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“It’s when we started to find ourselves…”: How Facelift saw Alice In Chains go from hair metal local heroes to grunge superstars – with a little help from Soundgarden

The Seattle rockers’ game-changing debut turns 35 this month and still sounds as vital as ever

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“He picks his tools up and strikes the living crap out of himself with them. There was blood flying everywhere”: How a street musician who played with Frank Zappa inspired one of grunge’s greatest songs

Inspiration came from an unlikely place for one of the biggest 90s grunge hits

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“Ozzy used to come into our room to get away from his minders. He’d sit on the bed while having a sly puff of the magic Woodbine”: The epic story of Budgie, the cult heroes who inspired Metallica, Iron Maiden and Soundgarden

Budgie are one of the greatest rock bands no one really talks about these days

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"An evolving creation to pay tribute to the voice of a generation": Listen to new supergroup King Ultramega's cover of Soundgarden's Rusty Cage

King Ultramega are made up of members of Alice In Chains, Mastodon, Anthrax and Metal Allegiance

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Chris Cornell's pals create tribute supergroup King Ultramega

Chris Cornell's friends have created a tribute supergroup called King Ultramega to release covers of his songs to raise money for charity.

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“It’s very Spinal Tap of us to have this many drummers”: With Matt Cameron now added to the list, here’s a reminder of all the drummers Pearl Jam have had and lost…

The former Soundgarden man joins a lengthy list of ex-members who’ve drummed for the grunge titans... and now no longer drum for the grunge titans.

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Soundgarden skipped Black Sabbath's final concert due to scheduling conflicts

Soundgarden have explained why they were missing from Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning concert.

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Drummer Matt Cameron hasn’t retired despite leaving Pearl Jam

The former Soundgarden musician announced he’s ‘still active’

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"Thank you for a lifetime of beauty, horror, love, power, happiness, melancholy." Soundgarden salute the "majestic brilliance" of Black Sabbath, and say they were "super bummed" at not being able to play the band's Back To The Beginning show

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Matt Cameron Leaves Pearl Jam: Future Plans, Who Will Replace Him, What We Know So Far

Matt Cameron has officially left Pearl Jam after 27 years. The long-time drummer opened up about his decision, while the band paid tribute to his legacy. Here's what we know.

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Matt Cameron Quits Pearl Jam After 27 Years as Drummer Ahead of Second Rock Hall Induction

Matt Cameron has left Pearl Jam after 27 years, calling it 'an incredible journey.' He will be inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame with Soundgarden later this year.

International Business Times UK

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron quits 'after 27 fantastic years'

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron, who is also a member of Soundgarden, has quit the Alive rockers after almost three decades.

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Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron says he's leaving the band after nearly 30 years

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron says he’s leaving the band after nearly 30 years

The Independent UK

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron steps down from band after 27 years

The US rock band said he would be ‘deeply missed’.

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The Independent UK

Pearl Jam lose ‘deeply important’ member after 27 years

The band called Matt Cameron a ‘singular and true powerhouse of a musician and drummer’

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"After 27 fantastic years, I have taken my final steps down the drum riser": Matt Cameron leaves Pearl Jam

Grunge drumming star leaves behind 'a lifetime, one filled with friendships, artistry, challenges and laughter'

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"There was something about the way he carried himself. He quite clearly was going to shine": The early years of Soundgarden's Chris Cornell

As Soundgarden broke out of the Seattle scene, Chris Cornell stood apartfrom his peers: a rock god among grunge’s iconoclasts

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“Whatever your opinion is about some music museums, I believe it’s an honor to be recognized”: Wrecking Crew director responds to Carol Kaye’s criticisms of the film – and of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The esteemed session player recently rejected an invitation to her induction ceremony

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“You were part of a team. There were always 350-400 studio musicians working in the busy 1960s”: Carol Kaye has declined her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction invitation

The hard-working recording artist and bass guitar icon explained why in a post on social media

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"I was terrified that Ed was going to kill himself": Chaos and carnage with Pearl Jam at Lollapalooza 1992

How Pearl Jam’s out-of-control shows on the 1992 Lollapolozza tour sparked crowd frenzies verging on riots

What Hi-Fi?

6 of the best genre-swerving tracks to test your hi-fi system

Forget staying in your lane, use these genre-hoppers to give your system a workout.

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“The last thing you want to do is play a widdly-widdly riff that’s getting in the way of the vocal”: Those Damn Crows’ Ian ‘Shiner’ Thomas on how to write a No.1 album, what he learned from Nirvana, and the Slipknot riff he wished he wrote

With the Welsh rockers' latest album, God Shaped Hole, topping the charts, we check in with riff-master Shiner to talk song structure, grunge inspirations, and knowing when not to play

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A new Soundgarden album featuring late frontman Chris Cornell could see the light of day

Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd says there is an album featuring Chris Cornell that is "yet to be named".

Guitar World

“It would be a great gift to the fans, and I don’t know how strange this sounds, but I feel like it’s a gift to Chris too”: Soundgarden's Kim Thayil gives an update on whether unreleased band material featuring Chris Cornell will see the light of day

The recordings were previously the subject of a protracted legal battl between the remaining band members and Cornell's widow, Vicky Cornell

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“A little thunder and lightning”: Slash dons a Gibson SG as Guns N’ Roses pay tribute to John Sykes with rampant cover of a Thin Lizzy classic

The Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist passed away in December last year

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