Dark Black and Blue: The Soundgarden Story

By: Greg Prato

Narrated by: Greg Prato

There have been countless books penned about the leading grunge bands - namely, Nirvana and Pearl Jam. But strangely, few have been assembled about the mighty Soundgarden. But this all changed with the arrival of Dark Black and Blue: The Soundgarden Story.

Written by author/journalist (and longtime Soundgarden fan) Greg Prato, the audiobook tells the Seattle band’s complete story - beginning with its members pre-SG days, all the way to today. Also included are all-new interviews for the audiobook, including chats with Matt Pinfield, Marky Ramone, Jim Rose, the Reverend Horton Heat, and Dave Wyndorf, among others.

In addition to dissecting, analyzing, and telling the stories behind all of their albums (including such classics as 1991’s Badmotorfinger, 1994’s Superunknown, and 1996’s Down on the Upside), listeners will learn about the stories behind their classic songs (“Black Hole Sun”, “Jesus Christ Pose”, “Outshined”, “Hands All Over”, “Flower,” etc.), as well as recollections of tours (including multiple stints on Lollapalooza, opening several legs of Guns N’ Roses’ "Use Your Illusion" tour, Neil Young, Faith No More, etc.), goings on behind the scenes, and singer Chris Cornell’s surprising and tragic death in 2017. Finally, Soundgarden’s legion of fans worldwide now have an audiobook that tells the entire story - Dark Black and Blue.

©2019 Greg Prato Writer, Corp. (P)2020 Greg Prato Writer, Corp.

BAD NARRATION !!

This is narrated by the author and while he may have actual knowledge of SoundGarden his narration stinks. I am a hard core Chris and SG fan and I almost couldn’t listen to this because of the absolutely horrible narration. It’s like he can only read at a third grade level.

I really wanted to like this book

I just finished the Alice In Chains biography and was excited to listen to this book about Soundgarden, but it’s just too hard to get past the narration. I’m sure this guy is very knowledgeable and spent a lot of time putting the material together, but they should have sprung for a professional, because he sounds nervous and reads like he’s been called on to read in a high school English class. It’s choppy and awkward and frankly disappointing. I will try to push through, but I’m in chapter 3 and I don’t know if I can take 20 something hours of this narration.

Everything about Soundgarden

Awesome book you of course learn about Soundgarden but you also learn about the Seattle music scene

Great Stuff

Greg Prato keeps pumping out great work. People have left bad reviews because of how he narrates but I love it. The information in his book is plentiful, keep them coming.

This is a sleeper

Well this is time I will never get back having gleaned nothing new that other books written on Soundgarden gave me.