CNN’s Denise Quan spoke with the members of the reunited SOUNDGARDEN – guitarist Kim Thayil , bassist Ben Shepherd , drummer Matt Cameron and singer Chris Cornell – at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA recently.
“We were sort of talking about re-releasing our catalog and updating our whole system of how we communicate with our fans, because the band started pre-internet, pre-cell phone, pre-pre-pre-everything ,” Cameron says.
“A new generation of rock fans are discovering 30-year-old bands via a game like Guitar Hero ,” says Cornell.
“It’s like try to get a larger picture of what we do musically out there to a younger generation .”
When asked if there are any plans to get back in the studio Thayil jokes: “Let’s say ‘yes’ in this interview, and ‘no’ in the next one .”
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