ | \ | | \ | \ / \ | | | \ | | \ | / \ | \ | \ |__ | \ | \ \ / | | | \| | / | __ /____\ |__/ | / | | \| / \ / | | | | | / | | / \ | \ | / | | | / \/ |____| | | |/ |____| / \| \ |/ |___ | | SOUNDGARDEN ULTRAMEGA OK LOUDER THAN LOVE BADMOTORFINGER SUPERUNKNOWN TONY DAWE GBF2033@INFONET.ST-JOHNS.NF.CA ------------------------------ From: grendel Subject: Re: who shall open for sg? That would certainly do it. I don't know how popular the Posies are with the SG crowd (um, not very?), but their styles probably don't mix very well (an understatement?). But Bumbershoot is a beautiful thing - always some surprises. Ever heard of Bob's Your Uncle? I saw them at Bumbershoot a couple of years ago. Now that I think about it, they would make a good opening band for SG. They have a female lead vocalist with an _incredible_ voice. She'd sound good in a duet with Chris. And muscially I think they'd compliment SG. Very high energy live. OK, scratch Throwing Muses, my vote goes to Bob's Your Uncle (I really _did_ have some reasons to pick TM - female vocalist, ethereal sound that would be a great counterpoise to the live SG experience, but somehow I think it's probably my own private fantasy double bill). On Thu, 2 Nov 1995, Ethan Hennessey wrote: > When SG played Bumbershoot (Seattle, 1990), they were filling in for the > Psychedelic Furs, who cancelled at the last minute. The problem was, the > Posies were still slotted as the opening act. Talk about a pssed off > crowd.... > ----Ethan > > ============================================================= i probably should be studying civil procedure ============================================================= ------------------------------ From: foreshocks@bbs.cowland.com Subject: ok.. I just heard a lil something about Alive in the Superunknown on Z-Rock... I turned it on in the middle of Debbie Dowd's news so I didn't catch all of it, she mentioned Like Suicide (acoustic), Fell on Black Days (video version), She Likes Surprises and Superunknown.. I guess this is what's gonna be on the EP version of Alive.., I'm not totally sure though.. she also mentioned the cd rom.. which contains videos, as you know, 150 pictures... is that right? I think that's what she said, new songs, something about backstage antics... dunno. ;) Now I just wish I had a cd rom player.. ------------------------------ From: Brian McGilton Subject: Re: I want to be king. On Thu, 2 Nov 1995, Tony Dawe wrote: > On Thu, 2 Nov 1995, John Grieves wrote: > > > At 03:10 PM 11/1/95 -0800, Chicka Jackeen wrote: > > > > > Um, a good opening band for sg? How about, uh, how about, uh, > > >how about the tea party? (ok, maybe only the canadians on the > > >list will be able to judge that one.) -j > > > > > > > We got Tea Party down here in Aus - I saw them at Australia's Alternative > > Nation festival --> great band, good choice for opening for SG. > > > > Jackhammer. > > > > i love the tea party, they are cool. the new album (i geuss you can call > it new) edges of twilight is so cool. > i know i may get flamed for this, but i think that silverchair qwould be > great. they are young, but are so good. > also, mabey our lady peace, they are very good too, or even the foo fighters. > there are so many that are not as good as soundgarden, but there are some > that are better. Too late, Silverchair is already opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers on their upcomming tour. > _____ ____ > / /\ | | |\ | |\ | |\ |\ | |\ | > / / \ | | | \ | | \ | /\ | \ | \ | | \ | > \ / \ | | | \ | | \ | / \ | \ | \ |__ | \ | > \ \ / | | | \| | / | __ /____\ |__/ | / | | \| > / \ / | | | | | / | | / \ | \ | / | | | > / \/ |____| | | |/ |____| / \| \ |/ |___ | | > SOUNDGARDEN ULTRAMEGA OK LOUDER THAN LOVE BADMOTORFINGER SUPERUNKNOWN > TONY DAWE GBF2033@INFONET.ST-JOHNS.NF.CA > > ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: jesus rice pose... On Thu, 2 Nov 1995, Carolyn wrote: > One of the bands was Powderfinger. Some of you might remember I wrote to > the list a while ago because I'd just heard their music, and I was very > impressed with their vocalist, Bernard Fanning, because he had such strength > in his voice, a lot like our Chris Cornell. To hear him sing last night was forget his voice, carolyn. he *looks* like chris :) > SO, do any of you have similar stories of talking to band members, be they > from Soundgarden or another band? When I say talking, I mean in real last year I met the drummer from a sydney band called bu-baca. they were a sort of high-energy african rhythm band, with lots of dancing around. I didn't think they would be that cool, but they had a great young drummer. I talked to him at the bar after the show, and asked him which drummers he admired. he listed his, and I said that I really liked matt cameron from soundgarden. he surprised me by saying that when soundgarden last toured here in australia, matt cameron put on a drum clinic at his local music store, and this guy got to hang out with matt for the day. he said that matt was a very cool guy, which was not surprising :) I envied him all night long. ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: Re: Chris, his instrument and a little on hiro On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, Chicka Jackeen wrote: > Ok, people, let's comprise a list of all the instruments Chris has > ever playued for a recording or live. > 1. Drums > 2. Bass > > Ok, i'm sure there are more, but none are coming to my mind right now, > so any additions to the list are more than welcome. -j he helped produce one of the screaming trees earlier albums with terry date (uncle anasthesia), and he sung on a couple of songs. but most important of all, he played the recorder on one of the tracks. I listened to it in the record store, but it wasn't very distinct. maybe he should have brought himself forward in the mix :) btw, regarding hiro and why he left soundgarden, I read in an old q magazine the other night that he left to become a physics major at university. would he regret his career move? ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: tommy the drumming tomato... On Thu, 2 Nov 1995 foreshocks@bbs.cowland.com wrote: > I saw my dream show last year, with the perfect opening bands.. > Soundgarden, Tad and Eleven... Well we all know how awesome Soundgarden > is, Tad is awesome (or so I think), and I love Eleven.. Did anyone else > see this tour? What did you think of Eleven? Matt plays four songs on > their new album and I must say he blows their old drummer away. :-) matt cameron will *always* blow that jack irons character away. every single time :) is the drumming kinda the same as the stuff from superunknown? ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: Tony Dawe Subject: Re: I want to be king. On Thu, 2 Nov 1995, Brian McGilton wrote: > > i love the tea party, they are cool. the new album (i geuss you can call > > it new) edges of twilight is so cool. > > i know i may get flamed for this, but i think that silverchair qwould be > > great. they are young, but are so good. > > also, mabey our lady peace, they are very good too, or even the foo fighters. > > there are so many that are not as good as soundgarden, but there are some > > that are better. > > Too late, Silverchair is already opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers on > their upcomming tour. > oh, who cares about the stupid rhcp, i want silverchair to open for sg. i just heard the rhcp song, myfriends, i hate it. it is the worst. or mabey we could get hole, or smashing pumpkins, or nin, or how about sweet 75 (krist noveslic new band). that would be way cool. _____ ____ / /\ | | |\ | |\ | |\ |\ | |\ | / / \ | | | \ | | \ | /\ | \ | \ | | \ | \ / \ | | | \ | | \ | / \ | \ | \ |__ | \ | \ \ / | | | \| | / | __ /____\ |__/ | / | | \| / \ / | | | | | / | | / \ | \ | / | | | / \/ |____| | | |/ |____| / \| \ |/ |___ | | SOUNDGARDEN ULTRAMEGA OK LOUDER THAN LOVE BADMOTORFINGER SUPERUNKNOWN TONY DAWE GBF2033@INFONET.ST-JOHNS.NF.CA ------------------------------ From: 9304458s <9304458s@lux.levels.unisa.edu.au> Subject: the tea party On 2nd of Oct, Jackhammer wrote: > At 03:10 PM 11/1/95 -0800, Chicka Jackeen wrote: > > > Um, a good opening band for sg? How about, uh, how about, uh, > >how about the tea party? (ok, maybe only the canadians on the > >list will be able to judge that one.) -j > > > > We got Tea Party down here in Aus - I saw them at Australia's Alternative > Nation festival --> great band, good choice for opening for SG. > > Jackhammer. Yup, and they get a bit of airplay on Australia's biggest 'alternative' radio station, Triple J. In fact, 'certain slant of light' is on triple j's hottest 100 vol.2 compilation. I've got their 'edge of twilight' cd. They would be the perfect band to open for SG (or to tour by themselves, actually). David. ------------------------------ From: Carolyn Subject: Re: POTUSA / Silverchair On 2 November 1995, Foreshocks wrote: >.......Or POTUSA, >Soundgarden playing with the Presidents would be definitely cool.... Hey, that's an idea! I find POTUSA to be similar to the Violent Femmes, in that they both sing fun and trippy songs, with a very unique style. They'd both be a good contrast to Soundgarden, and of course with POTUSA opening, Kim T would get to play in both bands......... {what are your favourite tunes from the POTUSA CD, Foreshocks?} And Tony Dawe wrote: >i know i may get flamed for this, but i think that silverchair would be >great. they are young, but are so good. Hey, Tony, who gives a shit about getting flamed? I too thought of Silverchair - but mainly because they like Soundgarden so much. I think they'd be one band that would really appreciate the honour of being able to play at a concert before their heroes (our heroes too!) took to the stage. And if they could also play with Helmet and Tool, well hey, they'd be in seventh heaven! Carolyn the Music Fetishist (thanks Avatar) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get on the snake where the metal river bleeds **SOUNDGARDEN** Ever think about the stones you left unturned? **PENNYWISE** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ From: Carolyn Subject: Re: Fur or not to Fur I wrote: >> >Fur didn't do much for me, but Sidewinder was excellent. Jamie wrote: >> Fur was feature on an MTV special about new bands out of the land down under >> (the special was mostly on Silverchair). But they did give Fur a good review - >> could it have been a bad night, or is our Carolyn a better judge of bands...... Aleko wrote: >Well i have a couple of times (opening for others) and although they put >a good live performance on I didn't like their music that much. I think >Carolyn is just expressing her opinion on Fur, others may like Fur, you >know that thing about people having different tastes. Thought I'd better elaborate on my original "Fur didn't do much for me" statement. FYI, they consist of a female vocalist and bass player, and a male drummer. I thought their drummer was very good. Talented. Their bass player might be good too, but she's such a DEADSHIT on stage!!!!! Okay, so as a general rule, bass players might not be the mostly lively of people when they play, but hell, this girl looked so bored it seemed she would rather be anywhere than where she was. For me, to see a band perform as if they don't enjoy what they're doing, makes it harder to enjoy them myself. And the vocalist looked to me like she was trying so hard to act like a heavy metal headbanging thing - with her over-exaggerated guitar strokes and her screaming voice. Even live, I couldn't understand a damn word she sang (I use the term 'sang' loosely). HOWEVER (!!), I actually liked the tunes they played. In fact, if they had a different vocalist I'd probably have liked them as much as I did Sidewinder & Powderfinger.............. Carolyn the Meaningful Fur-critic ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And it's raining icepicks on your steel shore - SOUNDGARDEN Our little group has always been & always will until the end - NIRVANA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: lettuce me drown... has anybody else ever noticed that our wonderful list administrator never has anything to say about soundgarden? I wonder what he's up to? I mean all he ever says is unsub this and member directory that. I tried to get him into a conversation about chris' vocal changes and the intricacies of superunknown way back at the beginning, but no dice. don't you want to talk mr. perlman? I'm sure you have lots to say about soundgarden's music and everything about them, so why don't you speak up? it's about time you did. ps. all in jest, wiffle :) ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: "Dan \"Pop-tart\" Hearsch" Subject: openers i don't think alice in chains would be a ggod opening band either, but not because they're not good enough. they wouldn't be good to open for soundgarden because they're not an opening act anymore. they're too good to open for a band. aic and sg share a lot of the same fans, and i'll admit that aic is on a downswing, while sg is on the upswing, but aic has had its own tours, it headlined palooza (well, right behind primus anyway), they had the balls to bail on the opening of the rock and roll hall of fame. in plain english, too many people would come just to see aic, then might not be as excited to see sg, especially considering the fact that aic hasn't done anything in a long time. now, i could see coc, or mad season maybe, but i heard some other band, and i am blanking on it. i want to say toadies or something like that. anyway quoi? ------------------------------ From: "Dan \"Pop-tart\" Hearsch" Subject: Re: the tea party i know the guys in the tea party. ------------------------------ From: The Back Door Man Subject: Re: tommy the drumming tomato... Did you guys know that Irons was the original drummer for the Chili Peppers? BDM On Fri, 3 Nov 1995, blind dog wrote: > matt cameron will *always* blow that jack irons character away. > every single time :) is the drumming kinda the same as the stuff from > superunknown? "If there's a higher power at work here he either has a weird sense of humor or way too much time on his hands." --R. Green ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: jack the man the with no scruples On Fri, 3 Nov 1995, The Back Door Man wrote: > Did you guys know that Irons was the original drummer for the Chili Peppers? yeah, I knew ross. and I have grave doubts regarding jack irons' professionality. first he declines to join pearl jam. then he's playing with the red hot chili peppers. then he somehow ends up with eleven, whom he totally blows off to run away from and joins up with pearl jam, who btw dropped one of the best drummers going around for their old friend jack. more unilateral decision making prowess on the behalf of eddie, imho. he's worse than that jason everman. and he's got no chops whatsoever. and if you're a guy who can leave one band for another band while the first is in the middle of recording an album, then not much can be said. I'm sure that I don't know the whole jack irons story (nor do I want desperately to), but he seems like a pretty fishy character to me. its just lucky that eleven knew such a nice guy as matt, so that they could finish their record with a minimum of hassles. btw, if there are any dave abbruseesse fans on the list, his new band is called ten hands, and they have started to record some material, although they don't have a record deal yet. ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: blind dog Subject: cyberian rhubarb this is pretty cool. until now I thought that the cyberian rhapsody would be kinda boring, but I just read at the site's homepage that matt cameron will actually be playing with the orchestra live, as well as barrett martin the drummer from the screaming trees. ----------------------------------- a thousand doors, a thousand lies rooms a thousand years wide ----------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 1 Issue 89] ***************************************