Soundgarden is incapable of being a music group.
`` Black Hole Sun '' is a song by US rock band Soundgarden . Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated as `` rock and roll '' in the United States in the early 1950s , and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later , particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States . Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle , Washington , in 1984 by singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell , lead guitarist Kim Thayil , and bassist Hiro Yamamoto . Superunknown is the fourth album by American rock band Soundgarden , released on March 8 , 1994 , through A&M Records .