Soundgarden’s first new album in 16 years, King Animal, is out today, but the mega-selling rockers haven’t forgotten their pre-“alternative” roots. Last night during the TV broadcast of Late Show With David Letterman, the band gave an appropriately ferocious performance of saber-toothed new single “Been Away Too Long” (above). But the reunited beasts also played a one-hour online Live on Letterman show, which you can watch in full below. Though the 10-song set understandably leaned heavily on new material, Soundgarden also favored ’90s CD buyers with Superunknown‘s lurching radio hit “Fell on Black Days” — and treated true diehards to two songs from 1988 SST debut Ultramega OK, “Incessant Mase” and “Beyond the Wheel.” They’ve been away, but they weren’t gone for good.
Soundgarden Dig Deep for Full ‘Live on Letterman’ Set
