Search
Related artists
Nirvana | Beastie Boys | The Smashing Pumpkins | Pearl Jam | Nine Inch Nails | Queens of the Stone Age | Rage Against the Machine | Faith No More | Foo Fighters | Living Colour | Tool | Alice in Chains | Temple of the Dog | A Perfect Circle | Danzig | Stone Temple Pilots | Audioslave | Silverchair | Mad Season | IncubusFeatures on
#1 in Metal 1994 | #5 in Metal 1991 | #5 in Alternative 1994 | #6 in Metal 2014 | #7 in Metal 2012Also features on
Metallica vs Pearl Jam vs Guns N’ Roses ... | Nirvana vs Pearl Jam vs SoundgardenExplore
Random artist →Genres and decades →
Through the years →
Scenes →
Movements →
Rivalries →
Breakups →
Labels →
Studios →
Alternative artwork →
User artistagraphs →
Do more
Build your own artistagraphsCompare artists
Soundgarden
Soundgarden
Seattle, USrock, alternative, metal
4.9bn all-time streams (11 Feb '26)
Soundgarden carved out a place for heavy metal in alternative rock.
They were not the first band to draw upon the heavy, sludgy sounds of the '70s; the group picked up a thread left hanging by fellow Seattle rockers Green River, grunge pioneers who favored the scuzzy rock of The Stooges, and they shared Jane's Addiction's love of grandiose heavy rock.
They were not the first band to draw upon the heavy, sludgy sounds of the '70s; the group picked up a thread left hanging by fellow Seattle rockers Green River, grunge pioneers who favored the scuzzy rock of The Stooges, and they shared Jane's Addiction's love of grandiose heavy rock.
