name a band!?

Question

and name as many facts as you can give about the band and it's members
most facts get's 10 points!

Answer 1

Queens of the Stone Age:



-Their Current lineup is Josh Homme, Mike Schuman, Joey Castillo, Troy Van Leeuwen, and Dean Fertita.

- Over the Years, they have had over 25 people included in the band, including Dave Grohl and Dean Ween.

-Josh Homme (lead singer) is the only original member of the band

-Josh Homme was the guitarist for the stoner metal pioneer band kyuss, and he is the drummer for the Eagles of Death Metal.

- They were originally going to be called Gamma Ray, but that was already taken. The Queens were threatened by a lawsuit, so they settled on 'Queens of The Stone Age' as Recommended by Chris Goss.

-QOTSA's first EP was split with Kyuss.

- Former Bassist Nick Oliveri was once arrested for wearing nothing but his bass on stage...

-Josh Homme is married to Brody Dalle from the Distillers.

Answer 2

M-Maroon 5 I- Incubus R- Radiohead A- Avenged Sevenfold N- 9 Inch Nails D- Disturbed A- All American Rejects J- Jacks kind A- Augustana D- Daughtry E- Evanescence If purely I had a T or an F in my call =(

Answer 3

AFI!!!



AFI (A Fire Inside) is a rock band which was formed in 1991 in Ukiah, California.



Genre(s)Hardcore punk (early)Punk rock, Horror punk (mid)Alternative rock (recent)

Years active - 1991–present

Label(s)Interscope, DreamWorksNitroAdeline RecordsWingnut RecordsKey Lime Pie Records

Associated acts - Blaqk Audio, Loose Change, Son of Sam, The Frisk, Tiger Army, Hunter Revenge



Website(s) afireinside.net www.myspace.com/afi



Former members

Mark Stopholese, Geoff Kresge,Vic Chalker



Current members

Davey Havok – lead vocals (1991–present)

Jade Puget – guitar, backing vocals, programming, keyboards (1998–present)

Hunter Burgan – bass, backing vocals, programming, keyboards (1997–present)

Adam Carson – drums, backing vocals (1991–present)



AFI discography

1995: Answer That and Stay Fashionable

1996: Very Proud of Ya

1997: Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes

1999: Black Sails in the Sunset

2000: The Art of Drowning

2003: Sing the Sorrow

2006: Decemberunderground



Studio albums - Answer That and Stay Fashionable · Very Proud of Ya · Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes · Black Sails in the Sunset · The Art of Drowning · Sing the Sorrow · Decemberunderground



EPs - Dork · Behind the Times · AFI/Heckle Split · Bombing the Bay · Fly in the Ointment · A Fire Inside · Black Sails · Alternative Press · All Hallow's · 336 · Tenth EP



Videos & DVDs - "Clandestine," "I Heard a Voice"



AFI Singles - "He Who Laughs Last..." · "Third Season" · "Totalimmortal" · "The Days of the Phoenix" · "Girl's Not Grey" · "The Leaving Song, Pt. II" · "Silver and Cold" · "Miss Murder" · "Love Like Winter" · "The Missing Frame" · "Carcinogen Crush"



Davey Havok lead singer facts::



David Marchand (born David Passaro, on November 20, 1975, in Rochester, New York) more commonly known by the stage name Davey Havok, is the lead vocalist of the American rock band AFI. He follows a straight edge lifestyle as well as a vegan diet.



With Son of Sam

- Songs from the Earth (2001)



With Blaqk Audio

- CexCells (2007)



He's also made some guest appearances with other bands.

Answer 4

U2



-Dublin based band - Bono (Paul Hewson), the Edge (David Evans), Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen.

-Started via an ad on a bulletin board in high school looking for members.

- First album was named boy, and had a 12 year old boy shirtless on the cover. They later had to change it because some considered it child pornography.

-Much of the album the Unfogettable Fire was recorded in Slaine Castle in Ireland

-Have been together 30 years now.

- Almost split up and then they discovered that Bono actually had a good voice.

- The edge is actually of Welsh descent.

-Larry lost his mother and sister in the same tragic accident and has trouble talking about it.

-Bono's mother died when he was very young, the song Tomorrow is about when the hearse was at his house.

- Bono is very involved with several charities One and debt forgiveness for third world countries, and the Product Red program.

- Bono actually had an audience with Pope John Paul II

-14 albums in their over 30 years as a band

-Several members have done solo projects, but the existence of the band has never been in jeopardy or questioned

-Have made a documentary movie called Rattle and Hum

-Played at Live Aid as well as U2 3D

-Bono and Adam Clayton participated in Band Aid

-Bono sometimes plays characters such as The Fly and Macphisto, sporting funky sunglasses

- they have recorded songs with Luciano Pavarotti (Miss Sarajevo and The Hand That Built America)

-The band played halftime at Super Bowl XXXVI

- U2 had their own red iPod with engraved signatures from all band members

-Went into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, inducted by theBoss (and Bruce went up on stage when they played in Philadelphia 2 years ago)

-They have won 22 Grammies, only Stevie Wonder has as many for a modern band



What's with the thumbs down??? At least I didn't cut and paste like some others obviously have. Maybe I learned something about U2 cause I've been following them for 25 years. Yeesh!

Answer 5

The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus



-Lead Vocals; Ronnie Winter

-Elias Reidy; Guitar, Backup Vocals

-Duke Kitchens; Guitar, Piano, Vocals

-Joey Westwood; Bass, Vocals

-Jon Wilkes; Drums, Vocals

-Their band name means absolutely nothing

-Average age in the band is 21

-Combine the genres pop-punk, pop, screamo, and metal for their own genre

-Have 11 songs on their CD, but have more songs that you can download

-Only 1 album

-Album named 'Don't you Fake it'

-has a myspace (myspace.com/redjumpsuit)

Answer 6

Slipknot:

Corey Taylor=Vocalist

Mick Thompson=Lead Guitar

Shawn Crahan=Custom Percussion

Craig Jones=Samples/Media

James Root=Rhythm Guitar

Chris Fehn=Custom Percussion

Paul Gray=Bass

Joey Jordison=Drums

Sid Wilson=Turntables

9-man band

All of them wear masks

All of them have a number

#0 Sid Wilson

#1 Joey Jordison

#2 Paul Gray

#3 Chris Fehn

#4 Craig Jones

#5 Jim Root

#6 Shawn Crahan

#7 Mick Thomson

#8 Corey Taylor

All of them have tatoos except for Joey Jordison

all of them have been in other bands

all of them have had mor than one injury on stage

they formed in Des Moines

all of them wear jumpsuits

there have been 7 ex members in slipknot

Answer 7

Led Zeppelin

Name came from a comment by Keith Moon--the new band would go over like a lead balloon

Formed in 1968--first 2 albums (Led Zeppelin and Led Zeppelin II) released in 1969.

Members: Robert Plant, vocals (lead singer with "Band of Joy" and "Crawling King Snakes")

Jimmy Page, guitar (bassist for the Yardbirds, respected session guitarist for many years, credits include "Sunshine Superman" by Donovan.

John Paul Jones, bass and keyboards (session musician, classically trained)

John Bonham, drums (played with Robert Plant in his early bands)

Influences include delta blues, country, JRR Tolkein

Album titles: Led Zeppelin I, II, III, IV (the runes album), Houses of the Holy, The Song Remains The Same (concert film and soundtrack), Presence, In Through The Out Door, Coda, How the West Was Won (CD and DVD retrospective, previously unreleased live recordings)

Post-Zeppelin projects: Robert Plant's long solo career includes Pictures at Eleven, The Principle of Moments, Shaken and Stirred, Now and Zen, Manic Nirvana, The Honeydrippers Volume 1, No Quarter (Unledded) with Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page: 2 albums with The Firm (fronted by Paul Rodgers of Bad Company), solo album "The Outrider", soundtrack work, album with David Coverdale of Whitesnake (Coverdale/Page)

John Paul Jones: soundtracks, worked with Diamanda Galas

John Bonham: died of excessive alcohol intake just after "In Through The Out Door" released

Reunited for Live Aid in 1985 (Tony Thompson on drums) and for the Atlantic Records anniversary (Phil Collins on drums)

Reunited in London last year with Jason Bonham on drums for one-off concert in London (possible tour and DVD)

Robert Plant currently touring with Alison Krauss



Note to Return of the Jackyll--no wikipedia here either

Answer 8

bring me the horizon

- from sheffield england

- gained popularity because all the scene chicks thought oli sykes was hot

- oli peed on a chick

- they have 1 CD (count your blessings) and 1 ep

-playing warped tour this year

-in the process of making a new CD

- rumored that they used a drum machine for their album

-is it true? who cares.

singer oli sykes is an a rap group called womb 2 da tomb, its mostly a joke

oli owns a clothing company called drop dead, and their prices are extremely over priced (50 bucks for a shirt is bullshit)

Answer 9

Sonata Arctica

- from Kemi, Finland.

Singer: Toni Kakko

Keyboards: Henrik Klingenberg

Guitar: Elias Viljanen

Drums: Tommy Portimo

Bass: Marko *something* (I feel so bad.. his last name is hard for me to remember.)

- formed in 1996

- Power metal

- ex-guitarist: Jani Liimatainen. (left after Unia) is allergic to cats (<- I don't know why I know that. o.o)

- Winterheart's Guild is an album by Sonata Arctica, there was an RPG made with the same name and the music was composed by Sonata Arctica

- they have.... 5 albums.



That's all I got... I think. lmao.

Answer 10

flyleaf



-they where originally called passerby

-the lead singer is lacey, she is 26

-pat is the bassist

-sameer is a guitarist

-there songs "cassie" "fully alive" and "tina" are all inspired by true stories

-theyre from a small town in texas

-there first album flyleaf came out in 2006

-they have made a bunch of music videos (breathe today,all around me,I'm so sick, fully alive,sorrow)

-they had to cancel some of there last shows on there tour with seether because laceys voice went out.

-lacey is 4'10

-jared plays drums

-there on mtv,vh1 and fuse.

-a flyleaf is the dedication in the begining of a book

-the band formed in 2003

-there hit "all around me" was in the movie never back down

-they did acoustic versions of I'm so sick,red sam, fully alive, cassie,and all around me for there special edition cd.

-offical website it flyleafmusic.com



all these facts where off the top of my head.

Answer 11

panic at the disco



current members are brendon urie, ryan ross, spencer smith,

and jon walker

brendon is the lead singer

ryan lead guitarist/ backup vocals

spencer drums

jon bassist/backup vocals

they got signed by pete wentz in 2004

ryan pestered pete on livejorunal to listen to them

Ryan and spencer have been best friends since they were born

all of they but jon was bron in summerlin,las vegas, nevada

jon was born in chicago, Illionois

their original bassist was brent wilson but he didn't do much so they replaced him

all but brendon have girlfriends

ryan was the lead singer for a while but then they switched to brendon

ryan write most the songs

brendon wrote folkin around and i have friends in holy place off of pretty.odd.

their first cd a fever you can't sweat out was released in 2005

their first single was I write sings not tragedies

I write sins won best music video at the vma's in 2006

pretty.odd. was released march 25,2008

their first tour was the nintendo fusion tour in 2005 with fall out boy

they first played blink-182 covers when they formed

the band got started by ryan and spencer

ryan and spencer went to a catholic school

brendon and brent went to palo verde high school

brent met brendon in their guitar class when brent transferred there

brendon was the guitarist at first

they had band practice in spencer's grandma's living room

they then later got a practice space

they were initially called summer league and also Pet Salamander

they got panic at the disco from a song by the band name taken

they got rid of the ! in 2008

for nothing rhymes with circus tour in 06 they had circus themed shows

their second video to come out was but it's better if you do

the next was lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off

followed by build god then we'll talk

they toured with the dresden dolls and jack's mannequin on the nothing rhymes with circus tour

they have made three videos from pretty.odd. nine in the afternoon, that green gentleman, and mad as rabbits

pretty.odd. was inspired by the beatles and queen

they headlined the honda civic tour 08(which I went to)

they played with motion city soundtrack, the hush sound, and phantom planet.



Brendon Urie

born april 12,1987

has add/adhd

used to be mormon

favorite movie is nightmare before christmas

when he auditioned to be in the band he did gollum impressions

he loves bright sneakers

loves the song in your eyes by peter gabriel

has 2 older sister and 2 older brothers

has a sidekick

he sleeps naked lol

used to skateboard when he was younger

broke ribs from falling from a tree when he was younger

he wants to be elmer fudd cause he carries a gun

he like snickedoodle cookies

has a dog named dillon with Shane

addicted to red bull

he lives with the camera guy for the band shane

he's 5'8

dated audrey kitching(scene queen)

supposedly dated lana jade(another scene queen)

his parents kicked him out when he decided not to go to college and quit the religion

he's part hawaiin

he has two tattoos a piano and flowers

he worked at a smoothie hut and as a land surveyor

If not in the band he would be in cosmetology

his nicknames are bden and brennybear

he was in fall out boy's a little less sixteen candles video with drummer spencer smith

he sang a part in the cab's one of those nights

celebrity crushes are jessica alba, keira knightley, natalie portman, and scarlett johansen

loves the show O.C.

he wears contacts

he has to wear girl jeans cause he has an apple bottom lol

he wears ray bans a lot

sand backup in fall out boys 7 minutes in heaven

got smoking weed when he was in 9th grade

he plays keyboard, accordion, piano, organ, cello, bass, drums and guitar

he took german in high school

dressed up as sub zero for halloween once



Ryan Ross

born August 30, 1986

he was abused by his alcoholic father

his dad died in 06

he dated jac vanek(scene queen)

he is currently dating keltie colleen who is a dancer

he used to listen to country music

obsessed with the beatles

plays guitar in fall out boy's the takes over the breaks over

nickname is ryro

has a beagle named hobo

he is 5'9

loves to wear scarves

loves oatmeal raisin cookies

worked at a dog kennel

he boxes



Jon Walker

Born September 17, 1985

his girlfriend is Cassie

was a technician for the academy is...

wears mandals

worked at starbucks

has two older brothers

has two cats dylon and clover

he loves fabric softener

he uses gibsona nd fender basses

nickname is jwalk

he still lives in chicago



Spencer smith

born September 2, 1987

has two younger sisters

is catholic

started palying the drums when he was 12

nickname is spence

his girlfriend is Hayley

he has a golden retriever name Boba-fett

Answer 12

senses fail

BUDDY NIELSON = singer

garret= bass

idk the rest haha

From NJ

one EP two albums

mad good

cant be saved is on guitar hero III

institutionalized is a song by the suicide tenedacies that senses fail re did

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Answer 13

we the kings:

travis clark: lead singer/guitar

drew thomsen: bass

hunter thomsen: guitar/some backup vocals

dan dan: drums

~named after their middle school

~was on "Really Really Ridiculously Good Looking Tour" w/ Cobra Starship, metro station, and the cab

~first headlining tour: Long Hair Dont Care tour (w/ valencia, the cab, sing it loud)

~"Check Yes Juliet" made it onto TRL

~Travis: red head, lip pierced, crown tat on chest, love tat on wrist

~dan dan: "allergic" to skittles

~hunter+drew=brothers

~myspace/wethekings

~has bossest ride ever

~SCurveRecords: has bunch of hillarious vids of them on youtube

~on warped tour 2008

~Travis's mother (not a red head) will be coming to see him on warped tour

~from Bradenton, FLa

~"This is our town" about Bradenton

~"This is Our Town" used in commericals for OTH and in episode of Newport Harbor

~self titled album

~1 album out (other unrealased songs online)

~used to have 5th member, mysteriously dropped out of band...

~some old lady tated we the kings on arm

~travis and dan dan have girlfriends

~all drink (Hunter smokes)

~the best band ever and all my facts come from the source (the band!!)

Answer 14

limp bizkit

members: john otto ,fred durst

Answer 15

jonas Brothers!

Nick

Kevin

and Joe Jonas

nick is 15,

-plays guitar, sings and plays piano, and drums

- Born in Dallas, Texas

- full name is Nicholas Jerry Jonas

- is 5' 8"

-born September 16th, 1992

-His favorite baseball team is the New York Yankees.

-His favorite sport is baseball.

-He has type 1 diabetes (diaganosed in 2005 while on tour).

-Born in Dallas, Texas, grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey, and now resides in Los Angeles.

-Started on Broadway and once missed a family vacation to be in a play.

-Was doing a solo project until his agent discovered his brothers (Kevin and Joe) had talent also.

-Got discovered singing, while getting his haircut.

-Was discovered at the age of 6.



Kevin is 19,

-sings a bit but plays guitar more

-Born in teaneck, New Jersey

Birth Name

Paul Kevin Jonas II





Nickname

Kev

K2





Height

5' 9" (1.75 m)





Mini Biography

Named after his father, Paul Kevin Jonas (widely known as Kevin), was born on November 5th, 1987 in Arizona. Him being the oldest brother of 3 younger brothers, Kevin is the one that all the brothers look up to. His mother is named Denise Jonas. He is part Italian, Irish, German and Cherokee Indian. Kevin is known for being in the band titled "Jonas Brothers" this band only includes two of his three other brothers, Joe and Nick.



IMDb Mini Biography By: Katerina N. of Philly





Trade Mark

Bandanas



Curly hair







Trivia

His favorite sport is pole vaulting.



3 Brothers, Joe, Nick, and Frankie, eldest of these children.



Brothers include Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, and Frankie Jonas.



His favorite school subjects were Latin and history.



Favorite game is monopoly.



His favorite holiday is Christmas.



His favorite actor is James Dean.



His favorite singer is John Mayer.



His favorite actresses are Rachel Mcadams and Hayden Panettiere.



His favorite hobby is bowling.







Personal Quotes

"I don't think I'd ever reject anyone..."







Where Are They Now

(February 2008) On the "When You Look Me in The Eyes" tour with his brothers



(April 2008) On tour with Avril Lavigne in Europe







Joe is 18,

-the lead singer, plays percussion, guitar, keyboards

Date of Birth

15 August 1989, Casa Grande, Arizona, USA





Birth Name

Joseph Adam Jonas





Nickname

Joe

JJ

DJ Danger





Height

5' 10" (1.78 m)





Mini Biography

Joseph's original plan, before becoming a singer, was slightly different than his brothers. He first dreamed of becoming a comedian and wanted to audition for sketch comedy shows,but he was always attached to music and loved listening to different kinds of music, especially rock. In his spare time he enjoys jogging and working out. His favorite color is blue, and some of Joe's favorite foods are Chicken cutlet sandwiches with mayo, and Chocolate marshmallow ice cream. His favorite movie is Dumb and Dumber, and he enjoys the sport Wiffel Ball.









Trade Mark

Headbands







Trivia

Brothers are Kevin, Nick, and Frankie.



He plays keyboard, guitar, tambourine, and lead vocals for the Jonas Brothers.



Before becoming a musician he wanted to be a comedian.



Enjoys running.



Favorite drink orange Gatorade.



Favorite Actresses: Natalie Portman and Aishwarya Rai.



Favorite Sport: Wiffel Ball.



Favorite Band: Copeland and Switchfoot.



Favorite Actor: Jim Carey.



Before being in the Jonas Brothers with his two brothers Kevin and Nick, he was back up vocalists with his older brother Kevin.



Along with his two brothers Kevin and Nicholas, he performed at their church. They had been part of the church choir.



Was born in Casa Grande, Arizona, grew up in Wyckoff New Jersey and now resides in Los Angeles.



Became home-schooled in 7th grade.



Brothers include Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas, and Frankie Jonas.



Collected G.I. Joe action figures and pens as a child.



His favorite movie is School For Scoundrels.



Favorite sport is soccer.



His favorite school subject is math.



His favorite author is Dr. Seuss.



His favorite holiday is Valentine's Day.



His favorite book is A Wrinkle In Time.



His favorite band is Switchfoot.



His favorite singer is Johnny Lang.



Owns 5 guitars.



Favorite historical era is the 80s.



Favorite board game is Monopoly.



Is a big fan of the High School Musical movies.



Joe's favorite foods are chicken cutlet sandwich with mayonnaise, snow cones and his grandma's homemade pizza.



His favorite TV shows are Boy Meets World, Heroes, Lost, Friends and Most Extreme Challenge.



Like his brothers Nick and Kevin, Joe wears a purity ring. (They are Christian).







They are brothers.



They are all in the movie Camp Rock

Are going to star in a show called JONAS

they have new single out called burning up

guest stared on Hannah Montana

Have Two Cds out.

It's About Time that came out in 2006

and Jonas Brothers that came out in 2008

Jonas Brothers also had a re-relase with two bonus tracks.

and They have a new Album Comming out in August 12 th

called A Little Bit Longer.

And the jonas brothers are featured in the Camp Rock Soundtrack.



Nick Jonas Writes most of the songs.

the songs are about him dealing with diabetes.

hahaha nick jonas is a hottie! hahahaha

Answer 16

SOUNDGARDEN:



Soundgarden was an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by lead singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Matt Cameron became the band's permanent drummer in 1986 and bassist Ben Shepherd became a permanent replacement for Yamamoto in 1990.



Soundgarden was one of the key bands in the creation of grunge, a style of alternative rock that developed in Seattle and was based around the band's record label Sub Pop. Soundgarden was the first grunge band to sign to a major label, but Soundgarden did not achieve commercial success until Seattle contemporaries Nirvana and Pearl Jam popularized grunge in the early 1990s.



Soundgarden achieved its biggest success with the 1994 album Superunknown which debuted at number one on the Billboard charts and yielded the Grammy Award–winning singles "Black Hole Sun" and "Spoonman". In 1997, the band broke up due to internal strife over its creative direction. Soundgarden has sold 8 million records in the U.S., and an estimated 20 million albums worldwide.





History



Formation and early years: 1984–1986

Soundgarden was formed in 1984 by Chris Cornell (drums and vocals) and Hiro Yamamoto (bass); they were later joined by Kim Thayil (guitar). Thayil had moved to Seattle from Park Forest, Illinois with Yamamoto and Bruce Pavitt, who would later start Sub Pop Records. The band named themselves after a wind-channeling pipe sculpture, "The Sound Garden," located in Magnuson Park, Seattle.



Cornell originally played drums while singing, but in 1985 the band enlisted Scott Sundquist to allow Cornell to concentrate on vocals. The band's first recordings were three songs that appeared on a compilation for C/Z Records called Deep Six. It also featured songs by fellow grunge pioneers Green River, Skin Yard, Malfunkshun, The U-Men and the Melvins. In 1986, Sundquist left the band and was replaced by Matt Cameron, who was the drummer for Skin Yard.





Badmotorfinger: 1991–1993



Bassist Ben Shepherd replaced previous bassist Jason Everman and the new line up recorded Badmotorfinger in 1991. Although overshadowed at the time of its release by the sudden popularity of Nirvana's Nevermind, the focus of attention brought by Nevermind to the Seattle scene helped Soundgarden gain wider attention. The singles "Outshined" and "Rusty Cage" were able to find an audience at alternative radio and MTV. The first single from Badmotorfinger, "Jesus Christ Pose" (sample (help·info)), garnered attention when MTV decided to ban its corresponding music video in 1991.[12] Many listeners were outraged by the song and its video, perceiving it as anti-Christian. The band received death threats while on tour in the United Kingdom in support of the album.[13] Cornell explained that the lyrics criticize public figures who use religion (particularly the image of Jesus Christ) to portray themselves as being persecuted.[14] Badmotorfinger was nominated for a Grammy for Best Metal Performance in 1992.



Following the release of Badmotorfinger, Soundgarden went on a tour of North America that ran from October 1991 to November 1991.[15] Afterward, the band took a slot opening for Guns N' Roses in North America on the band's Use Your Illusion Tour. Soundgarden was personally selected by Guns N' Roses as its opening band.[16] The band took a slot opening for Skid Row in North America in February 1992 on the band's Slave to the Grind tour,[17] and then headed to Europe for a month-long headlining theater tour.[18] The band returned for a tour of the United States and subsequently rejoined Guns N' Roses in the summer of 1992 in Europe as part of the Use Your Illusion Tour along with fellow opening act Faith No More.[18] Regarding the time spent opening for Guns N' Roses, Cornell said, "It wasn't a whole lot of fun going out in front of 40,000 people for 35 minutes every day. Most of them hadn't heard our songs and didn't care about them. It was a bizarre thing."[13] The band would go on to play the 1992 Lollapalooza tour with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, and Ministry, among others. The band later released the video compilation Motorvision, which was filmed at the Paramount Theatre in 1992. The band also made an appearance in the movie Singles performing "Birth Ritual". The song appeared on the soundtrack, as did a Chris Cornell solo song.





Superunknown: 1994–1995



Released in 1994, Superunknown became the band's breakout album, driven by the singles "Black Hole Sun" (sample (help·info)), "Spoonman", "My Wave", and "Fell on Black Days". Upon its release in March 1994, Superunknown debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart.[19] The songs on Superunknown captured the creativity and heaviness of the band's earlier works, while showcasing the group's newly evolving style. Lyrically, the album was quite dark and mysterious, as much of it is often interpreted to be dealing with substance abuse, suicide, and depression. The album was also more experimental than previous releases, with some songs incorporating Middle-Eastern or Indian music. Reviewer J.D. Considine of Rolling Stone said Superunknown "demonstrates far greater range than many bands manage in an entire career." He also stated, "At its best, Superunknown offers a more harrowing depiction of alienation and despair than anything on In Utero."[20] The music video for "Black Hole Sun" became a hit on MTV and received the award for Best Metal/Hard Rock Video at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards. Soundgarden won two Grammy Awards in 1995; "Black Hole Sun" received the award for Best Hard Rock Performance and "Spoonman" received the award for Best Metal Performance.



Down on the Upside and break-up: 1996–1997



The band's final album was 1996's self-produced Down on the Upside. The album spawned several singles, including "Pretty Noose", "Blow Up the Outside World", and "Burden in My Hand" (sample (help·info)). The album was notably less heavy than the group's preceding albums, and marked a further departure from the band's grunge roots. Soundgarden explained at the time that it wanted to experiment with other sounds. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly said, "Few bands since Led Zeppelin have so crisply mixed instruments both acoustic and electric." However, tensions within the group arose during the sessions, with Thayil and Cornell reportedly clashing over Cornell's desire to shift away from the heavy guitar riffing that had become the band's trademark. Despite favorable reviews, the album did not match the sales of Superunknown.



The band took a slot on the 1996 Lollapalooza tour with Metallica, who had insisted on Soundgarden's appearance on the tour. After Lollapalooza, the band embarked on a world-wide tour. Tensions continued to increase during the band's ensuing tour in support of the album. When asked if the band hated touring, Cornell said, "We really enjoy it to a point and then it gets tedious, because it becomes repetitious. You feel like fans have paid their money and they expect you to come out and play them your songs like the first time you ever played them. That's the point where we hate touring." At the tour's final stop in Honolulu, Hawaii on February 9, 1997, Shepherd threw his bass into the air in frustration after suffering equipment failure, and subsequently stormed off the stage. The band retreated, with Cornell returning to conclude the show with a solo encore. On April 9, 1997, the band announced its disbanding. Thayil said, "It was pretty obvious from everybody's general attitude over the course of the previous half year that there was some dissatisfaction." Soundgarden's final release, a greatest-hits compilation titled A-Sides, was released the following fall.





Post-Soundgarden

Chris Cornell released a solo album in September 1999, entitled Euphoria Morning. Then in 2001 he formed the supergroup Audioslave with the former instrumental members of Rage Against the Machine. Cornell recorded three albums as Audioslave's vocalist until his departure (and the band's breakup) in early 2007. His second solo album Carry On was released to mixed commercial and critical success in June 2007.



Kim Thayil joined forces with ex-Dead Kennedys vocalist Jello Biafra, former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Gina Mainwal for one show, performing as the No WTO Combo during the WTO ministerial conference in Seattle on December 1, 1999. Thayil later contributed guitar tracks to Steve Fisk's 2001 album 999 Levels of Undo, as well as Dave Grohl's side-project album Probot, released in 2004. In 2006, Thayil performed guitar on the album Altar, the collaboration between the bands Sunn O))) and Boris.



Matt Cameron initially turned his efforts to his side-project Wellwater Conspiracy, to which both Shepherd and Thayil have contributed performances. He then worked briefly with The Smashing Pumpkins and was even rumoured as a replacement for Jimmy Chamberlin. In 1998, he stepped in on drums for Pearl Jam's Yield tour, and subsequently joined the band as a permanent member.



Ben Shepherd was the vocalist on Wellwater Conspiracy's first studio album, Declaration of Conformity, released in 1997, however he left the band in 1998. He has toured with Mark Lanegan and released the second Hater album in 2005.



Regarding a future Soundgarden reunion, Cornell stated in an October 2005 interview that it would "probably not happen". He continued, "It's almost like we sealed the lid and said, this is Soundgarden and this is its lifespan, and put it ou