Soundgarden Bassist 'Homeless' and 'Totally Broke' Despite Recent Reunion

Oh my god, I can't believe the dumbass comments from you people. Ben was JOKING when he said that stuff. He is NOT a drug addict and he is NOT broke. He owns a bar and two homes. He was kidding when he said he was staying on people's couches. Doesn't anyone have a sense of humor anymore?

Soundgarden has always been drug-free. If the guys made certain substance choices after the fact, those choices didn't involve Soundgarden.

playing bass is a thankless job, like bartending.

Guess that means you can't pay me the money you owe me lol.[entertainment purposes only]

Reminds me of another bassist, back in 87, the one and only Jaco Pastorius,jazz fusion bassist,he`s gone but sorely missed,they named the park after him.

Gemini: keep you finger away from that "apostrophe" key.
Ben: take some morphine and quit worrying.

What a freakin' moron...

we all make bad decision's in our life .from time to time.all you who judge him.walk were he has walked.then judge him.(from a reovering alcohol &drug addict)frist i would like to say this.no one as a kid says when i grow up i want to be an addict.to get a job you have to pass a drug test.and need to have a home.what you dont understand.is most addict want to stop.but the drug has the addict.the addict .is powerless .i to had money lost it all to a drug and alcohol.lost my family.friends.i would use and not eat.the drug comes before anything.as a reovering addict.i well allway be an addict.one drink use any drugs.i am there again.rock bottom .trying to pick me back up.sober 6 years but thats not a long time for an addict.and i fight this day to day.and to the guy saying sell his bass he could rent a place for 6 months.sorry.not going to happen.i play music go see what guiter sell for.thank you all for reading.maybe i opened your eyes a little.god be with all

some actually find that they owe the record companies money.look at the girl group TLC.their record sold 17 mil copies and as a group made less than one mil,$330,000.each,before taxes.and they sold 17 million copies of that album,so the record co's get rich and the artist gets to see the world,perform 220+ nights a year,and come home with a few bucks in their pocket,compared to the record co that made probably 50 million of that record,and the distributors that made probably about ten million,and the record co's wonder why there is such a huge problem with file sharing,i mean really? its all about an idie label,and selling out of the trunk.
if you sell ten thousand copies at ten bucks a piece,thats a hun thou in your pocket.

Time for a government bailout! Seriously though, I've been there myself when I was younger. I lost a lot of weight being poor, broke and walking everywhere. Very humbling experience. It was the inspiration I needed to get my sh*t together though. Not many people get a second chance like he has been given. Hopefully he'll skip the booze and drugs and manage his money a little better this time around. Good luck, Ben!

the problem is that record companies really rip off these bands.the bands are so hungry for a deal ,in the beginning that they sign whatever deal they are offered,record a few albums,tour the world,if the album goes platinum(1mil sold)then the band will usually take about $420,000.00 as a whole,then the band has to pay engineers,video costs,union dues,production costs are the responsibility of the artist,tho the record co will front them the money.
so after that ,an individual an average band will take home ,if they are lucky around $65,000(for 1mil records sold),before taxes,and the record company makes about 5 million(or more) for a platinum selling record. so while to some $65,000 would be a blessing,its really not that much in the real world,why do you think some of these bands stay around so long with out going away?stones,kiss,etc...they come off the tour to find that they didnt make as much as they thought they were going to,and head back to the studio to do it all again...