SOUNDGARDEN: Badmotorfinger Vinyl LP

1991. The year Nirvana broke the mainstream and everyone looked sideways at Seattle. Soundgarden were already deeper in, heavier, weirder, and Badmotorfinger was the proof.

This is the record that sits at the junction of Black Sabbath's sludge, Led Zeppelin's swing, and something genuinely unsettling that nobody else was doing. Chris Cornell was operating at a level that made other vocalists quietly reconsider their life choices. Kim Thayil's guitar tunings were wrong on purpose, and it worked every single time. Rusty Cage, Outshined, Jesus Christ Pose, Slaves and Bulldozers, an album with no filler and a lot of dread. Grunge as a marketing term always undersold what this band actually was, which was an alternative metal outfit with prog tendencies and a genuine mean streak. Badmotorfinger is the one that converted the serious listeners before Superunknown took them massive.

Vinyl LP. Original release 1991, pressing details vary by reissue run. Check with the store if you need specifics on the pressing. Genre sits across grunge, alternative metal, and hard rock. USA origin.

Fans of: Alice in Chains, Mudhoney, Kyuss, Black Flag, Black Sabbath.