Soundgarden- Superunknown- Chris Cornell

When it came time for Soundgarden to enter the studio in 1993, the song stash for what was to become Superunknown was empty, a daunting creative challenge to main songwriter Chris Cornell. All of the ripe musical fruit had been harvested for the series of singles, EPs, and three preceding albums including Badmotorfinger,  but Chris found the untilled song soil liberating as well, fertile musical ground. No doubt one of the strongest revelations of the songs that Cornell, crunchy angular guitarist Kim Thayil, thundering bass player Ben Shepherd, and powerhouse drummer Matt Cameron came up with on Superunknown  was their unapologetic admiration for the Vol.4-era early Black Sabbath sound and unabashed dynamics of Led Zeppelin. The late Chris Cornell is my guest from the In the Studio archive, as Soundgarden was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. – Redbeard