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Louder than Live is a home video released by the Seattle grunge band Soundgarden in 1990. It features 5 songs performed live at the Whisky A Go-Go in Los Angeles, California, on December 7 and 10, 1989. It also features footage of the band performing two songs in the studio.
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The live tracks are "Get on the Snake", "Gun", "I Awake", "Big Dumb Sex", and a medley of Spinal Tap's "Big Bottom" and Cheech & Chong's "Earache My Eye", with footage from both concerts mixed together. The studio clips are "Loud Love" and "Hands All Over". It is on this video that Chris Cornell is seen wearing his infamous silver duct-tape shorts. The bassist for these performances was Jason Everman.
Louder than Live was released on VHS only, with no official DVD version available.
In addition to the home video, A&M released a promo 12" (on blue vinyl, July 1990) and CD (May 1990) with the same title, Louder than Live. The vinyl includes the 5 live tracks from the video in addition to "Beyond the Wheel". The center label features a close-up picture of guitarist Kim Thayil's face. The CD came wrapped in brown paper, duct-taped closed with a yellow and black sticker that reads "Soundgarden: Louder than Live". In addition to the 6 other live tracks, it includes "Hunted Down". This album has been bootlegged on black vinyl; genuine copies can be distinguished by the A&M logo.
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[edit] Louder than Live video
Concert footage:
- "Get on the Snake"
- "Gun"
- "I Awake"
- "Big Dumb Sex"
- Medley: "Big Bottom"/"Earache My Eye"
Studio clips:
- "Loud Love"
- "Hands All Over"
[edit] Louder than Live CD
- "Beyond the Wheel"
- "Get on the Snake"
- "Hunted Down"
- "I Awake"
- "Gun"
- "Big Dumb Sex"
- "Big Bottom"
- "Earache My Eye"
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