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"Spoonman" was performed in drop D tuning.The main riff was written in septuple meter, in 7 4 time. [7] [8] [9] The chorus is 44 and part of the spoon solo is in 3 4.The guitarist, Kim Thayil, has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song until after the band had written it and said that the use of odd meters was "a total accident".
In 1997, the band broke up due to internal strife over its creative direction. Soundgarden has sold 14 million records in the US, [2] and an estimated 30 million worldwide. [3] Cornell announced Soundgarden's reunion on January 1, 2010, [4] The band's first studio album in 16 years, King Animal, was released on November 13, 2012. [5]
Soundgarden's debut full-length album Ultramega OK features cover versions of Howlin' Wolf's "Smokestack Lightning" and John Lennon's "Two Minutes Silence" (under the title "One Minute of Silence"). Soundgarden released a recording of The Beatles song " Come Together ", written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney , as a B-side to " Hands All Over ...
Soundgarden’s best-selling album, the dizzyingly diverse 70-minute opus 'Superunknown,' was released 30 years ago last week. ... Singles like “Outshined” and “Spoonman,” and a formative ...
Soundgarden’s first reunion show in 2010 after a 14-year hiatus was also billed as Nudedragons at the same venue. The group went on to tour and record a new album, ...
Artis, known professionally as Artis the Spoonman (born October 3, 1948), is an American street performer and musician from Seattle, Washington, who uses spoons as a musical instrument. He frequents the Pike Place Market accompanying singer/songwriter and guitarist Jim Page with his collection of spoons of different shapes and sizes and ...
Soundgarden's fourth studio album, 1994's Superunknown, proved to be the band's breakthrough album. Upon its release in March 1994, Superunknown debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 . [ 45 ] The album launched several successful singles, including " Spoonman " and " Black Hole Sun ", and brought the band international recognition.
In April, Soundgarden announced the release of a box set titled Classic Album Selection for Europe, containing all of their studio albums except for Ultramega OK, and live album Live on I-5. [120] On May 5, just before The Offspring began playing their set, the band appeared as a special guest at the 20th annual KROQ Weenie Roast in Irvine ...