techno-jumble version of rock n roll

Tad was a wannabe Metallica act without any of the finesse that Metallica brings to their live act.

06.04.1994 Soundgarden Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
Openers: Eleven
Tad
Concerts often make or break an artist for me, and my romance with Soundgarden and Chris Cornell ended on this day. The band isn’t entirely to blame for a lifeless set and two stinker opening acts; they also had the distinction in playing in one of the worst concert venues in existence. Sound is swallowed up in the open-air of the Greek Theatre and released well above the head of the audience, who squirm on wedges of concrete, struggling to hear the band. But it is notable that Soundgarden never varied their setlist on this tour, and then it was only to add in the occasional song to the set. They are hardly the only band to keep a standardized setlist during a given tour, but the band’s energy might have benefitted from some variety. Their act was stale and muted. The audience was pained and struggled to get into the vibe, after sitting through Eleven’s techno-jumble version of rock n roll and then Tad’s wannabe Metallica act without any of the finesse that Metallica brings to their live act. It sucked. I still have a place in my heart for the studio album Superunknown but we don’t visit very often.

Set List
Jesus Christ Pose
Spoonman
Let Me Drown
Mailman
The Day I Tried to Live
My Wave
Room a Thousand Years Wide
Black Hole Sun
Searching With My Good Eye Closed
Superunknown
Rusty Cage
Half
Mind Riot
Fell on Black Days
Slaves and Bulldozers
Kickstand
Face Pollution
Like Suicide
Somewhere
Head Down
Limo Wreck