Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle ; July 20, 1964 - May 18, 2017) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is known as the lead vocalist for the rock band Soundgarden and Audioslave. Cornell is also known for his many solo works and soundtrack contributions since 1991, and as founder and frontman for Temple of the Dog, a one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend Andrew Wood.
Cornell is considered one of the chief architects of the 1990s grunge movement, and is renowned for its extensive catalog of songwriters, its vocal range of nearly four octaves, and strong vocal belting techniques. She released four solo studio albums, Euphoria Morning (1999), Carry On (2007), Scream (2009), Truth More High (2015) and live album Songbook (2011). Cornell received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his song "The Keeper," which appeared in the 2011 film Gun Machine Preacher, and co-authored and performed the theme song for the James Bond film Casino Royale (< 2006), "You Know My Name." His last solo release before his death was the charity single "The Promise," written for the final credits for the film of the same name. She was voted "The Greatest Singer of Rock" by readers of Guitar World, ranked 4th in the All-Time Top 100 Vocalists Heavy Metal list by Hit Parader 9 on the list "Best Singer of All Time" by Rolling Stone , and 12 on MTV "22 Greatest Voices in Music."
Throughout the catalog, Cornell has sold 14.8 million albums, 8.8 million digital tracks, and 300 million audio streams on demand in the US alone, as well as over 30 million records worldwide. She was nominated for 15 Grammy Awards and won twice.
Cornell struggled with depression for most of his life. He was found dead in his hotel room in Detroit on the morning of May 18, 2017, after performing at the Soundgarden concert an hour earlier. His death was ordered to commit suicide by hanging.
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Cornell was born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964, in Seattle, Washington, where he grew up. His parents were Edward F. Boyle, an Irish-Catholic background pharmacist, and Karen Cornell, an accountant and psychic Jewish background. After her parents' divorce when she was a teenager, Chris and her siblings adopted their mother's maiden name, Cornell, as their surname. Cornell is the middle child of six children; he has two older brothers and three sisters. He attended Christ the King Catholic primary school, where he performed for the first time in front of the crowd, singing the 1960s anti-war song "One Tin Soldier." He then attended Shorewood High School. When he was in seventh grade, his mother pulled him and his sister out of the Catholic school; Cornell claims because they will be expelled for being overly curious. Cornell recalled the episode in the 1994 interview: "With such a religion, it is not designed for anyone to question.Being a young man with natural curiosity and half a brain, you will begin to discover inconsistencies, many of which are in organized religion. clarify the class situation we did not get. "Explain this to me." And they can not, so we start creating many problems. "
Cornell traces his musical influence back to Little Richard via The Beatles. He spent two years between the ages of nine and eleven by listening to The Beatles after discovering the huge collection of Beatles recordings left in the basement of a neighbor's house. He describes himself at this age as a loner; he was able to overcome his anxiety around others through rock music. During his teenage years, he suffered severe depression, dropped out of school, and almost never left home. At the age of 12, he had access to alcohol, marijuana, acid, fungi and prescription drugs and used them daily at the age of 13, stopping for a year, but recurring at the age of 15 until he turned to music.
Cornell took piano lessons and guitar lessons as a child. He once explained that his mother saved his life when he bought him a snare drum, an instrument he adopted at the beginning of his path to become a rock musician. Before becoming a successful musician, he worked as a busboy, as a dishwasher, as a seafood wholesaler and was a sous-chef at Ray's Boathouse in Seattle.
In the early 1980s, Cornell was a member of the cover band called The Shemps, which featured bassist Hiro Yamamoto and performed around Seattle. After Yamamoto left The Shemps, the band recruited guitarist Kim Thayil. Cornell and Yamamoto kept in touch, and after The Shemps broke up, the couple began to jam together, eventually bringing Thayil in to join them.
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Record career
1984-1997 and 2010-2017: Soundgarden
Soundgarden was formed in 1984 by Cornell, Thayil, and Yamamoto with Cornell initially on drums and vocals. In 1985, the band enrolled Scott Sundquist as a drummer to allow Cornell to concentrate on vocals. The band's first recording was three songs that appeared in the compilations for C/Z Records called Deep Six . In 1986, Sundquist, who at the time had a wife and a son, decided to leave the band and spend time with his family. He was replaced by Matt Cameron, drummer for Skin Yard, who became Soundgarden's permanent drummer.
Soundgarden signed a contract with Sub Pop, released the Screaming Life EP in 1987 and Fopp EP in 1988 (a combination of both issued as Screaming Life/Fopp in 1990). Although the band was being approached by a major label, they signed to independent label SST Records in 1988 to release their debut album, Ultramega OK, where they were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1990 The band then signed a contract with A & amp; M Records, became the first grunge band to sign a contract with a major label.
In 1989, the band released their second attempt and their first album for a major label, Louder Than Love . After the release of the album, Yamamoto left the band to complete his master's degree in physical chemistry at Western Washington University. He was replaced by former Nirvana guitarist Jason Everman. Everman was fired after a Soundgarden tour supporting Louder Than Love . In 1990, the band joined the new bassist, Ben Shepherd.
Along with Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and Pearl Jam, Soundgarden quickly became one of the most successful bands of grunge scene that appeared in Seattle in the early 1990s. With Shepherd, the new lineup recorded Badmotorfinger in 1991. The album brought the band to a new level of commercial success, and Soundgarden found itself amid the sudden popularity and attention afforded to the Seattle music world. Badmotorfinger including single "Pose of Jesus Christ," "Outshined" and "Rusty Cage." The three singles got plenty of time on alternative rock radio stations, while videos for "Outshined" and "Rusty Cage" got plenty of time on MTV. The song "Jesus Christ Pose" and his music video became the subject of widespread controversy in 1991, and the video was removed from the MTV playlist. "Rusty Cage" was later covered by Johnny Cash on the 1996 album, Unchained . It also appeared on Radio X's fictional radio station in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and in the 32-bit Road Rash version. "Room a Thousand Years Wide" was released (along with B-side "Baby HIV") as single single through the club's full Sub Pop's Single of the Month before the release of Badmotorfinger , and then re-recorded for the album. Badmotorfinger exposes Soundgarden to its first mainstream success: it was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1992, and then ranked number 45 in the October 2006 edition of Guitar World on the magazine list of the 100 greatest guitar albums of all time.
The band's fourth studio album, 1994's Superunknown , proved to be the band's breakthrough album. After its release in March 1994, Superunnown debuted at number one on Billboard 200. The album launched several successful singles, including "Spoonman" and "Black Hole Sun," and bringing the international recognition of Soundgarden. Superunknown achieved platinum quintuple status in the United States, triple platinum status in Canada, and gold status in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands. Rolling Stone gave Superunknown four out of five stars. Reviewer J.D. Considine says Superunknown "shows a much greater reach than many of the bands that manage throughout the career." Considine criticized "Black Hole Sun" and "Half," stating that the first is "not a very good song" while the last "is the virtual definition of the B-side." Jon Pareles of The New York Times says that "Superunknown is really trying to broaden its audience by breaking the barriers of the heavy-metal genre received by Soundgarden." He added that "Soundgarden... wants something different from standard heavy metals." David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave album A, saying "Soundgarden pumped and thought on Superunknown , and they delivered the goods." He praised it as "a hard-rock milestone - a boiling tong of volcanic force, note-making intelligence, and anomie and anxiety in the 90s that set new standards for anything called metals." The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995. Two singles from Superunknown, "Black Hole Sun" and "Spoonman," won the Grammy Awards, and the music video for "Black Hole Sun" won MTV Video Music Award and Clio Award. Superunknown was ranked number 336 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and "Black Hole Sun" was ranked number 25 on the list of 100 best VH1 songs of the year 90s.
The band's fifth album is a self-produced 1996 album "Down on the Upside". The album spawned several singles, including "Pretty Noose," "Burden in My Hand" and "Blow Up the Outside World." The album was particularly less heavy than previous albums, and marked a further departure from the grunge band's roots. Soundgarden explained at the time that he wanted to experiment with other sounds. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly said, "Some bands since Led Zeppelin have very crisp instruments, both acoustic and electric."
However, tensions within the group emerged during the session, with Thayil and Cornell reportedly clashing over Cornell's desire to shift away from heavy guitar riffing that has become a trademark of the band. Despite favorable reviews, this album does not match the sale of Superunknown .
In 1997, Soundgarden received another Grammy nomination, for the main single "Pretty Noose." As the tension grew in the band, reportedly due to internal strife over its creative direction, Soundgarden announced its dissolution on April 9, 1997. In a 1998 interview, Thayil said, "It was very clear from the general attitude of everyone during the previous half year that there was dissatisfaction. "
On January 1, 2010, Cornell alluded to Soundgarden's reunion via his Twitter account, writing: "The 12-year break is over and school is back in session. Sign up now. The Soundtable's knight rides again!" Messages that link to websites featuring live group pictures and a place for fans to enter their e-mail address to get updates on reunions. Entering the information unlocks the video archive for the song "Get on the Snake," from Soundgarden's second album, 1989's Louder Than Love .
In March 2010, Soundgarden announced that they would be headlining Lollapalooza 2010. Soundgarden made the announcement via their website and email list. On April 16, 2010, Soundgarden held a secret show at Showbox Theater on First Avenue in downtown Seattle, published through a band mailing list. The show was billed as Nudedragons , anagram for Soundgarden.
Asked in August 2010 if Soundgarden would record new material, Cornell replied, "it would be very interesting to record one song, to hear how Soundgarden-ish might be a lot of time later.But for me, it's been more than a journey back learning song and play it together, some of the songs we've approached we've never played directly. "
Soundgarden made their first television appearance since their reunion on the second episode of Conan O'Brien from Conan on November 9, 2010 on TBS and toured North America in the summer of 2011. In the summer of 2012, Soundgarden released new single and video, "Live to Rise," for the soundtrack of The Avengers movie. Their sixth album, King Animal , was released in November 2012 for most positive reviews.
Soundgarden continued touring around the world and guitarist Kim Thayil mentioned in several interviews that the band began working on material for their seventh album.
1998-2000 and 2006-2017: Solo Careers
In 1998, Cornell began working on material for a solo album in which he collaborated with Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider from Eleven band. The album, titled Euphoria Morning , was released on September 21, 1999. In her first solo tour Cornell spent seven months on the road from September 13, 1999 through March 7, 2000, playing 61 shows to support from Euphoria Morning. Cornell performed two of them to coincide with their debut album on September 21 and 22, 1999 at Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood California. Attendance for the show was high, considering he performed early shows before fans were even familiar with the music. The band's tour consists of several musicians who contributed to Alain Johannes, Natasha Shneider, Rick Markmann, and Greg Upchurch. The album proved to be commercially unsuccessful in selling 393,000 copies in the US, although the single album "Can not Change Me" was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the 2000 Grammy Awards. Cornell recorded the Can not Change Me version in French, this version is a bonus on the deluxe version of Euphoria Morning. The album included "Wave Goodbye," a Cornell award for his late friend Jeff Buckley. It has been noted that Euphoria Morning was influenced by Buckley's songwriting and distinctive vocal styles. The album was re-released in 2015 on CDs and vinyl and was titled Euphoria Mourning, with Cornell stating in a press release that he originally wanted the album to be called, but his manager at the time, Jim Guerinot, suggested that "Euphoria Morning" without "u" will be a better title. "The title is so beautiful to start with, just the concept of euphoria in mourning: it was when I felt inspired and I let it all out of it So when we decided to do the first vinyl release I thought I wanted to change the fucking title! to change it, "said Cornell.
An unreleased song called "Heart of Honey" was also recorded in collaboration with Johannes and Shneider during this period. According to Alain Johannes, "Heart of Honey" was recorded for the film Titan A.E. but not used. The song was leaked on the internet. While on his solo tour between 2011-2016, Cornell has often paid tribute to the late Natasha Shneider and played the song "When I'm Down" (from Euphoria Morning's album Enehoria produced by Shneider ) accompanied by a vinyl recording of the original piano performed by Shneider for the song.
Though not officially released to the CD, Cornell's hour-long acoustic concert was performed on September 7, 2006 at O-Baren in Stockholm, widely available for download under the title Chris Milell: Unplugged in Sweden . The promotional CD for his solo album, Carry On , was released in March 2007, titled The Roads We Choose - A Retrospective . CD 17 tracks include songs from Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave and Cornell's solo work.
On June 5, 2007, Cornell released their second solo album, Carry On , produced by Steve Lillywhite. It debuted at number 17 on the US Billboard charts. Among the artists who accompanied him on a solo release were both friends of Gary Lucas, who donated acoustic guitars to multiple tracks. Cornell has stated that he always writes, and that there are some songs that he can not put in the Audioslave album. While recording his second solo album, Cornell was involved in a motorcycle accident. He seems "behind a truck in Studio City, Los Angeles while riding his motorcycle" and "thrown 20 feet into the air." He can walk away from the accident, but suffered severe injuries and bruises. He returned to the studio that day.
In 2007, Cornell emerged as support for Aerosmith on at least two legs of their 2007 world tour - Dublin, London, and Hyde Park - and to Linkin Park in Australia and New Zealand. The event is part of an ongoing world tour that began in April 2007 and continues into 2008 and 2009. Cornell has described the band's tour - consisting of guitarists Yogi Lonich and Peter Thorn, bassist Corey McCormick and drummer Jason Sutter - as "musicians who can get the whole picture" playing music by Soundgarden and Audioslave, as well as their solo materials.
In 2008, Cornell was featured on the Main Stage of the Linkin Park Projekt Revolution tour. Throughout the tour, Cornell collaborated with Chester Bennington from Linkin Park while performing "Hunger Strike," and with Street Drum Corps for a number of Soundgarden songs. While Linkin Park will feature the Grammy-winning song "Crawling," she will appear on stage singing the second verse of Harun Lewis's song, outro, and harmonies for the Reanimation version.
Cornell worked with Timbaland producers on his studio album Scream, which was released on March 10, 2009. Timbaland described the recording sessions as "The best job I ever did in my career," and predicted that Cornell would be a "rock star first at the club. " Cornell called the new album "a spotlight in my career." The album was largely panned by critics, but was the highest charting album of Cornell's solo career, reaching No. 1. 10 on Billboard 200.
On April 2, 2009, Cornell took over the Atlanta Rock station, Project 961, WKLS. During the 24 hours the station became "Chris-FM" and included two special hours from Cornell DJing and played his favorite songs in his career with stories behind them that led to a re-broadcast of his solo show from the night before. On September 11th, 2009, Cornell performed John Lennon's song "Imagine" on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien .
In January 2011, Cornell announced its solo "Songbook" tour, continuing a series of acknowledged solo acoustic events in Los Angeles during 2009 and 2010. The first leg of the tour was sold out starting on April 1, 2011 and continuing through the US. and Canada until May 6, resumed in October and visited New Zealand, Australia, South America and the United States again before ending on December 17th. This tour received universal positive reviews.
In November 2011 Cornell, released Songbook , an acoustic live album featuring songs recorded during Cornell's "Songbook" tour of North America. This was his first live album as a solo artist and included a solo performance that was stripped-down from Cornell's entire solo career as a solo artist and also with Soundgarden, Audioslave, and Temple of the Dog, plus covers from Led Zeppelin "Thank You" and John Lennon "Imagine. " The album received positive reviews, with AllMusic calling it "the best solo offer to date." Cornell continues its "Songbook" tours in Europe and the US during 2012 and 2013 for further praise.
Cornell performs a 10-minute acoustic set at Ball Commander-in-Chief at the White House on January 21, 2013, which recognized Medal of Honor recipients and Wounded Warriors. He returned later at night with Soundgarden to perform at the Introductory Stage Barack Obama, performing a set of three songs on the show.
In January 2015, Cornell announced via his Twitter account that he was in the studio to record a new solo album. Cornell's last studio album, Higher Truth , was released on September 18, 2015.
His last solo release before his death was the charity single "The Promise," written for the final credits for the film of the same name about the Armenian Genocide. Prior to his death, Cornell did all the results of the song to support refugees and vulnerable children.
On February 26, 2018, Cornell's first posthumous song was released. Cornell composed music and added Johnny Cash's poem lyrics "You Never Knew My Mind" and "I Never Knew Your Mind." The song, titled "You Never Knew My Mind," is featured on Johnny Cash's album: Forever Words, a collection of songs made from unused poems, lyrics, and cash money interpreted by several artists.
2001-2007: Audioslave
Audioslave was formed after Zack de la Rocha left Rage Against the Machine and the remaining members sought out another vocalist. Producer and friend Rick Rubin suggested they call Cornell. Rubin plays Soundgarden song "Slaves & Bulldozer" for the remaining Rage Against the Machine members to demonstrate his abilities. Cornell is in the process of writing a second solo album, but decides to set it aside and pursue the opportunity to work with Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk as they approach him. Morello describes Cornell: "He stepped into the microphone and sang the song and I could not believe it.Not only sounds good, it does not sound good, it sounds transcendent, and... when there is irreplaceable chemistry from the first moment you can not deny it. "The quartet wrote 21 songs for 19 days of practice and began working in the studio in late May 2001.
Their debut album, Audioslave , was released in November 2002, spawning hits such as "Cochise," Like a Stone "and" Show Me How to Live, "and has achieved triple platinum status in the United States.. The band almost slipped before the album's release; Cornell was having alcohol problems and the slot on the Ozzfest tour was canceled. During this time, there was a rumor that Cornell had checked into drug rehab. He then confirmed it in an interview with Metal Hammer made from a clinic's public phone. In the San Diego CityBeat article, Cornell explains that he experienced a "terrible personal crisis" during the first recording, staying in rehabilitation for two months and separating from his wife. The problem was ironed and Cornell was conscious. The band toured through 2003, before taking a break in 2004 to record their second album.
Audioslave's second album, Out of Exile, was released in May 2005 and debuted at number one on the US charts. This album has gone on to achieve platinum status. The album featured singles "Out of Exile," "Be Yourself," "Your Time Has Come" and "Does Not Remind Me." Cornell claimed to write his most personal songs ever on this album, influenced by positive changes in his life since 2002. He also described the album as more varied than debut and less relying on heavy guitar riffs. Critics initially described Audioslave as a merger of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden, but by the band's second album, Out of Exile , noting that they had formed a separate identity. The album was received better than the Audioslave debut; critics noted a stronger Cornell vocal, possibly the result of quitting smoking and drinking, and pointed out that Out of Exile was the voice of the band that came alone. AllMusic praised the album as "slim, hard, strong, and easy to remember." The lyrics, however, are still a common complaint; musicOMH.com writes that the lyrics of Cornell "continue bordering on the silly."
On May 6, 2005, Audioslave played a free show in Havana, Cuba. Audioslave became the first American rock group to perform a concert in Cuba, playing in front of 70,000 spectators. The band traveled to Havana on May 4 to interact with Cuban musicians. Cornell commented: "Hopefully, this concert will help open the music border between our two countries." The concert set of 26 songs was the longest ever played by the band.
In early 2006 the band returned, recording their third album because they had written most of the material during the tour. The band released an album, titled Revelations , in September 2006. Revelations influenced by the 1960s and 1970s funk and R & B. The first two singles are "Original Fire" and "Revelations." Two songs from the third album, "Shape of Things to Come" and "Wide Awake" were also featured prominently in the 2006 film Michael Mann, Miami Vice before the album's release. Despite exposure to other media forms and positive critical buzz for their third album, Audioslave is not a tour behind the release. They went to hiatus to allow Cornell to complete "You Know My Name," the theme song for the James Bond film 2006, Casino Royale, and Morello to pursue his own solo work under the Nightwatchman moniker..
All Audioslave lyrics are written by Cornell, while all four members are credited with writing music. Their songwriting process is described by Wilk as "more collaborative" and "satisfying" than Rage Against the Machine's, which is a "creative battle." Cornell, for its part, sees Soundgarden's songwriting method as inferior to Audioslave. Cornell's lyrics are mostly apolitical; Audioslave's Morello referred to them as "haunted and existential poems". They are characterized by a vague approach, often dealing with themes of existentialism, love, hedonism, spirituality and Christianity. Cornell's battle with addiction to prescription drugs and alcoholism is a decisive factor in the process of writing and recording. Although the singer admitted that he "could never write effectively" while drinking, and attended rehabilitation after recording his debut album, Morello stated that Revelations was the first record [Cornell] not smoking, drinking, or taking drugs through recording. "However, Morello said:" Chris was a drunken stone during the making of the album Out of Exile. "Chris was also conscious during the making of Revelations and before recording he gave up smoking as well I'm sorry for the confusion or anxiety driven by the original article.Sadness can be a matter of life or death and Chris's courage in maintaining his health over the years has been an inspiration. "
News about Cornell's departure came in July 2006, when insiders stated that after the third album he would go on to pursue a solo career. The singer immediately denied the rumor, stating: "We heard rumors that Audioslave broke up all the time... I always ignore it." On February 15, 2007, Cornell officially announced his departure from Audioslave, stating that "Due to unresolved personality conflicts and musical differences, I am permanently leaving the Audioslave band, I hope the other three members are not the best in all their future endeavors." When the other three members were busy with Rage Against the Machine reunion with de la Rocha back, and Morello and Cornell each released their solo album in 2007, Audioslave officially disbanded.
On January 17, 2017, it was announced that Audioslave would reunite for their first performance in twelve years at the Anti-Inauguration of the Ball, protesting President Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the United States. The event took place on January 20, 2017.
Asked in February 2017 if there will be more Audioslave reunion events in the future, Cornell's frontman replied, "There's always a possibility, I mean, we've been talking about it for at least three or four years now." We talked about actually choosing dates, and that just ended it does not work because everyone is so busy They have another band, they all have separate bands that they do themselves, I have Soundgarden and a solo career that spends a lot of time, and I'm just "Temple of the Dog. So, it's really honest â €
Other music projects
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From 1986 to 1987, Cornell also became a member of the Western Nursing Disease Control Center for Children's Disease Control.
Dog Temple
While still in Soundgarden, Cornell recorded an album with members who will be Pearl Jam. The collaboration runs under the name of Temple of the Dog, and the self-titled album was released in 1991. The album is a tribute to their mutual friend, and Cornell's former roommate Andrew Wood. Wood, former vocalist of Mother Love Bone, died of a heroin overdose the previous year. Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard from Mother Love Bone teamed up with Mike McCready, new vocalist Eddie Vedder, and drummer Dave Krusen in 1990, forming Pearl Jam. Cameron will eventually become Pearl Jam's drummer in 1998.
Temple of the Dog has sold over a million copies, thanks in large part to the singles "Say Hello 2 Heaven" and "Hunger Strike," the latter featuring a duet between Cornell and Vedder. This is the first time Vedder has been professionally recorded. Vedder said of Hunger Strike in the 2009 book Grunge Is Dead; "I really love hearing that song, I feel like I can be really proud of that song - because one, I did not write it, and two, it's a great way to get to vinyl for the first time.I'm indebted to Chris's eternal time for being invited to the track. "
During the 2003 Pearl Jam show in Santa Barbara Bowl, Cornell appeared as a surprise guest. After playing a short acoustic set, Cornell joins Vedder and other band members to perform "Hunger Strike" and "Reach Down."
On October 6, 2009, Cornell made a surprise appearance during the Pearl Jam concert at Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles. The Reunited Temple of the Dog plays "Hunger Strike." At the end of the concert, Cornell took a bow with the band alongside Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains.
In September 2011, he joined Pearl Jam members for a live Dog House reunion at the two-day PJ20 Festival in Alpine Valley, Wisconsin.
On October 25 and 26, 2014, Cornell joins Pearl Jam on stage to perform a "Hangout" at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Calif. During the 28th Annual School Benefit School, the last of which is the last time Vedder and Cornell sing together -same.. On January 30, 2015, Pearl Jam (minus Vedder) band Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, and Matt Cameron joined Chris Cornell and Mike McCready during the Sonic Mad Season Evolution Concert at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony. The group performed two songs, "Reach Down" and "Call Me A Dog."
The band toured for the first time in the fall of 2016 in celebration of the 25th anniversary of their self-titled album. Vedder did not participate in a tour calling "family commitments," but the audience sang his part in "Hunger Strike," and Cornell dedicated the song to Vedder during the band's concert at the Paramount Theater in Seattle on November 21, 2016.
Alice Mudgarden
Cornell, along with Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, and Mark Arm of Mudhoney, contributed vocals to Alice in Chains song "Right Turn," from 1992 EP Sap , although the band was praised for this song is Alice Mudgarden. The song is featured in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down .
M.A.C.C.
In 1992, Cornell and three other former members of Temple of the Dog played under the name M.A.C.C. (McCready, Ament, Cameron, Cornell), recorded the song "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" for 1993's album, Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix. The band performed the song live for the first time during their first Temple of the Dog tour in November 2016.
Collaboration
Cornell worked as a co-producer and backing vocalist on the 1991 Screaming Trees album, Uncle Anesthesia . She acted in cameo roles and performances on stage in the 1992 Cameron Cameron Crowe-based movie, Singles .
Cornell contributed vocals in Alice Cooper's "Stolen Prayer" and "Unholy War" (which he also wrote) from the 1994 album The Last Temptation . In 1997, Cornell collaborated with Eleven on the song, "Ave Maria," for the Christmas compilation album, A Very Special Christmas 3 .
In the 90s, Cornell teamed up with Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson for the cover of the Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses", when the nuns appeared as The Lovemongers . Pirated versions of live shows are available online. Cornell and Wilsons also performed " Wild Horses and The Lovemongers" Sand " song at the Layne Staley cemetery in 2002.
It's wrongly believed (over the years) that Cornell has written the song Eleven "Someone to Die For," featured on the 2004 Spider-Man soundtrack. The song is played by Jimmy Gnecco of Ours and Brian May of Queen on the soundtrack, and lyris is credited to Alain Johannes, Natasha Shneider and Cornell. However, the ASCAP track database only shows Johannes and Shneider as songwriters. Cornell has recorded a demo of the song some time before, which was released only for members of the Eleven road team. Versions recorded by Cornell and Eleven can be found on the internet.
Cornell co-authored (with Brian Howes) David Cook's first album - American Idol single album, "Light On," was released in 2008. And in 2009, he contributed vocals to the song, "Mister Dirt, "from the album, Good.Night.Melody , by Joshua David Lewis
In 2009, Cornell co-wrote a song with a fan named Rory de la Rosa, who had lost his six-year-old daughter to cancer in 2008, and she was diagnosed with the same disease shortly afterwards. He reached out to Cornell to tell him how great his music affects his life as well as the ties he created for him and his daughter, and he sent Cornell a poem called "I Promise It Not Goodbye" . Cornell was so touched that he turned the poem into a song of the same title. De la Rosa gave Cornell permission to post songs online. It was available for free download on Cornell's official website in April 2009. Cornell asked, however, that his fans would consider contributing to commemorate Rory's daughter and help ease the financial burden of her illness. In 2013, Cornell made the song available for streaming on his official website in honor of children who lost their lives in the tragedy of Sandy Hook. Links are given for donations to commemorate the victims.
Cornell sang one song (which he wrote together) on Slash, a Slash solo recording released in April 2010. The song is called "Promise" and aired on amazon.com on March 26, 2010. She contributed vocals to the song, "Lies," on the 2010 album, Third and Double , by Gabin which was later released as a single in October 2010. Cornell appeared on Carlos Santana's album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time, where he sang on the cover of Led Zeppelin "Whole Lotta Love."
Cornell wrote the lyrics and shared vocals with Andrew Wood in the song "Island of Summer," which was recorded while they lived together in Seattle. The song was released for the first time in the 2011 album "Melodies & Dreams," an unreleased record collection and demo by Wood.
Cornell sang backing vocals on the cover of the Everly Brothers song "All I Have to Do Is Dream," on Rita Wilson's debut album AM/FM , released in 2012.
On April 18, 2013, the band Heart Seattle was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Cornell gave Heart induction speeches and emotionally talked about what heroes and role models Ann and Nancy Wilson had for him and other musicians in Seattle. "For me, and for countless other men and women, they have earned, in the end, their legitimate place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame," Cornell said. Cornell also joined fellow Seattle musicians Jerry Cantrell and Mike McCready to play guitar for Heart's "Barracuda" hit song with Ann and Nancy Wilson at the ceremony.
On January 30, 2015, Cornell joins Mike McCready and Barrett Martin plus Duff McKagan, Sean Kinney, Seattle Symphony, and others at a special Sonic Evolution concert at Benaroya Hall in Seattle as a tribute to Mad Season. The show was released as a live album in August 2015, titled Mad Season/Seattle Symphony: Sonic Evolution/January 30, 2015/Benaroya Hall . The results will benefit the Seattle Symphony and Vitalogy Foundation.
Donation soundtrack
In 1992, Cornell contributed his first solo track "Seasons," and the Soundgarden song "Birth Ritual" to the Singles soundtrack. Cornell re-recorded the song "Seasons" for the film Man of Steel in 2013.
He also contributed the song "Sunshower" (a bonus song on the Japanese Euphoria Morning release) to the 1998 movie soundtrack, Great Expectations, and a reworked version of the song "Mission," which titled "Mission 2000," was used on the 2000 movie soundtrack, Mission: Impossible 2 .
Cornell and composer David Arnold collaborated on the song "You Know My Name," written and run by Cornell and who accompanied the opening title for the 2006 James Bond movie, Casino Royale. "You Know My Name" is the first theme song since 1983's Octopussy to use a different title from the movie, first sung by American men, and the first title song that does not appear on the soundtrack album. "You Know My Name" won the 2006 Satellite Award in the Best Original Song category, and the 2007 World Soundtrack Award in the category of Best Original Song Written for Film. The song sold 323,000 digital copies and 3.5 million streams, and was also nominated for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media at Grammy Awards 2008. This song became the first song recorded for her solo album Carry On , which he started working on in 2007.
In August 2011, Cornell released "The Keeper," an original song written for the Marc Forster-directed 2011 film Machine Gun Preacher . The song was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2012. During the first 24 hours after release, the song is exclusively available as part of the "Donate for Download" campaign for the charity of Sam Childers' Angels of East Africa children. This song is also the main song on the movie soundtrack album.
In 2012, Soundgarden released their first song in 15 years, "Live to Rise," which was written for the soundtrack of The Avengers movie.
In 2013, Cornell wrote the song "Misery Chain," for the soundtrack of the 12 Years a Slave movie, where he performed a duet with Joy Williams.
In 2016, Cornell covered the song "Stay With Me Baby" for the soundtrack of the HBO TV series Vinyl. Cornell said about recording songs; "I am very honored to be asked to record a version of 'Stay With Me Baby' for Vinyl.I must pay tribute to Terry Reid, whose version of the song has been a favorite of mine for years, and put on a great soundtrack with an amazing group of artists."
The final donation of the soundtrack is the song "The Promise," written for the final credits for a movie of the same name released in 2017.
Music styles
Cornell's writing often features non-standard chord progression and melodies that do not fit a diatonic scale. A prominent example is "Black Hole Sun," which involves not only a lot of open chord types and some key changes in short sequences, but also unique melodic phrases with big interval jumps.
The recurrent characteristic is the use of the order of the major chord ("Sweet Euphoria," "Pretty Noose"), which also leads to more subtle key changes.
The Cornell's most concentrated example of his own songwriting style remains on his first solo album Euphoria Morning because his next work, whether with Audioslave or on his solo album, tends toward the conventional and only occasionally containing short but inventive breaks ( eg , "Like a Rock," "Loss of Action," "No Such Thing").
Cornell has a multi-octave range. He is a baritone with the ability to sing very high within the tenor range, as well as in a lower list of baritone voices. She showcased this in various songs, especially the studio and demo version of "Beyond the Wheel," where she could be heard covering three octaves. He also experimented with different vocal styles, ranging from mild falsetto to shouts and brutal singing. In addition to singing rock and metal especially with Soundgarden and Audioslave, Cornell sings blues, neo-souls and stripped acoustic numbers.
Other jobs
Cornell made a cameo in the 1992 film Singles. She is the face of the advertising campaign of fashion producer John Varvatos' 2006. Cornell becomes a restaurant owner with the opening of his restaurant, Black Calavados, in Paris, and also the owner of your music publishing company You Make My Pain Make Music .
In 2009, Cornell plans to change Philip Carlo's real crime book The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez, into a movie, collaborating with Carlo to produce the screenplay. In 2011, James Franco was bound to direct movies and stars in the role of Ramirez.
In popular culture
Garbage's song "Fix Me Now" from the band's debut album was originally named "Chris Cornell." According to lead singer Shirley Manson, she is obsessed with Cornell at the time of releasing the hit song Soundgarden "Black Hole Sun". The demo version of "Fix Me Now" has made Manson sing the name Cornell.
The phrase "I'm looking for California, and feeling Minnesota" from the Soundgarden song "Outshined" (written by Cornell), inspired the 1996 film Steven Baigelman's Feeling Minnesota, starring Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz.
The Cornell song "Preaching the End of the World" from her debut solo album Euphoria Morning, inspired the title of Lorene Scafaria 2012 Seeking Friends for the End of the World , starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley.
Personal life
In 1985, Cornell began dating Susan Silver, manager of Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Screaming Trees, and they were married in 1990. They had a daughter, Lillian Jean, born in June 2000. She and Silver divorced in 2004. On December. 2008, Cornell reported via his official website that he eventually won back a collection of 15 guitars after a four-year court battle with Silver. In 2004, he married Vicky Karayiannis, a Paris-based heritage publicist. The couple had a daughter together, Toni, in September 2004, and a son, Christopher Nicholas, in December 2005. In 2012, Cornells created the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation that served for homeless, destitute, abused or neglected children. In 2013, a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales went to benefit the cause.
In a television interview in 2008, Cornell said of religion, "I did not follow one.... In the end I thought I was some kind of free thinker and sort of open... So many bad things - as well as good things have happened based on people who just blindly follow a religion that I feel like I want to stay away from certain denominations or religious periods if there is no other reason than that I do not want to be involved with anything or justify any school of thought that at some point and in some way led to the death of an innocent person, or a tragedy in which fantastic initial ideas are distorted.Like life, for example, Jesus is well-documented This is corroborated by different people, who have different backgrounds , and different levels of education, and they write about it.We know that this person exists, and we know pretty much what it is ng he said, and it's very simple. Everything from then on in terms of war and battle over land and territory and religious things, nothing is even included in anything he says. The message is simple enough, very good to each other and everything will be fine. "
Friendship with Andrew Wood and Eddie Vedder
Cornell is a close friend of the late singer Andrew Wood, who is his roommate in Seattle. While living together, Cornell and Wood recorded the song "Island of Summer," written by Cornell and was the only recording of the two of them singing together. The song was released in 2011 on the album Melodies & amp; Dreams , a solo album from Andrew Wood featuring unreleased songs he has recorded throughout his life. Sudden death of Wood in 1990 made Cornell create a tribute album for her with the band Temple of the Dog. In a 2016 interview with The Guardian promoting the first tour of the Temple of the Dog, Cornell said of Wood's death: "I always have a very difficult time with loss I do not deal with Andy's death After he dies, I will drive and I would look out the window and I thought I saw it It took me five minutes to update the moment and realized, 'no, he's really dead.' This tour, in a sense, is a deal.It faces reality. "When asked whether it is legitimate to read the songwriter's death into his lyrics after the facts during a 1994 interview with Rolling Stone that reflects Kurt Cobain's suicide, Cornell said; "When Andy died, I could not listen to his songs for about two years after that, and that's for that reason - the lyrics often seem as if they can tell the story, but again, the lyrics can often say Same in terms of seeing everything as a matter of life and death - if that's what you feel then, that's what you're going to write.This is a kind of unnatural exchange when someone who is such a writer dies, and then everyone starts choosing all their lyrics. Kurt, whatever he thinks and whatever he writes, there is no arrow pointing at what his death is.This is a school of thought, it is a possibility - This is really something that a person feels when they are writing.That does not mean that it will But that does not mean it's not true. "
Cornell is a good friend with Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder. Cornell was one of the first people Vedder met outside Pearl Jam townships after moving to Seattle in 1990. Both are neighbors for a while and have shared vocal duties at Temple of The Dog. Soundgarden manager Susan Silver recalled in the 2009 book "Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music" that Cornell drove Vedder to the stage in Pearl Jam (then called Mookie Blaylock) 'second show in Seattle , "Alice in Chains recorded a show at the Moore theater in 1990 and it was the show that this new band [Mookie Blaylock] opened for them. Everyone still has not recovered from the death of Andy [Andrew Wood]... and they did not really play The band came and Chris took Eddie to the stage - he was on his shoulder. It was one of those super strong moments, where it was all a great healing for everyone. He came out as the person who has all the credibility in the world - in terms of the people in Seattle - and Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone is a beloved band. Andy is a charming personality. That is a difficult thing to do - it comes after people die. And Chris took Eddie out, and pointed at him, more to say, 'This is your man now'. "Pearl Pap leads guitarist Mike McCready saying about their friendship;" Ed comes from San Diego and he feels very intimidated in Seattle. Chris really welcomed him. Ed super, super shy. Chris took her out to have a beer and tell her stories. She's like, "Hi, welcome to Seattle, I love Jeff [Ament] and Stone [Gossard], I give you my blessing." Since then he has been more relaxed. It's one of the coolest things I see by Chris. "
In a 2009 interview with Uncut magazine, Vedder stated that Cornell is "the best singer we have on the planet." About the impact Cornell had in his life, Vedder told the crowds in Alpine Valley when introducing Cornell before doing "Hunger Strike" with him in September 2011; "I do not know how he will affect my life and my views on music and my views on friendship and what great impact he will have." These people [other members of Pearl Jam] know him longer than me and the impact is profound. The friendship between Vedder and Cornell was also featured in the 2011 Pearl Jam Twenty documentary.
Depression and substance abuse
Cornell struggled with depression and had many addictions (mostly alcohol and prescribed medicines), which he managed to manage from about 1980 to 1997, when Soundgarden broke up and his first marriage failed. At that time he turned to OxyContin and other substances. Cornell says of that period; "I was having a serious crisis with depression where I did not eat all the food every day I just found myself the only way out was to change almost everything in my life that was very scary to do, but it was worth it. "He underwent rehab in 2002 and quit drinking and smoking around 2005.
Cornell stated in the 1996 interview: "I know what it's like to be suicidal, and I know what it feels like without hope." There are some points where I learned enough about myself to know I have no tolerance for other obstacles. In 1999, Cornell said about depression, "No one really knows what run-of-the-mill depression is.You would think someone has a run-of-the-mill depression, and then the next thing you know, they hanging from a rope, it's hard to tell the difference, but I feel that depression can be useful, sometimes just chemicals, it does not seem to come from anywhere, and every time I get depressed, Over the years try not only to imagine what it's like to be in there, but try to remind yourself that I can wake up the next day and it can get lost as it happens, and not have to worry about it u. at the same time, when I feel great, I remember depression and think about the differences in what I feel and why I will feel that way, and not be reactionary one way or another. You just have to realize that this is a lifestyle and you just go through them. "
In an interview in 2006, Cornell revealed that at the age of 14, he had a poor PCP experience and suffered panic disorder and agoraphobia. "I had a bad experience [angel of dust] when I was 14 years old and I had a panic disorder, and of course, I did not tell the truth to anyone.This is not like you go to your father or doctor and say, 'Yes, I smoking PCP and I'm having a bad time. 'So I became more or less agoraphobic because I had flashbacks From 14 to 16 I had no friends I stayed at home most of the time Until then life was pretty good The world is huge and I feel that I can do whatever I want, suddenly, I feel like I can not do anything, but in isolation, my imagination really has time to run.I never did drugs until the late age of 20 Unfortunately, being a child of two alcoholics, I started drinking a lot, and that's what ultimately got me back into medicine.You often hear that pots lead to drugs ang harder. But I think alcohol is what brings you to everything, because it eliminates fear. The worst drug trial I ever did was because I was drunk and did not care. "
In May 2007, Cornell was awarded the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for "his dedication and support from MAP Fund MusiCares and his devotion to helping other addicts with the recovery process." The award was submitted by Alice Cooper.
When asked how he overcame his addiction, Cornell stated, "It was a long period to realize that this way was better, through rehab, honestly, helping... it kept me away from just everyday, the saturation of depression and either trying to not drink or use drugs or do it and you know, they give you a simple message that can be done by a fool and it's just repetitive, but the point is really, and this is the part that is scary for everyone, the individual must rather want it... not a bit, you have to want it and not do that crap again or you will never stop and it will just kill you.Nothing you can do.. If your best friend has a problem and that is very seriously, there's nothing you can do about it and it's sad for me and the people around me. sad for me when my friends are dead al therefore. "
In a 2011 interview, Cornell said the big change with the reformed Soundgarden was the lack of alcohol: "The biggest difference I noticed... and we have not even really talked about it: no Jack Daniel bottles around or beer. And we never talk about it... it's not there. "
Death
At about 12:15 am on May 18, 2017, Cornell was found unconscious by his bodyguard in his hotel room's bathroom at the MGM Grand in Detroit after performing at a Soundgarden show at Fox Theater on May 17th. He lies on the floor with a band of exercise around his neck and blood in his mouth. A medical officer and EMS MGM can not revive Cornell. Cornell was declared dead by a doctor at 1:30 am. The police ruled out the killing by reviewing the hotel's surveillance video, which showed no-one entering or leaving the suite after his bodyguard left at about 11:35. The cause of his death was suicide by hanging. Cornell is 52 years old. His final concert record was posted on YouTube. Cornell's widow contacted Kirk Pasich's insurance lawyer within minutes of her husband's death. Pasich became the spokesperson for Cornell's widow and blamed Ativan for the singer's death, stating that Cornell would not deliberately take his own life. Cornell's widow said, "When we talked after the show, I saw her abbreviate her words, she was different, and when she told me she might have taken an extra Ativan or two, I called the security and asked them to check it out."
On June 2, 2017, Wayne County Medical Examiner released an autopsy and toxicology report in Cornell's death. The coroner confirms that the way of death is suicide by hanging, adding his injuries are all "consistent with hanging, partially suspended by resistance training bands," and that "drugs do not contribute" to the cause of death. Only prescription drugs in therapeutic doses are found in the Cornell system: Butalbital sedation (5.4 mcg/mL), commonly prescribed for the treatment of headache, four doses (41 ng/mL) of lorazepam anti-anxiety drug (also known as Ativan ), pseudoephedrine decongestant (170 ng/mL) and norpseudoephedrine (10 ng/mL) metabolite, caffeine (from Cornell's digested No-Doz tablet), together with naloxone (Narcan), were used to reverse the overdose of opioids, reportedly administered by EMT arrived at the scene. No pills were found in Cornell's stomach. Ativan is prescribed for Cornell in 2016. Photos from Cornell's hotel room indicate that the recipe for Ativan is "1 tablet every 12 hours." After the release of an autopsy and toxicology report, Cornell's widow released a statement to the press:
Many of us who know Chris realize that he is not himself in his last hours and there is something very bad. We have learned from this report that some substances are found in the system. After years of calm, this terrible moment of judgment seems to have completely disrupted and changed his state of mind. Something is obviously very wrong and my children and I are very sad and devastated because this moment can never be taken back. We deeply appreciate all the love we have received during this very difficult time and are dedicated to helping others in preventing this type of tragedy.
Three weeks after his death, the music video for Cornell's single "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" was removed from YouTube. Released in September 2015, the video depicts the singer as a prisoner sentenced to death at Old West preparing to be hanged, but does not portray the real success of the Cornell character. His nose was sabotaged by the executioner's assistant, so he survived being hanged and forced to marry a woman who sabotaged his hanging. Cornell's son, Christopher, also appeared on the video.
Cornell openly talks about his struggle with depression, isolation, and thoughts of suicide several times throughout his life. After the death of Cornell, his brother Peter started a campaign to raise awareness about depression and suicide prevention. "Maybe we can help avoid another family destruction," Peter shared in his social media. A few days later, Peter reveals that he was harassed and threatened to change the narrative of this conscious message; "Change the message or throw it all out, it's reached the point where my mental health, my calm and my family's safety are at risk, and this bullying comes from a place I never imagined," he said. before saying that he would remove himself from social media and ask his followers to keep the conversation and break through this stigma. In October 2017, Peter Cornell reacted to the criticism thrown at him in social media by his brother's mother-in-law. He talked about the stigma surrounding mental illness and the addiction narrative that was being turned by the widow of his brother and family to explain Cornell's death, stating, "And there's that word again." Stigma somehow "sexy" to become an addict I'm also familiar, but do not talk about mental illness, Stigma, there are people who become victims and bully us, mock and demand us to live again and tell the details of our painful parenting, for what purpose? "Do not remove the damage that happened. It does not return the hands of time. We are safe. "
On July 11, 2017, the Detroit Police Department released a full police report, photos of the Cornell hotel room, and a 911 call from the MGM Grand Detroit from the night of Cornell's death. Calls were made by hotel employees at 12:56 am, reporting "unresponsive guests... in Room 1136." According to the report, Martin Kirsten, Cornell's bodyguard, was in the singer's hotel room at 11:30 pm. to help him with his computer, "which did not work at that time." He also said that Cornell's wife, Vicky, talked to her husband at 11:35, and worried about what she heard, she called the bodyguard to ask her to check on her husband "because she does not sound like she's okay." According to Vicky, Cornell kept saying, "I'm just tired," and hung up. A call from Cornell's wife at 12:15 pm asked his guard to go to Corne's room
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