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MATT CAMERON REVEALS WHY SOUNDGARDEN BROKE UP & SAYS HE IS UNCERTAIN OF THE BAND’S FUTURE

By: 9 August 2012 77 Comments

Here’s another quote from Soundgarden/Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron’s new interview with Rhythm Magazine that we reported on last week:

On Soundgarden’s reunion and tension they may have had during their later days in 1996/1997: “Sure, it all became water under the bridge, we were never really mad at each other, it just came to a point where we were totally sick of each other,” Cameron reveals, placing emphasis on the word ‘totally’ to further drive home the point. “We just needed a break because we started from scratch and went to a pretty huge pinnacle of success. I think that whole process completely burnt us out. It’s good that we took what I consider to be a sabbatical. When we came back there were tons of really good ideas and the spark had not gone away at all. I don’t know how much longer it’s going to last but I’m really happy that it’s got to this point.”

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  • SuperSG said:

    Gimme some info on the new album and I promise Mayan will suck you off Matt!

  • Dreux said:

    I’ll see to it that SuperSG keeps his promise and forces Mayan to suck you off, Matt, if you give us some new info.

  • Junior said:

    Old news, nothing to see here.

  • SuperSG said:

    hahahaha

  • Jen said:

    I will suck off any member of Soundgarden to get anything, even the tiniest of news, about the new album.

    Since when did this turn into fellatio-fest?

  • SuperSG said:

    my bad. at least your a girl, that makes it not weird to talk about oral.

  • King Cornell said:

    As a fan who knows better than to take anything for granted with SG, I stand by me view of a couple years ago of “Just give me a new album and everything else is icing on top”. It would disappoint, but not stun me if by this time next year their album support tour becomes “we’re going to take an indefinite break so catch us while you can” tour. Hoping it won’t happen but this comment and the recent concerts where people have said “Hey, their energy/interest seems a bit spotty” makes me a bit nervous. Before anyone accuses me of attacking SG or wanting to see them jump around onstage or something, I am not. Just gotta not get carried away with taking too much for granted with a band that has no obligation to anyone, and rightly so (beyond that damn B-sides album!)

  • The Incredible Mr. Mark Arm said:

    mayan, can you please tell us your fake track list again?

  • Jcon said:

    Interesting comment to make. I feel like ideally they’d release the new album, tour, then probably go be inscribe for a little while so they can all do their own thing. Thaw obviously just an assumption but I’d be surprised if that wasn’t necessary or even desired by the band. We’ll find out though. Just really want that new album, a US tour, and those B-Sides!

  • Dreux said:

    I’m gonna have to agree with you there, King. And yes, I do want that B-Sides album. They’re one of the few bands I love that have yet to put a compilation or box set of their outtakes and B-Sides.

  • Dreux said:

    * put OUT a compilation…

  • mr. spiderman said:

    I DONT FUCKING CARE WHERES THE NEW ALBUM OH ITS NOT HERE YET HELLO HELLO MR. CARNULL WUT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING FOR 3 FUCKING YEARS SINCE SOUNDGARDEN REUNITED I TELL U WHUT UVE BEEN DOING NOTHING BUT SINGING FOR OBAMBDA AT HIS FUNDRAISER AND RERELEASING SOME DECADEZ OLD SONGS MAYBEE U SHUD JUST SCRAP THE ALBUM AND GO BAK TO MAKING SUM STUFF WITH TIMBERLUND ALSO FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

  • SuperSG said:

    dont be a sarcastic prick. Its coming in OCTOBER! HAVE A HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

  • Max said:

    Reveals? We’ve known this since they broke up. Misleading title.

  • MAYAN CALENDAR 2012 said:

    SOUNDGARDEN WILL COME BACK AND I ALREADY HAVE THEIR NEW CD :) THANKS MATT, CHRIS , KIM AND BEN . I WORK AT UNIVERSAL MUSIC, I HAVE ALREADY HEARD EVERY SONG ON THE NEW ALBUM: SONIC HEAVEN , PLUS I JUST GOT THEIR B-SIDES BONUS SONGS TOO :) GOOD JOB SG, FUCK ALL THE HATERS

  • SuperSG said:

    did you suck off matt cameron? because. . . i sorta promised matt that you would put out on his baby maker. . .

  • MAYAN CALENDAR 2012 said:

    YES I DID SUPERSG HAHAHAHAH AND IT WAS A BLESSING OF AN EXPERIENCE

  • SuperSG said:

    thank you for fulfilling your end of the bargain Mayan. But what did matt tell you the title was?

  • MAYAN CALENDAR 2012 said:

    you people are sick ! seriously you folks should go see batman :)
    soundgarden rock on and the new album will be just like i said , got it?

  • SuperSG said:

    Ive seen it twice.

  • Vs. said:

    Holy crap, it’s been almost 3 years since SG reunited? And all they have to show is a f’n song on a soundtrack? Epic fail. They used to be one of my favorite bands, but honestly I’m sick of the b.s. I used to make excuses for the band, that they play just the old songs live to get used to playing with each other again. I guess I was in denial. 2+ years of playing 15-20 year old songs is the definition of a has-been band cashing in. I never expected this from Soundgarden. Sad. :(

  • The Incredible Mr. Mark Arm said:

    be > MayanCalendar

  • MAYAN CALENDAR 2012 said:

    YEAH EXCEPT THEY ARE PUTTING OUT A NEW ALBUM VS. SO STOP YOUR BITCHING AND BUY A TAMPON

    DON’T FORGET TO WATCH BATMAN OUT JULY 20!!HAHAH

  • Vs. said:

    SG rocks and are making new music and Live To Rise is a grower and I play it all the time. HehehehHheheh makes me dribble piss out of my ass when Kimmy plays that wicked riff. I was just making a funny troll statement before. PJ now they suck big fat donkey balls and are the biggest sellouts ever.

    Ticketmaster remember that fake moment?

    And the ……

  • MAYAN CALENDAR 2012 said:

    Batman sucks now that there is no joker. It’s become the new stars wars for nerds who live with mommy and hang out in the shed with the dead pets from the near by shelter.

    See no cap locks I am all grown up :) why does my finger smell like shit?

  • MAYAN CALENDAR 2012 said:

    GODDAMMIT STOP IMITATING ME HAHAHAHAHAHAH SUCK FUCKERS

    WATCH BATMAN: THE NIGHT RISES, OUT JULY 20!!

  • lala said:

    why isn’t this idiot blocked??? he is a troll

  • lala said:

    ^^^^^^^^^
    Hey, stop imitating me, fucker! It’s you isn’t it, Iha? I KNOW IT’S YOU YOU UNTALENTED FUCK.
    LEEEEEEAAAAVVVVEEEE BILLY ALOOONNEE!

  • MAYAN CALENDAR 2012 said:

    NO ONE CAN STOP ME :) I WILL POST WHATEVER I WANT SO THERE ;)

  • lala said:

    ^^^^^^^^^

    James Iha: “I am not a technically gifted guitar player.”
    Butch Vig on Iha: “He couldn’t play the parts.”
    Jimmy Chamberlin on Iha: “He looked like he could play …”
    Billy Corgan on Iha: “He couldn’t play.”

  • lala said:

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Yes! Finally someone who agrees with me. DEATH TO IHA!

  • lala said:

    again “Death to Iha” isn’t my comment.

    this is my comment:

    James Iha: “I am not a technically gifted guitar player.”
    Butch Vig on Iha: “He couldn’t play the parts.”
    Jimmy Chamberlin on Iha: “He looked like he could play …”
    Billy Corgan on Iha: “He couldn’t play.”

    and that is FACT

  • lala said:

    I agree with myself. It’s a FACT that James Iha should die in a fire, because Billy said so.

    THE PROOF
    Billy on James Iha and how he should die in a fire:
    “James Iha should die in a fire.”

  • lala said:

    @MAYAN PRETENDING TO BE ME

    look if you like Iha that is fine. I don’t hate the guy. He admits he isn’t good, other confirm it, his solo work shows it, his work with Hanson shows it, his work with APC shows it, etc. So what’s your problem?

  • Lee said:

    I’m only gonna say one thing here…all you knockers for SG, you’all should have been at BDO Last Year here in Oz and they fckn rocked, brought the house down..so there!!!…MAYAN CALENDAR 2012..I FCKN WANT THAT CD YOU HAVE…LOL!..Yep CD cause I reckon yah would of taken down a recording somewhere..arrrghhhhhhh, it kills me you have heard it all before all of us, now going to put SG on my CD and pretend its all new again and wait and wait and wait for your CD to arrive in the mail…hahahahahaha!

  • SuperSG said:

    Mayan Calendar lu ketuwong txim. Mayan Calendar pey txum tìsraw. I hope you know how to read this Mayan. Its not nice. hapxì yä~ä tsngan.

  • RödeOrm said:

    This is the kind of comment section that makes me miss be.

  • Junior said:

    This is what happens when a site admin continues to use misleading headlines just for the sake of replies and attention to the articles and his site.

  • SuperSG said:

    why do you say that?

  • Dreux said:

    lala, did ever occur to you that Mayan (or whoever the hell if trolling you) may not give a shit about James Iha or STP, and that they’re only making fun of your fanboyism?

  • Shadow on the Sun said:

    tThe fact that we get a full new sg album is enough for me. Sitting in my room with the lights out when they broke up, I never thought it would happen and now we are 2 months away. Even if they stop again after this album ill still be happy having something I never thought was possible.
    Plus, it leaves Chris to be solo again where he loves releasing music on a much more regular basis. It’s a win win for me either way

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  • Nazi Driver said:

    I third SuperSG’s proposal to force Mayan to suck off Matt for some info. There isn’t any real revelation here.

  • Conor said:

    I don’t care who sucks who off, I’m perfectly content to wait for this record. It’s been a long time coming, why not just wait til they’re ready.

  • Senior said:

    Juniot is the worst troll here. Everyone else is being a douche on purpose but he is being totally legit in his douchebagedness.

  • Senior said:

    *junior

  • lala's Boy said:

    Me and lala don’t give a shit what any of you grungers say about Billy or the pumpkins, THEY are a million times better than SG and the other shit bands on this site. We’re gonna go and make love to ‘Spangled’ now, you losers can carry on debating this album that will never come out and even if it does it won’t be as good as Zeitgeist or Teargarden, Living to rise blows!

  • Nazi Driver said:

    lala’s Boy, I missed you.

  • Jammin J said:

    I remember you! your the one who takes anal from Lala while listening to bad SP songs!

  • MAYAN CALENDAR 2012 said:

    FUCK YOU ALL MORONS :) YOU LEAVE SOUNDGARDEN ALONE, YOU LEAVE JAMES IHA ALONE, HES GOT MORE TALENT THAN ANY OF YOU LOSERS INCLUDING MY CLONES :)

  • Nazi Driver said:

    ^^^^^^
    Yes he is. And he’s one of the funniest trolls this site has ever known. Too bad so many people misinterpreted who he was actually trolling.

  • Jammin J said:

    Actually… im called Jammin for a reason, Mayan Calendar 2012. I can play all of the songs of the Big 4 and i actually make money at gigs. playing the guitar as well as Iha isnt that hard. The songs Pretty Noose and Nutshell are hard to perform. The Pretender is pretty damn difficult to pull off live as well.

  • lala's Boy said:

    @Jammin J

    Get over it dude, I let LaLa use a strap on like one time and you’re making this big deal out of it. We’d been getting high all night listening to the leak of Oceania and things just got a bit out of hand, no need to be a douche and bring it up now. We just had sex to ‘Wildflower’ by the way, it was awesome :-)

  • Jammin J said:

    sounds hot.

  • lala's Boy said:

    It was… The best is fucking to the intro of ‘Pinwheels’ though!

  • Jammin J said:

    sounds hotter.

  • Nazi Driver said:

    Hey, lala’s Boy, what kind of crazy shit does lala scream in bed?

  • Jammin J said:

    “O…OOH….O MY GOD…Jammin J…thank you…”

  • lala said:

    Baby, what the FUCK are you doing here sharing our private affairs?!? Don’t expect anal tonight, tonight!

  • Iso said:

    Christ MAYAN CALENDAR, you just make it too easy! “Sonic Heaven” is a fuckin gay title you conjured one evening, stinky cock in hand, picture of Justin Beiber in your other, with splooge all over yourself. Bless you, you certainly are a creative one when you reach climax, with a 9-volt-powered jackhammer buttplug firmly in your cornhole, and a noose around your neck tied to a rafter above, workin’ that auto-erotic asphyxiation you’ve mastered. Although all that nonsense just ain’t no substitute for a REAL beef shaft down your throat, huh? MAYAN CALENDAR simply loves the dick. He’s known state-wide for it. $5 blowjobs down the back alley, mumbling “Sonic Heaven” to yourself whilst giving SUPERB head, cradling the balls… you’re a champion MAYAN. They ought to accommodate you in the London Olympics for crying out loud…

  • lala's Boy said:

    LaLa is such a great fuck seriously guys, she’s so dirty… She trys to sneak a finger up my arse during intercourse :-) we fucked to disc 2 of Mellon Collie earlier, o climaxed over her arsevto the chorus of 1979… It was special.

  • lala's Boy said:

    ‘sonic heaven’ really is the title of the next SG album too!! It’s crazy but LaLa’s uncle works for inferscope and I give him a handjob last week for info and that’s the title my dudes!

  • Iso said:

    iso iso say so fuxkers now back to your caves. I have to fuck one of those American apple pies. when they are warm they are so close to a fat wet pu$$y. Try and fuck a pie and see why there the rage. iso say so in 5 years there will be a pie in every mans man cave.

    Oh a hiry ass aint bad if the cream pie is to costly for ya cheap bastards

  • lala said:

    Billy just proposed to me YES I am going to be a breeder for him 4 kids at least.I will pop them out of my ass if I have to keep Billy happy.

    PS.,.,.,.,. Billy just wrote a song for me “Hard Dick Is rising up my lubed ass” Not to be confused with SGs Live To rise..

  • lala's boy said:

    Whats all this shit about? I proposed to you NOT Billy Corgan, PLUS you are carrying MY child right now! To be fair if Billy did fuck you I would watch and masturbate whilst singing ‘You don’t deserve meeee but I deserve yoooou!’.

  • lala said:

    None of these comments are by me… I’m sick of this fucking site and all the douches on it, it’s too easy to troll on here. You can all go listen to your shit music, forgive me for trying to educate you grungers who are stuck in the 90′s!! I’m just gonna stick to netphoria from now on.

  • Nazi Driver said:

    Yeah, you tell them grungers listening to music from the ’90s, lala! Now go listen to your music from the ’90s! YOU WIN.

    And remember,
    “You’ll always be my whore”.

  • Iso said:

    That was MAYAN CALENDAR’s childish attempt at pretending to be me, so noted by his shitty English, Pre-K level spelling and grammar, and mongoloid nonsense back to front. Try again dipshit. And work the runny spew-hole while you do.

  • Nazi Driver said:

    http://forums.netphoria.org/showthread.php?t=175216

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Looks like lala’s real popular in the Smashing Pumpkins community of netphoria.

  • Brett Buchanan (author) said:

    lala, and any discussion about lala or parody type stuff, is banned from the GrungeReport.net comments section. Nothing personal against lala, it’s just gotten out of hand and isn’t really funny any more.

    Mayan Calendar is next if that stuff gets too far. I still find some comedy in it though.

  • Vann said:

    Fuck off Brett :)

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  • Batman said:

    I’m Batman!!! And the album was pretty good!!!

  • Nick said:

    lmao wtf ever happened to just talkin about the music? gets tiring goin through comments to find a legit person.. u trollers suck on the ballsack of perry ferrel

  • NickHulk said:

    So lets get back to the music.
    I will start, who here thinks SG will break up within 2 years after the album drops?

    I think if the album spawns say 3-4 hit singles they might even do another album within 3-4 years.

  • Dreux said:

    I don’t think they’ll break up immediately after the album drops. I can easily see them doing a tour, then taking a “break”, and then getting back together again after a year or so, wash, rinse, repeat. If the album does really well (which I hate to say, it probably won’t, though I wish it will), than I can see them sticking together. Fan support is everything.

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