![]() I remember when Bleach came out we almost didn’t know if it was a joke or if they were being serious. But then there’s the song Breed on Nevermind… is that not their best song or their riff? They could be really, really heavy at times. “I don’t know which I prefer out of Incesticide or In Utero. I see Sean loads because he lives in the same neighbourhood and their bassist Mike Inez keeps in touch, too he’s also one of the sweetest guys you’ll ever meet.” “We’ve talked about these things: he thinks a lot about playing each part at the tempo it should be played rather than everything on a grid at 126 or whatever. If you listen to a lot of those songs, like Sunshine or even Rooster which was on their next album, it’s Sean who would make the tempos drop right before the chorus hits. ![]() “It’s definitely their bluesiest record, especially some of the stuff that’s on the ass-end of the record. I’ll argue with Sean Kinney about the song Real Thing, who might think it’s stupid and I explain it’s bluesy and awesome. “I think Alice In Chains could be the biggest influence on me out of all of these bands! Facelift is a perfect record for me - which is funny because a couple of the guys aren’t into one or two of the songs and I’ve told them that they’re crazy. You could easily fill out this list with just Soundgarden.” I think Ben Shepherd had a lot to do with that, when he joined the band stuff got really weird and quick. “A lot of the songs were super-complicated compositions, with open tunings in 13/8 or whatever, yet no-one really noticed that… it was really aiming from the heart. You can’t really be a more perfect band than Soundgarden when it comes to integrity. They weren’t ignoring the building blocks of music, they were embracing the classic rock they grew up on - you can hear the Zeppelin and Sabbath influences all over their music, but they took it to new places. You could easily fill out this list with just Soundgarden Looking back, these albums were still some of the heaviest stuff to come out of Seattle. And on others like Big Dumb Sex and Get On The Snake, they were going for this super-heavy riff-rock. On some of those songs, like Hands All Over and the title track, they were genius in a psychedelic way. It was like the blueprint for how the guitar was going to sound in Seattle. “This came out before everything exploded. Here, the whiskey-voiced balladeer gives us his guide to the ultimate Seattle records. ![]() I knew I was going to piss people off, but I wanted to get out there and play these songs.” “We came to terms with Duff probably not being available everyone said I should go off and pursue it myself because this was my baby in the first place. Until people stop buying tickets, I don’t see those guys stopping! So during that time I made the Staticland record and did a couple of tours for that. Of course, this thing grew some legs and made a fortune. “For a minute, we thought it might be just one tour and we’d wait it out. “We made the record and then all the GNR stuff started sparking up,” says Angell. As fate would have it, Guns N’ Roses would be gearing up for one of the highest grossing tours in music history and Duff McKagan’s diary was about to get a whole lot busier. This year’s second full-length, recorded at QOTSA leader Josh Homme’s Pink Duck Studio in Burbank and titled WP2, builds on the soulful foundations laid by its predecessor and ended up being more of a team effort.īecause, as Angell rightfully explains, when you have “a monster rhythm section like that” you capitalise on the wealth of talent at your disposal. He invited Duff to play bass once he heard my songs he said he’d be happy to join and tour to support the record. “One day I was opening up for one for Barrett’s bands, he said he’d love to do something and had some studio time. I stayed friends with Duff, probably because I didn’t let the cat out of the bag. Eventually Izzy backed out and Scott Weiland got the gig. “We caught Duff’s attention, and he invited me to try out for Velvet Revolver - I actually recorded five or six songs with Slash, Matt Sorum, Izzy and Duff before they took off.
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