Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell dead
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/18/chris-cornell-former-soundgarden-singer-dies-aged-52
Chris Cornell, Soundgarden frontman, dies aged 52
Representative for singer, who helped take the grunge sound of the 1990s into the mainstream, said his death was sudden and unexpected
Chris Cornell performs at Lollapalooza festival, Chicago, in 2010.
Thursday 18 May 2017 05.14 EDT First published on Thursday 18 May 2017 03.46 EDT
Chris Cornell, lead singer of American hard rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, has died aged 52.
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In a statement to the Associated Press, his representative, Brian Bumbery, said Cornell died on Wednesday night in Detroit.
Bumbery called the death “sudden and unexpected” and said his wife and family were shocked. The statement said the family would be working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause, and asked for privacy.
Cornell had been touring with Soundgarden, and was tweeting upbeat messages about a sold-out concert the band played in Detroit just hours before his death.
His rock peers paid tribute, such as Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, Mark Lanegan, Billy Idol and Jane’s Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro.
Soundgarden were part of the Pacific Northwestern grunge scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s, coming up alongside bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam – Cornell recorded a 1991 album with the latter under the name Temple of the Dog. Like Nirvana, Soundgarden were first signed to indie label Sub Pop before making the jump to a major, taking their heavy, angsty sound into the mainstream with singles like Black Hole Sun.
The band sold more than 10m albums in the US alone, and were nominated for nine Grammy awards, winning two. They broke up in 1997, but reformed in 2010; their most recent album was King Animal in 2012, and they had been working on new songs over the past year.
Following the breakup of Soundgarden, Cornell recorded a solo record, before being recruited as the singer for Rick Rubin-produced supergroup Audioslave, which also featured former members of Rage Against the Machine. Featuring a glossy yet robust update of the bands’ 1990s sound, their 2002 debut album was a big success, eventually going triple platinum in the US.
Cornell also recorded You Know My Name with composer David Arnold, which was used as the theme for the 2006 James Bond movie Casino Royale, which introduced Daniel Craig as 007.
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, stagediving in 1991.
He had struggles with addiction to drugs and alcohol, checking into rehab in 2003 and going sober ever since. “I actually like rehab a lot. It’s like school; it’s interesting. I’m learning that I can be teachable at age 38,” he told Spin magazine that year. “I would sometimes drink before we played. It wasn’t a big deal. It became a bigger deal when I stopped doing the other things I liked to do. I used to ride mountain bikes around with my friends, and we’d keep 40-ouncers where the water bottle was supposed to be. But once I removed the mountain and the bike, there was just the drinking.”
He later told Details magazine: “When I transitioned into adulthood – high-stakes emotional responsibilities – I did everything I could get my hands on. It happened without me really noticing it. The thing is, when you pick up the pipe for the first time, you don’t know that that’s your fate. The moment isn’t that dramatic. And then that was it – I didn’t want to care anymore.”
In 2012, he and his wife Vicky created a foundation that works with vulnerable children facing poverty and homelessness. The couple had two children, Toni and Christopher Nicholas; Cornell also had a daughter with first wife and former manager Susan Silver.
RIP. Legit thought he was dead a couple of months ago. "Black Hole Sun" and "Cochise" were my ? .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QU1nvuxaMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDMvN45sjo4
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RIP to Chris, he was an OG.
Cochise still bangs to this day.
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Damn...like a stone was my ?
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Felt weird for being a 13 year old black male that liked 'Black Hole Sun' but the 90's was good like that across the board. RIP.
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Damn this is some sad ? . Only 52 too. RIP my brother. One of the greatest singers of all time.
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Who?
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Who?
? outta here with that ? . Go listen to Lil Yachty, Desiinger. or whatever mumble rapper is hot at the moment. -
Kurt gone. Chris gone. And then there was one
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apparently he said, "in my death, do not mourn me" or something like that.. could be suicide
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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/chris-cornell-15-essential-songs-w482883Chris Cornell: 15 Essential Songs
The singer's most memorable moments: Soundgarden's grunge classics, Audioslave's hits and his poetic solo material -
RIP to one of my favorite singers...
https://youtu.be/oSXjUFcASxE
https://youtu.be/jwDlcx3HWAU
Fun fact: Chris Cornell recorded an album in 2009 produced entirely by Timbaland that went triple eraser... -
Felt weird for being a 13 year old black male that liked 'Black Hole Sun' but the 90's was good like that across the board. RIP.
Bruh... if there's only one Soundgarden joint any Black person knows, it's "Black Hole Sun". That ? is damned near "Family cookout" status in the hood.
Soundgarden owes a lot of it's Black fanbase to Beavis and Butthead tho. The first couple of seasons of Beavis and Butthead was where I first heard "Rusty Cage" and IIRC "Outshined". I bought the album "Badmotorfinger" because if it. I got back up to college that fall and was surprised at how many cats ? with it. -
Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain -
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Felt weird for being a 13 year old black male that liked 'Black Hole Sun' but the 90's was good like that across the board. RIP.
C/S. I ? miss the 90s smdh.
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Resident white guy weighing in here, this is a ? . Audioslave was big when I was in high school and both Audioslave and Soundgarden both made it on to a lot of my burned CDs. That was ? I listened before wrestling practice and ? which was a defining era in my life. Sad to see him go, he was a great musician.
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Hung himself. What's the date say in Gematria?
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Hung himself. What's the date say in Gematria?
I'll never understand it, but you never know what's going on in someone's life or in their brain. -
Kurt gone. Chris gone. And then there was one
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That black hole sun song played on the video channel the box 5000 times a day
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Chris Cornell could sing with Pavoritti, did joints with Timbaland and front Rage Against Machine to form Audioslave folks hated but once Audioslave dropped folks ? quickly.
RIP
Protest Music
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im usually the "different" dude around here but I dont know who these guys are
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Felt weird for being a 13 year old black male that liked 'Black Hole Sun' but the 90's was good like that across the board. RIP.
? Soundgarden was one of my fav rock groups all time period and I'm only 26. -
im usually the "different" dude around here but I dont know who these guys are
Same here I quickly went and checked out Black Hole Sun after reading this though and I'd never heard it.
I'm more of a Pink Floyd rock type, but regardless RIP to Chris Cornell dude seemed like a legend in his own time. -