![]() “A lot of the songs were super-complicated compositions, with open tunings in 13/8 or whatever, yet no-one really noticed that… it was really aiming from the heart. You can’t really be a more perfect band than Soundgarden when it comes to integrity. They weren’t ignoring the building blocks of music, they were embracing the classic rock they grew up on - you can hear the Zeppelin and Sabbath influences all over their music, but they took it to new places. You could easily fill out this list with just Soundgarden Looking back, these albums were still some of the heaviest stuff to come out of Seattle. And on others like Big Dumb Sex and Get On The Snake, they were going for this super-heavy riff-rock. On some of those songs, like Hands All Over and the title track, they were genius in a psychedelic way. It was like the blueprint for how the guitar was going to sound in Seattle. “This came out before everything exploded. Here, the whiskey-voiced balladeer gives us his guide to the ultimate Seattle records. I knew I was going to piss people off, but I wanted to get out there and play these songs.” ![]() “We came to terms with Duff probably not being available everyone said I should go off and pursue it myself because this was my baby in the first place. Until people stop buying tickets, I don’t see those guys stopping! So during that time I made the Staticland record and did a couple of tours for that. Of course, this thing grew some legs and made a fortune. “For a minute, we thought it might be just one tour and we’d wait it out. “We made the record and then all the GNR stuff started sparking up,” says Angell. As fate would have it, Guns N’ Roses would be gearing up for one of the highest grossing tours in music history and Duff McKagan’s diary was about to get a whole lot busier. This year’s second full-length, recorded at QOTSA leader Josh Homme’s Pink Duck Studio in Burbank and titled WP2, builds on the soulful foundations laid by its predecessor and ended up being more of a team effort.īecause, as Angell rightfully explains, when you have “a monster rhythm section like that” you capitalise on the wealth of talent at your disposal. He invited Duff to play bass once he heard my songs he said he’d be happy to join and tour to support the record. “One day I was opening up for one for Barrett’s bands, he said he’d love to do something and had some studio time. I stayed friends with Duff, probably because I didn’t let the cat out of the bag. Eventually Izzy backed out and Scott Weiland got the gig. ![]() “We caught Duff’s attention, and he invited me to try out for Velvet Revolver - I actually recorded five or six songs with Slash, Matt Sorum, Izzy and Duff before they took off.
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