from the LP Badmotor- finger A&M Records, 1991The new year always brings with it a renewed sense of direction, shallow though it may be, as we are socialized to feel like this particular moment in time (each year) has some real kind of lasting significance beyond the meaning we’ve given it culturally; as the Thomas Theorem states, once people define situations as “real”, those situations become real in their consequences, and so many of us utilize the opportunity to give us an illusory boost to any pursuits of self-improvement we might happen to be engaged in. Those looking for a pep talk of the musical variety need look no further than this smoking hot album opener by Seattle area stalwarts Soundgarden, “…but I'm gonna break, I'm gonna break my, I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run…”; this tracks rages so hard, due in large part to the thunderous attack of guitarist Kim Thayil, one of the most criminally underrated players out there---you can’t fuck with those riffs man! Unabashed metal heads from the start, these cats carved out a niche for themselves inside the larger grunge scene which set them apart, and quite frankly, everything Chris Cornell has been apart of since just pales in comparison, in my humble opinion anyways.
