SOUNDGARDEN

Soundgarden’s fourth full-length, Superunknown, made it to Number One on the charts and eventually went five-times platinum, and its singles “Spoonman” and “Black Hole Sun” earned the group two Grammys. But despite its successes, it’s still an intriguing record with a long backstory, which the group is commemorating with a lavish, super-deluxe edition. So while the group was in New York City to celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary with a run-through of the whole record, Rolling Stone met up with frontman Chris Cornell and drummer Matt Cameron to dig deep and find five behind-the-scenes stories about the making of their biggest record.

In the video, Cornell and Cameron discuss how a TV clown inspired the title Superunknown, how “Spoonman” came from a fake mixtape Pearl Jam guitarist Jeff Ament had made for the movie Singles, some of the lost sonic treats Cornell found when re-listening to the 5.1 surround sound mix of the album in the super-deluxe edition and more.

The band will be hitting the road this summer with another band that had a big album come out in 1994, Nine Inch Nails. Although the group has not yet committed to playing Superunknown in full on the tour, as they did in New York and at the iTunes Festival at South by Southwest, Cornell said the group has not ruled out the possibility. “We’re still considering it,” he told Rolling Stone. “There are a couple more shows where we will play the whole thing. Really, we could choose to do that at any one of these Nine Inch Nails dates at any time – or the whole thing. You never know.”

Artist: Soundgarden

Album: Superunknown [20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Collection]

Released: 2014

Style: Alt Rock

CD1:
01 – Let Me Drown
02 – My Wave
03 – Fell On Black Days
04 – Mailman
05 – Superunknown
06 – Head Down
07 – Black Hole Sun
08 – Spoonman
09 – Limo Wreck
10 – The Day I Tried To Live
11 – Kickstand
12 – Fresh Tendrils
13 – 4th Of July
14 – Half
15 – Like Suicide
16 – She Likes Surprises
CD2:
01 – The Day I Tried To Live (Alternate Mix)
02 – Spoonman (Alternate Steve Fisk Remix)
03 – Beyond The Wheel (Live At Exibition Stadium, Toronto
04 – Fell On Black Days (Live At Pine Knob Music Theater, C
05 – Birth Ritual (Original Demo Version)
06 – Jesus Christ Pose (Live At Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
07 – Like Suicide (Acoustic Version)
08 – Kickstand (Live At Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh,
09 – My Wave (Live At Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY
10 – Spoonman (Steve Fisk Remix)
11 – Exit Stonehenge
12 – Kyle Petty, Son Of Richard
13 – Black Days III
14 – Ghostmotorfinger
15 – Jerry Garcia’s Finger
16 – Fell On Black Days (Video Version)
CD3:
01 – Let Me Drown (Demo Version)
02 – Fell On Black Days (Demo Version)
03 – Superunknown
04 – Black Hole Sun
05 – Spoonman (Demo Version)
06 – Fresh Tendrils (Demo Version)
07 – 4th Of July (Demo Version)
08 – Half (Demo Version)
09 – Like Suicide (Demo Version)
CD4:
01 – Black Hole Sun
02 – Bing Bing Goes To Church (Rehearsal Version)
03 – Half (Instrumentally) (Rehearsal Version)
04 – Head Down (Rehearsal Version)
05 – Kyle Petty, Son Of Richard (Rehearsal Version)
06 – Let Me Drown (Rehearsal Version)
07 – Limo Wreck (Rehearsal Version)
08 – My Wave (Rehearsal Version)
09 – Fresh Tendrils (Rehearsal Version)
10 – Like Suicide (Rehearsal Version)
11 – Ruff Riff-Raff (Rehearsal Version)
12 – Spoonman (Rehearsal Version)
13 – The Date I Tried To Leave (Rehearsal Version)
14 – The Day I Tried To Live (Rehearsal Version)