Hey List!
Here's the URL of the Kim interview on rollingstone.com.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/29218126/the_soundgarden_songs_you_ha
vent_heard_kim_thayil_breaks_his_silence
I'll cut and paste some of the interesting parts...
What will be on the box set?
Stuff that was released only in Europe, Australia, and Japan, on movie
soundtracks, sessions we did for John Peel in England, and then stuff that
was never released - demo versions of things, alternate versions of songs,
and songs that were recorded, but never released in any form, that we would
simply have to mix and maybe re-edit, which would be like brand new
Soundgarden songs. Songs that no one's heard, except for maybe a few people
close to Soundgarden's circle.
What are some titles of these unreleased tracks?
"Dirty Candy," "Ocean Fronts," "Open Up," "Summation" - that was a pretty
heavy song, in 5/4 time. "Ocean Fronts" is a little bit more of a trippy,
arpeggiated song. A song called "Beast," which is going to sound exactly
like the title. "Beast" and "Summation" were really strong songs live - from
the mid-late '80s. I cannot believe those two songs have never been
released. "No Shame" is another title. There's enough stuff out there to
fill up three or four albums. There's enough original stuff that's been
released but hasn't been compiled - B sides - to make an album. There's
enough covers to make an album. There's enough remixes that Moby, Steve Fisk
and Bill Rieflin did, that could constitute a pretty interesting EP. There's
enough unreleased stuff to make an album. It's just getting the business and
creative machine on the same page.
Shine On,
Steve