Disturber Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3580622/american-rockstar-chris-cornell-dies-aged-52/ True?
Hamer_SS_guy Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 I wasn't into SOUNDGARDEN much, I kind of like the AUDIOSLAVE stuff a bit. He was a good singer though. 52 is a too short life... RIP
mc2 Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 That's a shame. Liked his voice. What's that leave Eddie Vedder as the last of the big Seattle grunge singers?
RobB Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Muh.... The BEST rock singer of the last three decades just shit the bed. Damn it... Eddie Cheddar is big. Doesn't make him good. He wishes. Damn. This is fukked UP.
Ting Ho Dung Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Damn. Loved his solo stuff. I'm really saddened by this.
diablo175 Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Yeah, reading about this was a kick in the nuts this morning. Serious bummer.
BubbaVO Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 RIP. What a shot to the gut. My favorite vocalist to come out of the grunge thing and among my favorites regardless of genre.
murkat Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Nothing like walking down first Ave., passing the Central, and Chris Yells out "get the fuck in here!". Dam. No words atm.
Steve Haynie Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 He had his own bands, but-- Chris Cornell was a guest on Alice Cooper's The Last Temptation album. That album was a different direction for Alice, and it was what Alice should have been doing for years. Chris Cornell co-wrote songs and sang on that album. He really helped Alice move away from what could have been another predictable album.
tommy p Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 He was one of the many celebrities that were victims of "death hoaxes" on social media in the past. Hard to believe it's really true this time. I'm glad I got to see Soundgarden once back in the day, and with Pearl Jam to boot. Some of the Pearl Jam guys joined Soundgarden during their set for some extended jams. RIP to Chris. I dread hearing the cause of death when it is determined.
tbonesullivan Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 UGH. I wasn't a HUGE Soundgarden fan, but I did like their stuff, and Audioslave as well. The Temple of the Dog tribute stuff he did with the former Mother Love Bone members was great as well. This is gonna hit a lot of my friends like a brick in the face.
MCChris Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Couldn't agree more. The camaraderie was and is the best thing about being in a band for me. And the video in this tweet sure brings back memories. Even though the big stars of the '90s grunge/alternative scene were clearly more talented and charismatic than the rest of us and had destiny on their side, they made rock stardom seem attainable and relatable. For that I thank them -- and Chris Cornell in particular -- on this day. #RIP #TDC
cynic Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 1 hour ago, murkat said: Nothing like walking down first Ave., passing the Central, and Chris Yells out "get the fuck in here!". Dam. No words atm. I spent many a night (too many) at the Central 88-90. Vedder is grunge, but he's not Seattle. Andrew Wood, Layne Staley, and Chris Cornell were Seattle's big three. RIP
cmatthes Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Damn. This one hits me too. I saw Soundgarden with Serial and his bandmates back in fall of '96, and was expecting it to be the Kim Thayil show, since he was on the cover of every guitar mag back then for a run. Although every band member was just unbelievably talented, Chris Cornell blew the roof off the place. When the stage went dark and he did a solo acoustic version of "Black Hole Sun", it was an incredibly powerful moment. A great show, great band. 17 years later, almost to the day, I saw him do his solo acoustic show at the Lincoln here in DC. Our seats were dead center and close in, and I was once again blown away by his voice, playing and raw power. It was Chris, a stool, a mic and 7 acoustics on stands in an arc around him. K Just an amazing talent, and I'm very saddened that he no longer walks this planet.
MCChris Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 14 minutes ago, Ed Rechts said: You once remarked that you felt immediately comfortable when you joined the HFC because the amount of ball-busting that goes on here reminded you of being in a band, which I totally agree to and relate to. I think this is another attribute to the brand of guitar being appreciated by people that have actually played in bands, and you can kind of tell which members haven't by their over-sensitivity to some of the jibes and humor here, Cornell would have been notable regardless of the scene or city he came out of, in my opinion. He had not just vocal range, but range in taste as well, as evidenced by his solo stuff and various projects. He always seemed to stand apart from the opiate fueled navel-gazers of the grunge era, so this loss is a surprise to me. Musically, AIC was far and away my favorite of Seattle's big four, with Pearl Jam and Soundgarden a distant second and third and Nirvana and even more distant fourth. But I found the members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden to be the most personally relatable, and thus inspiring. I landed in Chicago to do the band thing the week Nevermind and Blood Sugar Sex Magik were released. It was a great time to be in a band, and the rise of the grunge/alternative bands helped make it so. The proverbial salad days.
sonic1974 Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Was a big fan of Soundgarden back in the day. The cool thing about Cornell was that despite that big success, he didn't rest on his laurels. He kept on working on different things, in different styles, trying out new stuff. Great singer. Big loss.
crunchee Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 Man, this news sucks. Just reminds me even more how the current music scene has failed to step up it's game since the '90's. RIP Chris.
Studio Custom Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 https://www.yahoo.com/movies/musician-chris-cornell-dies-52-ap-082559435.html Seems like it might have been suicide.
LucSulla Posted May 18, 2017 Posted May 18, 2017 After everyone who has died, I this was the first one that made me cry, which was also 100% unexpected. I sat down to type something about it on Facebook, and the waterworks just opened. When I was a kid, Alice in Chains was the bigger band for me, but when Layne passed I was still only 22. Over the years, Soundgarden's music took on more relevance. As I got past my everything-heavier-than-everything-else phase, I started really appreciating Superunkown and Down on the Upside more. These days, I think they are both brilliant works of art. At 37 vs. 22, I suppose his passing is just a visceral reminder of how truly gone and dead that period of my life was. I can't remember every second, but the curse for all of us who were young once is that there are so many peaks to summit between 14 and 25, along with our tendency to be all energy with no introspection during those years - that we pay more attention to the next rise rather than taking a moment to enjoy the view from where we are. Either way, it really is gone and over, just like Cornell now is. Or maybe it was just realizing that last night, as a friend and I listened to "Jesus Christ Pose" after he shut his bar down and we were drinking after hours, was the last time I'll ever listen to Soundgarden without having to think, "Man, it sure is a shame," like so many other bands I've loved over the years - the last time I can think of a band I love as an "is" rather than a "was."
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