Seven Mary Three

This was followed by Waters Edge (1996), Rock Crown (1997), Orange Ave (1998), The Economy of Sound (2001) and Dis/Location (2004).
. The first single, "Cumbersome", was a success, as was their first album, American Standard (1995). Thayil joined forces with ex-Dead Kennedys vocalist Jello Biafra, former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Gina Mainwal for one show, performing as the No WTO Combo during the WTO ministerial conference in Seattle on December 1, 1999 and would later contribute guitar tracks to Dave Grohl's side-project's album (PROBOT), which was released in 2004. Originally from Virginia, the group signed to Mammoth Records. Cornell went on to make solo album Euphoria Morning and later formed the group Audioslave along with ex-members of Rage Against The Machine, while Cameron toured with Pearl Jam for their 1998 Yield Tour and subsequently joined the band as a permanent member. Seven Mary Three is a 1990s rock and roll band that plays a form of arena rock/grunge music. A greatest-hits compilation, A-Sides, was released a few months later.

Soundgarden announced its breakup in April 1997. The band's final album was 1996's Down on the Upside. Superunknown was the band's breakout, driven by the single "Black Hole Sun". The film also featured a clip from the demo version of "Spoonman", a song from the band's 1994 album, Superunknown.

The song appeared on the soundtrack album, as did a solo Cornell song, "Seasons". The band made an appearance in the "grunge movie", Singles playing "Birth Ritual". The band toured with Guns N' Roses to support the album, and later released the video Motorvision which was filmed on that tour. Though successful, the album was overshadowed by Nirvana's Nevermind.

The new line up recorded Badmotorfinger in 1991. He was briefly replaced by Jason Everman, formerly of Nirvana, who appeared on the Louder Than Live video, but Ben Shepherd ended up in the band as a permanent replacement. After the release of the album Yamamoto left to go back to college. In 1989 the band released their first album for a major label, Louder Than Love, released through A&M Records.

Though the band were being courted by major labels, in 1988 they signed to SST Records to release their debut album, Ultramega OK, for which they earned a Grammy nomination. A compilation was issued as Screaming Life/Fopp in 1990. The band signed to Sub Pop, releasing the Screaming Life EP in 1987, and the Fopp EP in 1988. In 1986 Sundquist left the band, to be replaced by Matt Cameron, who had been the drummer in Skin Yard.

The band recorded two songs which appeared on a compilation for C/Z Records called Deep Six which also featured songs by Green River, Skin Yard, and The Melvins. Cornell originally played drums while singing, but the band enlisted Scott Sundquist to free Cornell up to concentrate on vocals. The band was named after an outdoor art/sound installation called "The Sound Garden" located in Seattle's Magnuson Park which makes eerie sounds when the wind blows. The band was formed in 1984 by Chris Cornell (vocals) and Hiro Yamamoto (bass), who were later joined by Kim Thayil (guitar), who had moved to Seattle from Illinois with Yamamoto and Bruce Pavitt, who would later start Sub Pop Records.

Soundgarden was a seminal Seattle rock band instrumental in creating the sound that came to be called grunge.