6 Songs for Bruce
6 Songs for Bruce, also commonly known as 4-Track Demo, is an early single-sided demo tape by the American rock band Soundgarden.
Overview
The band, at the time a three-piece named Sound Garden, composed of guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Hiro Yamamoto, and Chris Cornell on drums and vocals,[1] recorded the demo in Jack Endino's basement four-track studio,[nb 1] on April 24, 1985, for their friend Bruce Pavitt,[3] hence the name of the tape. "Incessant Mace" was featured on the 1986 C/Z Records limited edition cassette only compilation Pyrrhic Victory,[4][5] but was re-recorded in 1988 for the band's first full-length album Ultramega OK;[nb 2] while "Tears to Forget" was re-recorded in late 1985 for the C/Z Records compilation album Deep Six[nb 3] released in 1986, and was re-recorded a third time in 1987 for the band's debut EP Screaming Life.[nb 4] As a bonus song, the tape includes a Cornell's solo recording titled "The Storm", which was re-recorded with Endino in May 2014 as "Storm" for the band's rarities box set Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path.[nb 5][1] The side B of the cassette, humorously titled Zen Deity Speaks, contains no recordings. The demo tape was among many of the artifacts displayed at the EMP Museum's Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses exhibit in Seattle, Washington.[6]
According to Kim Thayil in Greg Prato's book Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music,[7] this was actually Soundgarden's second demo cassette. Their first demo, titled The First 15, was previously recorded in 1984.
Track listing
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"I Think I'm Sinking" | |
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"Bury My Head In Sand" | |
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"Tears to Forget" | |
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"The Storm" (bonus track) | Chris Cornell |
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"Incessant Mace" | |
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"In Vention" | |
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"Out of My Skin" | |
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Personnel
Notes
- ↑ "... I already knew Soundgarden pretty well, since they and Skin Yard had shared the stage many times in Seattle’s tiny club scene circa 1985-1986. ... I had a basement 4-track setup and had done some demos for them and others..."
– Jack Endino, Seattle 2013[2] - ↑ SST #SST 201
- ↑ C/Z #CZ 01
- ↑ Sub Pop #SP 12
- ↑ A&M #B0022156-02
References
- 1 2 Kreps, Daniel (October 28, 2014). "Soundgarden Unveil Three-Disc 'Echo of Miles' Rarities Collection: The band also revive 30-year-old track for menacing new song 'Storm'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Soundgarden on Sub Pop Records". Sub Pop Records. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ↑ (April 10, 2012). "April 24, 1985 - Sound Garden (Soon to be Soundgarden) recorded this 4-Track Demo for Bruce Pavitt". The Grunge Scene. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ↑ Tow, Stephen (2011). The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge. Sasquatch Books. ISBN 9781570617430. p. 167.
- ↑ Various Artists, Pyrrhic Victory. Discogs. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ↑ Lipp, Chaz (August 26, 2011). "Book Review: Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind by Jacob McMurray". Blogcritics. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ↑ Prato, Greg (2009). Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music. ECW Press. ISBN 9781550228779.
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