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Reunited grunge legends SOUNDGARDEN were interviewed on the October 11, 2010 edition of the nationally syndicated radio show “Rockline” with host Bob Coburn. You can now listen to the program RocklineRadio.com.

SOUNDGARDEN‘s first collection of music since 1996, “Telephantasm” came out on September 28 in the U.S. and September 27 internationally. This career-spanning retrospective album includes never-before-heard unreleased track “Black Rain”, taken from the “Badmotorfinger” recording sessions.

The super deluxe collector’s edition of “Telephantasm” is available for a limited time and includes two CDs, the limited-edition DVD, three heavy vinyl discs, a collectible poster, lithos, and much more. It includes the following:

* 12.5″x12.5″x1.5″ hinged double slipcase box set
* Limited edition run, all individually numbered
* Colored vinyl in three unique sleeves
* Book with rare and previously unreleased photos
* Four 10″x10″ art print images of the band
* 48″x12″ panorama poster of full album artwork
* Art print reproduction of Showbox poster

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Chris Cornell rang in 2010 with a bang, announcing on New Year’s Eve that, after a 12-year hiatus, Soundgarden would be re-forming.

That was followed by a handful of secret gigs — including one under the anagram “Nudedragons” — and a headlining slot at this summer’s Lollapalooza. And on Tuesday (September 28), fans got the next, somewhat inevitable step in the reunion: the release of Telephantasm, a career-spanning greatest-hits/ odds-n-sods collection.

But how did Soundgarden get to this point? Well, as Cornell told MTV News, it happened both very slowly and very rapidly, but always at the band’s own pace.

“The thing that makes this work is one of the issues we had was kind of the cyclical nature of the music business: There was always a schedule, we were always late for something, or somebody was saying we were late for something, there was always sort of a two-year schedule put out, and Soundgarden didn’t really start out that way,” he said. “We were an indie band, and we just kind of did what we did a few weeks ahead. So now it sort of feels like we’re back at that place … we’re doing what we want, when we want, in sort of a relaxed environment … and, approaching it that way, we managed to put [Telephantasm] together in really a pretty short amount of time.”

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Soundgarden are returning to the live stage in a big way at this weekend’s Lollapalooza, but they’ve also got a new career retrospective on the way: Telephantasm will feature hits, rarities, videos, and “Black Rain,” a previously unreleased song.

The collection arrives September 28, but in an unconventional format: The single-disc, 12-song version of Telephantasm — packed with 11 of the band’s biggest hits including “Black Hole Sun,” “Spoonman,” and “Outshined,” plus “Black Rain” — will be bundled with 1 million copies of the new videogame, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, which goes onsale that day. After a week, on October 5, the single-disc version will be available at conventional retailers, by itself.

Fans who purchase the video game/album bundle will have instant access to downloadable Soundgarden content for Guitar Hero.

As for “Black Rain,” it’s an outtake from the sessions for 1991’s Badmotorfinger, and singer Chris Cornell recently recorded some new vocals that were mixed into the original song. “What’s amazing,” producer-engineer Adam Kasper tells SPIN, “is Chris recorded new vocal bits, and his voice still hits all those notes. You can’t tell which vocals are from 20 years ago and which are from today.”

For the non-gamers, two deluxe versions of Telephantasm will hit stores on September 28: A three-disc, CD/DVD combo that includes two albums of hits, b-sides, and rarities, plus a DVD with every Soundgarden music video, including some rare edits and foreign versions; and a “super deluxe edition” that bundles the CD/DVD combo with three discs of heavy vinyl and special collector’s packaging.

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Newly reunited Soundgarden will play its first show since 1997 on Friday (April 16) at the Showbox at the Market in its Seattle hometown, Billboard.com has learned. It is unknown if the event is private or will be open to the public.

Vocalist Chris Cornell, guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron have been rehearsing in Seattle in recent weeks as a precursor to their first confirmed reunion performance at Lollapalooza in Chicago in early August.

No other dates have been announced for Soundgarden, who split up after headlining Lollapalooza in 1996 but confirmed a reunion on January 1. The group is expected to plan activity around Cameron’s previously confirmed schedule with Pearl Jam, which includes short North American and European tours through July.

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