Artist: Matt Cameron

Soundgarden Title TBC Universal Summer 2012 What they're saying: While the reformed Soundgarden played across the USA throughout 2011, and have Australian/New Zealand dates later this month, they won't be arriving in Europe till the Summer (aka festival season) comes around. This means with a little luck, we might be getting it before the band hit Download/Sonisphere/Reading. The band's guitarist, Kim Thayil, has been talking to Kerrang! magazine about the direction the resurrected grunge act has taken [...]

Is SOUNDGARDEN really as great as they're made out to be? The answer can be heard approximately 57 seconds into "Outshined," but it took a few blasts of Superunknown and Badmotorfinger this weekend to make me forgive their listless set at the Prudential Center. Only four people in the nearly sold-out arena didn't seem thrilled ...

News Mistress Carrie of the Worcester/Boston, Massachusetts radio station WAAF recently conducted an interview with SOUNDGARDEN/PEARL JAM drummer Matt Cameron.

Soundgarden continues to be one of those legendary bands that defies pure pigeonholing. Sure, they rose to the top against the early 90s grunge backdrop, but could you really call them "grunge"? Lest we forget that way back when, they were often touted as the forerunners of "alternative metal" (whatever that means), in addition to [...]

Good drummers are everywhere, but great drummers are a rare breed. Unfortunately, though, for bands that have been around the longest, it's that position that is often the most interchanged. It's this preconceived expandability that keeps drummers out of the spotlight when the greats of music are discussed. For whatever reason, the rhythm section is just not as important in the eyes of the general public. This a shame, because the drummer is arguably the most important element to any band. Consider this for a moment: What would a great band be like without an outstanding drummer? More than likely, [...]

Announced with fanfare in the opening minutes of New Years Day 2010, the return of Soundgarden was supposed to redeem Chris Cornell's tarnished legacy in the aftermath of the Timbaland-produced bomb Scream. Unfortunately, the grunge superstars have to-date spent their so-called reunion trying to sell repackaged collections of previously released music sprinkled sparsely with studio [...]

Outside of a Seattle comeback show , a Lollapalooza headlining gig , and a Lolla pre-show , the Soundgarden reunion has so far been a drawn-out tease, a case of just-do-it-already frustration - which, to be fair, probably made the few shows the band has done more special than any of the gazillions of gigs Pavement has churned out. But still, people have been patiently waiting for some dates for...jeez, has it been six months now? A year? In an interview with Seattle's 107.7 The End , Soundgarden (minus Chris Cornell) gave [...]

Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive , Television Most people have long identified Peter Frampton as "that guy who makes the guitar talk." After marking his place in rock history with 1975's 'Frampton' and 1976's 'Frampton Comes Alive!' newer generations, Frampton has a whole new set of fans, thanks to appearances on ' Family Guy ' and ' The Simpsons .' "Both were an honor to do," Frampton tells Spinner. "But I went to Australia, with the Rock Symphony, and one of the [...]

Filed under: News , Video , New Music , Exclusive After winning his first Grammy for 2006's 'Fingerprints,' legendary guitarist Peter Frampton decided to a return to vocals was necessary for his forthcoming album, 'Thank You, Mr. Churchill.' Not only did the famed talk-boxer provide them, he wrangled in his son Julian to help out on the track 'Road to the Sun,' a driving blues tune that sounds a bit like classic Soundgarden , with some Frampton-style guitar solos mixed in. "We'd jammed [...]

Soundgarden reunion rumors have been flying around almost as long as Soundgarden have been broken up. (And in case you lost count, this Friday will be the thirteenth anniversary of the break-up. Someone will have been born and bar mitzvahed in the time since Soundgarden were last together! Egads!) Chris Cornell pretty much let the [...]

Following his Grammy Award-winning instrumental album, 2006's Fingerprints , Peter Frampton returns this spring with Thank You Mr Churchill (A&M/New Door/UMe) on April 27, 2010, his most personal collection to date. The 11-song set, co-produced and co-engineered by Frampton, features the legendary guitarist at his most incisive lyrically as he tackles the battles that wage within us and the outside forces that rage around us. His searing guitar work flows over every song, setting the mood. Buy Music: [...]

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has revealed that the band will be reuniting this year. The announcement came via a Twitter message which directed fans to a new website, Soundgardenworld.com . Cornell gave no other details about the forthcoming reunion which would be the bands first time playing together since their break-up in 1997. According to Billboard , sources are stating that the band is currently entertaining offers to play major U.S. and international festivals this year. Any reunion shows would have to [...]

The first reunion of 2010 is already upon us, as Chris Cornell has announced (via Twitter ) that his band Soundgarden will be getting back together. After a twelve-year split, the news comes as some surprise to fans of the Seattle band, who originally formed in 1984. Cornell, who has repeatedly expressed disinterest in reuniting with his old mates, recently parted ways with Audioslave and released an ill-fated solo record featuring heavy-handed production by Timbaland. Despite all this, Soundgarden will be gathering the band's "classic lineup," including guitarist Kim Thayil , bassist [...]

They're baaaaaaackkkkkk!

Unless your New Years Eve revelry landed you in county lock-up or somewhere else without Internet access (or you just own an iPhone), you've likely heard the fantastic albeit unsurprising news that SOUNDGARDEN HAS REUNITED. Chris Cornell announced it precisely at the stroke of midnight (Eastern Standard Time) via his often bizarre and unintentionally [...]

Filed under: News Among many music fans' New Year's wishes was undoubtedly a hope that their favorite disbanded musical acts might reunite in the new decade. Well, Soundgarden fans are in luck. Chris Cornell , pictured, declared around midnight on January 1 that the band is reuniting after a 12-year hiatus. Cornell, who also fronted proto- Pearl Jam band Temple of the Dog and Audioslave and has had success as a solo artist, posted a suggestive message on his Twitter account late [...]

On their 9th studio album, Pearl Jam complete the arc their career shifted toward back on 2000's Binaural . If that album was the dusk to their youth, then Backspacer is the new sun most bands never see. Backspacer kicks off with the raucus "Gonna See My Friend", a song pitting Pearl Jam's strongest talents against one another to great result. Eddie Vedder barks and howls his way through Stone Gossard and Mike McCready's guitars as drummer Matt Cameron and bassist [...]

Pearl Jam posted a ten minute short video preview of their forthcoming album Backspacer on Myspace today. Pearl Jam - Backspacer Short Cool video. It does the trick of making a fan of the band excited to hear the full album. Three tracks are featured, the first single "The Fixer" written by Matt Cameron, "Got Some" which sounds like it could have fit nicely on their previous eponymous release, and "Just Breathe" which recalls Eddie's work [...]

• Pearl Jam - The Fixer

Pearl Jam's latest song has hit airwaves. "The Fixer", penned by drummer Matt Cameron with lyrics by Eddie Vedder, is an upbeat, new-wavish, pop punk spin on familiar territory... [[This is an excerpt. The pages look just silly here, you know? Why not just hit up the article, homes? We'd appreciate that!]]

As reported here previously, on Tuesday March 24, 3/4 of the incomparable Soundgarden reunited onstage at a Seattle concert venue. Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd tore through a short but potent set that featured three classic tracks: "Hunted Down", "Nothing to Say", and "Spoonman". On the microphone was none other than [...]