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| | GRUNGE LIVES: The Online Guide To Grunge Music |
 | | The Shemps folded in 1984, but Yamamoto and new roommate Cornell decided to form a new project, soon bringing Thayil onboard and taking their name, Soundgarden, from a popular Seattle sculpture. |
 | | Chris Cornell was originally on drums and vocals, but that didn’t work out so they had line up change: Chris Cornell on guitar and vocals, Hiro Yamamoto on the bass, Kim Thayil on the lead guitars and Scott Sundquist on the drums. |
 | | Hiro Yamamato had to leave the band, Jason Everman, Who also played in the beginning years with Nirvana, replaced him, but he stayed with the band for a short time, and Ben Shepherd replaced him. |
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