I was so psyched when first I heard the line-up for Audioslave, yet so bitterly dissapointed with the effort put forward. Audioslave is easily the biggest musical dissapointment of my lifetime- I mean c'mon, Like A Stone? Fuck the Bullshit.

Is it just me, or does this not qualify as an unusual tuning?

For Tool it is unusual.

I saw Soundgarden in '96 and Kim Thayil was wearing a Tool shirt. I was happy. Tool + Soundgarden = God.

I'll have to listen to it again, but I think I can see where you're coming from on the Soundgarden comparison. Awesome band.

It's unusual only because the majority of their songs are in Drop D.

True, I was just thinking that Drop D is also pretty standard, while the Drop B and the Drop B/E are pretty devious.

Soundgarden is one of my top 10 favorite bands ever.

Seriously, Chris Cornell is being wasted in Audioslave.

Soundgarden, like Tool, was a band that was so good because of the sum of the members' talents. And they could make any time signature sound easy as pie. Seriously, half the time you didn't even realize they were in an odd time because they did it so smoothly.

Matt Cameron is still rocking in Pearl Jam, but his distinct style was a keystone of Soundgarden's sound, kinda like Danny is for Tool. He could do all kinds of crazy shit rhythmically while still holding it all together.

Ben Shepard is an amazing bass player. If you saw Soundgarden live, you'd know that Justin isn't the only bass player who can accurately recreate the album note for freaking note in a concert.

Kim Thayil had incredible ideas, although I do think he overused the wah pedal too much in his solos. Him and Chris really came up with some amazing harmonic things because they weren't afraid to experiment with tunings.

What a great band they were. (tear)

And Down on the Upside? Critically panned because reviewers couldn't figure it out or place it among Soundgarden's catalogue. It's a brilliant album and as while not their best, I think it works as their most listenable album from start to finish. The flow is flawless.

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Yes, holy shit soundgarden rocks!

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To the guy who like aenima, siamese dream and superunknown (my top 3 the outta the 90s as well)
What is Wiseblood?

I completely agree with your first point, but I still would rather give Superunkown a cover-to-cover listening than Down On the Upside, any day of the week.

wiseblood is an awesum Corrosion of Conformity album. Soundgarden does rock....a great band. Chris Cornel is one of my favorite singers of all time, although not with Audioslave I really can't stand them. Temple of the Dog rocks, i love pushin forward back.

Alice in chains is another band that I love as well. Jerry Cantrell is an amazing guitar player. I liked Mad Season's "Above" album as well....i would have to put this album in my top 10 albums of the past 20 years.

Did I mention that Soundgarden Ruled? If not... yeah... they ruled. I'm glad Tool came along to replace them as my favorite EXISTING band... Oh no... I just had a thought.. If this is Tool's last album, and they break up... I'll have no favorite existing band and I'll wind up just like my parents who might think that all new music is crap. NOOOoooo

I disagree. Aenima is a masterpiece, but Superunknown beats the hell out of it and Lateralus.

Soundgarden showed you don't need any direct "spiritual" lyrics or sacred geometry to connect with the soul, you can do it all with pure lyrical/musical briliance and badassness.