13 years after watching Soundgarden at Sac Memorial Auditorium, right before they broke up they are back! So far they have played three shows that I know of. First playing locally at the Showbox in Seattle, WA on April 16th, then an intimate gig at the Vic Theater in Chicago on Aug 5 before playing at Lollapalooza on Aug 8th 2010.
Black Rain is the new single from “Telephantasm”. Originally recorded for the “Badmotorfinger” sessions, this track has been dusted off and presented for your listening pleasure. “Telephantasm” is a career-spanning-collection of music since 1996 with lots of special extras and special editions. Read more here
I’m glad to see them back on the stage bringing sludgy kick ass rock back into the air waves. Sad to see they are not writing new music, we’ll see. There’s a Spin magazine interview here that gives the run down of where they have all been up too since they parted ways.




