The world may still be anxiously waiting for that new Soundgarden album, but 107.7 The End has given us something somewhat “new” to hold us over until then. Streaming on their website is a live version of the Seattle grunge kings’ 1994 hit, “Black Hole Sun”, which is set to appear on the band’s forthcoming live album, Live On I-5.
The set, which features takes from the band’s 1996 west coast tour, will be released on March 22nd and features 17 tracks, including live versions of “Spoonman”, “Rusty Cage”, and the legendary take on “Jesus Christ Pose” that was recorded at an Oakland, Calif. stop in December ’96. Also featured on Live are covers of The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” and The Stooges’ “Search & Destroy”.
Seattle, Wash.-based producer/engineer Adam Kasper is the man responsible for recording the tracks, and according to SPIN, he’ll also oversee the band’s upcoming album of new material, which they plan to begin tracking as soon as next week. Knowing that Chris Cornell & co. will be in the studio is good news, the not-so-good news is that fans may be waiting a while to hear new music.
“We’re putting the music first,” Cornell told SPIN, “the process of writing, recording, and being creative together is the most important thing, not meeting a deadline – it’s not like we’re going to go into the studio and come out when we’re finished with the album.” He added that he’ll be hitting the road for a solo acoustic tour in the spring and that there might be hope for hearing brand-new tunes sooner than we think. “[Soundgarden] plan on playing shows for sure – that’s never been in question,” he said. “Then we have some time [to] get back in the studio.”
The tracklist for Live On I-5 is available below and you can pre-order the album at Amazon.com. Full details (including recording locations for all of the tracks) are available here.
Live on I-5 Tracklist:
01. Spoonman
02. Searching With My Good Eye Closed
03. Let Me Drown
04. Head Down
05. Outshined
06. Rusty Cage
07. Burden In My Hand
08. Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
09. Boot Camp
10. Nothing To Say
11. Slaves And Bulldozers
12. Dusty
13. Fell On Black Days
14. Search & Destroy (The Stooges)
15. Ty Cobb
16. Black Hole Sun
17. Jesus Christ Pose