From Loudersound.
Kim Thayil says he’d like to complete work on Soundgarden tracks that were left incomplete following the death of Chris Cornell.
The guitarist was speaking with Music Radar when he was asked about the state of material on the unfinished Soundgarden album.
Thayil replies: “It was demos, but the demo quality was pretty good, because both Chris and Matt Cameron had become very interested in their home recording technique, so they might demo a song, and then Ben Shepherd and I would add our guitars or bass.
“Maybe Matt might play drums to a riff that Chris had recorded – and that would be recorded by one of our engineers or techs.”
He adds: “Right now, that’s all kind of stalled. We tried to get this going two years ago, but we’re not in possession of any of the demos that Chris was working on with them. We have copies, but what we need are the files, so that we’d be able to overdub and finish the record. We are not in possession of those.”
Asked what it would take to get hold of the files, Thayil says: “We don’t know. We’ve asked nicely, we’ve suggested that this will benefit all parties, if the band could just have these files, and we could finish the songs we were working on.
“But there seems to be some confusion amongst various parties as to what that would entail and how that works, and who that would benefit.
“It’s been tiring and we can’t move on until some future date when someone realises the value of allowing the creative partners to have access to the material.”
Soundgarden’s Live From The Artists Den was released July 26 UMC/Polydor.
It’ll launch on 2CD, 4LP, limited edition 4LP, Blu-ray and as a deluxe box set, featuring the 29-track concert film, with more than 30 minutes of bonus interviews on multiple LP, CD and Blu-ray formats.
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SOUNDGARDEN Louder Than Love (Original 1989 UK A&M label issue 12-track vinyl LP, including Hands All Over, Loud Love and Big Dumb Sex. The glossy picture sleeve shows just light general wear and the vinyl displays little sign of play. AMA5252)
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SOUNDGARDEN Outshined (1992 original UK limited edition 7" Picture Disc single, also including I Can't Give You Everything. Housed inside its custom printed clear PVC title sleeve, a notably rare example having suffered NO seam splits at all over the past 30 years! AM0102)
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SOUNDGARDEN Burden In My Hand (Original 1996 UK limited edition 7" single pressed on White Vinyl, also including Karaoke, housed in a individually numbered left-side opening picture sleeve with the original hype-stickered clear polythene sleeve) **Strictly Limited to 5000 Copies ONLY**)
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SOUNDGARDEN Pretty Noose (1996 UK strictly limited edition 7" single pressed on Red Coloured Vinyl, also including the previously unreleased [in the UK] 'Jerry Garcia's Finger'. Housed in an individually number stickered picture sleeve. The sleeve displays minimal wear and, apart from a small cosmetic pressing fault (we have played and has no effect on play), the vinyl looks barely played)***Limited to only 5000 copies***
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