Seattle, US
rock, 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.