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Chris Cornell
Christopher John Cornell was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary lyricist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. He also had a solo career and contributed to numerous movie soundtracks. Cornell was the founder and frontman of Temple of the Dog, a one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend, musician Andrew Wood of Malfunkshun and Mothe…
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entertainment · American musician (1964–2017) · singer · songwriter · guitarist · musician · composer · also Chris Cornell, Christopher John Boyle, Christopher J. Cornell, Cornell
Born 20 July 1964 · Died 18 May 2017 · Q270935
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2026· 20 entries
“Every band is fucking doing anniversary projects. It’s the punctuation mark at the end of the record industry.”
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“Time kills a lot of artists we were listening to as kids.”
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“they seemed to treat it as though it was a vanity project for me”
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“I didn’t deal well with Andy’s death. After he died, numerous times I’d be driving and I would look out the window and I thought I saw him. It would take me five minutes to update to the moment and realize, ‘no, he’s actually dead.’ This tour, in a sense, is the dealing. It’s facing the reality.”
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“It worked because our hearts were in the right place and there were no expectations.”
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“For us to do anything else would risk tarnishing that legacy, which is partly why we stopped. As a performer, I’m able to do what I want, and what I’m doing now feels good.”
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“the other guys in the band wanted to issue some sort of statement, but that would have sounded like an apology, or damage control.”
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“When we spoke after the show, I noticed he was slurring his words; he was different. When he told me he may have taken an extra Ativan or two, I contacted security and asked that they check on him.”
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“t listen to his songs for about two years after that, and it was for that reason—his lyrics often seem as though they can tell that story. But then again, my lyrics often could tell the same one. In terms of seeing everything as a matter of life and death—if that”
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“I was very honored to be asked to record a version of”
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LOS40: Chris Cornell creía que la “culpa punk” fue un factor en la muerte de Kurt Cobain
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Ultimate Guitar: Matt Cameron Says Chris Cornell Had 'the X Factor You Can't Teach.' Cameron Still Feels His Loss: 'I Wish He Was Still Here'
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grunge.com: Quote Of The Day By Chris Cornell: 'I've Never Had Any Understanding Of Why ...'
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Ultimate Guitar: 'Soundgarden Was Not Immediately Liked by Any Stretch,' and the Band's Early Obscurity Had a Radical Impact on Chris Cornell: 'It Formed Me as a Person'
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Mshale: Backstage With Ann And Nancy Wilson Of Heart, And Chris Cornell Associazione Calcio Chievoverona (1jltzMPzRZ)
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Forbes: Soundgarden’s Final Chris Cornell Album Is Nearing Completion
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The Guardian: ‘We were going off the cliff’: Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil on inventing grunge – and losing Chris Cornell and Kurt Cobain
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People: What to Know About Rocker Chris Cornell's Death and Legacy, 9 Years Later
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VICE: Chris Cornell Wrote This Soundgarden Hit After His Producer ‘Strongly Urged’ Him Not to Write Music for Fans
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2025· 2 entries
Collider: Chris Cornell’s Legacy Lives On Through Soundgarden’s Unreleased Final Album
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Cornell was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Soundgarden
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2023· 1 entry
Lead Stories rated the claim “Avicii, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell And Anthony Bourdain Killed For Work on The Silent Children Documentary” No Connection.
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2022· 3 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “Anthony Bourdain and Chris Cornell were killed while working on a documentary about “widespread pedophilia.”” Pants on Fire.
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Yahoo: Remembering Chris Cornell, 5 Years Later
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USA Today rated the claim “Avicii, Chester Bennington, Anthony Bourdain and Chris Cornell all died by suicide while working on the film 'Silent Children'” False.
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2021· 2 entries
loudwire: Chris Cornell’s Family Reaches Court Settlement With Singer’s Doctor
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E!: Chris Cornell's Family Reaches Settlement With Doctor Who Prescribed Him "Mind-Altering" Drugs
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2020· 1 entry
Released album “No One Sings Like You Anymore”.
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2019· 1 entry
Cornell won a posthumous Grammy Award for the Best Rock Performance at the 61st Grammy Awards for his single "When Bad Does Good"
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2018· 2 entries
Released album “Chris Cornell”.
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Cornell's first posthumous song was released
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2017· 5 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell were murdered because they were about to reveal a ring of pedophiles.” False.
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Died 2017-05-18.
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It was announced that Audioslave would reunite for their first show in twelve years at Prophets of Rage's Anti-Inaugural Ball, protesting President Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the United States
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Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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“I've never been big into self-promotion. It's awkward for me. Just seeing my name on a T-shirt freaks me out.”
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2016· 1 entry
Cornell covered the song "Stay With Me Baby" for the soundtrack of the HBO TV series Vinyl
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2015· 5 entries
Released album “Higher Truth”.
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Cornell joined Mike McCready and Barrett Martin plus Duff McKagan, Sean Kinney, the Seattle Symphony and others in a special 'Sonic Evolution' concert at Seattle's Benaroya Hall in a tribute to Mad Season
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Pearl Jam bandmates (minus Vedder) Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, and Matt Cameron joined Chris Cornell and Mike McCready during the Mad Season Sonic Evolution Concert at Benaroya Hall with the Seattle Symphony
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On CD and vinyl and retitled Euphoria Mourning, with Cornell stating in the press release that he had originally intended that title for the album, but his manager at the time, Jim Guerinot, suggested that "Euphoria Morn
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“s last studio album, Higher Truth, was released on September 18, 2015. The last solo release prior to his death was the charity single”
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2013· 5 entries
The Seattle band Heart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Cornell gave Heart's induction speech and emotionally talked about what heroes and role models Ann and Nancy Wilson had been to him and other m
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Cornell performed a 10-minute acoustic set at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball, which recognized Medal of Honor recipients and Wounded Warriors
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A portion of proceeds from ticket sales went to benefit the cause
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Cornell made the song available for streaming on his official website in honor of the kids who died in the Sandy Hook tragedy
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Cornell wrote the song "Misery Chain", for the soundtrack to the film 12 Years a Slave, in which he performed a duet with Joy Williams
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2012· 3 entries
Released album “Carry On + Scream”.
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Soundgarden released their first song in 15 years, "Live to Rise", written for The Avengers movie soundtrack
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The Cornells created the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation which works to aid the homeless, the poor, and abused or neglected children
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2011· 7 entries
Released album “Songbook”.
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Released album “2011-04-22: The Vic, Chicago, IL”.
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Released album “Songbook Live In South America 2011”.
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James Franco was attached to direct the film and star in the role of Ramirez
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In the album Melodies & Dreams, a solo album from Andrew Wood featuring unreleased songs he recorded throughout his life
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“Was that good or bad? And what happened was we toured with them and their audience all bought Soundgarden records.”
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“The biggest difference I noticed. .. and we haven”
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2010· 2 entries
Soundgarden held a secret show at the Showbox Theater on First Avenue in downtown Seattle, publicized via the band's mailing list
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Cornell alluded to a Soundgarden reunion via his Twitter account, writing: "The 12-year break is over and school is back in session
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2009· 8 entries
Cornell made a surprise appearance during a Pearl Jam concert at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles
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Cornell performed John Lennon's "Imagine" on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
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Released ep “Part of Me Remix EP”.
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Cornell took over Atlanta Rock station, Project 961, WKLS
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Released album “Scream”.
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Cornell co-wrote a song with a fan named Rory Dela Rosa
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Cornell planned to turn Philip Carlo's true crime book The Night Stalker: The Life and Crimes of Richard Ramirez, into a film, collaborating with Carlo to produce the screenplay
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Contributed vocals on the song, "Mister Dirt", from the album, Good
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2008· 1 entry
Cornell was featured on the main stage of Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour
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2007· 7 entries
Cornell released his second solo album, Carry On, produced by Steve Lillywhite
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Released album “Carry On”.
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Released album “Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music”.
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Released album “The Roads We Choose: A Retrospective”.
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Cornell officially announced his departure from Audioslave, stating that "Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave
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“Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavors.”
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Cornell appeared as a supporting act to 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
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2006· 3 entries
At O-Baren in Stockholm, is widely available for download under the title Chris Cornell: Unplugged in Sweden
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Released album “Unplugged in Sweden”.
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Released album “BBC Sessions”.
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2005· 1 entry
Audioslave played a free show in Havana, Cuba
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2004· 1 entry
Married Vicky Karayiannis, a Paris-based American publicist of Greek heritage
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2000· 1 entry
Released album “Live in Denver (Feb. 12th, 2000)”.
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1999· 3 entries
Released album “Live In Los Angeles”.
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Released album “Euphoria Mourning”.
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“ll think somebody has run-of-the-mill depression, and then the next thing you know, they”
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1998· 1 entry
Cornell began working on material for a solo album upon which he collaborated with Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider of the band Eleven
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1997· 2 entries
Cornell collaborated with Eleven on a rendition of the song, "Ave Maria", for the Christmas compilation album, A Very Special Christmas 3
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Soundgarden received another Grammy award nomination for the lead single "Pretty Noose"
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1996· 1 entry
“I know what it feels like to be suicidal, and I know what it feels like to be hopeless. There is some point where I learned enough about myself to know that I don”
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1994· 1 entry
Released album “Supermainstream”.
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1992· 5 entries
Cornell co-wrote the song "The Message" for the album Cuatro by the metal band Flotsam and Jetsam
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Cornell and three other former members of Temple of the Dog played under the name M
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Cornell contributed his first solo song "Seasons", and Soundgarden's "Birth Ritual" to the Singles soundtrack
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And was later ranked number 45 in the October 2006 issue of Guitar World on the magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitar albums of all time
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Released ep “Poncier”.
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1991· 1 entry
And the video was removed from MTV's playlist
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1990· 2 entries
Led Cornell to make a tribute album for him with the band Temple of the Dog
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Were joined by a new bassist, Ben Shepherd
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1989· 1 entry
Soundgarden released their second effort and their first album for a major label, Louder Than Love
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1988· 1 entry
To release their debut album, Ultramega OK, for which they earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Metal Performance in 1990
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1987· 1 entry
And the Fopp EP in 1988 (a combination of the two was issued as Screaming Life/Fopp in 1990)
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1986· 1 entry
Sundquist, who by that point had a wife and a child, decided to leave the band and spend time with his family
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1985· 2 entries
Enlisted Scott Sundquist to take over as drummer so that Cornell could concentrate on vocals
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Cornell started dating Susan Silver, the manager of Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and Screaming Trees, and they married in 1990
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1984· 1 entry
By Cornell, Thayil, and Yamamoto, with Cornell originally on drums and vocals
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1964· 2 entries
In Seattle, Washington, where he was raised
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Born 1964-07-20.
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