Chris Cornell (1964-2017)

[clifford_thornton]

Sad news -- early Soundgarden was pretty tight and he was a hell of a vocalist. RIP.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/arts/music/chris-cornell-dead-soundgarden.html

[Rooster_Ties]

I never connected with Soundgarden (SG) particularly, but I did genuinely like Audiosave -- better than either SG or Rage Against The Machine even (a minority opinion, I know). And he was clearly a hell of a vocalist.

My wife has been SG fan going barck to the early 90's, so the news came as quite a surprise to her this morning on NPR at 6:30am.

 

Edited May 18, 2017 by Rooster_Ties

[clifford_thornton]

Never bothered w/ Audioslave myself -- guess Cornell committed suicide and that is especially sad.

[Homefromtheforest]

I enjoyed early Soundgarden as well and saw them live in 1992(?)...it was the badmotorfinger tour I believe.  Shocking news and I feel for his family...

[Scott Dolan]

The best vocalist to come out of the Grunge scene, hands down. 

Wasn't a huge Grunge fan, but Soundgarden did have some pretty amazing tunes. Outshined is one of the best to come out of any recent genre. 

Rest peacefully, brother. 

[jlhoots]

5 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

Never bothered w/ Audioslave myself -- guess Cornell committed suicide and that is especially sad.

Yes - very sad.

[catesta]

Audioslave wasn't for me but Soundgarden, hell yea.

I've been reading about his wife saying no way he would knowingly commit suicide. Maybe that's true in some way but when are people going to learn that you can't just keep taking extra doses of shit like Ativan without it fucking you up to the point you're dead? Very sad, pitiful and stupid. 

Anyways, R.I.P Chris Cornell and thanks for the music.

Edited May 19, 2017 by catesta

[clifford_thornton]

yeah, surely the signs were there but it's hard to see when in the middle of things, even from the outside. I suppose it wasn't an autoerotic mistake?

Anyway, this is an excellent primer and eulogy:

http://pitchfork.com/features/afterword/10080-why-soundgardens-chris-cornell-was-more-than-just-a-grunge-frontman/

[Justin V]

Rest in peace, Mr. Cornell, and thank you for the music.