Total Fucking Godhead / The Soundgarden Thread

[Tuolumne]

I'm not a drummer aficinado, but Matt Chamberlain seems to have the qualifications. I was thinking it's gotta be someone who has alot fo experience filling in for others. Cause we're talking about learning a bunch of songs and adapting to a style, so you gotta be thinking aboutwho the top session drummers are in the rock world. I was thinking Josh Freeze but I totally forgot about Matt Chamberlain. He's been on all kinds of tours and sessions and played for a very wide variety of people. Plus he's got a little pedigree in the Seattle scene. Seems like a good fit all the way around.

Also, it's not a stretch to think one day he could be filling in on the stool for PJ when they tour during non album cycle years.......

[Tuolumne]

As if it wasn't obvious enough that Matt Cameron picked the wrong band to take a sabbatical from

I just don't understand this decision! Maybe it's just because I don't like Matt w/ PJ compared to Jack (which still feels recent) or Dave (which feels like a different band), but Matt plays way too heavy and fast for PJ's catalog and is irreplaceable with SG.

I would have loved for Jack to come back, but with his health/touring issues maybe it isn't possible and maybe PJ's catalog is too much for anyone to learn at this point, while SG can get away with playing the same 15-20 songs all tour.

and regarding Chamberlain, I dont see the fit, so until SG posts it, I'm still hoping for Freese or Wilk.

Wilk simply doesn't have the skills to fill in for Cameron. Freese must've been in the conversation.

If you really want Jack back in PJ, are you ready for 22-24 songs in the set? Him getting burned out by show #6? Playing some songs really really good, better than anyone else, but completely botching the rockers late the set and draining the energy at the end of each show? Cause that's what you'd get, nostalgia be damned.

[matt reeder]

As if it wasn't obvious enough that Matt Cameron picked the wrong band to take a sabbatical from

I just don't understand this decision! Maybe it's just because I don't like Matt w/ PJ compared to Jack (which still feels recent) or Dave (which feels like a different band), but Matt plays way too heavy and fast for PJ's catalog and is irreplaceable with SG.

I would have loved for Jack to come back, but with his health/touring issues maybe it isn't possible and maybe PJ's catalog is too much for anyone to learn at this point, while SG can get away with playing the same 15-20 songs all tour.

and regarding Chamberlain, I dont see the fit, so until SG posts it, I'm still hoping for Freese or Wilk.

Wilk simply doesn't have the skills to fill in for Cameron. Freese must've been in the conversation.

If you really want Jack back in PJ, are you ready for 22-24 songs in the set? Him getting burned out by show #6? Playing some songs really really good, better than anyone else, but completely botching the rockers late the set and draining the energy at the end of each show? Cause that's what you'd get, nostalgia be damned.

I'm ready for PJ to hang it up so Soundgarden can go out and be a real band again.

[oasisfan35]

I'm ready for PJ to hang it up so Soundgarden can go out and be a real band again.

[Will]

I'm ready for PJ to hang it up so Soundgarden can go out and be a real band again.

I'm ready for both bands to co-exist for ever and ever and ever and ever.

[DeLima]

Got good seats for the NIN/SG date at the amphitheatre in Toronto. Hope SG headlines that night, although NIN is listed first on all the promotional material so far.

[makeshift]

Audio rip of itunes set?

http://www.filefactory.com/file/59dkeeq ... Cbr%20/%3E

[Iholdthepain]

Row 5 at Red Rocks... First time to see SG... Bummer about Matt not playing...

[Strat]

Row 5 at Red Rocks... First time to see SG... Bummer about Matt not playing...

I can't decide on this 1.

[Iholdthepain]

Row 5 at Red Rocks... First time to see SG... Bummer about Matt not playing...

I can't decide on this 1.

No-brainer for me... Saw NIN at RR once before, Trent rarely disappoints, and judging from the iTunes show, SG is in great form. Plus... It's Red Rocks, FFS!

[Strat]

Row 5 at Red Rocks... First time to see SG... Bummer about Matt not playing...

I can't decide on this 1.

No-brainer for me... Saw NIN at RR once before, Trent rarely disappoints, and judging from the iTunes show, SG is in great form. Plus... It's Red Rocks, FFS!

but, but....No Cameron :\

Everyone that leaves an SG talks about how Cameron is the main focus....

[Birds in Hell]

For what it's worth, I haven't seen confirmation that Matt Cameron won't be playing at these shows - I don't the band have even officially confirmed Chamberlain as his fill-in yet, have they?

Thus far, the only shows that Matt absolutely won't be playing (presumably) are the upcoming Euro dates as they overlap with Pearl Jam's shows. I guess it hinges on whether Pearl Jam are still planning on doing more US dates later this year.

[Will]

Row 5 at Red Rocks... First time to see SG... Bummer about Matt not playing...

I can't decide on this 1.

No-brainer for me... Saw NIN at RR once before, Trent rarely disappoints, and judging from the iTunes show, SG is in great form. Plus... It's Red Rocks, FFS!

but, but....No Cameron :\

Everyone that leaves an SG talks about how Cameron is the main focus....

But who has ever seen Matt Chamberlain play? Matt Cameron's gonna play with Soundgarden for a really long time. This is the rare opportunity to see a well respected musician and former Pearl Jam member fill in. I think its kinda cool. It'll be different for sure, but its still gonna be fun.

Last year I saw Bad Religion and Brooks Wackerman had taken leave over the passing of his mother, so they had another drummer filling in, and it was still a solid show.

[Birds in Hell]

If you really want Jack back in PJ, are you ready for 22-24 songs in the set?

Pearl Jam shows are too long anyway.

Personally, I'd be thrilled to see Chamberlain back in Pearl Jam. He's a great drummer.

[Iholdthepain]

Bummer for sure, but not a dealbreaker for me. At this point, it'd be a bonus if MC played.

[TwoAlarmFire]

I have never had that much trouble with TM before.

The funny thing is, the venue they are playing at is where Britney Spears has her residency. It's a weird setup, there is a VIP/lounge area right in front of the stage with all of the sections behind it. The good thing is, I was able to score row A and will be on Ben's side again.

[RussellManiac12]

Got in easily for the presale, but the best available seats were at the back of the amphitheater. I gave them up, tried again a couple more times, and then just bit the bullet and bought a pair. But going back into the presale, I found tickets much closer just in front of the board. So I snagged those and now have a pair at Will Call to part with.

Exactly what happened to me. I got pretty close, but on the side and bought them. Went back in and pulled a row closer, but right in the middle. Would have bought the second pair if I could have sold the first easily, but didn't want to take that chance.

[zeb]

I wouldn't miss an opportunity to see Soundgarden with a drummer other than Matt. Doesn't happen too often.

[zeb]

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/ ... inch-nails

Soundgarden's Chris Cornell 'Really Open' To Collaborating With Nine Inch Nails on Tour
By Gary Graff, Detroit | March 17, 2014 10:44 AM EDT

The band discusses its admiration for Trent Reznor, its forthcoming music & why drummer Matt Cameron won't be on the co-headlining tour.

With its just-announced summer tour with Nine Inch Nails and Death Grips, Soundgarden will be significantly busier than it planned to be this year.

"Initially it was going to be nothing, and now it's pretty full -- so that's good," frontman Chris Cornell told Billboard last week before Soundgarden played its landmark "Superunknown" album in its entirety for the iTunes Festival at South By Southwest. "I think it's good, too, because when I'm comparing it to previous years of us being Soundgarden, it's on par with that. We're out together, playing music." To which bassist Ben Shepherd added, "It's a good pace."

The tour kicks off July 19 in Las Vegas and will play 23 dates across North America, with tickets going on sale March 21. Soundgarden will also play three Lollapalooza festivals in South America and has European dates with Black Sabbath, as well as Hellfest in France and a headlining show of its own in Tel Aviv and a spot on the Sasquatch! Music Festival on July 4 at the Gorge Amphitheatre near Seattle.

There was no great drama or intricate strategizing to come up with the Nine Inch Nails tour, Cornell said. "It was the way most tours probably come about, which is the tour guys think, 'Well, what tours should we put together?' I don't remember when the idea came up, but it was definitely a while ago -- and that was good because I think starting early usually means that you put together a good package and it can be something somewhat eventful that people might remember."

Cornell and Shepherd said they've "never met or hung out with the guys in Nine Inch Nails," including leader Trent Reznor (although NIN's tour manager previously worked with Soundgarden), but they've been admirers since the days of "Pretty Hate Machine" during the early 90s. "It seemed cool, like this new sort of wrinkle of aggressive rock, but closer to Killing Joke than Metallica, which appealed to me," Cornell recalled. "And it just seemed like everything about it was cool and aggressive." He added that Soundgarden even liked NIN's video for "Head Like a Hole" so much that it hired the same production company to make the clip for "Jesus Christ Pose" in 1991. "We were kind of influenced by their visual image for a second," Cornell acknowledged.

The idea of the two bands collaborating in any way hasn't been discussed yet. "We tend to be really open," Cornell said, "and we've toured with bands that are and we've toured with bands that aren't, and there's some bands that totally aren't set up for that. Some bands have a thing that they have to do, and the idea of a collaboration might open the curtain so people can see behind it. So you never know."

Soundgarden will, however, be making the trek without drummer Matt Cameron, who has obligations with Pearl Jam, and will be using his hand-picked fill-in Matt Chamberlain. "Whenever (Cameron) wants to come out, he's coming out," Cornell noted, while Shepherd pointed out that, "We've got another guy with the same initials playing drums for us. That makes it real easy." But Cameron added that Cameron will "definitely" be on board when Soundgarden starts working on a follow-up to its 2012 anniversary album "King Animal" -- which the frontman expects to be hastened by the unexpected amount of work the band is doing this year. "When we're rehearsing, going over songs, we're always progressing as a band, beyond where we ever were, going to new places, somehow, as a group and understanding who we are and changing things in a natural way as we go," Cornell explained. "The songs are evolving, we're evolving, so it's all very good. (New music) is the easiest thing to say 'yes' to, because that's always happening."

Prior to the tour, on June 3, Soundgarden will release several "Superunknown" anniversary editions, including a 5-CD Super Deluxe set. Cornell and Shepherd are certain the group will play "Superunknown" in is entirety again this year but have not determined firm plans yet.

[zeb]

Looks like Chamberlain is confirmed then.