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Soundgarden

Soundgarden

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An American rock band from Seattle that plays grunge music
  • proper noun
  • /ˈsaʊndˌɡɑrdən/
: Soundgarden
  • In the 1990s, Soundgarden played a pivotal role in the Seattle grunge movement.
  • Soundgarden band
  • album by Soundgarden
  • Soundgarden frontman

So many Soundgarden songs use drop D or.

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Examples

  • If you compare the two records musically, Soundgarden's playing compared to AIC's is more complex and dynamic.

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  • Last summer, I attended a Soundgarden concert, and the energy in the crowd was electric.

  • Like why is Soundgarden playing only four dates in Green Bay, dude?

  • Everyone, well almost, is saying Soundgarden because it 'rocks' the most.

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  • No, we cannot go out tomorrow night, because I've got tickets to Soundgarden.

  • There are traditional Soundgarden harmonies on here, but not as much heaviness as previous records.

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  • Soundgarden's King Animal was released on Tuesday, 16 years after Soundgarden's last album, Down on the Upside.

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  • What Cornell is saying is that it doesn't sound like Soundgarden in the 90s, and people need to realize that.

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  • The band was made up of Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron from Soundgarden collaborating with the members of Pearl Jam.

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  • Taking the stage a few minutes after 9 PM, Soundgarden tore into a jamming rendition of 'Incessant Mace.'

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Surface Forms

Morphology

Soundgarden = sound + garden (semi-transparent) = sound + garden

The components 'sound' and 'garden' are semantically transparent as common nouns, but the compound as a band name is an arbitrary proper noun and does not denote a predictable lexical meaning.

Etymology

Soundgarden is made of two simple words, sound ('music' or 'noise') and garden ('a place where plants grow'). So think of the band as a 'garden of sound' where music grows, a good image for a group known for deep, powerful songs.