RIP Chris Cornell

IvyTheTerrible

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/chris-cornell-dead-soundgarden-audioslave-aged-52-a7742046.html

Soundgarden frontman Cornell died suddenly in Detroit.

Another icon from my teenage years gone!

Giblet

Nooooooooooooo!

My favourite singer . Say Hello 2 Heaven

amcalester

**** sake!

RocketRaccoon

Wow, just wow. This has completely shocked me.

Winterlong

Ah no. What a great voice and seemed like a genuinely nice human in the interviews I saw.

seachto7

Holy f*ck!!!

unplayable

Gutted what a voice!

Mental Mickey

F***ing hell!!!!

ILikeBoats

Aw man

Was he touring with Temple of the Dog at the moment?

Big shock

Parchment

Wow. Thats so sad - he was so young. He had an amazing voice.

Lollipops23

I saw Audioslave at Oxegen 05 and fell in love. Can't get my head around this at all. RIP Chris.

NRR

Sucks for anyone to go out at that age, nevermind his talent and everything else.

Audioslave is still one of the top 5 live shows I've ever seen.

One of the top voices in rock of the last 30 years. Brutal, brutal news.

Luckycharms_74

Wow
He was such an underrated singer

Ulysses Gaze

Ah ****....

Soundgarden were one of my favourite bands growing up. Superunknown got me through my Leaving Cert years. Soundgarden, along with Temple of the Dog, AIC and Pearl Jam were the soundtrack to those years for me.

What a voice he had. First time I heard Say Hello 2 Heaven I was hooked on it. Then I got a copies of Louder than Love and Badmotorfinger and I was hooked on the band.

Very sad day for music.

RIP Chris. And thanks for all the joy you brought to me and millions through your music.

eviltimeban

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Aw man

Was he touring with Temple of the Dog at the moment?

Big shock

Was touring with Soundgarden. He had just tweeted 8 hours ago!

AndyBoBandy

Ah FFS!!

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

Christ, this is grim news.

RIP

Gunslinger92

Sake

RobbingBandit

that's a **** bit of news to wake up to, amazing singer, great band too.

jacksie66

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AndyBoBandy

You know it's big news when my 62 year old mother is texting me saying how sad it is

He was one of those instantly recognisable voices in rock music.

A very influential part of my youth.

eviltimeban

This is amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuUDRU9-HRk

jacksie66

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AtomicHorror

The man had a rare voice. Superunknown is still one of my all time favorite albums. What a loss.

Tabnabs

Really shocking news, another icon from the greatest era of music has died. RIP

Chris at his very best.

Knex*

Jesus. At 52, so young.

His version of Nothing Compares 2 U was played a fair bit around the time of prince's death last year. 13 months later and he himself passes away.

Erik Shin

Up there with Eddie Vedder as the voice of the 90's for me....only a few years older than me.....horrid news

physioman

Very sad. What a voice. Loved the theme song for james bond casino royale film. My favourite James bond theme

ceadaoin.

:(Genuinely shocked. Ffs

DrumSteve

Lollipops23 wrote: »

I saw Audioslave at Oxegen 05 and fell in love. Can't get my head around this at all. RIP Chris.

Jaysus that was 05? I'm getting old.

Seriously **** news to wake up to. Cobain, Staley now Chris, only Eddie left really. RIP

Riddle101

DrumSteve wrote: »

Jaysus that was 05? I'm getting old.

Seriously **** news to wake up to. Cobain, Staley now Chris, only Eddie left really. RIP

I was thinking the same. Although I would also count Scott Weiland as well.

Anyway rest in peace Chris Cornell.

DrumSteve

Riddle101 wrote: »

I was thinking the same. Although I would also count Scott Weiland as well.

Anyway rest in peace Chris Cornell.

Yeah, forgot about Scott that was a real shame also. Great front man.

Your Face

Never a big fan of his music but he had a great voice.
Very young.
RIP

Wanderer78

Well holy **** balls! Rip

razorblunt

RIP. Unique voice.

I think he also made a huge contribution to the reboot of Bond. Great, great them song that helped dragged the series into modern times.

eviltwin

Such an incredible talent. So sad to see another of my teenage icons pass on.

Gatling

Absolutely gutted ,
Rip Chris Cornell

"Black hole sun
Won't you come
And wash away the rain
Black hole sun
Won't you come
Won't you come"

ManOfMystery

Favourite musician of mine ever, totally gutted. 3 kids who were obviously devoted to him too judging by the numerous twitter photos and so on. Very sad.
Will be remembered fondly for his unique voice, but he was one hell of a lyricist too. Many of his songs read like poems.

"And on I read until the day was gone;
And I sat in regret of all the things I've done;
For all that I've blessed, and all that I've wronged.
In dreams until my death I will wander on.

In your house I long to be;
Room by room, patiently,
I'll wait for you there like a stone.
I'll wait for you there alone, alone."

lertsnim

He could entertain me singing the phone book. A tremendous loss. RIP

pragmatic1

That's a shame. He was a great front man, what an amazing voice.

team_actimel

Shocking news. He was the soundtrack to my teenage years. Incredible voice.

Cause of death hasn't been determined/released yet.

take everything

RIP.
Amazing voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka--_6iV7nI

Love how Shadow on the Sun was used in Collateral.
RIP.

MojoRisinnnn

team_actimel wrote: »

Shocking news. He was the soundtrack to my teenage years. Incredible voice.

Cause of death hasn't been determined/released yet.

A few articles seem to be popping up online from news sources in and around Detroit suggesting the same thing. What an incredible talent gone absolutely far too young. RIP

FortuneChip

Didn't warm to Soundgarden initially in my youthful years (bar obvious singles), but revisited them after hearing Europhia Morning & Audioslave just because his voice was so strong, and so very unique.

Had the awkward pleasure of meeting him once in 2009, while working in a guest services job in Canada. Was kinda dumbstruck and didn't pluck up the courage to ask him for an autograph, or even ask him anything.
(He wasn't a very good snowboarder)

His new song for "The Promise" is really good, great showcase of his vocal talent.

RIP.

Arghus

Just reading about this now. Stunned!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmIqIVxUuKs

I'd still put Superunknown in my top ten albums of all time. It's quality blows me away each time I listen to it and it has since I was a teenager: no bad songs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySzrJ4GRF7s

Chris Cornell was one of the greatest singers in the history of rock, no question. Say Hello 2 Heaven makes the hairs stand up on the back my neck, especially the climax, when his voice finds another gear and he absolutely belts it out. What a song - so sincere and powerful. Unfortunately I can't find a single video on youtube that does it justice, so here's something else

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QI2upwk5z0

The man was a demigod during Soundgarden's heyday. Singing power out this world, but not only that, he was an outstanding songwriter to boot, most of Soundgarden's best songs were written by him, usually alone. And he was a handsome bastard too. On more than one occasion I've thought about how awesome it must have been to have been Chris Cornell during those years. The man had so much talent.

Rest in peace Chris, your music has meant a lot to me during the years and I can't believe you are gone.

team_actimel

MojoRisinnnn wrote: »

A few articles seem to be popping up online from news sources in and around Detroit suggesting the same thing. What an incredible talent gone absolutely far too young. RIP

Suicide suspected?

MojoRisinnnn

team_actimel wrote: »

Suicide suspected?

That's what's being reported.

Lone Stone

i think that's all my favorite grunge band lead's dead now 8-( 52 feck r.i.p

ManOfMystery

I'll be pretty shocked if it was suicide as he seemed to have got past the worst points in his life - divorce, drugs/drink, Soundgarden splitting up - and got to a place where he was happy. He seemed more relaxed and content in recent interviews than he's ever been - successful solo career, new Soundgarden material coming up, happy marriage and devoted kids. 

But I guess you never truly know what's going on in someone's head.

team_actimel

Grunge - one of my favourite genres of music but has been plagued by depression and addiction.
Such incredible music has been released by the 5 main grunge bands and unfortunately only one frontman is still with us.

Pyr0

Such a shock

Audioslave was my gateway into Soundgarden and Alice in Chains when I was young and every since I've been a huge fan of his work, especially his solo albums. I'm thankful that I got to see him perform in Dublin more than once.

Listening to late Soundgarden today, his death now and the suspicions around it really highlight the troubles he/the band faced around that time.

For his family's peace of mind, I hope it wasn't suicide. The sudden death of a loved one is bad enough without that extra layer on top of it.