Soundgarden live in concert.
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Soundgarden

90
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

67
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Based on 
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Critic Consensus

Based on 90 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Soundgarden is rated as a neither good nor bad live performer, with mediocre shows overall. Soundgarden concert reviews describe live shows and performances as thunderous, fierce, playful, stirring, bluesy, psychedelic, and high-energy.

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Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Seattle, United States (1984 - 2017)
Bio
Soundgarden is a Seattle rock band who helped to define the sound that came to be called grunge.
Has Performed With
Nine Inch Nails, Graveyard

Critic Concert Reviews

The Telegraph (UK)

May 18, 2017
60
%
It could be said that the much-anticipated Kylie and Jason reunion was sacrificed to the rock gods for the sake of this weekend’s Hard Rock Calling festival.

Scenestr (Australia)

March 2, 2015
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Soundgarden, with its (almost) original line-up of Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron, hit the stage at Luna Park’s Big Top on Thursday night (26 February) to a packed and rapturous crowd.

The AU Review (Australia)

February 27, 2015
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Hitting our shores for the huge Soundwave festival, Chris Cornell, Ben Shepherd, Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron waved as two spotlights lit them up for the opening number, 1988’s Incessant Mace.

Scenestr (Australia)

February 25, 2015
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There were representatives from the outer suburbs, inner-west and the eastern suburbs; even a few ladies and gentlemen from Toorak.

Glide Magazine (USA)

August 14, 2014
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Grunge pioneers Soundgarden delivered a powerful performance without much in the way of frills or showmanship, putting all of the focus on their musical chops.

Live in Limbo (Canada)

July 29, 2014
%
While the latter have made their mark during the 2000’s as well, Soundgarden have not been around for a very long time.

Consequence (USA)

June 3, 2014
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Chicago, USA

Past critic reviews published in

Jambands (USA), Honest Tune (USA), Elmore Magazine (USA), Jambands (USA), State of Mind Magazine (USA) and more

Image Credit

Andreas Eldh [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia Commons