Soundgarden se reforme

[Everflow]

C'est Chris Cornell qui l'a officialisé :

Singer Chris Cornell's (SOUNDGARDEN, AUDIOSLAVE) official web site has been updated with the following message:

"The 12-year break is over and school is back in session. Sign up now. Knights of the Soundtable ride again!"

To sign up, go to http://www.soundgardenworld.com.

Cornell told RollingStone.com in a July 2009 interview that while he and other former members of SOUNDGARDEN have been talking, they have not been discussing a much-rumored reunion. Instead, Cornell explained, "The only thing that we have talked about is trying to put together an album of B-sides and maybe a box set with some unreleased tracks we have. This is something we first talked about 10 years ago. We all feel it's time to do that, and we have a lot of fans out there, and we have a lot of new fans discovering our music, and I think the catalog and the legacy of the band has been ignored by the record label and previous management, so we decided to get together, and start working towards putting something like that out."

Cornell told The Pulse of Radio a while back that he hoped to see a collection of SOUNDGARDEN rarities come out, but that he was not directly involved. "I've sort of left that in Kim (Thayil, guitarist)'s world, because Kim had always talked about wanting to be in charge of doing, like, a box set or a B-sides album," he said. "That was something that he had mentioned years ago, and I'm sure at some point he will want to do it, and that's I guess when it'll get done. I don't know how much actual unreleased stuff is out there, but there's definitely some SOUNDGARDEN rarities stuff that the average fan has not heard and it would be nice to put out."

SOUNDGARDEN recorded a large amount of B-sides, including cover songs and original tracks, that were mostly released on European singles and EPs. Many of them are now difficult to find.

Cornell denied to RollingStone.com that the band would reunite for a tour in 2010, but left the door open, saying, "I've always said nothing is impossible . . . I want to be open to anything, but nothing has changed in terms of our attitude toward it. It takes somebody to really stand up and say, 'We should do this, we have to go do this, let's go do this,' and so far, no one has raised their hand to do that. Still, it's not impossible."

SOUNDGARDEN broke up in 1997 after five albums, but rumors started swirling early last year about a reunion, with one source telling The Pulse of Radio directly that negotiations were underway.

Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron did stage a partial reunion at a March 2009 Tom Morello show in Seattle, playing a handful of SOUNDGARDEN songs with Tad Doyle singing.

[NicoGan]

Yeah !!

[Metal Knight]

Excellent !!

[Everflow]

D'après d'autres sources ça ne serait pas aussi certain que ça, il y a un flou :

The Pulse of Radio reports: The music world was rocked on New Year's Day (January 1) by the news — posted at singer Chris Cornell's web site and Twitter page, plus a new site called Soundgarden World — that grunge gods SOUNDGARDEN would reportedly reunite in 2010 after a 12-year absence. But a closer look at what was posted actually says nothing of the kind, throwing doubt on what — if anything — the band really has in store.

The post reads, "The 12-year break is over and school is back in session. Sign up now. Knights of the Soundtable ride again!" But Knights of the Soundtable was the name of SOUNDGARDEN's fan club, and the message does not say explicitly that SOUNDGARDEN itself is returning — although it is worded vaguely enough to hint at a possible reunion.

And then there's this: Former NIRVANA bassist Krist Novoselic wrote at his Seattle Weekly blog just before Christmas, "I've heard a rumor about a SOUNDGARDEN reunion at the next Coachella festival in April. As a longtime fan of the band, this blew my mind. So I poked around a little, and — according to an excellent source — the rumor is not true."

Rumors of a SOUNDGARDEN reunion have picked up steam in the last year, possibly because the band members are known to have gotten together to talk and three of them — all but Cornell — jammed together last March at a Seattle club.

The talks, however, were reportedly only about the possibility of releasing a long-awaited collection of rarities, along with reissuing the band's catalog and selling some new merchandise.

Billboard.com, after the New Year's Day announcement was posted, reported that the band was in negotiations with several festivals, but that has yet to be officially confirmed or denied.

There's also the question of ex-SOUNDGARDEN drummer Matt Cameron, who now plays in PEARL JAM and has several live commitments with that band lined up this spring and summer.

Cornell told The Pulse of Radio in 2007 that SOUNDGARDEN as a live act had its ups and downs. "SOUNDGARDEN was sometimes like the best rock band you'll ever see, and sometimes we were not that," he said. "Sometimes we were — we were very unpredictable and part of the unpredictableness was sometimes, we just really didn't come together. We were volatile that way."

[Thrashos]

'ti leeeeee qu'il fout la merde avec ses infos contradictoires!

[Everflow]

J'y peux rien si ce sont les Anthrax du grunge.

[Everflow]

Ce coup-ci ils se sont bien reformés puisqu'ils ont donné leur premier concert sous un autre nom :

The newly reunited SOUNDGARDEN performed its first show since 1997 earlier tonight (Friday, April 16) under the name NUDEDRAGONS (anagram of SOUNDGARDEN) at the Showbox at the Market in its Seattle hometown.

The band's setlist was as follows:

01. Spoonman
02. Gun
03. Searching With My Good Eye Closed
04. Rusty Cage
05. Beyond The Wheel
06. Flower
07. Ugly Truth
08. Fell On Black Days
09. Hunted Down
10. Nothing To Say
11. Loud Love
12. Blow Up The Outside World
13. Pretty Noose
14. Outshined
15. Slaves And Bulldozers

Encore:

16. Get On The Snake
17. Big Dumb Sex
18. Waiting For The Sun (THE DOORS cover)

[Gandalf]

Viendez en Europe les gars !

[NicoGan]

Etonnant qu'ils n'aient pas joué Black Hole Sun

[guardianofsteel]

Je me suis fais la même réflexion! J'ai du vérifier deux fois

[NicoGan]

Dans un sens c'est pas bien grave mais manque aussi 4th of July

[Yathin Lizzy]

Y'a pas Jesus Christ Pose non plus ...

[Gandalf]

Ouais, surtout ce dernier titre....

[Metal B]

Mon tout premier concert!! Que d'émotion rien qu'à y penser!
Et effectivement il manque Jesus Christ Pose. Quand à Black Hole Sun, normal qu'elle ne soit pas sur la set list, le groupe n'a pas supporté son succès, et d'être considéré comme un "one hit wonder band".

[Everflow]

Un best of double CD avec DVD et inédits sort pour l'occasion :

SOUNDGARDEN will release its first collection of music since 1996, "Telephantasm", on September 28 in the U.S. and September 27 internationally. This career-spanning retrospective album includes never-before-heard unreleased track "Black Rain", taken from the "Badmotorfinger" recording sessions.

Behind-the-scenes footage of the "Telephantasm" manufacturing process can be viewed below.

The band will partner with innovative gaming publisher Activision to release the album on September 28 via A&M/UMe inside one million copies of the new videogame Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. This release marks the first time a music album will be simultaneously released and bundled with a video game launch. Additionally, fans will get full access to the band's new album as downloadable content for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. The 12-song disc will then be available on October 5 at all music retail outlets and on the band's web site.

On September 28, A&M/UMe will release three expanded versions of "Telephantasm" which will include a double-disc with 12 additional tracks, five of which are previously unreleased, and SOUNDGARDEN's first-ever DVD, featuring 20 videos, 13 of which have never been released, a deluxe three-LP vinyl edition and an individually numbered super deluxe collector's edition. The super deluxe collector's edition will be available for a limited time and will include two CDs, the limited-edition DVD, three heavy vinyl discs, a collectible poster, lithos, and much more. These three expanded versions will be available at all music retail outlets and on the band's web site.

The track listing for the various release formats is as follows:

** "Telephantasm" (Single CD):

01. Hunted Down
02. Hands All Over
03. Outshined
04. Rusty Cage
05. Birth Ritual
06. Black Hole Sun
07. Spoonman
08. My Wave
09. Fell On Black Days
10. Burden In My Hand
11. Blow Up The Outside World
12. Black Rain (previously unreleased)

** "Telephantasm" (2-CD/Limited-Edition DVD):

CD - Disc One:

01. All Your Lies
02. Hunted Down
03. Fopp
04. Beyond The Wheel
05. Flower (BBC session)*
06. Hands All Over
07. Big Dumb Sex
08. Get On The Snake (live)
09. Room A Thousand Years Wide (single version)*
10. Rusty Cage
11. Outshined
12. Slaves & Bulldozers

CD - Disc Two:

01. Jesus Christ Pose (live)
02. Birth Ritual
03. My Wave
04. Superunknown
05. Spoonman
06. Black Hole Sun
07. Fell On Black Days (video version)
08. Burden In My Hand
09. Dusty
10. Pretty Noose (live on "SNL")*
11. Blow Up The Outside World (MTV "Live 'N' Loud")*
12. Black Rain*

*Previously unreleased on CD

DVD - The Music Videos:

01. Flower
02. Hands All Over^
03. Loud Love^
04. Jesus Christ Pose (original version)
05. Outshined
06. Rusty Cage
07. My Wave^
08. Spoonman
09. The Day I Tried To Live (uncensored)^
10. Black Hole Sun^
11. Fell On Black Days^
12. Pretty Noose (uncensored)
13. Burden In My Hand
14. Blow Up The Outside World (uncensored)

Bonus Videos:

01. Spoonman (mash-up version)
02. The Day I Tried To Live (European version)
03. Superunknown^
04. Pretty Noose (international version)
05. Pretty Noose (alternate ending)
06. Blow Up The Outside World (censored)

All videos previously unreleased except ^

** Super Deluxe Version (2 CDs + Limited-Edition DVD + 3 heavy vinyl discs plus more in deluxe packaging)

[NicoGan]

La pochette on dirait les t-shirt avec des animaux qu'on trouve au marché

[Everflow]

Ah ouais, moi ça me fait aussi penser aux t-shirts Johnny, je ne sais pas pourquoi.

[brother of steel]

Parce qu'on les trouve aussi au marche

[Everflow]

Interview :

http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainme ... re/9205113

ARTISTdirect: Is "The Keeper" indicative of your creative process on the new SOUNDGARDEN or has that been much heavier?

Cornell: Well, no matter what, SOUNDGARDEN is always going to be heavier. However, I also think musically the new SOUNDGARDEN stuff is different than anything we've ever done. Having said that, I think that's a theme we've always had. I think every time we've made a record it wasn't really that easy to compare it to the previous one—other than that we're the same band. I think may be some moments that are sort of sonically quieter and more stripped-down. On the whole, it's a rock record. That's what we do.

ARTISTdirect: Have is it always been important for you to paint visual pictures that aren't necessarily explicit? You can interpret "The Keeper" many ways just like you can "Pretty Noose" or "Let Me Drown". Is it crucial to tell a story that's both ambiguous and relatable?

Cornell: That's always been the goal… I suppose the times I've missed the mark are when it seems clear to me and it's not clear to anybody else. [Laughs] It's pretty easy to get too far away from it. Literally a couple of poorly chosen words can kind of obscure the thought, the idea, and the image, and it's not there anymore. It's good to hear that you feel like it's intact. The only direction I got from Marc Forster, the director, was "Don't be too literal," which I never do. He actually followed that up by saying, "You never are, but if I would say anything it's that". I agree with it. I really don't think that it would be complimentary to a great film. I don't think there's really an environment where that would work. I could point out a bunch of songs written for films where they were completely word-for-word obvious and descriptive of the synopsis. It's as if they were the synopsis. I won't waste either of our time. [Laughs] Okay, "Ghostbusters"!

[Gandalf]

Des dates !

May 27
Pinkpop Festival

May 29
Paris Le Zenith

June 1
Rock Am Ring

June 3
Rock Im Park

June 4
Arena Concerti Fiera Milano
Milan

June 7
Sweden Rock Festival

[guardianofsteel]

Peuvent pas faire un Luxembourg non?

[fabrice]

Allez les gars poussez jusqu'au Hellfest !!!

[guardianofsteel]

Ca serait beau! En plus un zenith n'étnt pas exagérement grand pour ce groupe, on peut espèrer qu'il y aura donc des dates ailleurs!

[the fab]

Allez les gars poussez jusqu'au Hellfest !!!

Ca bruisse de ce coté là, à priori.

[guardianofsteel]

Le 28.05 au Luxembourg. Mise en vente vendredi matin! J'espère que je reçois la paye