Me meto un tiro,
¡Pum!
El eco suena,
¡Pum!
O quizás es el corazón,
¡Pum!
Que todavía sueña.

Día: 6 de junio de 2014

Historias detrás de «Superunknown»

Historias detrás de «Superunknown»

New oral history of Soundgarden’s Superunknown

Soundgarden, from left: Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil, Chris Cornell, and Ben Shepherd.

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Somewhere between a man beating himself bloody with spoons and a producer ripping a door off its hinges, Soundgarden made the record they’d been waiting nine years to unleash. Already beloved in the Seattle rock scene, and reaping the benefits of their town’s early ’90s grunge celebrity alongside their friends Nirvana and Pearl Jam, the band’s previous album, 1991’s Badmotorfinger, had gone platinum and earned a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance. They’d helped spur Sub Pop records on to greatness, hit the road with Guns N’ Roses, and commanded the mainstage of Lollapalooza.

But the band that so identified with muscular, pistoning hard-rock believed they were also capable of a deeper pop melodicism, of more nuanced anthems. By the summer of 1993, frontman and guitarist Chris Cornell, a longtime Beatles and Pink Floyd devotee, and bassist Ben Shepherd, a blithely experimental hand with tunings and dynamics, had begun crafting songs that would defy headbangers’ expectations. They recruited the producer Michael Beinhorn — who’d helmed releases by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Soul Asylum — to help realize their ambitions.

The six months of recording, engineering and mixing that went into Superunknown did not progress as in-step with that idealism. The band clashed constantly with Beinhorn — whose methodical repetition was at odds with their down-and-dirty recording habits — and all began to doubt the results. But their vindication would come, unsubtly, in the radio ubiquity of «Black Hole Sun,» two Grammy wins, and the enduring career the band had cemented for themselves as a result of the album’s success. Furthermore, the record handily dispelled any notion of Soundgarden being reductive metalheads: From the roiling surf-pop guitars of «My Wave,» to Cornell’s menacing, discomfiting vocal operatics on «Mailman,» to the tetchy, bluesy crawl of «Limo Wreck,» and the Gonzo nonchalance and psychedelic-pop agility of «Black Hole Sun,» Superunknown thrived in its eccentric outer limits.

Here, 20 years after the album’s release, is the story behind its creation from the people who were there, plus a Bill Nye the Science Guy cameo, because Seattle was pretty weird back then.

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Tuatara (Barrett Martin, Peter Buck y Mike McCready) sacarán nuevo disco

Tuatara (Barrett Martin, Peter Buck y Mike McCready) sacarán nuevo disco

Tuatara (Barrett Martin, Peter Buck and Mike McCready) will release a new album

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Tuatara, un supergrupo formado por Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Walking Papers), Peter Buck (R.E.M.), y Mike McCready (Pearl Jam, Mad Season), entre otros, han vuelto para lanzar su primer disco en seis años. El doble álbum, llamado «Underworld», será lanzado el 15 de agosto vía Sunyata Records, y fue mezclado por Jack Endino. La banda, que también está formada por Justin Harwood, Skerik, y Luna, con este disco habrán lanzado ya 7 discos.

Hace poco, Tatuara lanzaron “The Skeleton Getdown,”, una canción del próximo álbum. Martin describió la canción diciendo: «La canción se inspiró inicialmente por un golpe en particular, que se basa libremente sobre el ‘Crunge’ de John Bonham … Skerik comenzando con un riff esa melodía por encima del ritmo con un saxo barítono, y Peter Buck con un gran sonido wah wah marcando con su guitarra. Scott McCaughey toca ese piano Wurlitzer tan funky».

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IN ENGLISH

Tuatara, a supergroup consisting of Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Walking Papers), Peter Buck (R.E.M.), and Mike McCready (Pearl Jam, Mad Season), have returned to release their first record in six years. The double album, “Underworld,” will be released in August via Sunyata Records and was mixed by Jack Endino. The group, which also includes Justin Harwood, Skerik, and Luna as members, consider this their seventh album.

Just recently, Tuatara released “The Skeleton Getdown,” a track off the upcoming album. Martin described the song while stating, “the mellow, groove-centric song was initially inspired by a particular beat, which is loosely built upon John Bonham’s ‘Crunge’ beat… Skerik started riffing that melody over the top of the beat with a baritone sax, and Peter Buck had this great wah wah sound dialed in on his guitar. Scott McCaughey played that funky Wurlitzer piano.”

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