Universal Music Group Confirms Masters by Soundgarden, Sonic Youth & More Lost in 2008 Fire

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Back in 2008, a massive fire burned down a Universal Music Group building leading to the damage of thousands of recordings, the details of which only came to light in a New York Times report from last year. Now, the label is confirming that recordings by artists like Nirvana, Beck, Slayer, Soundgarden, R.E.M., and Elton John were damaged or completely destroyed in the fire, according to legal documents obtained by Rolling Stone.

In court filings made public Thursday, Universal Music Group (UMG) disclosed specifics about some of the recordings lost or damaged in a 2008 vault fire. They include works by Nirvana, Elton John, Soundgarden and other artists.

In court filings made public Thursday, Universal Music Group (UMG) disclosed specifics about some of the recordings lost or damaged in a 2008 vault fire. They include works by Nirvana, Elton John, Soundgarden and other artists.

In court filings made public Thursday, Universal Music Group (UMG) disclosed specifics about some of the recordings lost or damaged in a 2008 vault fire. They include master recordings by Nirvana, Elton John, Soundgarden and other artists.

Master recordings by artists including Elton John, Nirvana and Sheryl Crow are among those confirmed as “lost or damaged” by Universal Music Group (UMG) following a 2008 fire.

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In June 2019, The New York Times published an extensive report revealing that a 2008 fire at Universal Studios Hollywood destroyed an enormous number of master tapes by artists throughout the decades. In new court documents obtained by Pitchfork, UMG has confirmed that the master recordings of Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Elton John, Beck, Soundgarden, Sheryl Crow, R.E.M., and several other artists were damaged or destroyed in the blaze.

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