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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">SOUNDGARDEN’S “Live To Rise” Featured On The Soundtrack Of The Smash Hit
<i>Marvel’s The Avengers</i> – No. 1 At Mainstream Rock Radio<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Marvel’s The Avengers
</span></u></i></b><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">is the Highest-grossing Domestic Debut of All Time</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">“Soundgarden’s heavy psychedelic shredder Live to Rise, the band’s first new song in 15 years, is the incredible hulk on
this all-star soundtrack…” – <b>USA Today</b></span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">“Chris Cornell’s demonic wail reunites with Kim Thayil’s dragon-slaying riffage for heavy-duty effect.” –
<b>Rolling Stone</b></span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i>Marvel’s The Avengers </i></b>made its record breaking opening this weekend as
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">the<span style="color:black"> highest-grossing domestic debut of all time.
<b>Soundgarden </b>contributed the only original song written for the film, entitled <b>“Live to Rise." </b>The song is currently charting
<b>no. 1 at Mainstream Rock, no. 2 at Active Rock and no. 12 at Alternative radio!
</b>Check out the official video for the song <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ZNtOcY_1A" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</b></span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Soundgarden
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">just played the coveted surprise guest spot at
<b>KROQ’s</b> <b>Weenie Roast </b>in Irvine, CA this past weekend about which the
<b><i>LA Times</i></b><i> </i>said, <i>“…Soundgarden's heavy, blues-based semi-metal had a solid sense of itself and its strength.</i>” The band will be embarking on a European tour this month – check
<a href="http://www.SoundgardenWorld.com" target="_blank">www.SoundgardenWorld.com</a> for details.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">The <b>
“Live To Rise”</b> single and <b><i>Avengers Assemble </i></b>album are available now on iTunes and wherever music is sold.
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With over 21 million records sold worldwide, <b>Soundgarden</b> redefined rock music for a whole generation and had a revolutionary impact on the course of musical history. At the dawn of 2010, the band,
<b>Chris Cornell, Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil</b> and <b>Ben Shepherd</b>, announced a new beginning. In the last two years since
<b>Soundgarden</b> has reunited, they have headlined festivals, toured the world and released their first retrospective titled
<b><i>Telephantasm</i></b> which included the previously unreleased song, <b>“Black Rain”</b> and their first live album,
<b><i>Live on I-5</i></b>. The press has exalted their return to the stage and the music scene.
<i>Rolling Stone</i> called their headline performance at Lollapalooza “an epic set...a blueprint of the Seattle sound,” where the
<i>Chicago Tribune</i> hailed them as “one of the last great hard-rock bands to emerge in the last 25 years.” The band are currently in the studio in Seattle writing and recording their first LP in over 15 years, which is set for release in Fall 2012.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">About
<i>Marvel’s The Avengers</i></span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Marvel Studios presents “Marvel’s The Avengers”—the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye
and Black Widow. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, and directed by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is
based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Soundgarden Summer 2012 Tour Dates:</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">May 25 Madrid, ES @ Sonisphere Festival</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">May 27 Landgraaf, NL @ Pinkpop Festival</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">May 28 Werchter, BE @ Werchter Boutique Festival</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">May 29 Paris, FR @ Le Zenith de Paris</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">May 31 Berlin, DE @ Zitadelle</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">June 1 Nürburgring, Germany @ Rock Am Ring</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">June 3 Nuremberg, DE @ Rock Im Park</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">June 4 Milan, IT @ Arena Concerti Fiera Milano</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">June 7 Sölvesborg, SE @ Sweden Rock Festival</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">June 10 Donington Park, England @ Download Festival</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">July 13 London, England @ Hard Rock Calling</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">For more information on
<b>Soundgarden </b>please contact:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">PRESS HERE</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Gina Schulman & Jamie Sherman</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank">gina@pressherepublicity.com</a> //
<a href="mailto:jamie@presherepublicity.com" target="_blank">jamie@presherepublicity.com</a>
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