From: somms@mit.edu To: somms-digest@mit.edu Subject: Soundgarden Digest, Wednesday, 4 Dec 1996 Reply-To: somms@mit.edu Date: Wed, 04 Dec 1996 01:48:56 EST Sender: saperl The Soundgarden Digest: Wednesday, 4 Dec 1996 listadmin: saperl@mit.edu list archive: http://www.sgi.net/soundgarden/archive/ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: email saperl@mit.edu Today's Topics: the website RHINOSAUR IN DEL MAR!!!! Letter Re: Slash and SG Sondgarden`s shows Ben in magazines boot camp Re: boot camp guitar world talks trash... i will bleed your heart what else? 2nd L.A. show ------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: the website From: seth As the end of this semester rushes towards me, I find myself with a stack of Soundgarden stuff to add to the website and no time to make it happen. Be patient -- it will happen sooner or later. :) In the case of the Song of the Month for December, it may happen this week. If it doesn't, I'll probably wait until January. To those of you who have sent me small or large quantities of stuff for the Soundgarden or Hater sites, I will get to it as soon as I can, I promise. The only thing more amazing to me than the fact that there are 700+ people on this list is that there are more than 800 HTML documents within www.sgi.net/soundgarden/! Eager to add another 100 by the end of January, seth ------------------------------ From: Paul Rosenthal Subject: RHINOSAUR IN DEL MAR!!!! One thing Anti-Dog left out of her otherwise excellent review of the del mar show 11/30 was what I thought a highlight of both shows I saw(11/30 and 12/1), right after BUTOW, chris disposing of his guitar as they launch full force into RHINOSAUR, it was killer to hear live. At the end of the song, kim and ben transposed the main riff up their guitar necks until they reached an explosive musical climax..then into HAO..I went nuts. meeting other sommsters was way cool..maybe can hook up again before the next tour. comin' back down.. paul ------------------------------ From: JHoops7@aol.com Subject: Letter I read something on amessage board about this being some kind of Soundgarden fan club typr thing, could you give me some information. Thank You James Murphy Going to the Salem, Oregon show on December 8 ------------------------------ From: Gonzo Subject: Re: Slash and SG I can not verify any recent sightings regarding Slash and SG. Kim talks about Slash and Mcduff In the July '96 Guitar World issue Soundgarden feature. GW:Early on,SG toured with overtly metal acts like Skid row and Guns&Roses. What was that like? Thayil:It was kind of fun. GW:Did you get along with those guys? Thayil:Yeah.I still occasionally see Duff[Mckagan] or Slash when I'm in L.A or when they're up here in Seattle.Duff lives here,you know.When we're in town we'll play in their side bands or go see them,and with Skid Row,....... Gonzo At 02:14 PM 11/27/96 -0700, Cecilia Filiplic wrote: >Hey SOMMSters! > >I was reading a recent Slash interview on my Guns 'n Roses digest when I >came across this: > >>Of today's bands, which are your favorites? >> I love Soundgarden. I think they're brilliant. I got Soundgarden in the >>car right now. I like Elastica. I think Nirvana was great. Alice In Chains >>is great. I'm actually really good friends with most of those guys, and I >>jam with them all the time. > >Really? Can anyone verify any recent Slash + SG sightings? > >Just wondering, >Cecilia > > Jaime Gonzalez Computer Repair Technician Engineering Services Michigan State University 505 Computer Center 353-5266 JGG@pilot.msu.edu FAX:517/3536506 ------------------------------ From: "stimpy1" Subject: Sondgarden`s shows Hi all listen i have a few qustions about soundgarden`s shows 1).i never been in one of SG shows but what i know is that they cant really "catch" the crowd if you know what i mean so i want to know honestly how are they preforming with the crowd? 2).in SG prefomences are there many peple and if the crowd like get wild like headbanging stage diving and if soundgarden get "wild"? 3).and the last one is what songs does soundgarden sing in thire concerts i mean like old new and if they sing songs from badmotorfinger? ok? take care now byebye then!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- This Mail Was Send By Stimpy1 Email:stimpy1@netvision.net.il - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- ------------------------------ From: "mcinturff, dylan" Subject: Ben in magazines Does anyone out there know if Ben has ever consented to be interviewed by any bass or guitar magazines? I have searched the articles on the page, but can't find any interviews with him. also, does anyone know any specific info about how he gets that great bass sound live and/or in the studio? I know that live he uses Mesa Boogie amps and cabinets and Fender and Music Man basses, but does anyone know about his wireless unit and any outboard gear he may use? On Rusty Cage, it almost sounded like he had an octave pedal going. Also, does he use flatwound strings? More senseless questions from the list tech Dylan ------------------------------ From: Joe Cennamo Subject: boot camp I was listening to boot camp the other day on my personal cd player and i noticed that during the intro you can hear someone talking in the background like a tv. Does anyone have any idea what this guy is saying? I listened to the song over and over and couldn't figure it out. thanks, joec ------------------------------ From: UnknMan@aol.com Subject: Re: boot camp joec says: >I was listening to boot camp the other day on my personal cd player and i >noticed that during the intro you can hear someone talking in the >background like a tv. >Does anyone have any idea what this guy is saying? I listened to the song >over and over and couldn't figure it out. From earlier posts we seem to have decided it was some sort of a economy or political related speech. If you listen you can hear a few key words that points to this. Go back a listen to it using headphones & crank it up during the intro & it may seem a little clearer. With as much discussion we had on this a few months back I'm surprised this question wasn't passed on to the band, since many of us (not including me who wasn't any closer than 8 hours away) physically met the band. I guess it is hard to do much more than say hi, ask for an autograph & say how much you admire them. After meeting personal heroes over the years (Nolan Ryan, Greg Graffin, etc) I know how it feels just avoiding tossing your cookie on their shoes (c: Ray (c: ------------------------------ From: Brian Subject: guitar world talks trash... on 12.03.96 joec wrote: > Another thing that gets me is how he can credit Chris with his vocals > and the rest of the band sucks. seems to me that the singer gets all the attention regardless of whether he sucks or not. why not talk about chris' guitar-playing skills? since maybe ltl chris' guitar playing just gets better and better. in fact, unlike bush or hole, the style that chris (and kim) play in is pretty unique. maybe it doesn't seem so since so many people are imitating the sound... and lanky ben rules the bottom. > now why would a drummer like soundgarden? :) yes, why indeed ;) > The cover says Bush talks trash. So maybe the nice folks at guitar > world are soundgarden fans. the entire staff of guitar world talks trash. whatever is the trend, whoever is selling and flooding the radio is glamourized and made to seem godlike. for once i'd like to see a piece on sg that has some substance. i don't want some kind of filler stuck in there to appease people like me who think that this could be interesting and buy that fucking rag. i think that sg, both the music produced and the group of musicians who create it, warrants an article that portrays them as more than a group of freaks on the fringe of some dumb-ass musical movement. (read critic-inspired buzzword that easily categorizes the placement of a cd in a certain section of a record store). as you already know, non-drummers also get off on matt's drumming... brian ------------------------------ From: j_crocke@unity.ncsu.edu Subject: i will bleed your heart > > yep got tix for charlotte...2:30 sounds good....or earlier if you want, > whatever, im free all day... > > damn i cant wait...so psyched for this show...and i WANT TO MEET MAYNARD!!!! for those of you who can't decipher this private meeage from deedee to me, we are going to see.... TOOL in charlotte on friday. This is AFTER we see TOOL on WEDNESDAY in RALEIGH!!! what a way to wind down before finals.... SG content: i usually refer to matt as my favorite drummer. Well, like time, my tastes.. they are a'changin'... I was listening to "jimmy" on the new tool cd, and i realized that danny carey, the drummer, rarely used the snare on that song outside of the chorus and heavy parts. He was using the cymbals to keep time... but it was so subtle, that you had to listen to find the beat. to me, that is pretty damn awesome. and i've noticed something else. Carey seems to be more fluid on his roll-offs than matt. Matt seems to start a roll and end roll-offs with the same intensity and volume. Carey, on the other hand, seems to glide in from nowhere and gradually crescendos (see all these music terms seth?) to the end of the roll-off. he usally ends with a cymbal crash to punctuate the intensity.. ladies and gentelman, i believe matt has been surpased (at least in my book). jeremy ------------------------------ From: Slave4cc@aol.com Subject: what else? Hell-o, I have been seeking out other SG fanatics on this dam computer and I finally found you. I didnt realize how may there were. Kinda give me this sick, squirmy feeling in my belly. Call me selfish, but I thought I was the only one truely addicted-to-them-in-a-bizzare-kind-of-way fan. And now I am drawn to them like a zombie lemming....To hear you people talk (or read it anyway) like about Chris's fork necklace. I love that fukn fork!! Cant you just see it in their eyes tho, how sick and tired they are of the media goons who hound them? I picked up a mag today just to read the 2 page SG inteview, and Chris had this "I am so fukn sick of this I could puke" look in his eyes. Does he seem more skinny and even pale lately? I hope he is OK. I wish they would take a break from touring. I feel like if I were to quit liking them, everyone else would settle down too. Selfish shellfish. I actually had hoped to meet them someday. Not to rape them or grab them, but just to talk to them in a normal kind of way....This will not be possble tho because they are sooo huge right now...they are totally unreachable.. and unfortunately, I am just a normal everyday person, kinda...Have never seen them live. Montana just isnt a big enough place..But I do have SG picks, and just for the first time listened to Screaming Life and it is very excellent.. Of course, it would be... Love to you all my people, and Shroom you are blessed! Slave4cc (chris cornell) ------------------------------ From: jlemerci@rain.artcenter.edu (Johann Lemercier) Subject: 2nd L.A. show Went yesterday to Universal Amphitheatre again for the second show in L.A. They were good, but there's really not much I could add to the review of the first show, since they played almost exactly the same songs. The only change was the addition of Room A Thousand Years Wide (cool!) instead of Search & Destroy and Waiting For The Sun. Also, they showed the little movies this time. The one before BUTOW was definitely worth seeing. Not sure about the other 2. Before My Wave, Chris said something like: 'If you guys still have subscriptions to Rolling Stone magazine, I have nothing left to bitch about'. I probably got it wrong, though. A comment that bugged me was when he introduced Hands All Over: 'This song is for the fans who've been following us for a long time'. When he said that, I honestly thought they were gonna play something else than the somewhat often played HAO. Do they think that nobody likes their earlier stuff? Even if you've been a fan for only a couple years, why wouldn't you like their SubPop and SST records? If the band really wanted to please their die-hard fans, they should include a couple more early songs, and they surely would change the setlists from one night to the next more than they do, especially when they play the same place 2 nights in a row... I guess I sound pissed, but I'm just disappointed. I don't like to admit it, but it wasn't worth going both nights. - -Johann "Are you gonna bark all day, little doggie? Or are you gonna bite?" - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://lounge.artcenter.edu/students/jlemerci/ My tape list is at: http://lounge.artcenter.edu/students/jlemerci/boot.htm - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of somms Digest [Volume 2 Issue 322] ****************************************