Seattle's Soundgarden Sites
A few of our favorite Soundgarden-centric sites and events in Seattle from our trips over the years.
We returned to Seattle in May of 2024 with Momgarden. Since it was her first time, we mostly hit up the usual places and didn’t venture out much time this time around.
Figured we’d still share the usual sites anyway…
Holy Cow Records @ Pike Place Market
Holy Cow Records in Pike Place Market always has posters and photo prints for Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Alice in Chains. Their one signed Audioslave poster is essentially not for sale now that it’s the only one left, but it does sometimes have a $5,000 price tag under it (but not last time in May 2024).
Any rare records are typically hard to find here just because it’s attached to a main tourist destination so they are snatched up pretty quickly.
We did once buy a damaged Ultramega OK record from here for $5 and now use it as a decorative piece in our “Soundgarden Room”.
We also have a rather large Down On The Upside promotional piece that is signed with the Chris silhouette saying “Thanx Jeff!” in a text bubble - which we clearly had to get (back in 2008).
Easy Street Records & Chris Cornell Mural Clean-up
The Chris Cornell mural outside the store had been heavily vandalized so Meghan went to a nearby art store and purchased some acrylic paint to cover up some of the graffiti. We received a little bit of mixed feedback (mostly positive) about that response but the mural’s original artist did “like” one of the posts so we figure it’s okay.
Note that the photos with Meghan and the writing not appearing on the face were taken after her cleanup. The 1 picture of me in front of the statue was edited with Google’s Magic Editor to remove the graffiti digitally.
Hotel Max
Hotel Max features portraits from grunge bands throughout the hotel, including a floor dedicated to Sub Pop with their doors fully covered with artist portraits and records and a record player in the rooms.
The hotel lobby has some portraits as well and regularly mixes in some grunge classics in their lobby’s music playlist
Tap A Photo To Open A Photo Gallery
(Only for the 2022 section. The other years have mini galleries and in some cases, links to Google Photos for more pictures or links to the Jeffgarden.com page for the show)
Chris Cornell Statue @ The MoPOP
MoPOP (Tap or Click For Google Photos Gallery)
Sup Pop Store @ SeaTac Airport
Easy Street Records
Silver Platters SoDo
Holy Cow Records | Pike Place
The Central Saloon
Sub Pop store (7th Ave)
Jerry Cantrell @ The Moore Theatre
May 2nd, 2022
See photos from the show on our Google Photos gallery
Use the drop-down menu at the top right to choose a song, and scroll down to 2011 to find videos of Chris Cornell at the Moore
More Sites:
Ray’s Boathouse
Address: 6049 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107
Chris Cornell worked here as a dishwasher in the 80s. There is nothing on-site that is Soundgarden or “grunge” related but it’s a nice restaurant with great good and a great view.
Terminal Sales Building
Address: 139 Virginia St, Seattle, WA 98101
Original location of Sub Pop records, although they are not here now. This is just where they took over the world.
Central Saloon
Address: 207 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104
Small music venue where Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Nirvana have all played
El Corazon
Address: 109 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, WA 98109
Formerly “The Offramp Cafe” (and shown as “Funhouse” on Google Maps), this venue hosted Pearl Jam in the early 90s
Screwdriver Bar
Address: 2320 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
Formerly leased by Nirvana as a practice space for “Bleach” and “Nevermind”
West Seattle #ChrisCornell
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Parking lot, Denny Way, Seattle, WA 98109 pic.twitter.com/fO0QEI6fI3
KEXP Radio Station + Cafe
KEXP Tour
Records with notes from Seattle DJs were not part of the tour but Meghan snuck off and found them
See all KEXP tour photos on Google Photos
Herban Legends
Dispensary and Shop with Chris Cornell mural outside
Mural created by Ten Hundred (see video below)
Kerry Park
211 W Highland Dr, Seattle, WA 98119
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The Kurt Cobain Bench
Viretta Park
151 Lake Washington Blvd E, Seattle, WA 98112
Easy Street Records (2018)
4559 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116
Scroll down for the old Queen Anne location (2011)
Safeco Field / T-Mobile Park
1250 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134
Pearl Jam Night 2 feat. Mark Arm & Kim Thayi
See Photos On Our Google Photos Gallery
Aberdeen
Kurt Cobain Under the Bridge Memorial
A good couple hours outside of Seattle, Aberdeen is home to some Kurt and Nirvana sites
Discovery Park
Site of Temple of the Dog’s “Hunger Strike” video
Easy Street Records & Cafe
4559 California Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116
Scroll down for some pictures of the old Queen Anne location that is now closed
Hazlewood, a bar co-owned by Ben Shepherd since 2005
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“Black Sun” Sculpture
Loosely Soundgarden related but not really. Still a cool area to visit.
Miscellaneous Soundgarden/Seattle Photos From 2017
5 Point Cafe - 415 Cedar St, Seattle, WA 98119
Virreta Park - 151 Lake Washington Blvd E, Seattle, WA 98112
Jukebox at the 5 Point Cafe
Flowers For Kurt & Chris at Virreta Park
At "Damn The Weather" Bar/Restaurant in Pioneer Square
“A Sound Garden” sculpture | September 2017
Located at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115
Hype! 20th Anniversary Screening Event
Jeffgarden Page
Sub Pop 25
Sub Pop’s Anniversary Festival featuring Mudhoney, Tad Doyle's band "Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth", Jack Endino's Earthworm, and other Sub Pop artists
Jeffgarden Dedicated Page | Google Photos Gallery
Hard Rock Cafe - Pike Place
“Singles” Apartments
Apartment complex that was used in the movie “Singles”
Easy Street Records - Queen Anne location 2011
Wikipedia:
Queen Anne Store closure
On January 2, 2013, owner Matt Vaughan announced the closure of Easy Street's Queen Anne store, effective January 18, 2013. Vaughan cited a significant increase in rent as the primary reason for the closure. In his statement Vaughan added that Chase Bank would be the new tenant. On closing night, Yo La Tengo played to a packed house for the final in-store at the Queen Anne location.[12]
Experience Music Project (now MoPOP)
See all photos on Google Photos
The Moore Theater
Chris Cornell @ The Moore
May 1st 2011
Google Photos Gallery | Jeffgarden Post
Use the drop-down menu at the top right to choose a song
Hazlewood, a bar co-owned by Ben Shepherd since 2005
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Space Needle & Experience Music Project (EMP); Now known as MoPOP
They were much more strict about taking photos and our smartphone at the time was the iPhone 3G, so the photos aren’t too great, unfortunately, which sucks because this is when they had the most Soundgarden representation from all the times we’ve visited.
See More Photos On Our Google Photos Gallery
Our first visit to “A Sound Garden” sculpture
Located at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Address: 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115
See more photos on our Google Photos gallery
