Chris Cornell Dead @ 52

Mushy

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Suicide according to the link and headline but don't give them the clicks , no where in that article does it say anything different to any other agency. Only in the headline does it mention "killed himself"

I saw a thing that quoted the Associated Press about hanging himself.

Truly gutted, the man was so naturally talented and was able to share it with everyone!

Mushy

Mushy wrote: »

I saw a thing that quoted the Associated Press about hanging himself.

Truly gutted, the man was so naturally talented and was able to share it with everyone!

Oh maybe they've updated that sky article too so , I've seen a few other placed quote AP also.

I was just thinking earlier that Superunknown was the first cd I ever bought when upgrading from tapes

Used the refund form my Nirvana ticket to buy it. Can still remember cycling down on my lunch from school.

DoozerT6

Black Hole Sun was part of the soundtrack to my J1 in America in 1994. Loved his voice and always had a soft spot for his particular musical 'sound'.

Mushy

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Oh maybe they've updated that sky article too so , I've seen a few other placed quote AP also.

I was just thinking earlier that Superunknown was the first cd I ever bought when upgrading from tapes

Used the refund form my Nirvana ticket to buy it. Can still remember cycling down on my lunch from school.

I still agree with not clicking on a sky news link haha.

I first encountered Soundgarden when I sold my Metallica 04 ticket. Too young to go on my own, couldn't be bothered seeing Slipknot, bought some cds of bands recommended to me. AIC, PJ and SP were the others, all are in my favourite bands list now.

david75

There is a released police report saying it's suicide.

hellyeah

Gutted to hear this today. Had the pleasure of seeing soundgarden at donnington and the o2 back in 2012 if memory serves me correct.
Being a life long fan i was truely mesmerised by both performances.
A true talent never to be replaced.

Fishorsealant

Black hole sun unplugged is just great!

Grid.

Shocking news, still can't believe it.........what a dark day for music. R.I.P Chris:(

david75

Great read


Story time.

In the spirit of celebrating Chris Cornell below is a story from the Soundgarden sessions for Down on the Upside. It always makes me smile. Much of what happens in the studio is never to be shared by a non band member, but I know I’m on safe ground. It could be shorter, buy you need some of the back story. Also please forgive my poor writing, for Brian Cook I am not.

It begins in June of 1995. Pearl Jam is in Studio Litho rehearsing for their tour with Neil Young and after that recording a song with Ed Brooks for the Home Alive compilation. I am there as the assistant engineer and am getting acquainted with everyone as we work the kinks out during the first session at the studio.

At some point during the session Mike McCready shows up with a blow up doll, NOT the kind you think. He is named “Safety Man.” His intended use is to sit in your passenger seat so people don’t think you are driving alone. Mike had purchased one for each band member and had brought Stone’s to the studio and blown it up. Eventually Safety Man ends up in the basement along with various other items stored there; Shawn Smith’s (from Brad/Satchel) flamboyant frontman wardbobe, pianos, congas, reels of tape, etc. At some point over the coming months someone (who I believe to be Brian Wood, brother of Andy Wood, from the band Devilhead) dresses the doll up in Shawn Smith’s clothes from the studio’s basement. Big floppy hat covering his plastic face, purple flowing shirt, pants with patches, etc.

When Soundgarden came into the studio in October of 1995 to continue working on the record Safety Man had made his way from the basement, still fully clothed, to a chair on the far side of the kitchen/lounge, which is the room you walk into when you arrive. For quite a while Safety Man would scare the **** out of me when I unlocked the door in the AM because I didn’t expect anyone to be there before me. Eventually I got used to the doll’s presence so I forgot about him.

One of my daily tasks as the assistant (since we didn't ahve interns) was to get our meals. Each night I would bring it back, lay it out, go get whichever members were there and we’d relax and eat. On this night I made my typical trip to a local restaurant and came back with the food. I returned, as expected, to Safety Man calmly keeping guard in the kitchen as the band were in the control room working on something. As I was laying out the food Safety Man got up and started running at me from across the room and yelling. I don’t know exactly how I reacted, but I definitely had the **** scared out of me. Turns out Chris had changed into Safety Man's clothes and had been laying in wait to prank me. Not in 1 million years would I have expected that from him. He got me.

Anyway, that’s my CC story. Thanks for indulging me.

RIP.

Three of my favorites Chris/SG songs:

Tighter and Tighter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHmBz9T7ml0

4th of July - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU4L6THYAbM

Seasons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TksqEIl1uxU

Arequipa

Evening.. I heard this news this am...
It is really sad & I have felt quite down today.. I grew up with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains & Soundgarden & then Stone Temple Pilots & the Smashing Pumpkins..
Chris was a talented musician & had one of the best voices I have ever heard...
Kurt shot himself, Layne died of drugs of, Scott died of heart attack probably from drug abuse,
I find life tough a lot & have always found Seattle music kinda cathartic but news like this saddens me...
I love Pearl Jam & worship Ed Ved... thank God he is still alive & with us

RIP Chris...

PropJoe10

One of the worst days I've had in my recent life. Without being too dramatic, I feel like a family member has died - that's what Chris Cornell and his music has meant to me over the last 15 years or more.

A tough one to take.

fluke

PropJoe10 wrote: »

One of the worst days I've had in my recent life. Without being too dramatic, I feel like a family member has died - that's what Chris Cornell and his music has meant to me over the last 15 years or more.

A tough one to take.

I hear you - grieving the loss of him has been so tough today...really just ready to sleep this day off!

PM if you feel the need to talk.

PropJoe10

fluke wrote: »

I hear you - grieving the loss of him has been so tough today...really just ready to sleep this day off!

PM if you feel the need to talk.

Thanks bro. Consoling myself with a good Soundgarden/Audioslave/TOTD playlist tonight, and raising a glass! It's funny what music can do to you. It gets into your soul without you even realising it!

david75

This is a story from ed vedders show in Seattle back in 2009/10(?)

Ed was having a party in his house. All the soundgarden lads QOTSA etc etc all at the party.
There's a ukulele in the corner. Eds making the ukulele record at the time. All night chris is staring at the uke like just giving it this disdainful I dunno wtf seriously kinda look.

Ed eventually talks to him and tells him he's making a uke record but it's impossible to find a sad chord on that instrument. Just can't be done.

Chris goes 'challenge accepted'

Hours n hours later. Everyone asleep on the floor etc. Chris is still out on the balcony wrestling with the uke and eds with him and just like 'it can't be done. There are no sad chords in that instrument'

Chris smashed up the uke.

david75

david75 wrote: »

This is a story from ed vedders show in Seattle back in 2009/10(?)

Ed was having a party in his house. All the soundgarden lads QOTSA etc etc all at the party.
There's a ukulele in the corner. Eds making the ukulele record at the time. All night chris is staring at the uke like just giving it this disdainful I dunno wtf seriously kinda look.

Ed eventually talks to him and tells him he's making a uke record but it's impossible to find a sad chord on that instrument. Just can't be done.

Chris goes 'challenge accepted'

Hours n hours later. Everyone asleep on the floor etc. Chris is still out on the balcony wrestling with the uke and eds with him and just like 'it can't be done. There are no sad chords in that instrument'

Chris smashed up the uke.

Great story, never heard it before. Have to laugh at Chris' reaction to the Uke, it wouldn't be far away from my own. I'm now wondering if minor chords are possible on a Uke :pac:

Ronan|Raven

Shockin,,, horrid shockin.. and it only recently he attended the opening of Dunnes in Cornelscourt

Mental Mickey

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

Shockin,,, horrid shockin.. and it only recently he attended the opening of Dunnes in Cornelscourt

If that's an attempt at humour, it's pathetic

Grayditch

Jaysus, if yer gonna make a joke, make it at least good.

JP Liz V1

Bandana boy wrote: »

Amazing voice ,arguably best actual Singer in a Rock Band of all time
This song was always my favorite of his , also possibly had the best ever Bond song with Know my Name

I loved his Bond tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=867iyhVFyEw

Headshot

I heard about this morning and was absolutely gutted. Im still gutted

My dream of seeing AudioSlave getting back together is dashed

Such horrible news, far to young

Headshot

david75 wrote: »

His wife called the hotel to get them to check on him and his body was found with something round his neck. Being reported as a possible suicide. That doesn't make much sense. I really hope it isn't that.

Yup looks to be suicide.

So sad, there must of been a lot of trouble in the background.

He just got off a concert as well and he was actively looking forward to touring as well

Always number 1

Genuinely gasped when I read this... I've been a huge fan of Grunge music from when my cousin gave me a bootleg tape (yes I'm that old) of Nevermind for my 12th birthday... Ploughed through Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden etc as an angry angsty teen and even though as I got older the flannel shirts have been replaced with check blouses and my converse have been replaced by... who am I kidding I still live in converse, when I have a crap day, I still throw on Black Hole Sun or Down in a Hole or Heart Shaped Box and it gets me back on track... Another of Seattle's finest sons gone - another little piece of my formative years gone... RIP Chris Cornell

triggermortis

Shocking news. RIP

Audioslaven

RIP Chris. Feel bad today, you will be missed

david75

Lovely pic. Chris Ed and Jeff and Glen. Taken at PJ20

PropJoe10

Arequipa wrote: »

Evening.. I heard this news this am...
It is really sad & I have felt quite down today.. I grew up with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains & Soundgarden & then Stone Temple Pilots & the Smashing Pumpkins..
Chris was a talented musician & had one of the best voices I have ever heard...
Kurt shot himself, Layne died of drugs of, Scott died of heart attack probably from drug abuse,
I find life tough a lot & have always found Seattle music kinda cathartic but news like this saddens me...
I love Pearl Jam & worship Ed Ved... thank God he is still alive & with us

RIP Chris...

Look after yourself, bro!

fluke

It effin sucks so much that he's gone :-(

Mushy

fluke wrote: »

It effin sucks so much that he's gone :-(

Just been blasting out Audioslave all morning. It isnt often you get somebody who can take great songs up a few levels, his voice added another dimension to it all.

peter1892

Very sad news indeed. I liked Soundgarden & Audioslave were cool too but I absolutely loved that Temple of the dog album, played it a lot back in the day (early 90s).

team_actimel

DoozerT6 wrote: »

Black Hole Sun was part of the soundtrack to my J1 in America in 1994. Loved his voice and always had a soft spot for his particular musical 'sound'.

What a great time to be on a J1 in America, I'd say those are some special memories with that soundtrack.

runningbuddy

He had an amazing voice, wasn't a huge fan..hubby is though. The fact that it was suicide is just awful...be at peace Chris

seachto7

I am now wondering if their was pressure on Chris? Financial worries? Maybe he didn't like being in Soundgarden again and felt he couldn't quit, that it would be a failure if he did so.... We'll never know I guess....

david75

Great read. Chris' quotes on Bowie are revealing.
https://twitter.com/thetwicket/status/865520520602636290

david75

'I may have taken an extra Ativan or two' those are powerful drugs man. I don't think he intentionally set out to kill himself at all.

http://variety.com/2017/music/news/chris-cornells-family-prescription-drugs-may-have-influenced-suicide-1202436611/

PTH2009

david75 wrote: »

'I may have taken an extra Ativan or two' those are powerful drugs man. I don't think he intentionally set out to kill himself at all.

http://variety.com/2017/music/news/chris-cornells-family-prescription-drugs-may-have-influenced-suicide-1202436611/

have been a few anti-anxiety medications before and sadly with some people they have bad side effects and can change a person. I hated them and the doctor told me its all in my head etc and the drugs were not contributing to it etc

very sad case for Chris family and friends. Hope they find the strenght to get through it all

numbnutz

Walked to an office yesterday morning and the first thing the receptionist told me was this news....for me there's very few deaths that stop you thinking straight and for the whole day just couldn't get it out my head. Stunning voice and what a career he had, always current and creative. Scott and Layne I hope will be waiting to guide him home. Another massive loss to music. Another encore in the sky. Sleep well Chris you rocked everyone's world.

seachto7

Took me an hour to get any work done yesterday. I had tears in my eyes. I was never much of a "fan boy", but I'm a huge fan of all Soundgarden albums bar 2, (Ultramega and Screaming Life). So I didn't like everything Cornell was involved in, but the stuff I did like, I really did like it, and Superunknown changed my approach to guitar playing as well. I always joked that he was the only man I'd turn gay for!

fluke

seachto7 wrote: »

Took me an hour to get any work done yesterday. I had tears in my eyes. I was never much of a "fan boy", but I'm a huge fan of all Soundgarden albums bar 2, (Ultramega and Screaming Life). So I didn't like everything Cornell was involved in, but the stuff I did like, I really did like it, and Superunknown changed my approach to guitar playing as well. I always joked that he was the only man I'd turn gay for!

I was useless in work yesterday. I listened to some Cornell songs then didn't (couldn't actually...), then was able to work for 30 mins or so, then wasn't...

Similar to yourself I never really got into the pre-Badmotorfinger stuff. Yesterday evening I bought Louder Then Love and then Songbook, and Higher Truth.

seachto7

I bought Badmotorfinger on vinyl yesterday. Hummed and hawed for ages because it's expensive, but just thought feck it, today's the day, and used a voucher anyways! Songbook is good. Must give it a spin again.

PropJoe10

Hardly got a tap of work done yesterday myself. I've actually heard from people that I haven't spoken to in years over the past day or two since this news broke. So many people I know are devastated and really feeling this badly.

david75

Sorta shocked but comforting too how widespread this loss has been felt. Too often we sneer at people mourning a celebrity death. Guess we don't know what that person meant to them. Now we do. Still sucks though. Just feel mad winded by it.

Say Your Number

I follow Chris on Facebook, he was posting stuff Wednesday, so when I saw the thread here yesterday afternoon I was floored, never been so sickened by a celebrity death (Lemmy was sad, but it wasn't surprising) the fact that he was relatively young and he seemed trouble free is what is making this so hard to comprehend, love the Higher Truth album, was looking forward to more introspective acoustic albums in the future.

Listened to the first Audioslave album today, forgot how consistent that album is, love how he purrs the verses on 'Show Me How To Live' and roars his head off for the chorus, and the acoustic breakdown after the solo on 'Like a Stone' is one of my favourites bits of music ever, was welling up listening to 'The Last Remaining Light'

Dug this out earlier , was some day out at 15 years old even kissed a girl . Smashing Pumpkins in the SXF the night before. Easy to look back and say that those were the days but yeah those WERE F'N THE DAYS !!!!!!!

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Agree with posters above re: Celebrate death , for me often it's the memories they invoke of different points in your life when they pass. and with Chris it's mid 90'.s what a time for music and reminded me of the girl I was seeing at the time. First love , someone I hadn't thought of in an age and who actually looked me up on facebook yesterday like another poster above got messages from old friends for the same reason Soundgarden and Chris reminded her of me and told me her news and about her kids etc and I told her about mine. Crazy stuff.

fluke

Say Your Number wrote: »

I follow Chris on Facebook, he was posting stuff Wednesday, so when I saw the thread here yesterday afternoon I was floored, never been so sickened by a celebrity death (Lemmy was sad, but it wasn't surprising) the fact that he was relatively young and he seemed trouble free is what is making this so hard to comprehend, love the Higher Truth album, was looking forward to more introspective acoustic albums in the future.

Listened to the first Audioslave album today, forgot how consistent that album is, love how he purrs the verses on 'Show Me How To Live' and roars his head off for the chorus, and the acoustic breakdown after the solo on 'Like a Stone' is one of my favourites bits of music ever, was welling up listening to 'The Last Remaining Light'

I am the highway got me pretty bad this morning...

Rothko

Deleted User wrote: »

Dug this out earlier , was some day out at 15 years old even kissed a girl . Smashing Pumpkins in the SXF the night before. Easy to look back and say that those were the days but yeah those WERE F'N THE DAYS !!!!!!!

IMG_20120107_201846.jpg

Agree with posters above re: Celebrate death , for me often it's the memories they invoke of different points in your life when they pass. and with Chris it's mid 90'.s what a time for music and reminded me of the girl I was seeing at the time. First love , someone I hadn't thought of in an age and who actually looked me up on facebook yesterday like another poster above got messages from old friends for the same reason Soundgarden and Chris reminded her of me and told me her news and about her kids etc and I told her about mine. Crazy stuff.

Great line-up. I'm jealous that you got to see that.

Arghus

Listening to Temple of The Dog at the moment. It's still mind-blowing to think that he's dead.

Pinch Flat

Saw soundgarden, faith no more and guns n roses at a gig in würzburg when I was in an Erasmus year in 1992. Ah those were the days.

fyfe79

fluke wrote: »

I was useless in work yesterday. I listened to some Cornell songs then didn't (couldn't actually...), then was able to work for 30 mins or so, then wasn't...

Similar to yourself I never really got into the pre-Badmotorfinger stuff. Yesterday evening I bought Louder Then Love and then Songbook, and Higher Truth.

The recent re-issue of "Ultramega OK" is worth checking out. Remixed by Jack Endino so it sounds more like the band than the original release did.

fluke

fyfe79 wrote: »

fluke wrote: »

I was useless in work yesterday. I listened to some Cornell songs then didn't (couldn't actually...), then was able to work for 30 mins or so, then wasn't...

Similar to yourself I never really got into the pre-Badmotorfinger stuff. Yesterday evening I bought Louder Then Love and then Songbook, and Higher Truth.

The recent re-issue of "Ultramega OK" is worth checking out. Remixed by Jack Endino so it sounds more like the band than the original release did.

Thanks fyfe79 I'll definitely check that out.

fyfe79

Suas11 wrote: »

Great line-up. I'm jealous that you got to see that.

Sunstroke '95 was my first ever gig. I actually never realised until I saw that ticket that TAD were supposed to play. Pennywise and Spunge (spelling?) played instead.