Soundgarden Talk New Material
Band to enter the studio this week to record new \"old\" material
In a brand new interview with Billboard, drummer Matt Cameron revealed that the band would be working on new material that they've accumulated over the past 12 months since they reformed.
He revealed "once we get into a studio environment, we'll come up with new ideas and rearrange what we have." The existing songs, he says, are "about 90 percent new," but some draw on ideas that date as far back as 1996's "Down on the Upside," as well as some riffs he wrote around 2008.
"We've tried to update the super-old stuff," he says. "It doesn't sound too old and dusty and crusty to my ears -- but maybe to someone else it will. I think guitar-based music is not really as popular as it has been in the past, so it might sound kind of out of date or out of tune with what's going on right now. Or it might be a breath of fresh air to have an unabashedly loud guitar band out there."
He continued "there's a little bit of evolution going on with some of this new music, but we're not straying too far from the formula. It has all our signature elements -- and more. I think people are going to really love it."
However, the band will be competiting with Chris Cornell's solo tour in April and Cameron's other band Pearl Jam for attention this year, with Pearl Jam due to embark on some big anniversary celebrations in the summer and starting work on their own brand new studio album.