SOUNDGARDEN Down On the Upside Promo Rare Banner POSTER

SOUNDGARDEN DOWN ON THE UPSIDE Promo Poster
Category / Style / Moods: Rock Alternative Pop/ Rock, Heavy Metal, Grunge, Alternative Metal

/ 577 S  RN: 2978 CELEBRATING 10 YEARS ON EBAY! YOU WON'T FIND THIS POSTER ANYWHERE ELSE! THERE'S JUST A COUPLE LEFT IN INVENTORY SO THEY ARE VERY NEAR MEGA-RARE :-) 1996 12" X 35" A&M PROMO POSTER SOUNDGARDEN DOWN ON THE UPSIDE CONDITION: EXCELLENT 8 OF 10 OR BETTER (MINOR HANDLING AND EDGE DINGS IF ANY) TOUGH TO FIND PROMOTIONAL ONLY Click the pix to get a better look

TRACKS:  Disc: 1

1.	Pretty Noose		Cornell	4:12
2.	Rhinosaur		Cameron, Cornell	3:14
3.	Zero Chance		Cornell, Shepherd	4:18
4.	Dusty		Cornell, Shepherd	4:34
5.	Ty Cobb		Cornell, Shepherd	3:05
6.	Blow up the Outside World		Cornell	5:46
7.	Burden in My Hand		Cornell	4:50
8.	Never Named		Cornell, Shepherd	2:28
9.	Applebite		Cameron, Cornell	5:10
10.	Never the Machine Forever		Thayil	3:36
11.	Tighter & Tighter		Cornell	6:06
12.	No Attention		Cornell	4:27
13.	Switch Opens		Cornell, Shepherd	3:53
14.	Overfloater		Cornell	5:09
15.	An Unkind		Shepherd	2:08
16.	Boot Camp		Cornell	2:59

 Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Superunknown was a breakthrough in many ways. Not only did the album bring Soundgarden a new audience, it dramatically expanded their vision, as well as their accomplishments. If Down on the Upside initially seems a retreat from the grand, layered textures of Superunknown, let it sink in. The sound of Down on the Upside is certainly more immediate, but the band hasn't returned to the monstrous, unfocused wailing of Louder Than Love. Instead, they've retained their ambitious song structures, neo-psychedelic guitar textures, and winding melodies but haven't dressed them up with detailed production. Consequently, Down on the Upside is visceral as well as cerebral -- "Rhinosaur" goes for the gut, while "Pretty Noose" is updated, muscular prog rock. Down on the Upside is a deceptive album -- it might seem like nothing more than heavy metal, but a closer listen reveals that Soundgarden haven't tempered their ambitions at all. Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Soundgarden made a place for heavy metal in alternative rock. Their fellow Seattle rockers Green River may have spearheaded the grunge sound, but they relied on noise rock in the vein of the Stooges. Similarly, Jane's Addiction were too fascinated with prog rock and performance art to appeal to a wide array of metal fans. Soundgarden, however, developed directly out of the grandiose blues-rock of Led Zeppelin and the sludgy, slow riffs of Black Sabbath. Which isn't to say they were a straight-ahead metal band. Soundgarden borrowed the D.I.Y. aesthetics of punk, melding their guitar-driven sound with an intelligence and ironic sense of humor that was indebted to the American underground of the mid-'80s. Furthermore, the band rarely limited itself to simple, pounding riffs, often making detours into psychedelia. But the group's key sonic signatures -- the gutsy wail of vocalist Chris Cornell and the winding riffs of guitarist Kim Thayil -- were what brought them out of the underground. Not only were they one of the first groups to record for the legendary Seattle indie Sub Pop, but they were the first grunge band to sign to a major label. In fact, most critics expected Soundgarden to be the band that broke down the doors for alternative rock, not Nirvana. However, the group didn't experience an across-the-boards success until 1994, when Superunknown became a number one hit. For a band so heavily identified with the Seattle scene, its ironic that two of its founding members were from the Midwest. Kim Thayil (guitar), Hiro Yamamoto (bass), and Bruce Pavitt were all friends in Illinois who decided to head to Olympia, WA, to attend college after high school graduation in 1981. Though none of the three completed college, all of them became involved in the Washington underground music scene. Pavitt was the only one who didn't play -- he founded a fanzine that later became the Sub Pop record label. Yamamoto played in several cover bands before forming a band in 1984 with his roommate Chris Cornell (vocals), a Seattle native who had previously played drums in several bands. Thayil soon joined the duo and the group named itself Soundgarden after a local Seattle sculpture. Scott Sundquist originally was the band's drummer, but he was replaced by Matt Cameron in 1986. Over the next two years, Soundgarden gradually built up a devoted cult following through their club performances.

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