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Soundgarden – Rusty Cage (4:26)

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“Rusty Cage” is a song by the American rock band Soundgarden. Written by frontman Chris Cornell, “Rusty Cage” was released in 1992 as the third single from the band’s third studio album, Badmotorfinger (1991). The song became an instant hit and was released as a single in several different formats. The song was included on Soundgarden’s 1997 greatest hits album, A-Sides.

On “Rusty Cage” the bottom E string is tuned all the way down to B, with Thayil stating that “the string was all wobbly but it had a good effect.” The song features a striking tempo change towards the end of the song, going from using 4/4 in its chorus to a repeated pattern of 3/4, 2/4, and 5/4 in its coda. Thayil has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song until after the band had written it, and said that the use of odd meters was “a total accident.”

“Rusty Cage” was written by frontman Chris Cornell. Guitarist Kim Thayil on the song:

The tuning on that song was pretty nutty. It’s recorded with a wah wah in the low position used as a filter. That was the first time we did anything like that. It was Chris’ idea; he wanted to get that weird tone that you can’t really dial in on an amp. But if you use the wah wah as a filter, it gets an incredibly weird sound. And if you listen to that riff, especially if you’ve heard the original demos of it, it almost sounds backward.
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  • WiJoCo

    I'm gonna break my rusty Cajun. Run!

    last month

  • Daynvylley

    what an annoying bass tone

    last month

  • Estranged_Ann

    I'm gonna break my rusty cage too...

    March 2012

  • sestra_chaos

    soo sick and so awesome:)

    February 2012

  • rotting_schntzl

    Ben Shepherd slays!

    February 2012

  • T0Rtur3

    Fuck Yes.. that's all that needs to be said.

    February 2012

  • Tarkus10

    V Me. This song was the shit in Road Rash. Awesome.

    February 2012

  • AtripleO

    Who remembers the game system 3DO and the game Road Rash? Ah, the memories this song can bring...

    January 2012

  • KChippie1

    I'm gonna break my Rusty Cage & Run!!

    January 2012

  • dewfish

    you tied my lead and pulled my chain, to watch my blood begin to boil. [2]

    January 2012

  • isaaccobainer

    Actually sounds kinda like Mastodon... wish I could have went to the Soundgarden show with Mastodon and Meat Puppets...

    November 2011

  • outrenoir

    rocks like a motherfucker. amazing breakdown too

    November 2011

  • BurningRemnant

    Addictive... This song creates obsession

    October 2011

  • soadkoRnknotfan

    sick azz shit:)

    October 2011

  • kurtnirvanakris

    awesome song

    October 2011

  • shroomer1999

    oldie but goodie

    October 2011

  • kmc12

    you tied my lead and pulled my chain, to watch my blood begin to boil.

    October 2011

  • westriot

    gta san andreas mofos!

    September 2011

  • unwrittenx

    Mindfuckey.

    September 2011

  • tenlong7thick

    luv dis damn song

    August 2011
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