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COMING SOON
PHOTOFANTASM™ SOUNDGARDEN
NUDEDRAGONS TO KING ANIMAL
Reserve Your Copy At Photofantasm.com

We are happy to announce that we are in preliminary discussions with the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation to partner on the book Photofantasm Soundgarden. Since this project has always been a labor of love we decided the net proceeds of Photofantasm Soundgarden will go to the Cornell Foundation charity. The details of this are in the early stages and will be announced as we are able to confirm more specifics. This news, along with the remainder of the notable contributors, will affect the distribution and timing of the book. It will be distributed in 2013 however more likely mid to late summer. Pre-orders are still planned and we encourage you to sign up for the reservation list noted above.

Photofantasm is a dedication to Soundgarden, a thank you from their fans around the world that love their music, live performances, and look forward to the band’s future. It’s a fan based, compilation photo journal, consisting of photographs, graphic art, first-hand accounts of personal experiences and quotes from fans. Included are artists, musicians, authors, photographers and other notable contributors chronicling Soundgarden’s performances from across the globe. The journey begins with their 2010 Nudedragons show in Seattle performing songs from their existing catalog up to their intimate live performances in 2012 which showcased songs from their new album King Animal. A few special highlights from 2013 may also be included.

This book is a collaboration between many generations of fans representing 24 countries who in the spirit of this project, and shared passion for Soundgarden, contributed their work for Photofantasm. Irrespective of location, language barriers, age, gender, race, social views or varying backgrounds, all these fans have one thing in common and that is the love of Soundgarden’s music and a deep appreciation for what they do. The individual impact and experience of their music is personal to each contributor, as it is to the millions of fans that didn’t have an opportunity to participate in this project.

Photofantasm is intended to capture this unique chapter in Soundgarden’s history leading up to the release of King Animal so that it can be savored by the band and their fans in years to come. Much like owning a classic vinyl record, having a tangible and visual memory of what many of us experienced together is something worth treasuring. Photofantasm is more than a fan based photo book, it’s a heartfelt thank you to Soundgarden, for their music, from their fans the Knights of the Soundtable.

Now that the general public submissions are closed the ETA on the book is planned for 2013. In the interim we’ll continue to update fans on the content of the book and notable contributors which will include ALL official POSTER ART for each Soundgarden concert between 2010 and 2012. Artists who contributed their amazing artwork include Josh Graham, MunkOne, Brad Klausen, Frank Kozik, EMEK, Maxx242, Jeff Soto, Mark 5, Gregg Gordon, Justin Kamerer, Rhys Cooper, Justin Hampton, Jermaine Rogers, Zoltron, Ames Bros, Ken Taylor, Chuck Sperry, and Lars P. Krause. In addition to the fans and graphic artists some of the other notable contributors include Meat Puppets, Mastodon, Dave Krusen, Candlebox, Pepper Keenan (COC/Down), Kevin Wood (Malfunkshun) to name just some of the musical artists; Mark Yarm author of Everybody Loves Our Town and Sup-Pop co-founder Bruce Pavitt author of Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989 plus many others. These are just some highlights of Photofantasm. We have approx. 180+ contributors representing 24 different countries to date. Some of the “guest” appearance photos we’ve included in the book also include Dave Grohl, Mike McCready, Sean Kinney and others.

The first run of the book Photofantasm Soundgarden will be a quality, limited edition, 8.5×11, hardcover, with over 300+ gloss pages between 500-750 copies. Pre-Orders will be offered to all the contributors first then to fans who sign up for the Photofantasm reservation list prior to the general public sale. Please see the top of this page to add yourself to the reservation list.

For more information or inquires please email us at info@spoondogentertainment.com and/or join http://www.facebook.com/groups/PhotofantasmSoundgarden/ Please see http://www.facebook.com/SpoondogEntertainment for additional updates.

For more information on Soundgarden please visit Soundgarden World

Disclaimer: Photofantasm™ Soundgarden is dedicated to the band Soundgarden and created directly from their fans as an unofficial photo compilation book by Spoondog Entertainment Group, LLC. All content in Photofantasm Soundgarden has been given express authorization and approval from the contributors.

By submitting a photograph(s) or fan story, you understand that we are not under any obligation to use said photographs or story and that the photo or story you submit is only being considered for inclusion. You also are representing that you took the photograph or wrote the story and have all rights necessary to submit them to us and, if chosen, be included in the publication.

*Note: Photofantasm Soundgarden contributors we will be sent a direct link FIRST to the email you provided. The contributors will have access to the first estimated 500-750 limited edition copies, then the reservation list, then the general public.

I’m writing a foreword for this. Excited to see the finished product!

Krist Novoselic winds up to smash Kurt Cobain’s guitar at the U.K. Lamefest, 1989. That’s Sub Pop cofounder Bruce Pavitt in the Harvey Mudd sweatshirt. (Steve Double photo via the Experiencing Nirvana Facebook page)

Sub Pop cofounder Bruce Pavitt says Nirvana’s “Dive” is the most danceable grunge song. What grunge song gets you to move rhythmically?

EW.com has posted an interview with Sub Pop cofounder Bruce Pavitt and some exclusive images from his new ebook Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989. Here’s what Pavitt has to say about the above photo, which he took at Rough Trade Records in London:

“You’ve got one of the world’s most famous rock stars ever, and here is this innocent period where he’s just talking about music. It’s a very sweet image, and to go back in time to see people just relating to each other as bands, as friends, as community, it’s really powerful. This is the big rock-star moment of the whole book, and it’s him signing an autograph in a tiny story to a handful of customers. He wasn’t cleaning toilets in Aberdeen, he was signing his record. That’s a big lifestyle shift in six months.”

(Source: music-mix.ew.com)

Caption: Kurt was noticeably affected by the night before and took some time alone to think.

Screenshot from Sub Pop cofounder Bruce Pavitt’s new ebook, Experiencing Nirvana: Grunge in Europe, 1989, which he describes as “an inside look into a crucial eight-day period in the touring life of Nirvana, and two other Seattle bands.” (Those two other bands being Mudhoney and TAD.) The $9.99 ebook, sales of which benefit Seattle’s Vera Project, features rare and never-before-seen photos of all three bands. Order it here.

Sub Pop cofounder Bruce Pavitt is DJing in the lobby of New York’s Ace Hotel this Friday at midnight. (Further details here.)

JACK ENDINO (Skin Yard guitarist) There was a little bit of weirdness with Sub Pop, because Skin Yard was not a band that they felt was appropriate for the label, and it wasn’t hard to see why—we were a little too metal. But strangely enough, our bass player, Daniel, wound up working for them for a couple years. It used to drive Daniel nuts that he couldn’t get his own band onto the label, but I stayed the hell out of this because I was still recording all the records for Sub Pop.

DANIEL HOUSE (Skin Yard bassist) When I first started working there, it was Bruce [Pavitt], Jon [Poneman], and me. Charles Peterson had been there earlier and a couple people would come and go. Bruce seemed to have almost contempt for Skin Yard. He hated Ben’s singing. Too melodramatic. He felt like there were elements of our music, the prog- rock elements, that were anti-everything that his label was trying to establish. Jon liked our band. And he actually tried to push Bruce to put us out, but Bruce wouldn’t budge. They eventually put out a Skin Yard seven-inch to just shut everybody up, or at least that’s how I saw it.

Excerpted from Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge. Order info here.