Louder Than Love [SEP] record label
Louder Than Love
Louder Than Love is the second studio album and major-label debut by American rock band Soundgarden. It was released on September 5, 1989, by A&M Records. After touring in support of their debut album, "Ultramega OK" (1988), Soundgarden left SST, signed with A&M and began work on its first album for a major label. The songs on the album featured a metal-leaning grunge sound with some songs featuring unusual or unorthodox time signatures.
Due to the nature of
distributed to record companies, many of whom showed interest in Soundgarden. Through Sub Pop, the band released the "Screaming Life" EP in 1987, and the "Fopp" EP in 1988, and a combination of the two, "Screaming Life/Fopp", in 1990.
History "Ultramega OK", major label signing, and "Louder Than Love" (1988–1990).
Though major labels were courting the band, in 1988 they signed to the independent label SST Records for their independent album, "Ultramega