RIP: Chris Cornell

[Anybodyhome]

Gone at 52. He had just done a show in Detroit. Soundagrden was underrated perhaps, but the Temple of the Dog collaboration album was excellent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/arts/music/chris-cornell-dead-soundgarden.html?_r=0

Chris Cornell, the powerful, dynamic singer whose band Soundgarden was one of the architects of grunge music, has died at 52.

Mr. Cornell died Wednesday night in Detroit, said his representative, Brian Bumbery, in a statement that called the death “sudden and unexpected” and that said the singer’s family would be “working closely with the medical examiner to determine the cause.”

Mr. Cornell was born in 1964 in Seattle and helped form Soundgarden 20 years later. Sub Pop, then a fledgling record label, released the group’s first single, “Hunted Down,” in 1987, as well as two subsequent EPs. The group’s debut album, “Ultramega OK,” came a year later.

“Badmotorfinger,” released in 1991, benefited from the swell of attention that was beginning to surround the Seattle scene, where Soundgarden, along with Nirvana and Pearl Jam, were playing a high-octane, high-angst brand of rock ’n’ roll. Soundgarden’s musical journeys tended toward the knotty and dark, plunging into off-kilter meters and punctuated by Mr. Cornell’s voice, which could quickly shift from a soulful howl to a gritty growl.

[Inimicus]

Well that's just fuged up.

 

Been a huge fan of Chris' since I got my hands on a copy of Louder Than Love back in early '90.

Quite a loss...

[Jangler]

Well, wtf at least he didn't put a shotgun in his mouth.

 

 

too soon?

 

[Dex]

3 minutes ago, Jangler said:

Well, wtf at least he didn't put a shotgun in his mouth.

 

 

too soon?

 

He fell on black days =/

But in all seriousness this sucks. Grew up on their poo. 

[Jangler]

1 minute ago, Dex said:

He fell on black days =/

But in all seriousness this sucks. Grew up on their poo. 

We have all had black days...

 

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Wow.  Badmotorfinger was a great album.

[Dex]

4 minutes ago, Jangler said:

We have all had black days...

 

I preferred Battleme's cover. inb4 my generation sucks.

 

 

[Jangler]

Oh, btw...

[Doyle]

 

[RealBitsOfPanther]

This sucks. :/ 

[Doyle]

They said something on the radio about a possible suicide?

[Bronn]

sucks!

[Zaximus]

I don't think a celebrity death has affected me like this.   I'm devastated.  I know I didn't know him, but he's been my favorite singer/artist for over 20 years and I was looking forward to a new Soundgarden album and possible Temple of the Dog reunion.    It wasn't an official album, but the bootleg of "Unplugged in Sweden" is the best acoustic set I've ever heard (look it up on youtube or DL it).  

[Johnny Rockets]

26 minutes ago, Doyle said:

They said something on the radio about a possible suicide?

Early still but it seems that is the case.