Rusty Cage
"Rusty Cage" is the third single off American rock band Soundgarden's third studio album Badmotorfinger. The song was released in 1992.
| "Rusty Cage" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song by Soundgarden | ||||
| from the album Badmotorfinger | ||||
| B-side | "Big Bottom"/"Earache My Eye" (live) | |||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | March–April 1991 | |||
| Genre | Grunge, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 4:26 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chris Cornell | |||
| Producer(s) | Terry Date, Soundgarden | |||
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Lead singer Chris Cornell wrote the lyrics of the song. Lead guitarist Kim Thayil said of 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's 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.[1]
A popular cover version of the song was done by Johnny Cash, who included it on his 1996 album, Unchained. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album and Cash's version of Rusty Cage earned him a nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1998.[2]
References
- "Primecuts: Kim Thayil". Guitar School. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
- "Grammy Awards are serious business Music: Where have all the kiddies gone? Ask Paula Cole, Babyface and other mature-crowd nominees". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2014-07-26.