Watch Sebadoh reunite for first show in five years

Sebadoh have come together for their first show together in five years. Check out footage and the full setlist below.

The night took place at the 13th annual SMooCH concert, which has been put together to help benefit the Seattle Children’s Hospital uncompensated care fund.

Held at the Showbox in Seattle on December 14, the event also made headlines as it saw surviving Soundgarden members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd reunite for a performance under the guise of Nudedragons – an anagram of the original name.

They were also joined by Guns N’ Roses‘ Duff McKagan for their two final songs.
For Sebadoh, the gig marked their first on-stage performance together in five years, and saw them come together for a rarely seen set in a bid to raise funds for the hospital.

This included breaking out renditions of songs like ‘Not Too Amused’, ‘Two Years Two Days’, ‘Beauty Of The Ride’ and more. Founding member Lou Barlow also shared some behind-the-scenes looks at the event, which included him meeting up with Kim Thayil.

“The rise of Soundgarden was exciting for us and this is a connection I was v happy to make,” he wrote in the caption.

“[Then] Kim introduced me to this guy: Bubba Dupree..from VOID,” he added. “VOID were literally the fucking bomb that blew our collective minds and inspired us to put the pieces back together in our own ways, ditching the stylistic restraints of punk and making anything seem possible. I was legitimately blown away to meet this guy and he tolerated my breathless praise well”.

Check out the post below, as well as footage from the night and the full Sebadoh setlist.

A post shared by Lou Barlow (@loubarlow)

‘Not Too Amused’
‘Got It’
‘Careful’
‘Happily Divided’
‘Stunned’
‘Prince‐S’
‘Raging River’
‘Magnet’s Coil’
‘Rebound’
‘License to Confuse’
‘Ocean’
‘Skull’
‘Soul and Fire’
‘Two Years Two Days’
‘Beauty of the Ride’

For Soundgarden, the event saw them go by the same band name they used in 2010 when they reunited to play their first show since 1997.

Joined by singer Shaina Shepherd, they performed four Soundgarden tracks to kick off the performance: ‘Hunted Down’, ‘Outshined’, ‘Flower’ and ‘Beyond The Wheel’. For the two final songs, they enlisted McKagan for Soundgarden’s ‘Kickstand’ and closed out the nearly 30-minute set with a cover of MC5‘s ‘Kick Out The Jams’.

On the show’s website, the band’s set was described as a “brief encore performance.” The three surviving members have only performed together twice since frontman Chris Cornell’s 2017 passing. They appeared together during a tribute show for Cornell in 2019 and again in 2021 when they appeared with Brandi Carlile.

The post Watch Sebadoh reunite for first show in five years appeared first on NME.

Watch Sebadoh reunite for first show in five years

Watch Sebadoh reunite for first show in five years

Watch Sebadoh reunite for first show in five years

Watch Sebadoh reunite for first show in five years

Watch Sebadoh reunite for first show in five years