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About This Track
“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.
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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Shouts
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Tarkus10 wrote:
V Me. This song was the shit in Road Rash. Awesome.
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AtripleO wrote:
Who remembers the game system 3DO and the game Road Rash? Ah, the memories this song can bring...
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KChippie1 wrote:
I'm gonna break my Rusty Cage & Run!!
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DLSUK wrote:
Became a fan of this when I heard for the first time on GTA San Andreas
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dewfish wrote:
you tied my lead and pulled my chain, to watch my blood begin to boil. [2]
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isaaccobainer wrote:
Actually sounds kinda like Mastodon... wish I could have went to the Soundgarden show with Mastodon and Meat Puppets...
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outrenoir wrote:
rocks like a motherfucker. amazing breakdown too
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BurningRemnant wrote:
Addictive... This song creates obsession
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soadkoRnknotfan wrote:
sick azz shit:)
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kurtnirvanakris wrote:
awesome song
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shroomer1999 wrote:
oldie but goodie
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kmc12 wrote:
you tied my lead and pulled my chain, to watch my blood begin to boil.
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westriot wrote:
gta san andreas mofos!
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unwrittenx wrote:
Mindfuckey.
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tenlong7thick wrote:
luv dis damn song
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KChippie1 wrote:
I'm gonna break my rusty cage & run!!
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TallicLizzy wrote:
I had no idea this was by Soundgarden
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rigelthe16th wrote:
:)
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heathersterman wrote:
saw them last week in concert for the very first time...the 15-year wait was worth every minute.
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blenderstyle wrote:
Reminds me of playing Road Rash on 3DO.
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