Soundgarden to Release Forgotten Live 1996 Album

More than a decade after they broke up in 1997, legendary Seattle grunge band Soundgarden regrouped last year, complete with their classic lineup, for a take-no-prisoners comeback that was punctuated by a headlining, festival-closing performance at Lollapalooza. The band also earned a Grammy nomination for the previously unreleased outtake 'Black Rain,' which appeared on the 2010 compilation 'Telephantasm.'

Soundgarden now plan to continue that momentum by releasing a live album that was originally intended for release in 1997 -- but the band's then-breakup kinda got in the way. Fourteen years later, 'Live on I-5' will finally see the light of day. Recorded during a 1996 West Coast run that stretched from Vancouver, Canada down to Southern California, 'Live on I-5' is, appropriately, named after Interstate 5, the main West Coast Interstate Highway that the band traversed during that tour.

This isn't exactly a hindsight-release. At the time, Soundgarden actually rented a mobile studio, hired touring engineer Adam Kasper and recorded the gigs on 2" tape, planning to imminently release the best material as a live album. On March 22, it's finally going to happen.

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