Poor Soundgarden - Must read

drummerboy_73

Watched a few C&C videos, and couldn't really get into it, but this one may have changed my mind...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl_F74xBvkk

lukin14

I'm not familiar with Coheed & Cambria and would rather have QOTSA open in Toronto but one of my good friends claims C&C are great and a girl at the office likes them too..

All I can say is I better enjoy it because I'm seeing them twice in 2 weeks.. opening for Soundgarden in Toronto July 2 & Metallica in Halifax on July 14..

I suppose anything is better than having to sit through the Arcade Fire open for U2 on July 30.. just gross.

guacamolejoe

boroff89 wrote:

The comedy on this thread. . .

I can't get past the lead singer of Coheed and Cambria's voice. A few notes, and my ears start screaming in horrible protest. It's great that you like them, Unknown. I don't know how many live shows you go to. I've seen Coheed and Cambria live (briefly) on Warped Tour. I could name many, many bands that play with as much or poor energy, and who are quite frankly better live bands.

The worst comment on the thread was the one stating Cedric from The Mars Volta's voice is better than Cornell's. That is possibly the most comical thing I have read on this board since the guy who posted daily threads about the band Smashmouth. I like The Mars Volta. Frances the Mute, for me, is one of the best albums of the last ten years (and far superior to De-loused). I generally like Cedric's voice. But he NEVER belongs in the same conversation with Chris Cornell. Few in the history of rock do. I just saw Cornell on Tuesday night, and even at his age and after chain smoking for many years, his vocal range is simply jaw-dropping.

As for The Mars Volta, everything they've done since they fired Theodore has been sub-par, and their live shows aren't nearly as good. And now they've fire Pridgen too. I met Cedric and Omar backstage briefly when they played Outside Lands, and they are fucking pretentious assholes. Their music is suffering for it.

Always enjoyed TMV live . Those 2 drummers for TMV really hit the skins well..It's a shame they keep getting rid of good drummers ......Just like PJ

unknown

Theres a reason Soundgarden and Metallica picked this band to tour with. They are both huge fans of them and know that they put on a top notch show. Trust me, if you aren't a fan of this band and are going to these shows, you are going to be a huge fan of them when you leave. There isn't a doubt in my mind. For anyone who hasn't seen the song "In Keeping Secrets " live, you are in for a real treat. It is the most intense song I have ever seen live. I hope a lot of you report back after the shows.

keeponrockin

unknown wrote:

Theres a reason Soundgarden and Metallica picked this band to tour with. They are both huge fans of them and know that they put on a top notch show. Trust me, if you aren't a fan of this band and are going to these shows, you are going to be a huge fan of them when you leave. There isn't a doubt in my mind. For anyone who hasn't seen the song "In Keeping Secrets " live, you are in for a real treat. It is the most intense song I have ever seen live. I hope a lot of you report back after the shows.

I will, I'm not very familiar with them, but am excited to see them.. And if they don't do it for me, after them is Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, then The Flaming LIps, then Soundgarden.

Gonna be a great day.

PJ_Lukin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-X86oJVe9U

I like Warren and he is a huge supporter of C&C. They are good musicians, good guys and quite unique. Soundgarden must recognize something in them too.

unknown

Your absolutely right. The most down to earth rock stars I've ever met. Always meet with their fans after their shows and take pictures and sign autographs. Very similar to PJ as they have been doing bootlegs on their headlining shows. On their recent tour, they played over 3 hours for their fans. Everyone is in for a real treat. If you don't get chills from this video from the 6:50 minute mark on, then theres something wrong with you. These guys are great musicians, and its nice to see Soundgarden and many other bands recognize their skill. Warren Hayes has said that Travis Stever and Claudio Sanches are guitar gods in their own right. Now is that not saying something....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ljudZ9YKVA

momofglynn

they were ok, I must admit I only came in at the very end. What a shame for the other guys in the band. big dummy

keeponrockin

So, I saw them live last week. While good, they did not blow me away. The Flaming Lips later in the day were much better, as were Soundgarden. They were 1 of 18 bands I saw last week, and they didn't blow me away. I dug the set, but definitely not a top 10 band I've seen this week.

That would be:
The Roots
The Flaming Lips
Alberta Cross
Soundgarden
Josh Ritter
Peter Frampton
Dropkick Murphys
The Tragically Hip
The Greenhornes
The Black Keys
Ben Harper
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes

THEN I'd put Coheed up there. It's not that they were bad, I just didn't love what they were doing. Great musicians, but no songs that grabbed me.

South of Seattle

I am praising the god of the universe because I get Meat Puppets, Mastodon & Queens as the openers for my show.

unknown

Actually, I've heard that Coheed and Cambria were winning over most of the crowds that
they played at. Its so sad that their bass player had a relapse. These are the nicest 4 band
members I have ever been around. Always take pics, sign autographs, and put on a killer show.
I hope those that got to see them gave them a legitimate chance.

gibbits

Not only does their music suck but a member of their band is stupid enough to risk robbing a pharmacy and possibly getting booted from playing with Soundgarden every night. These guys don't even deserve to be up there.

keeponrockin

unknown wrote:

Actually, I've heard that Coheed and Cambria were winning over most of the crowds that
they played at. Its so sad that their bass player had a relapse. These are the nicest 4 band
members I have ever been around. Always take pics, sign autographs, and put on a killer show.
I hope those that got to see them gave them a legitimate chance.

Like I said, I did see them, gave them a legitimate chance, and I was very 'meh' on them, they weren't terrible, but they didn't grab me and make me want to tell all my friends about the show.

Knish

Saw Soundgarden at the ROCK in Newark this past Fri. This was the 4th show I had seen at the Rock (including PJ), and I had always been impressed with the sound. Shit, the Rock even made Steve Winwood (opening for Tom PettY) Sound bad ass..

On Fri night the Soundgarden show was just plain terrible. The Guitars sounded like one big mesh of noise..Cornell had the echo on the mike the entire night....Such a disappointing evening.

dustinpardue

coheed and cambria are fucking terrible. sounds like Arcade fire after huffing a tank of helium. And I didn't think it could get worse than Arcade Fire. OK, maybe Vampire Weekend........

DewieCox

dustinpardue wrote:

coheed and cambria are fucking terrible. sounds like Arcade fire after huffing a tank of helium. And I didn't think it could get worse than Arcade Fire. OK, maybe Vampire Weekend........

I agree, neither are very good but they don't sound anything alike.

As for worse....Have you heard Gogol Bordello?

PJPOWER

I saw them last year in Vegas. I had done some research and listened to them enough to know some of their songs and their history. I had fun at the show, but it didn't change my life by any means. Maybe there was no "connection", but I did not leave the concert thinking "man, i've got to get more of their music". I was not dissappointed, but not impressed either. I wouldn't see myself going out of my way to catch another one of their shows. Everyone has different tastes in music though, and it's cool that you are passionate about them.

Pap

DewieCox wrote:

Have you heard Gogol Bordello?

:shock: Have you ever been in one of their shows before? One of the most energetic shows ever! Amazing act!

acutejam

So I didn't get C&C at my soundgarden show, but Mars Volta began to grow on me -- song or two I'll pick up, think they've got one album I might just buy actually.

But I wanted to echo the complaints on Soundgarden's Mix -- the SF Civic Center can produce some amazing sound, but Thursday night wasn't to be. I was direct center about halfway between the stage and soundboards and first thing I noticed right away was that they hung the PAs WAAAY too far out to the sides, as if they were playing some huge festival stage. Lot of BOOM in the middle, lot echo (and not just Chris's deliberate delay).

The kick drum was the loudest sound all night, followed by the drums in general (but not cymbals) and then the bass, nothing really wrong with that, nice pounding sound -- but KIM WAS NONEXISTANT! Chris had a few tones that would elevate him in the mix, but overall, the guitars were just lost -- songs like Burden In My Hand and Head Down that start with guitar gave you a clue where those guitars were.

When you could hear Kim, he had a nice thick tone going, but it just blended into the overall sound so much that it became lost -- and when he stepped up for a solo or anything, nada... couldn't hear a damn thing over the drums and bass.

We had a blast, total mayhem of a show, audience went wild, lots of great music, but I came away a bit dissappointed in the sound... I had thought it was just a bad mix for Mars Volta being the opener, but no, it was tragic throughout.

ckoke

We went to the Soundgarden show up in Toronto, they are loud as hell, and they were on top of their game to a sellout crowd. Toronto was hands down their best show, and the crowd was fucking stoked!!!!!!!

The opening acts are just that, the opening acts. C&C played well in Toronto, but not to the point where I would say some of the bullshit I have been reading on here. And guess what; no fucking body up at the Canadian Molson Amphitheater was talking about the opening act.

Unlike the Pearl Jam shows we have been to (7 of them to be precise), all of the instruments were turned up, and no detuning on any of the songs for Chris Cornell. He sounded awesome, and has more than enough of his range back to power over the top. We didn't think he could still do that, but we know now that he can.

You could definitely notice Matt Cameron more when he is turned up, and when he is extremely turned down when playing with Pearl Jam. You could feel the energy at the opening show of the tour, especially from Matt, because he was bringing heat.

My girlfriend and I are going up to Toronto for the two Pearl Jam shows in September, and if Eddie is up to it, maybe they can turn up Matt Cameron's drums (along with the guitars of Stone, Mike and Jeff.)

Soundgarden performs a more hard rock and true grunge sound which seems to escape many of you folks hating on them here. We don't get that sound from Pearl Jam anymore, unfortunately. The guys (Chris, Matt, Kim and Ben) have stayed true to their sound.

As Eddie said in the Evenflow video: "this is a fucking rock concert!!!!!!"

And one last note to PJ: TURN MATT'S DRUMS UP WHEN WE SEE YOU GUYS UP IN TORONTO IN SEPTEMBER, PLEASE......