As one of the first bands from the Seattle grunge scene to gain worldwide notoriety, Soundgarden helped change the game – injecting the stale rock scene with a punk vitality intermingled with introspective and yet highly politicised lyrics. Formed in 1984, at the height of hair metal, Soundgarden signed to A&M in 1988, releasing their debut Louder Than Love that same year. However, it wasn’t until their third album, Badmotorfinger, that Soundgarden began breaking into the mainstream.
As well as allowing Soundgarden to access a previously untapped fanbase, the album’s first single, ‘Jesus Christ Pose’, also saw the band incur the wrath of several religious groups, whose fury was so intense that MTV refused to show the song’s music video on its channel.
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