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Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden

Artist Biography For Soundgarden

Soundgarden Was An American Rock Band Formed In Seattle Washington In 1984 By Singer And Rhythm Guitarist Chris Cornell Lead Guitarist Kim Thayil Both Of Whom Are The Only Members To Appear In Every Incarnation Of The Band And Bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Matt Cameron Became The Band's Full-Time Drummer In 1986 While Bassist Ben Shepherd Became A Permanent Replacement For Yamamoto In 1990. The Band Dissolved In 1997 And Re-Formed In 2010. Following Cornell's Death In 2017 And A Year Of Uncertainty Of The Band's Future Thayil Declared In October 2018 That The Band Was Finished They Did However Reunite In January 2019 For A One-Off Concert In Tribute To Cornell. Soundgarden Are Associated With Grunge A Style Of Alternative Rock That Developed In Seattle. After Releasing Two EPs On The Seattle-Based Label Sub-Pop In 1987 And 1988 Their Debut Album Ultramega OK Was Released On The California-Based Independent Label SST Records In 1989. While The Album Did Not Sell Well Nationally It Gained Critical Acclaim And Was Nominated For A Grammy Award In 1990. They Recorded Their Second Album Louder Than Love Independently But Had Signed With Major Label A&M Records In The Interim And Released The Album As Their Major Label Debut. Unlike Their Debut Which Had Failed To Chart Louder Than Love Peaked At Number 108 On The Billboard 200 Album Chart. Released The Same Day As Fellow Seattle Grunge Act Nirvana's Album Nevermind Their Third Album Badmotorfinger Would Bring Soundgarden To National Acclaim For The First Time Buoyed By The Popularity Of The Singles "Jesus Christ Pose" "Outshined" And "Rusty Cage" The Album Would Reach Number 39 On The Billboard 200 And Has Been Certified Double-Platinum By The RIAA. Soundgarden Was One Of The Seminal Creators Of Grunge A Style Of Alternative Rock That Developed In Seattle And Was The First Of A Number Of Grunge Bands To Sign To The Record Label Sub Pop. Soundgarden Was Also One Of The First Grunge Bands To Sign To A Major Label A&M Records In 1989 Though They Did Not Achieve Commercial Success Until They Popularized The Genre In The Early 1990s With Seattle Contemporaries Alice In Chains Pearl Jam And Nirvana. Soundgarden Achieved Its Biggest Success With The 1994 Album Superunknown Which Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200 And Yielded The Grammy Award-Winning Singles "Spoonman" And "Black Hole Sun". In 1996 The Band Experimented With New Sonic Textures On Their Follow-Up Album Down On The Upside Which Debuted At Number 2 On The Billboard 200 And Spawned Several Hit Singles Of Its Own Including "Burden In My Hand" And "Blow Up The Outside World". In 1997 The Band Broke Up Due To Internal Strife Over Its Creative Direction And Exhaustion From Touring. After More Than A Decade Of Working On Projects And Other Bands Soundgarden Reunited In 2010 And Republic Records Released Their Sixth And Final Studio Album King Animal Two Years Later. As Of 2019 Soundgarden Sold More Than 14 Million Records In The United States And An Estimated 30 Million Worldwide. VH1 Ranked Soundgarden At Number 14 In Their Special 100 Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Soundgarden Studio Albums
Ultramega OK 1988 Louder Than Love 1989 Badmotorfinger 1991 Superunknown 1994 Down On The Upside 1996 King Animal 2012

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Black Hole Sun

Black Hole Sun Is A Song By The American Alternative Rock Band Soundgarden. It Was The Third Single Released From The Album Superunknown 1994 . It Is Without Question The Band's Most Recognizable And Most Popular Song. The Song Topped The Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart. It Would Later Appear On The Band's Greatest Hits Album A-Sides And The 2007 Chris Cornell Compilation The Roads We Choose - A Retrospective. Its Guitar Solo Was Ranked 63 In Guitar World's "100 Greatest Guitar Solos" The Song Was Written By Frontman Chris Cornell. Cornell Said That He Wrote The Song In About 15 Minutes. Cornell Came Up With The Song While Using A Leslie Speaker. Kim Thayil Said That The Leslie Speaker Was Perfect For The Song As "it's Very Beatlesque And Has A Distinctive Sound." The Song Was Performed In Drop D Tuning. Matt Cameron Called The Song "a Huge Departure." Cornell Stated "It's Just Sort Of A Surreal Dreamscape A Weird Play-With-The-Title Kind Of Song." He Also Said That "lyrically It's Probably The Closest To Me Just Playing With Words For Words' Sake Of Anything I've Written. I Guess It Worked For A Lot Of People Who Heard It But I Have No Idea How You'd Begin To Take That One Literally." In Another Interview He Elaborated Further Stating "It's Funny Because Hits Are Usually Sort Of Congruent Sort Of An Identifiable Lyric Idea And That Song Pretty Much Had None. The Chorus Lyric Is Kind Of Beautiful And Easy To Remember. Other Than That I Sure Didn't Have An Understanding Of It After I Wrote It. I Was Just Sucked In By The Music And I Was Painting A Picture With The Lyrics. There Was No Real Idea To Get Across." Commenting Upon How The Song Was Misinterpreted As Being Positive Cornell Said "No One Seems To Get This But "Black Hole Sun" Is Sad. But Because The Melody Is Really Pretty Everyone Thinks It's Almost Chipper Which Is Ridiculous."

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