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| Soundgarden is releasing rare tracks. |
SOUNDGARDEN
*Echo Of Miles: The Originals*
(A&M)
When it comes to Seattle grunge heavyweights, Mudhoney was grungier, Nirvana more revered, Pearl Jam more mainstream, but no one was more metal grunge--and therefore Lolla-ready--than Soundgarden. This 14-track offering collects previous recordings that never appeared on a regular studio album, including “Heretic” featuring bassist Hiro Yamamoto, a creative force in the band’s mid- to late-1980 beginnings. “Birth Ritual”--originally on the “Singles” soundtrack--is one of singer Chris Cornell’s most memorable vocal deliveries, and opening track “Heretic” and “HIV Baby”--a gem of a garage-rock, punk/grunge explosion--further reveal him to be one of rock’s most powerful singers. For a full collection of Soundgarden B-sides, the band is releasing on vinyl only six albums-worth of such material, these tracks included, on May 19
6/10
Link to original published version, in the April 2015 issue of Illinois Entertainer magazine
