Donald Trump Has Compelled Audioslave to Reunite
In two days, Donald Trump will be the president of the United States. On the night of his inauguration, Prophets of Rage—the mutant alt-rock supergroup composed of members from Rage Against the...
View ArticleHear an Early Version of Soundgarden’s “Beyond the Wheel” From the Upcoming...
Soundgarden reissue season continues in 2017, with an expanded and freshly mixed reissue of the band's 1988 debut Ultramega OK due out March 10 from Sub Pop. (Their 1991 album Badmotorfinger received...
View ArticleNew Music: Chris Cornell –“The Promise”
In "The Promise"--a new, heavily orchestrated ballad he wrote and recorded for the film of the same name starring Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac--modern-day Chris Cornell is sounding a lot more like...
View ArticleWatch Chris Cornell and Pearl Jam’s Matt Cameron Perform “The Promise” on Fallon
Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has a rather sappy original song called "The Promise," a cut from the soundtrack of the Christian Bale- and Oscar Isaac-starring historical drama of the same name....
View ArticleThe 79 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1997
At 1997, rock radio was as optimistic as the U.S. president, who’d just been inaugurated for his second term. From angsty grunge and trendy Brit Pop came songs that were sunny in sound if not in...
View ArticleWatch Soundgarden Play “All Your Lies” Live For The First Time In 25 Years
Seattle grunge stalwarts Soundgarden are on the outset of a tour, and last night the band trotted out one of their deepest cuts. From their 1988 album Ultramega OK, "All Your Lies" has not been...
View ArticleWatch Live, Bush, and Slipknot’s Corey Taylor Pay Tribute to Chris Cornell
During first night of the Rock on the Range Festival Friday in Columbus, Ohio, which Soundgarden was slated to headline, several bands paid tribute to the late Chris Cornell, who died early Thursday...
View ArticleWatch Ryan Adams Cover Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” in Honor of Chris Cornell
At his show Saturday night in Auckland, New Zealand, Ryan Adams paid tribute to the late Chris Cornell by covering Soundgarden’s "Black Hole Sun." Adams joins a long list of other musicians who have...
View ArticleChris Cornell’s Funeral Set for Friday in Los Angeles
Chris Cornell will be laid to rest in Los Angeles on Friday (May 26), according to the Associated Press. A private funeral service at Hollywood Forever Cemetery is planned for the late rock vocalist,...
View ArticleWatch Norah Jones Cover Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” In Tribute To Chris...
Last night, Norah Jones played a show at Detroit’s Fox Theatre, the same venue where Soundgarden played their final show mere hours before frontman Chris Cornell died. And toward the end of her set...
View ArticleHere Is a Great Story About the Time Chris Cornell Wore a “Black Hole Sun”...
Chris Cornell was a longtime friend of Heart's Ann Wilson, and after his passing last week, Wilson spoke with Rolling Stone about her memories of the late musician. In the piece, she tells a great...
View ArticleTom Morello, Serj Tankian, Trent Reznor and Others Recall Final Interactions...
In the two weeks since Chris Cornell’s death, musicians ranging from Megadeth to Heart’s Ann Wilson to Guns N’ Roses to Ryan Adams have covered Soundgarden and Audioslave songs in honor the late...
View ArticleEddie Vedder at First Performance After Chris Cornell’s Death: “Healing Takes...
On the first night of his European solo tour Saturday in Amsterdam, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder performed a number of songs that seemed to have been chosen in order to pay tribute to the late Chris...
View ArticleChris Cornell Memorialized by Brother in New Letter
To the world, late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell was a larger-than-life grunge god and rock star. But to his older sibling, singer/songwriter Peter Cornell, he was "always just my brother." In a...
View ArticleVicky Cornell Issues New Statement About “Unanswered Questions” Surrounding...
Kirk Pasich, an attorney for Chris Cornell's wife Vicky Cornell, claims that the Soundgarden/Audioslave singer's death is still being treated as an open investigation by the Detroit Police Department,...
View ArticleToxicology Report Reveals Chris Cornell Had Ativan and Butalbital in His System
A toxicology report obtained by TMZ shows that Chris Cornell had four prescription drugs, including Lorazepam (Ativan) and Butalbital, in his system at the time of his death. Pseudoephedrine, a...
View ArticleWatch System of a Down’s Serj Tankian Join Prophets of Rage For Chris Cornell...
Serj Tankian worked with Chris Cornell on the music for The Promise, and the System Of A Down frontman recently spoke about his final interaction with the Soundgarden singer. At Germany’s Rock am Ring...
View ArticleEddie Vedder Paid Tribute to His “Older Brother” Chris Cornell Last Night in...
At his solo concert last night in London, Eddie Vedder paid tribute to the late Chris Cornell with an emotional speech. Much like at his recent show in Amsterdam, the Pearl Jam frontman didn’t say...
View ArticleWatch Death Cab for Cutie Cover “Fell on Black Days” in Honor of Chris Cornell
At a benefit concert last night for the ACLU and Planned Parenthood at The Paramount in Seattle, Death Cab for Cutie paid tribute to the late Chris Cornell by covering "Fell on Black Days" by...
View ArticlePhotographer Behind Soundgarden’s Superunknown Album Cover Reveals the...
The most instantly recognizable image from Soundgarden's Superunknown era beside those obscenely stretched faces is, of course, the album cover. Dubbed the "Screaming Elf," the bleak art features a...
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