Soundgarden released their iconic album ‘Superunknown’ on March 8, 1994. This week, 20 years and one week on, they performed it live from start to finish for the first time ever at SXSW in Austin, Tx.
The SXSW performance was the ‘Superunknown’ album, nothing more, nothing less.
Soundgarden started with track 1 ‘Let Me Drown’ and ended with track 15 ‘Like Suicide’. The rarest played live track ‘Half’ had not been performed by Soundgarden since 1994. Including the SXSW performance, ‘Half’ had only ever played live 29 times.
‘Superunknown was Soundgarden’s biggest selling album. In the USA alone it sold of 7 million copies.
In 1994 the ‘Superunknown’ album reached number one in the USA, Australia and New Zealand and no. 4 in the UK.
Universal Music will reissue Soundgarden’s ‘Superunknown’ on May 30.
Soundgarden SXSW showcase March 13, 2014 at ACL Theater Austin
Let Me Drown (from Superunknown, 1994)
My Wave (from Superunknown, 1994)
Fell On Black Days (from Superunknown, 1994)
Mailman (from Superunknown, 1994)
Superunknown (from Superunknown, 1994)
Head Down (from Superunknown, 1994)
Black Hole Sun (from Superunknown, 1994)
Spoonman (from Superunknown, 1994)
Limo Wreck (from Superunknown, 1994)
The Day I Tried To Live (from Superunknown, 1994)
Kickstand (from Superunknown, 1994)
Fresh Tendrils (from Superunknown, 1994)
4th of July (from Superunknown, 1994)
Half (from Superunknown, 1994)
Like Suicide (from Superunknown, 1994)
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