Soundgarden

About this episode

The episode explores the impact of Soundgarden on the grunge movement and discusses the band's unique characteristics and media presence.

Founders of Seattle grunge, this sludgy hard rock outfit combined crazy technical prowess with hair-raising vocals. Led by a one-of-kind lead singer, they defined a movement that persists to this day. It's SOUNDGARDEN week! Jon and Alex deal with the fallout of being cancelled by the anti-Dave Grohl internet movement before tracking the twists of a band that mostly avoided TV appearances! Clip 1 finds the band on a short-lived awards show put on by the College Media Journal and the USA Networ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Jon, Alex

Topics covered

• Seattle grunge
• hard rock
• music history
• band dynamics
• cancellation culture

Keywords

• Soundgarden
• grunge
• Seattle
• hard rock
• music commentary
• band history
• Dave Grohl

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Soundgarden, College Media Journal, USA Network

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