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Fun: Soundgarden plays a record store in 1989

Before they exploded with the rest of the Seattle scene in the early 90s, Soundgarden–one of the founders of that scene–had to go through the same grind as every other young band.

Check out this video of a gig in a Rhino Records location in LA on September 24, 1989. Chris Cornell is so…young. And clean-shaven.

(Via Kerrang)

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