Soundgarden Possibly Reuniting

06/24/09 10:16am

by Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack)

Add this to your list of tentative '90s band reunions: Soundgarden could be getting back together.

Shinedown singer Brent Smith recently told Kerrang! magazine the Seattle grunge rockers could reunite, 12 years after they officially parted ways in 1997.

"There's talk of a reuniting of Soundgarden in the States soon," Smith told Kerrang! during England's Download Festival earlier this month. "I know actually someone specific who told me that, who is actually specifically in their organization. Kinda told me that they're talking about it."

All Soundgarden's former members — except former frontman Chris Cornell — briefly joined forces with Tad Doyle and Tom Morello in March during former Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello's Justice Tour, but no official reunion was announced. But now, Smith has provided some hope for those eager to hear more from the four-piece.

You can watch the entire interview here.

Following Soundgarden's breakup, Cornell went on to record three albums with Audioslave and pursued a solo career which Trent Reznor hates. Drummer Matt Cameron plays in Pearl Jam.

Cornell will play the following dates:

June 24 Berlin, Germany @ Huxleys Neue Welt
June 25 Szczecin, Poland @ Stadion Pogoni (Szczecin Rock Festival)
June 27 Borlange, Sweden @ Peace & Love Festival
June 29 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega
July 1 Aarhus, Denmark @ Train
July 3 Kristiansand, Norway @ Quart Festival
July 6 Milan, Italy @ Alcatraz
July 7 Rome, Italy @ Ostia Antica
July 10 Bilbao, Spain @ Bilbao Live Festival
July 11 Oeiras, Portugal @ Passeio Maritmo De Alges (Optimus Alive Festival)

You can see Matt Cameron with Pearl Jam at these concerts:

Aug. 13 Rotterdam, Netherlands @ The Ahoy
Aug. 15 Berlin, Germany @ Wuhlheide
Aug. 17 Manchester, England @ Manchester Evening News Arena
Aug. 18 London, England @ O2 Arena
Aug. 21 Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
Aug. 23-24 Chicago, IL @ United Center
Aug. 28 San Francisco, CA @ Golden Gate Park (Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival)
Oct. 4 Austin, TX @ Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Music Festival)