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57:49 minutes: BADMOTORFINGER by Soundgarden
1. “Rusty Cage”
2. “Outshined”
3. “Slaves & Bulldozers”
4. “Jesus Christ Pose”
5. “Face Pollution”
6. “Somewhere”
7. “Searching with My Good Eye Closed”
8. “Room a Thousand Years Wide”
9. “Mind Riot”
10. “Drawing Flies”
11. “Holy Water”
12. “New Damage”
This album starts off punching you in the face with Rusty Cage and continues the onslaught of pure rock and roll throughout. Outshined is crunchy; sludge rock’s grandfather of a song. Track three is Slaves and Bulldozers which starts with some heavy hitting drums synchronized with shrilling, spine tingling guitar squeals. Chris Cornell’s vocals are impressive throughout the album, but Slaves and Bulldozers shows off his range, clarity, and soul – “I said What’s in it for me? What’s in it for me?” Brilliant lyrics throughout the album are accompanied by, personally, my favorite Seattle Band (San Diego born) drummer Matt Cameron. Jesus Christ Pose is my all time number one Soundgarden song, which is difficult to choose but I am a drummer, and who wouldn’t be impressed by Matt’s insane drum beat, insane uptempo guitar chugs and Cornell “And you swear to me you don’t want to be my slave, but you stare at me like I need to be saved”.
Face Pollution pulls out the punk metal, while Somewhere almost starts off like a Foo Fighters song, but then shows some foreshadowing of where Audioslave went musically. Track seven creeps in “This is my good eye. Do you hear a cow? A rooster says. Here is a pig. The Devil says….” This sound always made me laugh as a kid but then it goes into a solid rock song that makes your forget about the intro and gets you head banging. A Room A Thousand Miles Wide is solid grunge rock, while Mind Riot shows the diversity of the band (and also how Matt Cameron could play with Pearl Jam as it almost sounds like PJ if you didn’t hear Chris sing). Drawing Flies, Holy Water, and New Damage round out the final three songs of the album showing homage to their Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin roots with solos and deep thumps. This album no doubt has influenced many musicians and artists that have gotten into Rock and Roll since the 1990’s and by now should be considered a Classic (if you ain’t a poser).
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