New Soundgarden album recording begins next week

Soundgarden will start recording its first new album in 15 years next week.

Chris Cornell told Spin magazine that the new Soundgarden album recording will take place in the band's hometown of Seattle, and Adam Kasper will produce. It will be the first new Soundgarden album since 1996's Down on the Upside, which spawned the hits "Pretty Noose," "Burden in My Hand" and "Blow Up the Outside World." Kasper also produced that album.

It's shaping up to be a busy spring for the band. A new Soundgarden live album, Live on I-5, will hit stores March 22, and a Chris Cornell acoustic tour will wind through the country in April and early May.

Cornell also told Spin that Soundgarden will play some concerts this spring. And he said there is no timetable for completing the new Soundgarden album.

"The process of writing, recording, and being creative together is the most important thing, not meeting a deadline," he said.

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