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Soundgarden released 'Badmotorfinger' in October 1991.

From Ultramega OK to King Animal, we rank grunge titans Soundgarden’s weirdest, wildest and best offerings… Words: Sam Law Photo: Danny Clinch Named after Douglas Hollis’ outdoor public art installation at the National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration in Seattle, Washington – a dozen 21-foot structures topped by organ pipes attached to weather vanes, which whistle hauntingly when moved by the wind – Soundgarden were at the very cutting edge of the city’s grunge movement through the ​’80s and ​’90s. Lead guitarist Kim Thayil and vocalist Chris Cornell formed the b...

News of Cornell's death prompted scores of tweets expressing sadness. Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry tweeted: "Very sad news about Chris Cornell today. A sad loss of a great talent to the world, his friends and family. Rest In Peace." With his powerful, nearly four-octave vocal range, Cornell was one of the leading voices of the 1990s grunge movement with Soundgarden, which emerged as one of the biggest bands out of Seattle's emerging music scene, joining the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains. Formed in 1984 by Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Hiro Yamamoto, Soundgarden'...

Kim Thayil recently looked back on some of the most consequential songs of his career. While Thayil's dour odd-meter riffing is undoubtedly a signature of his iconic band, when speaking with Guitar Player magazine recently, he was eager to credit the band's ultimate breakthrough to his longtime bandmate and late-frontman If you deep dive into Soundgarden's catalog, it may seem that Thayil and Chris were in competition to see who could write the darkest, most hypnotic, bizarro pop songs. Thayil certainly had his moments on tracks like "Jesus Christ Pose," "New Damage" and "Limo Wreck," but ...

While Thayil struggled with the classic riff, Chris Cornell could both sing and play it at the same time.