Later That Year And Into 2011 Ben Played And Plays With Soundgarden

A Soundgarden reunion was announced on January 1, 2010, with Shepherd rejoining the band. He became involved in the grunge scene when he worked as a roadie for Nirvana and played in Tic Dolly Row with Chad Channing. A second album called The 2nd was recorded in 1995 after Superunknown tour’s end, but was not released until 2005, ten years late. Shepherd was the lead vocalist on the first Wellwater Conspiracy album, Declaration of Conformity. in 1997, soon after the release of Down on the Upside, the band broke up due to a clash of artistic differences between Kim Thayil and Chris Cornell. Later that year, and into 2011, Ben played and plays with Soundgarden again as their bassist.

Ben Shepard

Ben Shepard First Auditioned For The Role Of Bassist In Soundgarden In 1989

Ben Shepherd (born Hunter Benedict Shepherd, on September 20, 1968) is an American musician, two-time Grammy Award Winner best known for playing bass in the grunge band Soundgarden from 1990 until the band’s 1997 break-up. His family moved to Texas, then settled in Bainbridge Island, Washington, where Shepherd grew up, playing in numerous punk-rock bands with friends before he was a teenager. He first auditioned for the role of bassist in Soundgarden in 1989, immediately after Hiro Yamamoto left, but was turned down because he could not play the songs well enough. Jason Everman was hired as the band’s new bassist, but for unknown reasons, was fired immediately after Soundgarden completed their promotional tour in mid-1990. in addition to his role as bass player, Shepherd’s role as a singer and songwriter increased during his tenure with Soundgarden.