Soundgarden Welcome To Rockville 2017 Metro Park Jacksonville, FL April 29, 2017 ** 16 BIT ** Source: Sonic Studios DSM-6P w/3-way lo-cut filter (@ 80hz, middle setting) > Tascam DR-2d @ 16 bit/44.1 kHz Mastering: .WAV > Sound Forge Pro 11.0 (Build 299) [iZotope Mastering Suite declick); minor edits, normalize, & fades] > CDWav tracking) > Trader's Little Helper (level 5) > FLAC > TagScanner 6.0.18 (tagging) Location: Immediately right of the "tented" soundboard Recorded by: Steve "ballsdeep" Hagar Mastered by: Dennis Orr Setlist: 01 Intro Music (Searching With My Good Eye Closed) > 02 Spoonman 03 Kyle Petty, Son Of Richard 04 Outshined 05 Black Hole Sun 06 My Wave 07 The Day I Tried To Live 08 Chat 09 Been Away Too Long 10 Fell On Black Days 11 Chat 12 Incessant Mace 13 Blow Up The Outside World 14 Jesus Christ Pose 15 Rusty Cage 16 Chat 17 Beyond The Wheel Chris Cornell – lead vocals & rhythm guitar Kim Thayil – lead guitar Ben Shepherd – bass & backing vocals Matt Cameron – drums & backing vocals ~~~RIP Chris Cornell: we don't mourn you because we knew you, we mourn you because you helped us know ourselves~~~ Show Notes: Having hit 8 shows in 9 days (and this was 9 of 10) in 4 states, this pale, pallid Alaskan was not ready or prepared for the 90+ degree temps for Welcome To Rockville, so I sat in my hotel until 8:30, then hauled ass to the venue, got a parking spot right across the street, was in the venue 15 minutes before Soundgarden hit the stage, and was out of there on the road 10 minutes after the show was over. What I'm trying to say is no, I did *not* tape any of the other acts that day. Another reason, besides the punishing all-day heat (it averaged 95 F on the way up, a tiny bit cooler by the coast), I've seen and taped pretty much every other main-mainstage act (APC in '99 San Diego, Offspring last year in Anchorage, Mastodon in '11 in St. Louis, Coheed & Cambria in '12 in Memphis, etc...). The only ones I were curious about (Eagles Of Death Metal, The Pretty Reckless, Highly Suspect, Dinosaur Pile-Up) were too early in the day and either I already taped them (Highly Suspect in Tampa on the 27th), am going to tape them (Pretty Reckless on May 3rd, Dinosaur Pile-Up on May 2nd), or I think they pretty much suck anyways (EODM). Oh yeah...Soundgarden. OUTdoors. NO echo. It *was* windy, blowing HARD from the south/east (just watch the yootoob vids to see what I mean), so based on what you *see*, you'd think it'd basically be fucked, audio-wise (I don't own windscreens). Based on that (sizing up the situation), I stood to the immediate right of the ***tented*** soundboard, with pretty much fantastic results. I was up against the right side of the soundboard railing (like, literally holding myself up with the bar due to the fatigue). Minimal crowd noise (I heard more plastic bottles getting stepped on/kicked when people were leaving - just listen to the last track) than I heard people screaming nearby. As for Soundgarden themselves, this show was a bit more subdued than Tampa 2 nights earlier, setlist wise, but performance and mix-wise, I was pretty happy with it (other than the occasional wind gusts). The only thing to mention: you *know* it's a good SG show when you get "Jesus Christ Pose" and "Rusty Cage" back-to-back. He's not very rusty, or even mahogany, for that matter. His name is Dennis, and he takes his TIME to create these torrents for your listening pleasure. Throw him a "thanks Dennis". It doesn't hurt, I promise. Save all your bile and vitriol for me, my thick skin and wide shoulders can take it. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand there is more to come (yes, including unreleased *older* Soundgarden shows). ---ballsdeep OUT!!! Soundgarden2017-04-29t01.flac:2de8c3ae687c27b35ec90838b49c4e7f Soundgarden2017-04-29t02.flac:27e025f5cbff84e77d245410170a27ce Soundgarden2017-04-29t03.flac:cd806737d3a288a1bf3fea73987d99c2 Soundgarden2017-04-29t04.flac:33707f8352a3375dd7d4089acd68c540 Soundgarden2017-04-29t05.flac:08afc00edefa9314b1a8b6414dddfc8d Soundgarden2017-04-29t06.flac:cf835f27d949550c117511aef0a3a452 Soundgarden2017-04-29t07.flac:11e499278ab7010a62a41af3d3db3247 Soundgarden2017-04-29t08.flac:8b0dcf4157a7a71c464eb909a440bfb8 Soundgarden2017-04-29t09.flac:82009a75ceca6e71544c1f18c2591166 Soundgarden2017-04-29t10.flac:0dfda1c4cf00c9f61102e3789aab9b84 Soundgarden2017-04-29t11.flac:bb8754aa80d5dbfd5f84b637709b74a4 Soundgarden2017-04-29t12.flac:748ca37370e533a3ee29b66fad267e07 Soundgarden2017-04-29t13.flac:38e4919272acaed96c2611830a0e44fb Soundgarden2017-04-29t14.flac:168e21545a85f9d9f8eac10b547a3919 Soundgarden2017-04-29t15.flac:eb50cf6cd7668c7c8e6e1a60fac231b1 Soundgarden2017-04-29t16.flac:35a33ef5cd4bb4d1aa80a034233df9e7 Soundgarden2017-04-29t17.flac:e1f76a130c49cef6f2f2343181965d1a