Soundgarden Interview 2014

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[@cathyp6788]

I love Chris Cornell. However, Kim Thayil is precious and smart and grounded in this interview. I love the way he drinks his drink, the tone of his voice, his eyes as they blink and the way he rubs his beard. He brought so much to this interview just as he brought so much to Soundgarden. He is a treasure and a beautiful soul.

[@cathyp6788]

Great post btw JJ. Thank you. :)

[@Nudiescorner]

Excellent post!!!

[@kurt666kurt666]

Excellent comment 👍

[@lauramalizia9636]

They were both excellent, just really hard to hear the person asked questions..

[@justinmeditation]

Kim, Matt and Ben should definitely carry on as Soundgarden. Would Chris want them not to?

[@oldben1800]

you could tell Chris and Kim had great chemistry, also Kim is the type of guy anyone could be friends with

[@oldben1800]

@PKerr86 oh 4 sure

[@oldben1800]

@PKerr86 he would compliment his artwork

[@mikepruitt9935]

My heart fell on the floor to see & hear Chris again after his death, RIP brother...

[@navajojoe6021]

Both very intelligent and articulate men. Love the both.

[@RJ51376]

Chris seems so much more natural when he’s sitting beside Kim talking as opposed to how he converses when Tom Morello is in an interview- just seems like Kim, Matt, Hiro was in a way his roots undoubtedly it shows ya know their connection- adore these 2 intellectually theim musicians the musicianship 🙏🏻💖 ...sadness for Cornell’s passing

[@LordApocalyptica]

Honestly I just love seeing Chris taking responsibility for microphone availability. You can see they both have gears turning in their heads but it’s amusing to relate to Chris in this way of sharing a platform by nature of h the situation

[@danielleblanc3094]

Never seen this interview it’s good!! man I miss these guys! RIP Chris Cornell

[@oldwave6106]

Great to hear Kim speak. Educated and well spoken.

[@phnigra111]

Listening to this interview, i am struck by how professional Chris and Kim were here- they're being asked really superficial questions.. almost on the verge of annoying (same old crap about grunge, whats yr favorite song, etc) and yet they give concise, introspective answers to this guy's questions. Soundgarden were truly an iconic band & are greatly missed.

[@withmygoodeyeclosed]

Yeah Soundgarden Interviews are great no matter the interviewer because they actually gave in depth answers.

[@marks8432]

@@withmygoodeyeclosed great point..

[@SrSacaninha]

I'm very impressed you could hear the questions.

[@MattFoleysGhost]

It’s empathy and humility. They know it’s not about them but about local Poles that are seeing them on their own television show. With that being said doing press is dumb. One big well done interview is ideal. That’s why you see big celebs doing that.

[@goudagirl6095]

Well...its POLAND. They're far more removed from the whole US grunge "thing" than we are, so things that WE may already be aware of after hearing about it ad nauseum, may be "superunknown" over in Poland. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@theproject568]

Cool video. Watching this was really soothing and relaxing. Something about their mannerisms and manner of speech; it just flows. Makes me wish I was out there, with a little breeze and a nice cold drink, listening to these legends among men.

[@bauron1985]

This is a great interview Their humanity is beautiful

[@cc92103]

For me the best answer/insight is at the very end when they describe mental/physical aspect during songs..I’m glad that part was captured. They are both so well-spoken throughout.

[@Agent_Riot-2000]

It's been like 14 years since i started listening to all these bands like Soundgarden, and it feels things have changed way much more than it did the previous decade. Like... when i started listening to many of them, it was as if most of the Grunge Era bands were forgotten, and some were kind of returning from a long slumber. Like AIC's ''phoenix moment'' in 2009 (trying this time with DuVall), STP's first album since 2001, and many other doing comebacks lately. Most importantly, Soundgarden returning in 2010. I was pretty lucky to join this once ''lost sound'' at the end of 2010. Ever since, a lot has happened, including the passing of many talented artists, including my fav Chris Cornell. And as years have come and gone, i can say that i've really understood why the ones who came up with the term ''Grunge'' were such geniuses. Like, without going into overcomplicated ''Each Case Scenario'' analyzes, it did really ''Hit The Spot''. It easily summarized an Everything that was going on in the Pacific NW, into a ''Easy to Understand, To Catch'' concept, that was easily embraced Outside the ''Seattle musical bubble''. And as i've noticed through the years, while some were kind of ''outspoken'' when saying ''we're not grunge'', others just simply ''came to realize'' why it was as it was, and just embraced the thing without getting overdramatic (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden). It seems is if some just had some resentment about the term because of what happened with Nirvana, but more than 20 years latter, some realized it was a thing, no matter the overcomplicated ''Case-by-case'' analysis and comparisons. I always said this: You wouldn't just go and answer to someone else: ''i'm listening to some Seattle Sound bands'', ''hey check this Seattle Music Scene bands'', ''No bro, i'm listening to some 'Neo Sabbath post-punk neo post Black Flag with subtle Green River influences' rock band'' or something lol. Etc etc etc. Grunge was pretty much a ''Right into your face'' type of answer, when trying to define the overall musical, cultural, and even social context of the ''Seattle Music Scene''. The whole music centered around electric guitars have always been like this EVEN after the end of the ''Grunge Era'' (for some, it was in 1994. For others -like me-, it was later than that): Post-Grunge, Nu Metal, Pop Punk, Emo, Britpop, etc etc etc. Maybe the most ''neutral'' way to group this era's bands is to call them ''Alternative Rock/Metal''. But anyways, i've come to embrace the term way much more than i used to do in 2011, for example. And it seems as if Chris Cornell kind of understood the same thing as me. But even so, it's kind of obvious that the answer Was, Is, and Will always be ''divisive'' for the remaining bands of the once Over The Top music scene centered in Seattle. As for me, sorry Jerry, but this Grunge is pretty cool lol

[@nworbrelytthefirst]

That was fascinating about playing the wrong notes while singing high.

[@indridcold1206]

Who would of known that 3 years from then he's gone. The only famous person death that really hit me. I was so gutted. Soundgarden is my favorite band and Chris is my favorite singer. R.I.P 💔

[@jeremyguitar9871]

Not Kurt Cobain Or Layne Staley?

[@indridcold1206]

@@jeremyguitar9871 Kurt was a big one for me also not so much Layne. Chris death still hit me the most. Famous musician wise that is.

[@mk11xgameplays44]

If you listen to Soundgarden’s cover of Black Sabbath’s Into The Void song. Kim’s Thayil’s guitar sound made their version of the song sound so much more harder and better to me than the original song. Kim Thayil is soooo gifted with a guitar! He’s amazing!

[@ItachiUchiha-ry2ju]

Such a great cover and Chris does his own lyrics to it. You should check out the Kyuss version.

[@mk11xgameplays44]

Itachi Uchiha I love Kyuss version too 😉🤘

[@ohiotattoo1]

Chris got the lyrics from Chief Sealth. The Native American Chief who Seattle is named after. It about Manifest Destiny. The original Black Sabbath lyrics used going to another planet as a metaphor for the westward expansion of whites in the U.S. so the change in the lyrics was very appropriate

[@shinybeast8946]

Sabbath is better.

[@mk11xgameplays44]

Shinybeast Sabbath was great but Soundgarden’s version is harder and sounds better.

[@tjmjazz8002]

Love you both but Chris you've brought me back from dark times will listen to your music every day your face is a work of art your voice a masterpiece your song writing & musical talent is mind blowing I will forever love you & your music wish you knew how much you meant to me and so many others I know anxiety and depression too well I almost succeeded in my out but barely made it back & I'm stuck here mental illness is real you have no control I fight every day i hope you are at peace wish I was much respect 🌹💞💞

[@winstonjaquez3996]

Chris we miss ya!!

[@theknowerandtheknown]

Two very cool guys, great interview sad end

[@aldonagad-jordan1686]

Great interview. Great people and brilliant musicians. I've only ever seen Chris play on his own and he was amazing but would have been a hell of an experience to see Soundgarden. RIP Chris "no one sings like you anymore..."

[@rexxgarvin5313]

Thank you Chris! your voice is missed!!

[@Bonehead-Chris]

Only love for these great musicians. Best songs ever. Great live. Rush would be proud. See you in heaven I hope Chris and Soundgarden.

[@zygmuntzarzecki]

Chris - jeden z najlepszych rockowych głosów w historii

[@Vanoffy]

These guys are just the best. So talented musically and thought provoking as well

[@krisfrederick5001]

7:30 Thank you Chris, tell it how it is. That was jcPenney catalogue word to sell flannels

[@Nudiescorner]

The man never aged!!!!

[@stringtheoryguitars4952]

Ridiculous questions, incredible answers. Music is more than art, it's also language and a highly specialized technical field. In other words, it's infinitely complex. Reporters are completely out of their league when discussing music and wind up looking stupid. Musicians become irritable because it's like talking physics with a 3rd grader, except the 3rd grader has a platform to tell the world you were "being mean". Respect to Chris and Kim for entertaining a thoughtful discussion and teaching this guy the ropes. John Lennon would have strangled him. RIP Chris Cornell, musical genius.

[@tone1798]

Come on! This is a great interview........

[@colico14]

Two great men. We miss you, Chris.

[@TammyM36]

Great interview. Both of them. Chris talking voice is as beautiful as his singing voice

[@echolilwing8027]

Awesome! Couldn't hear the interviewer.

[@krisfrederick5001]

I know right?

[@lauramalizia9636]

Me neither. One I had to actually watch rather than listen to as I tried to do things around the house house, etc.

[@Devoceantattoo]

Awesome stuff

[@LouisWinthorpe622]

By this time both of them had acquired exceptional skills, not only with music, but in dealing with stupid questions from stupid interviewers from around the world, as well.

[@reesebene6082]

-Yeah, but it’s a European Country and the Interviewer was probably Shitting in his pants and the ‘SG Boys’ were giving Him (Mr. Poland) the Upmost Respect -its Admirable

[@LouisWinthorpe622]

@@reesebene6082 He was poorly prepared with boring questions they were bound to have answered a million times before. The nationality and guts or nerves are immaterial. You're right; their patience ('exceptional skills' as I called them) are, indeed, admirable. I thought that's what I said. Well done for white knighting interviewers who are piss poor at their easy job, though. Very nice.

[@loudloveen]

It was sweet to count the days...

[@meep2576]

Wish Kim Thayil could have saved Chris that night.

[@evanurena8868]

Kind of like how i wished Mike Shinoda saved Chester during his night.

[@callofthewintermoon91]

Shame his wife didn't save him!

[@reesebene6082]

-OMG !! You Hit it on the Nose -Cornell was in a Huge Big Fight with His wife, Vicki that Week...Just like Cobain and Courtney

[@meep2576]

reese bene she was the last one to talk to him

[@getsaucedon9313]

Ashley S. Dude do u even know the story?

[@ratedrhuxie1828]

Chris funny as always

[@TammyM36]

He is! So witty too!,

[@johndorsey1423]

Wow. What a great and interesting interview. I never got caught up in commercializing the sound by calling it grunge. Loved their answer on that subject.

[@crazeyjoe]

Jerry Cantrell has stated, "As far as I am concerned, Alice In Chains is a mixture of blues ans metal. I don't know how or why they labeled the Seattle bands as "Grunge." I don't find that term to be very endearing."

[@meggersc.7255]

'Influences'? Asked and answered. Love his way of politely showing his annoyance. ❤

[@ericahbenton2451]

When they talk about being in "The Zone". I miss Chris. I miss Kim, I miss Ben and I miss Matt. 🎶🖤🎶

[@Gramazon661]

Love this . Thank you

[@swordofgod2835]

I love Chris’ reaction to the auschwitz question and Kim’s answer is perfect 😂

[@reesebene6082]

-Extremely and Articulate to the point and with Well Respect

[@CurvyRoadsAreBetter]

Loved hearing Kim and Chris together in the interview. Wish no more interviews had them both.

[@tappytibbon927]

That was a really good point they made about grunge. So maybe jimi Hendrix is grunge too being hard rock from Seattle? Lol

[@carinajohansson8696]

Love Chris also Chris seems like a humble loving person 🧍🎸🧍🔥💕❤️♥️♥️♥️😎🌞

[@zeroelliott]

I'd say Honesty is the defining theme to describe "grunge"

[@bertgetner9397]

Chris and Kim look so good here. Where is the rest of the interview?

[@irishjoe2941]

Sound garden and Alice In Chains are more metal than “Grudge” in my opinion I love Grudge style music regardless!

[@benwherlock9869]

'Grudge music' is a whole other genre. Lol.

[@FernandoLopez-jt9zd]

Is Grunge

[@TheLegend-yo3fw]

Soundgarden interviews are great 👍🤘

[@orbitaljellyfish808]

13:12 Chris’ Jordan-tongue imitation Classic 👏👏

[@krisfrederick5001]

Ohhh....Kim why did you have to mention PAINTERS in Poland....

[@Principessa180]

Yes good interview. I agree with this.

[@chadcassidy1580]

You can tell they're sick of talking about the label grunge. I'm fine with it! Grunge forever!!

[@TheMrdhyde]

Always gotta have a label. I was a singer in a rock band in mid 90's and everyone called us acid rock. It was just rock and some songs had a Hammond organ so the Doors meets "Grunge" . Was just rock.

[@aprilshowers1554]

I miss when they were young. Before legends got in there 50’s crossed their legs during interviews and got so serious. Miss you Chris no one sings like you anymore

[@jlwilder8436]

It's not "getting so serious"; would he, in his late 40s, in his 2nd marriage, with 3 kids, and the success of Soundgarden being something from his youth, with no new novelty to it, still be sitting there with EXTRA long hair and torn jean shorts and flannels tied around the waist? What's not to love about this? They're grown men (GROWN UPs, GOD forbid!) Eddie Vedder is absolutely no different in that way. These people that DO try and look, sound, and act like they did when they were kids or in their 'figuring it out' 20s are who look weird and, frankly, ridiculous. Otherwise, a legend gone way too soon. You are so missed, Chris.

[@aprilshowers1554]

@@jlwilder8436 did you not read, I said when they were YOUNG 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@jlwilder8436]

@@aprilshowers1554 yes, you were wishing they were still young: in their 20s and grungy/like it was still the early 90s Seattle scene... I love what they grew into; I don't think many people watch Chris Cornell in his later years wishing it was before he grew into such a great man.

[@aprilshowers1554]

@@jlwilder8436 he was always a great man. I watched him entirely his whole career. I feel for his wife and children. I keep in contact with his mother in law, they can hardly mourn without being attacked. I think Chris would be very sad about the battle between the band and family

[@andrewstruzyk9954]

AWESOME !!!

[@kelliebrooks9094]

Thanks for sharing this great interview....love tje office....whoa dude bigfoot.....jk.....im sure u figured out we didnt hear the questions...still cool anyway thanks....soundgarden is my favorite i was born 35 days before chris an we have a lot of tje same influences but garden does not sound like any band in my 50 years of rock library....john lennon is probably my favorite he was my influence at eight years old...i got the white album....so i could understand why everyone else wasnt on that level....a derrrr

[@dawnrobinson5973]

Its Dawn Chris, come over apartment 10 bloomfield Hills, Michigan, off Klingensmith!

[@TMADstudio]

People were so hell bent on labeling the music scene/style that put all the hair bands to rest that they just called the next generation of music grunge because these bands were the visual opposite of the hair bands. No more silk scarves, hairspray, guyliner, that all faded away in popularity and was replaced by a new style. Both visually and musically. That’s my take on it anyways.

[@mrnordyk1125]

Exactly, kollektiv union artists not Grunge as genre. Feeling if community because of the personal connections. Mixture of Punk and Hard rock but doesn't mean the same as others bands. They took from Punk rock and Heavy rock and they made their own thing. If takes grunge as exist genre that was small bunch of bands. Soundgarden is their own style even if they have the same influences as bands described as "grunge".

[@caymccarp34]

RIP CHRIS

[@hurricanealley8602]

"Who were your influences" says the clones, all of the time, every time

[@SeattleChick]

This would have been really great if you could have heard the interviewers questions

[@vickyallen501]

I live in Seattle and never considered any of it grunge. I always considered it alternative

[@Laststopny2741]

This is an awesome interview. Where’s the rest ? The video ended abruptly

[@JJ-hi5ln]

I think it's the whole thing. I got it from the site that made this interview IIRC and you can hear interviewer saying that the time is running out.

[@reddeternity]

The interviewer is talking thru the invisible can't hear em .

[@shadysintervention713]

❤

[@kelliebrooks9094]

Two cool guys on the gab

[@sfsandman4489]

when the questions are in audible I tend to skip the entire interview. Shouldn’t be that hard to get good audio for both.

[@celineikraftcuppi4547]

,❤️ CHRIS ❤️

[@bongofury333]

Joy Division. There it is.

[@sygmoore]

Chris's ADHD is on another level 😆

[@alext2566]

Busy mind. Was his gift and his curse.

[@sygmoore]

@@alext2566 what does that mean? 🤔

[@alext2566]

@@sygmoore Not so much hyper; more anxious and neurotic. Never really content.

[@sygmoore]

@@alext2566 A.D.D and anxiety.

[@Mr.HotDogShirtGuy]

@@alext2566 He is like a hard rock Jeff Goldblum

[@birdzzzondayflu2489]

What did the interviewer say when he cut off Kim Thayil talking about history I wanna hear?

[@darthchuy2978]

Not sure if there is really or was there really a difference between them playing Poland or Romania or Czech Republic etc.

[@lyon9489]

What song are they talking about at 10:20?

[@sksmith6703]

Black Hole Sun

[@ETBlair]

Soundgarden should have taken a break, rather than breaking up in 1997.

[@natepolidoro4565]

Who was the groupie next to Kim. The one in the brown.

[@ericrepper6919]

I hate when videos are posted and there's no context...where is this from? when? concert? event? who is the interviewer? Why? I've never seen this, but I think it's really cool to hear what they say. Just wish I knew what/where this was from

[@leahcartterrab8964]

Listen carefully. At the beginning they say they are in Poland. They say near Auschwitz

[@brentjacks1412]

This was a fantastic interview but I couldn't help noticing how much Chris looks like Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) from the first Iron Man movie. Not trying to be funny, it's just an observation.

[@ItachiUchiha-ry2ju]

Robert Johnny Depp jr

[@mot00rzysta]

Soundgarden plays in Poland, first time ever: former world war prison camp, interviewer has only one mic, one third of the interview is about grunge, the interview ends abruptly. Seriously ?? Where is "Teraz Rock", where are all the other journalists, tv stations, wtf ?? So fucking typical. Welcome to Poland. That's why most of the most interesting gigs happen in Berlin OR Prague. Guess why ? Watch this interview again. /rant over

[@michaellandrumguitar]

joyofthedizzy

[@ArchStanton19966]

Great band, shame the interviewer sucked.

[@Bcananzey]

I JUST CANT WATCH THIS

[@shellylavigne5913]

It’s SO obvious they admired Tom Jones… duh

[@WildSkyMtn]

very sad to hear Chris wasn’t traveling with the band and was instead constantly texting with his needy wife constantly

[@darthchuy2978]

9369 sorry

[@darthchuy2978]

9969

[@ryanmcbride4619]

I’m so sad watching this uggh

[@BubbaZen10]

He lived like a murder but he died ...

[@KevlarVTX]

Sounds like a Nirvana fanboy interviewer. Shallow and narrow-minded attitude and questions. Clearly never listened to Soundgarden.

[@OGGOAT23]

Legalize heroin

[@navajojoe6021]

Both very intelligent and articulate men. Love them both.