6 Songs for Bruce
6 Songs for Bruce | |
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Demo album by | |
Recorded | April 24, 1985 |
Genre | Grunge |
Language | English |
Producer | Jack Endino |
6 Songs for Bruce, also commonly known as the 4-Track Demo, is an early single-sided
Overview
The band, at the time a three-piece named Sound Garden, composed of guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Hiro Yamamoto, and Chris Cornell on drums and vocals,[1] recorded the demo, in Jack Endino's basement four-track studio[nb 1] on April 24, 1985, for their friend Bruce Pavitt,[3] hence the name of the tape, which features a rare early version of "Tears to Forget" sung by Yamamoto, and, as a bonus song, a Cornell's solo recording titled "The Storm". The side B of the cassette, humorously titled Zen Deity Speaks, contains no recordings.[nb 2]
The demo tape was among many of the artifacts displayed at the
6 Songs for Bruce would be the second demo of Soundgarden; which was preceded by a tape titled The First 15, recorded in 1984.[8]
Reissues and re-recordings
"Tears to Forget" would be re-recorded in late 1985, with Cornell on vocals and
"The Storm" would be laid down for a second time, during a March 1986 session, on a 16-track demo tape that got shelved.[1][9] 28 years later, again with Endino as producer, the tune would be re-recorded in finished form in May 2014.[9] Retitled as simply "Storm", it was released on the band's rarities box set Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path.[nb 5][1]
"Incessant Mace" was reissued on the 1986
Track listing
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "I Think I'm Sinking" | ||
2. | "Bury My Head In Sand" | ||
3. | "Tears to Forget" | ||
4. | "The Storm" (bonus track) | Chris Cornell | |
5. | "Incessant Mace" | ||
6. | "In Vention" | ||
7. | "Out of My Skin" |
No. | Title | Length |
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Personnel
Sound Garden
- Chris Cornell – lead vocals, drums, all instruments on "The Storm"
- Kim Thayil – guitar
- Hiro Yamamoto – bass, lead vocals on "Tears to Forget"
Production
- Jack Endino – production
Notes
- ^ "... I already knew Soundgarden pretty well, since they and Skin Yard had shared the stage many times in Seattle's tiny club scene circa 1985-1986. ... I had a basement 4-track setup and had done some demos for them and others..."
– Jack Endino, Seattle 2013[2] - ^ This blank track ostensibly makes tribute, in a joking way, to 4′33″, the 1952 experimental silent composition by John Cage (who was highly influenced by Zen Buddhism); as previously John Lennon and Yoko Ono did through the piece "Two Minutes Silence", from their 1969 album Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions; which in turn, Soundgarden would parodied as "One Minute of Silence" on 1988's Ultramega OK album.[4][5][6]
- ^ C/Z #CZ 01
- ^ Sub Pop #SP 12
- ^ A&M #B0022156-02
- ^ SST #SST 201
- ^ Sub Pop #SP1172
References
- ^ a b c Kreps, Daniel (October 28, 2014). "Soundgarden Unveil Three-Disc 'Echo of Miles' Rarities Collection: The band also revive 30-year-old track for menacing new song 'Storm'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ^ "Soundgarden on Sub Pop Records". Sub Pop Records. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016.
- ^ (April 10, 2012). "April 24, 1985 - Sound Garden (Soon to be Soundgarden) recorded this 4-Track Demo for Bruce Pavitt". The Grunge Scene. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ^ True, Everett (June 10, 1989). "Soundgarden: The Mutate Gallery" (interview). Melody Maker.
- ^ Osborne, Richard (August 21, 2012). "The sounds of silence". New Statesman. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ Reiff, Corbin (May 17, 2019). "All 134 Soundgarden Songs, Ranked". Vulture. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ Lipp, Chaz (August 26, 2011). "Book Review: Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind by Jacob McMurray". Blogcritics. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ISBN 9781550228779. p. 97.
- ^ a b Marlowe, Keith (February 5, 2015). "Meet the Guy Who Has Recorded Almost Every Major Seattle Album" (interview). Noisey. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ISBN 9781570617430. p. 167.
- ^ Various Artists, Pyrrhic Victory. Discogs. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ^ Reed, Ryan (January 18, 2017). "Soundgarden Finalize 'Ultramega OK' Remix for Reissue". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ Lore Mark, Mark (March 9, 2017). "Soundgarden: Ultramega OK: Expanded Reissue Review". Paste. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ Johnston, Maura (March 20, 2017). "Soundgarden - Ultramega OK" (review). Pitchfork. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ Sub Pop Records. "Soundgarden - Ultramega OK (Expanded Reissue)" (review). Sub Pop Mega Mart. Retrieved January 8, 2018.