From: Automatic digest processor To: Recipients of SOMMS digests Subject: SOMMS Digest - 11 Jun 1999 to 12 Jun 1999 Date: Saturday, June 12, 1999 2:01 AM There are 6 messages totalling 302 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. soundgarden mp3s 2. LOTS of CORNELL NEWS 3. Euphoria Morning's track listing (3) 4. Matt and Tony Iommi To UNSUBSCRIBE from SOMMS, send email to LISTSERV@MITVMA.MIT.EDU with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF SOMMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:02:20 PDT From: The Devil You Know Subject: soundgarden mp3s Hi, I remember someone speaking of a 'god of soundgarden' site with alot of rare mp3's and such. Can someone send or post the address to the list for me? It would be greatly appreciated!!! ThanX Jill PS I CANT WAIT FOR CHRIS' CD!!!! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 16:30:20 EDT From: Lance Huber Subject: LOTS of CORNELL NEWS >From Friday 6/11/99 USA Today ....Page 1 Section E: SOUNDGARDEN'S CHRIS CORNELL EXPLORES 'EUPHORIA' OF GOING SOLO Euphoria Morning, the highly anticipated solo debut by former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, arrives Sept. 21 on A&M/Interscope. Produced by Cornell and guitarist Alain Johannes, the introspective album explores turf beyond the hard rock Soundgarden mined. Cornell's shift to singer/songwriter status with a leaning toward experimental pop was partly inspired by his love for the Beatles and'60s R&B balladry, yielding tunes such as the druggie Flutter Girl, acoustic Sweet Euphoria and first single Can't Change Me, which goes to radio Aug. 2. The grunge pioneer hasn't abandoned dark themes (Follow My Way, When I'm Down) or rock, as evidenced in the hard-edged Mission, grand Pillow of Your Bones and epic Preaching the End of the World. Nor has he ruled out a reunion with Soundgarden, which split amicably in 1997. As the band rose to global fame, pressures and duties began to outweigh the joy of making music. "We were always about freedom, and we started to feel like that wasn't necessarily there anymore," he says. "Once we get over this legacy....it's a very open-door situation." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 23:08:01 EDT From: Shawnte Orion Subject: Euphoria Morning's track listing In case no one else has mentioned this, yet (I'm on digest), this is on sonicnet's site Ex-Soundgarden Singer To Release Varied Solo Debut In Fall Euphoria Morning features contributions from former bandmate, drummer Matt Cameron. Senior Writer Gil Kaufman reports: Two years after the demise of Soundgarden, the hard-rock band's frontman, Chris Cornell, will release an "intensely musical" solo debut in the fall, according to his manager. Euphoria Morning is due Sept. 21, more than three years after Soundgarden released their last studio album, Down on the Upside. The 12-track album will be preceded by the single "Can't Change Me" in late August, manager Jim Guerniot said. The album mixes the influence of classic pop with that of such modern psychedelic-rockers as Radiohead, according to Guerniot. "It still really rocks hard at points and showcases him as a singer and songwriter." -- Jim Guerniot, Chris Cornell manager Guerniot described "Can't Change Me" as a "pretty straight-up, midtempo rocker with an intense musical approach and a great, strong vocal." He said the album, in addition to touching on the postmodern psychedelia exemplified by Radiohead, also experiments with electronic effects on a number of the songs. In keeping with Soundgarden's whisper-to-a-scream dynamics, Guerniot said the album swings from the hard rock of "Disappearing One" and "Follow My Way" to the dark ballad "Preaching the End of the World," which he described as "Chris' way of doing a ballad the way [British singer/songwriter] Beth Orton would do it, not like a [hard-rock producer] Mutt Lange power ballad." "He probably clipped the top end a bit," Guerniot said of the album's sound, "but it still really rocks hard at points and showcases him as a singer and songwriter." Guerniot said fans will be able to recognize Cornell's signature rebel-yell vocals, made famous on such hard-rocking Soundgarden songs as "Pretty Noose" (RealAudio excerpt) and "Blow Up the Outside World" (RealAudio excerpt), but they might be surprised by the album's overall musical vibe. "Parts of it are really layered," Guerniot said, comparing it to works by Pink Floyd and Radiohead. The muscular-voiced Cornell, 35, fronted Soundgarden for more than a decade. Formed in Seattle in 1984, Soundgarden were one of the most commercially successful bands to emerge from the city's famed grunge scene, which included such contemporaries as Nirvana, Tad and the Melvins. The group was among the first signed to the influential Sub Pop label, which released Soundgarden's debut EP, the searing Screaming Life, in 1987. Soundgarden also were one of the first grunge bands to sign to a major label; A&M released Louder Than Love in 1989. Anchored by Cornell's vocals and the aggressive guitars of Kim Thayil, Soundgarden finally broke through with Superunknown (1994), which featured their first radio hit, "Black Hole Sun," as well as "Spoonman" and "Fell on Black Days." Over their 12-year career, Soundgarden sold more than 20 million albums. Cornell's first solo venture was "Sunshower" (RealAudio excerpt), which appeared on the 1998 soundtrack to "Great Expectations." Guitarist Alain Johannes and bassist Natasha Shneider of Los Angeles rock band Eleven, who backed Cornell on "Sunshower," also appear on Euphoria Morning, and Johannes co-produced the album with Cornell. Also helping out in the studio were in-demand Los Angeles session drummer Josh Freese, who has worked with hardcore punk act the Vandals and reportedly is the new drummer for missing-in-action '80s rockers Guns n' Roses. Ex-Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, who joined Pearl Jam's live lineup last summer, dropped by the studio while Pearl Jam were in Los Angeles earlier this year and recorded parts for the song "Disappearing One." "I have so much newfound respect for Chris and [Pearl Jam singer] Eddie [Vedder]," said Cameron, who sings lead vocals on his side project Wellwater Conspiracy's most recent album, Brotherhood of Electric: Operational Directive(s) (1999). "They're accomplished singers who write great lyrics, which is so difficult," Cameron said. "It's the most expressive instrument you can have in this style of music." Guerniot said Cornell is still working on getting a live band together; it is expected to include Johannes and Shneider, as well as session musician Ric Markman on bass. Among the venues being considered for a dozen late-summer club dates are the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, Town Hall in New York and Wadsworth Theater in Los Angeles. The full track listing for the album is: "Can't Change Me," "Flutter Girl," "Preaching the End of the World," "Follow My Way," "When I'm Down," "Mission," "Wave Goodbye," "Moonchild," "Sweet Euphoria," "Disappearing One," "Pillow of Your Bones" and "Steel Rain." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 00:13:27 EDT From: Igor Nepomnyashchiy Subject: Matt and Tony Iommi Hi all, dunno if this was posted to the list, but I found this on=20 www.tonyiommi.com: Solo project update! 'Solo' in this case being anything but... Before jumping back into Sabbath and Ozzfest, Tony has been continuing work on his 'solo' album. 'Solo' in this case being anything but, as he is enlisting the help of singers and other musicians to make a very special record. Who will release the record and who will be on the finished CD is still very secret... but we can tell you that Tony and his management have been in talks with several labels, as well as with a number of well-known artists who have expressed interest in contributing to the project.=20 Iommi.com has had the great pleasure of hearing some of the rough tracks for the solo project, and we can categorically state that it flat-out kicks ass!!! With co-writer and producer Bob Marlette, Tony has so far been joined by drummers Matt Cameron and Kenny Aronoff, while singers invited to participate include=20 Phil Anselmo, Henry Rollins, Billy Corgan and Billy Idol=85 oh, and look out for a Brian May solo in there somewhere. There are many more... watch this space, but the line-up won't be announced until the recording has finished. Look for a release date before the end o= f the year.=20 all I can say is... where the hell does Matt get the time? -Igor ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 00:26:27 EDT From: Niki Freer Subject: Re: Euphoria Morning's track listing shawnte wrote:: << Among the venues being considered for a dozen late-summer club dates are the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, Town Hall in New York and Wadsworth Theater in Los Angeles. >> i'll have none of this west coast club date only boohooie!! last i heard, the Loud Love Motel had quite a few occupancies just ripe for the picking!! .......................the Mid-west loves you chriiiiiiiiiiiis............ the southern seaboard loves you...... they want you chris....... to play..... there....... COME to the east coast.............. the east coast looooooooooves you................. the east coast is gooooooooood............. the east coast has rockin' cheesesteaks................ you love philly...... you love philly....... you want to play in philadelphia, new york, and DC.................... you want to take a horrid plane flight to the east for your devoted beloved fans.......... mmmmmmmmm............ the east coast.......... ::meditaties it into his brain:: ::hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm:: mindriot ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 22:56:34 PDT From: The Koggle Subject: Re: Euphoria Morning's track listing ><< Among the venues being considered for a dozen late-summer > club dates are the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco, Town Hall in New > York and Wadsworth Theater in Los Angeles. >> > > > i'll have none of this west coast club date only boohooie!! Hey nik! be glad he's even appearing in your country, girl.. :-p ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of SOMMS Digest - 11 Jun 1999 to 12 Jun 1999 ************************************************