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Before Soundgarden made it big, they released this video. Some of the concert footage is amateurish, but the performance is excellent and gives you an idea of the energy Soundgarden had live. Unfortunately this has never been re-issued on a higher quality format, so to view this you will need the ability to play VHS.
Wasn't a fan of Soundgarden but they grow on you (like a weird garden). Only a lousy VHS format, but I bought this (cheap!) only just for the one cult classic hit Big Bottom Girls (Spinal Tap Cover). You too, may love THAT one!
This video documents a performance circa 1990, when the band was (in my opinion) hitting the peak of their power. It starts off with perhaps the most lurching and ugly version of "Gun" I have yet heard, and revvs the tempo up to full blast (way past the tempo change on the studio version). Then we get a good standard version of "Big Dumb Sex" with a nice little antagonistic spoken intro. Then (oh then) "I Awake". If the studio version (which is great) is like a skinned knee then this one is a Full-On Head Injury. Chris shatters glass and blasts in to the stratosphere with this one. After this we get a solid version of "Get on the Snake", no big surprises. Finally, a medley of "Big Bottom" (Spinal Tap) which segues in to "Earache My Eye" (Cheech & Chong). I'm not familiar with either tune outside of this video, but there is a fun little demolition scene where the stage is reduced to a howling wasteland of feedback and carnage. They then give us 2 MTV videos that seem kind of tacked on as an afterthought. No complaints here, more Soundgarden is good Soundgarden! This video is not for the casual grunge fan, nor for the faint of heart. This is perhaps the most powerful and heavy band of the last 15 or 20 years rocking with more momentum than a freight train hurtling over a cliff.
This is Soundgarden at their best. This is from their Loud Love tour and catches the band just before they began to slowly go downhill. If you saw Soundgarden live from a tour, for say, Superunknown, you will not even recognize this band. They started out with so much energy in their live shows that it was amazing to watch. I was fortunate enough to see Soundgarden co-headline with Danzig years before most people ever heard of them, and this video reminds me of that show. This is Soundgarden at their peak. Enjoy! PS - Buy Loud Love if you don't have it already.