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Soundgarden

American rock band
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Summary

Soundgarden is a rock band[1]. Soundgarden ranks in the top 3% of rock band entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,291 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: MTV Video Music Awards[3]
  • Influenced by: Black Sabbath[4], Led Zeppelin[5], Jimi Hendrix[6]
  • Genre: grunge[7], alternative rock[8], heavy metal music[9], hard rock[10], alternative metal[11], stoner metal[12]
  • Named after: A Sound Garden[13]
  • Record label: Sub Pop[14], A&M Records[15], C/Z Records[16], SST Records[17]
  • Discography: Soundgarden discography[18]
  • Commons category: Soundgarden[19]
  • Country of origin: United States[20]
  • Has part(s): Chris Cornell[21], Kim Thayil[22], Ben Shepherd[23], Matt Cameron[24], Hiro Yamamoto[25]
  • Inception: 1984[26]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2017[27]
  • Location of formation: Seattle[28], Washington[29]
  • Official website: http://www.soundgardenworld.com/[30], https://www.soundgardenworld.com/[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Soundgarden[32]
  • Commons gallery: Soundgarden[33]
  • Topic has template: Template:Soundgarden[34]
  • Official name: Soundgarden[35]
  • Start of work period: 1984[36]
  • End of work period: 2019[37]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[38]

  • Country: US[39]

  • Began / founded: 1984[40]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2017[41]

  • Genre(s): alternative metal, alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, psychedelic rock, sludge metal[42]

  • Community tags: alternative metal, alternative rock, american, grunge, hard rock, psychedelic rock, sludge metal, usa[43]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 153c9281-268f-4cf3-8938-f5a4593e5df4[44]

Why It Matters

Soundgarden has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Soundgarden is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

Soundgarden has been cited as an influence by Evanescence[47], a rock band[48], founded in 1994[49]; Alice in Chains[50], a rock band[51], in United States[52], founded in 1987[53]; Deftones[54], a rock band[55], founded in 1988[56]; Nickelback[57], a rock band[58], founded in 1995[59]; 3 Doors Down[60], a musical group[61], founded in 1996[62]; and Lostprophets[63], a musical group[64], founded in 1997[65].

FAQs

What awards did Soundgarden receive?

Honors received include MTV Video Music Awards[3].

Who did Soundgarden influence?

Soundgarden has been cited as an influence by Evanescence[47], Alice in Chains[50], Deftones[54], and Nickelback[57].

Related Entities

3 Doors Down A&M Records Chris Cornell Jimi Hendrix Sub Pop United States Washington

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [41] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
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  6. [43] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  7. [44] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Iketsi · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.soundgardenworld.com/, https://www.soundgardenworld.com/
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  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Influenced by → Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix
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    Start of work period → +1984-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inception → +1984-00-00T00:00:00Z
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