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Soundgarden perform minus Cornell

By | Published on Friday 27 March 2009

Three of Soundgarden’s four members reunited on Tuesday evening to perform a short set at the newly opened Crocodile Cafe in their hometown, Seattle. Frontman Chris Cornell is currently, of course, on tour promoting his much-derided new solo album, ‘Scream’, and so couldn’t have been there even if he’d wanted to. Instead, the band was fronted by Tad Doyle of semi-legendary Seattle band, TAD.

Marking the first time the three Soundgarden members, Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron, have appeared on stage together since the band’s split in 1997, Doyle reportedly screamed his way through three Soundgarden songs – ‘Spoonman’, ‘Hunted Down’, and ‘Nothing To Say’. In between songs he reportedly told the audience not to be sad about Cornell’s absence, before lifting his shirt to reveal his ample stomach and saying: “That’s half a Cornell right there”.

Tad wasn’t the only guest vocalist during the six song set, though. They were also joined by Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, and MC5’s Wayne Kramer for a rendition of MC5’s ‘Kick Out The Jams’. Morello was then joined by Steve Earle to sing Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Ghost Of Tom Joad’ and ‘Shake My Shit’ by Morello’s Nightwatchman project.

You’re probably wondering what all that sounded like. Well, you can listen to the whole set here.



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