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October 6, 2012
Eddie Vedder joins Kings of Leon on “The Bucket” at...
Eddie Vedder joins Kings of Leon on “The Bucket” at the Oracle Open World fest, Oct. 3, 2012.
October 5, 2012
Mudhoney’s entire half-hour set at KEXP’s...
Mudhoney’s entire half-hour set at KEXP’s Bumbershoot Music Lounge, September 2, 2012.
October 4, 2012
Mad Season box set, with new material, out March 12
Excerpt from Spin.com’s How J Mascis Almost Joined Nirvana...
Excerpt from Spin.com’s How J Mascis Almost Joined Nirvana (Twice!) and Built to Spill:
“Nirvana was playing Maxwell’s and after the show I was talking to Kurt and [Sonic Youth’s] Thurston Moore,” Mascis says, referring to Nirvana’s date at the famed Hoboken, New Jersey venue on July 13, 1989. “Kurt said, ‘you should join my band.’ I think he was sick of the guy Jason [Everman] who was in the band at the time, and thought I should play guitar. I didn’t think much about it. Later, there was als...
Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron discuss Soundgarden’s new...
Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron discuss Soundgarden’s new single, “Been Away Too Long.” (H/T GrungeReport.net)
Soundgarden’s Chevrolet Beauville van, used in 1986....
Soundgarden’s Chevrolet Beauville van, used in 1986. (Photo: Experience Music Project; via Soundgarden’s Facebook page)
“I met the Soundgarden guys when I booked them fora show in Ellensburg, in ’86 or ’87. I remember I took this class onGeorge Orwell in college, and his world is all about the proletarian, theworker guy, and he just describes dirt and grime and these heavy workingsituations. Then these guys showed up and they’re kind of thesestrange Orwellian creatures. Matt had a red Volkswag...
October 3, 2012
"It’s almost even embarrassing that the NME’s of the world have to troll my quotes for headlines. Are..."
Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland
Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland
