Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger

 |   |  1 min read

Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger

Although some defer to this band's earlier EPs and, somewhat perversely to their SST album Ultramega OK, the Soundgarden story really started here in terms of their ascent to fame and some kind of world domination in the grunge era.

If their location and the media labelling -- grunge = Seattle -- was as annoying as it was largely incorrect, it hardly mattered because the singles Rusty Cage and Outshined, and the stunning Jesus Christ Pose provided a trifecta of hard rock/alternative sounds which pushed more and more listeners towards this album  . . . and consequently double plaitinum sales in the States.

They were grunge for the MTV audience but had earned their reputation live, so everything was in place for massively successful tours and the follow-up Superunknown a few years later which sold five times as many as this in the US.

JB_logoBut even though Badmotorfinger has had expanded CD reissues we point to it here because it is one of the bargain buy deals in the vinyl reissues at JB Hi-Fi stores here.

Or buy direct on-line from here

At just $25 it is another of those tasty slivers of black vinyl for your collection.

For other recommended vinyl albums at a budget price see here

Share It

Your Comments

post a comment

More from this section   Hi-Fi Vinyl articles index

Steve Earle: Copperhead Road

Steve Earle: Copperhead Road

In some ways Steve Earle is still much as he ever was, full of righteous anger, on the side of the working class and downtrodden and bristling with great songs. This 30-year old album has long... > Read more

Motorhead: Ace of Spades

Motorhead: Ace of Spades

Most bands have at least one defining song and for Motorhead – if it isn't their idiot-classic Killed by Death – it is the title track of the '80 album. Their sound was by this... > Read more

Elsewhere at Elsewhere

Elsewhere Art . . .  David Sanborn

Elsewhere Art . . . David Sanborn

For quite a while, saxophonist David Sanborn was quite a name in jazz and rock. When I interviewed him in the early 1990s I noted the number of Grammys he'd won but also his guest spots on... > Read more

The Fair Sect Plus One: I Love How You Love Me (1967)

The Fair Sect Plus One: I Love How You Love Me (1967)

Occasionally at the Herald, when I had written something about a Sixties rock band in New Zealand or a story about clubs of that era, one of the subs Trevor would come over for a chat. He was a man... > Read more