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Screaming Life​/​Fopp (2013 Reissue)

by Soundgarden

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Xtra Happy SUUUUUB POP ROCK CIT-AY!

These two EPs are just so fun to scream along to (not that you or I will ever have a chance in hell of living up to Chris' vocal talents, let's be honest). Though this punky-era would be fairly short-lived (with a few soundalike tracks cropping up on later albums like 'Face Pollution' and 'No Attention'), it's a great document to have of their earlier sound, as well as a further string to their bow amongst the doomier metal sounds that'd follow throughout into the 90s. Favorite track: Sub Pop Rock City (Remastered).
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David Yvinec The punk hardcore attitude is strong on some of the songs. Elements of psychedelia and of heavy metal are there too. Some great rocking groove as well (i.e. Hand of God or Fopp), and even some funkiness (Fopp remix). Amazing debut EPs by a band who already has its own identity. The songwriting skills of the band are already quite impressive. They had to succeed ... and they did! Favorite track: Hand of God (Remastered).
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    A totally awesome Soundgarden shirt to mark the 2013 reissue of Screaming Life / Fopp featuring the cover artwork of the latter release. Be sure to also check out the newly reprinted version of the classic Screaming Life shirt in black as well!

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    We’ve gone and put this classic cover art for Soundgarden’s roaring debut “Screaming Life” on a brand new t-shirt for you to enjoy now and forever (or until you wear a grungy hole in it and come back to us and order the Fopp shirt to replace it).

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From the depths of the Sub Pop archives comes a reissue of Soundgarden’s thunderous opening salvo, Screaming Life, plus bonus tracks from the Fopp EP and Sub Pop 200 compilation. This reissue marks the first time these tracks will be available digitally, and their first appearance on vinyl since the original, late-80s pressings (notwithstanding a long-gone, late-’90s repress of Screaming Life). All tracks have been remastered by Seattle studio wizard and producer of the original Screaming Life and Sub Pop 200 sessions, Jack Endino, who had this to say about it:

“Ah, Screaming Life, Soundgarden’s debut, and one of the first real records I made for anyone outside my own band. I already knew Soundgarden pretty well, since they and Skin Yard had shared the stage many times in Seattle’s tiny club scene circa 1985-1986. Soon after opening Reciprocal Recording in July 1986, there I was with Soundgarden, trying to make the most of our eight tracks. Somehow, we found room for all of Matt Cameron’s ‘bonus tubs,’ Hiro’s primordial Fender bass, and a whopping four tracks to share between Kim Thayil’s mad guitar psychedelia and Chris Cornell’s still-expanding voice. ‘Nothing To Say’ was the song that made us all look at each other and go, ‘uh, holy crap, how did we do this?’

Stuff started happening. A&M came calling. SST agreed to put out their next record. But Soundgarden was not finished with Sub Pop. They contributed ‘Sub Pop Rock City,’ about Seattle’s then-rising ‘grunge’ scene, to the Sub Pop 200 comp; and they threw everyone a curveball with Steve Fisk-produced Ohio Players and Green River covers on the Fopp EP.

The glorious vistas of a major label future awaited them. To quote Kim from an old interview, ‘It was karma, it was dogma, it was dog breath.’"

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released November 25, 2013

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