Fans who caught Soundgarden's show at New Orleans' The Voodoo Experience this past Friday night were treated to a special guest appearance, as Down/Corrosion of Conformity guitarist Pepper Keenan joined the band on stage for the deep cut "Gun." You can check out fan-filmed footage of the performance below.
Soundgarden are currently working on an as-yet-untitled new album, their first since reuniting after a decade-plus hiatus this past year.
Down entered the studio less than two weeks ago to record a series of four EPs, a route the band has chosen to pursue instead of the traditional album format.
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Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.
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