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After hanging himself in his Detroit hotel room on May 18, 2017, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell was found dead at the age of just 52.

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Buda Mendes/Getty Images As the lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave, Chris Cornell was a living legend of the grunge era. Here, the singer performs at Lollapalooza Brazil in 2014.

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Chris Cornell’s death was shocking \u2014 but it wasn’t a complete surprise. After all, the Soundgarden frontman had a long history of drug addiction and depression before his apparent suicide in Detroit on May 18, 2017.

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However, his widow remained adamant that he wasn’t suicidal before his death. And some fans and amateur sleuths believed that he was actually murdered. To this day, many insist that questions remain about how Chris Cornell died and what the true cause was.

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The grunge icon’s last night on Earth began like many others. Soundgarden was on tour, having just reunited after a years-long hiatus \u2014 much to the delight of their fans. But things took a deadly turn about an hour after the band walked off the stage at Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan at 11:15 p.m.

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After the concert ended, Cornell’s bodyguard Martin Kirsten walked the singer back to his MGM Grand Hotel room. He helped him with his laptop and gave him two doses of Ativan,\u00a0an anti-anxiety drug for which Cornell had a prescription. Kirsten then retreated to his room down the hall and called it a night. But tragically, the night was far from over.

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Back in Los Angeles, Cornell’s wife Vicky noticed that the lights in her home were flickering on and off. Her husband had an app on his phone that allowed him to operate them remotely \u2014 and Vicky started to worry about why he was doing this at such an odd time.

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When she called Cornell at 11:35 p.m., he picked up the phone. But their conversation didn’t alleviate her concerns \u2014 especially since he was slurring his words. She said, “You need to tell me what you took.”

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Cornell reassured his wife that he had merely taken an “extra Ativan or two.” But Vicky’s worry deepened “because he did not sound like he is okay.” So at 12:15 a.m., she demanded that Kirsten check on her husband. But by that point, it was already too late. Chris Cornell was dead at just 52 years old.

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The singer was found with an exercise band around his neck and blood running from his mouth. While his death was ruled a suicide by hanging, fans began to suspect foul play. They thought the amount of blood found at the scene was strange for a hanging. Meanwhile, his grieving family blamed his doctor \u2014 who allegedly overprescribed him with “dangerous” medication.

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Though Chris Cornell’s death is still officially ruled a suicide, questions have lingered. But regardless of how Chris Cornell died, there’s no question that his demise was a tragedy that touched countless people around the world.

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Wikimedia CommonsChris Cornell performing at the Quart Festival in Kristiansand, Norway in 2009.

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Born Christopher John Boyle on July 29, 1964, in Seattle, Washington, Cornell later changed his last name to his mother’s maiden name after his parents divorced. Tragically, Cornell had a rough start in life and struggled with depression and drug addiction early on.

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By age 13, he was already drinking and doing drugs regularly. And unlike other rebellious adolescents, he wasn’t just experimenting with marijuana. He also used LSD and a variety of prescription drugs. And he had a terrible experience with PCP when he was just 14 years old.

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Although he vowed to stay sober, Cornell relapsed at 15 and ended up dropping out of high school. He started working in restaurants to get by. Cornell later credited his mother with saving his life when she bought him a snare drum. Before long, he was performing with cover bands in the Seattle grunge scene. Music seemed like the perfect way to escape his demons.

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Cornell found his peers soon enough and performed at the same clubs as Nirvana and Alice In Chains. In 1984, he formed Soundgarden, which became the first grunge act to sign to a major record label in 1989. But the band didn’t truly break out until 1994, after Kurt Cobain’s death.

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After producing five studio albums, selling millions of units, and performing countless sold-out tours, Soundgarden broke up in 1997. Following the band’s breakup, Cornell embarked on a successful solo career and founded the group Audioslave with members of Rage Against The Machine.

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Cornell seemed to have it all. But by the time Soundgarden reunited in 2016, his demons had returned to haunt him. In March 2017, only two months before his death, he emailed a colleague: “Would love to talk, had relapse.”

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Wikimedia CommonsThe Fox Theatre in Detroit, where Cornell performed his last show just hours before his death.

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In February 2017, just a year after Soundgarden had started working on a new album, the band announced that it would be embarking on an 18-concert tour. At first, their show in Detroit on May 17 seemed like any other performance. But some fans noticed something was “off” with Cornell.

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One reporter who was at the show said, “He often staggered back and forth across the stage, and seemed weak in his movements. Just one or two songs in, it was as if the energy had exited his body, and what was left was a shell of a man scrambling to do his job.”

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The Fox Theatre performance concluded at 11:15 p.m. Shortly thereafter, Cornell asked his bodyguard for help with his computer. Kirsten also provided him with Ativan before he went to bed. As the leaked police report confirmed, Cornell often took this medication for anxiety. But soon after he said goodnight to his bodyguard, things quickly spiraled out of control.

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Were it not for his wife, Cornell may not have been found until dawn. But Vicky Cornell couldn’t ignore the fact that her husband was remotely flickering the lights at their home in Los Angeles. So she called him at 11:35 p.m. for answers about his strange behavior.

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“That was a sign something was off,” she said, adding that he was unusually “mean” and “ranting” when they spoke on the phone.

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The concerned mother of two was initially relieved when Cornell told her that he had only taken one or two more Ativan than usual. Still, she was very worried about his condition \u2014 especially since she knew all about his troubled history with prescription drugs.

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Peter Wafzig/Redferns/Getty ImagesChris Cornell performing in Nuremberg, Germany in 2012.

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After 40 minutes of replaying the conversation in her head, Vicky Cornell called Kirsten and asked him to personally check on her husband in his hotel room. Kirsten agreed. But even though the bodyguard had a key, Cornell’s door was latched shut. Kirsten explained the situation to Cornell’s wife, who called security for help in accessing the room.

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When security refused to grant Kirsten entry, Vicky instructed Kirsten to kick the door down. Kirsten obeyed \u2014 and came across a heart-stopping sight.

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“I went inside and the bathroom door was partially opened,” Kirsten said. “And I could see his feet.”

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Kirsten found Cornell on the bathroom floor with a red exercise band around his neck and blood dripping from his mouth. The exercise band was attached to a carabiner, a device often used by rock climbers to secure their ropes. This piece of equipment had been shoved into the doorframe.

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Stephen Brashear/Getty ImagesThe Seattle Mariners paid their respects on the day of Chris Cornell’s death at Seattle’s Safeco Field.

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Looking for answers as to how Chris Cornell died, homicide detectives on the scene quickly ruled out foul play. On June 2, the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s report ruled Cornell’s death a suicide by hanging, and said that drugs “did not contribute to the cause of death.”

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Still, Cornell’s toxicology report showed that he had multiple drugs in his system at the time, including lorazepam (Ativan), pseudoephedrine (a decongestant), naloxone (an anti-opioid), butalbital (a sedative), and caffeine.

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Vicky Cornell remained adamant that her husband hadn’t been suicidal \u2014 and that the drugs had clouded his judgment. She said, “He didn’t want to die. If he was of sound mind, I know he wouldn’t have done this.”

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Meanwhile, conspiracy theories abounded shortly after Chris Cornell’s death. A big reason why people thought he was murdered was because of the amount of blood at the scene. One forensic pathologist (who wasn’t involved in the case) weighed in, saying that it was “very unlikely” that such a large amount of blood would be found after a hanging.

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In response to the people who believe her husband was murdered, Vicky Cornell has said, “Some of the people are fans just looking for answers, but some of them are conspiracy theorists who have said the most vile things to my children and me.”

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Wikimedia CommonsComet Ping Pong, a pizza parlor in Washington, D.C. This restaurant was once the focus of a since-debunked conspiracy theory that claimed it was the site of an alleged child trafficking ring.

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Before Cornell’s death, he and his wife had established a foundation for vulnerable children. But authorities firmly stated that there was no connection between the foundation and the pizza parlor in question.

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“We investigated all possible angles, and there were no signs this was anything but a suicide,” said Detroit Police media relations director Michael Woody. “But we’ve been getting inundated with different theories.”

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For starters, there were two Emergency Medical Services reports on the night of Cornell’s death that mentioned a gash on his head and a laceration to the back of his skull. Vicky Cornell said herself that these injuries were curiously left out of the autopsy report.

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Other questions about how Chris Cornell died focused on his fractured ribs \u2014 which also seemed strange to some fans in the context of a hanging. (That said, a 2014 study did find that 90 percent of CPR patients suffered the same types of injuries.) Perhaps most confusing is the fact that nobody immediately removed the band around Cornell’s neck after he was found unresponsive.

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Wikimedia CommonsCornell is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.

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Unfortunately, the grunge icon’s death was followed by a fraught aftermath \u2014 which involved multiple legal battles. His family ended up suing his doctor for prescribing “dangerous mind-altering controlled substances” to Cornell, “costing him his life.” Meanwhile, Vicky Cornell and Soundgarden have also been embroiled in legal disputes over Cornell’s money.

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Regardless of the questions that remain, Chris Cornell’s death has saddened countless family members, friends, and fans all around the world. Buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, he is survived by three children, a powerful musical legacy, and a wife who has vowed to “do everything in my power to make sure other children don’t have to cry like mine have cried.”

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Musicians Talking About Chris Cornell

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We've already compiled clips of Musicians Talking About Kurt Cobain and Musicians Talking About Layne Staley, but now we've put together a montage of musicians talking about Chris Cornell.

Just a few weeks ago marked the fifth anniversary of Cornell's death. Since May of 2017, a ton of fellow artists have spoken about the impact he had, from his work with Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog and Audioslave, to his solo material and countless collaborations with other musicians.

"I didn't realize the impact that Chris had on me as a writer and as a singer until I really started thinking about the fact that he had no boundaries when it came to writing music and doing whatever he wanted," Slipknot's Corey Taylor said. "If he wanted to try a genre, he'd do it. He was completely fearless. For me, watching that over the years, I was so inspired by that, whether it was the heaviness of stuff like 'Jesus Christ Pose' or the beautiful, acoustic stuff like 'Seasons' that he did on the Singles soundtrack."

Despite Cornell's versatility as an artist and how massively influential he came to be during his career, his Soundgarden bandmate Matt Cameron recalled the singer being incredibly shy onstage during the band's infancy.

"I remember him not speaking to the crowd for like a good year or two when I first joined. The way that he would perform back then, he sort of went into this trance. When I would watch those guys before I joined, I was just really mesmerized by the way Chris would just sort of like turn into this Shaman-kind of dude," the drummer remembered. "Eventually he became more comfortable with an audience, and I think he was naturally a really shy person, believe it or not."

Metallica frontman James Hetfield explained how Cornell's tragic death reminded him and his bandmates how fortunate they are, and made them more appreciative of each other.

"It does make you hug those around you for sure — bandmates, family that's out here, family at home. It makes you realize that there's a darkness that anyone and everyone can find and feel that they're trapped in. When you're there... at least I know the depth of my darkness at times, it's difficult when you're in that space to even fathom that there's someone there that can help you or has been through that before."

See these musicians talking about Chris Cornell below.

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Background

Christopher John Cornell was born on July 20, 1964, in Seattle, Washington. His father, Edward Boyle, was a pharmacist, and his mother, Karen Cornell, was an accountant. After his parents\u2019 divorce, Cornell and his five siblings took their mother\u2019s surname. He attended a Catholic elementary school, but his mother took him and his siblings out because they were too inquisitive about religious matters. Instead, he attended Shorewood High School. As a child, Cornell had trouble feeling comfortable around people. As he grew older, he started suffering from anxiety and depression. In his early teen years, he already had access to marijuana and alcohol. Rock music became Cornell\u2019s way of dealing with all his issues. He said his mother saved his life when she brought home a drum set. He then began taking guitar and piano lessons.

Before becoming a musician, Cornell had several jobs. He was a chef, a busboy, a dishwasher, and a fishmonger. He started his first music project in the 1980s with the cover band The Shemps. Cornell had his big breakthrough with his second band, Soundgarden. The American rock band was formed in 1984 by Cornell, Thayil, and Yamamoto \u2014 former members of The Shemps. Later, Scott Sundquist joined the band. Soundgarden had incredible success. The band split in 1997 and re-formed in 2010. In 2001, Cornell joined Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk to form Audioslave. The band’s self-titled album, released in 2002, reached the top seven on the Billboard 200. From 1999 to 2020, Cornell released six successful studio albums as a solo artist.

In 1990, Cornell got married to Susan Silver. The couple had a daughter named Lillian. However, they got divorced in 2004. The musician then married publicist Vicky Karayiannis in the same year. They had a daughter named Toni and a son named Christopher. In 2017, Cornell was found dead in a hotel room. The cause of death was determined as death from suicide.

Career timeline

1984
He Creates His Breakthrough Rock Band

He forms the rock band Soundgarden.

1999
He Drops His First Solo Album

He drops his debut solo album, \u201cEuphoria Morning.\u201d

2001
He Joins Audioslave

He forms the band Audioslave with Morello, Commerford, and Wilk.

2020
He Releases His Last Solo Album

His fifth solo album, \u201cNo One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1,\u201d is released posthumously.

Why We Love Chris Cornell

  1. He cared about children

    Cornell has been involved in several charities in the fields of education and children\u2019s rights. He and his wife, Karayiannis, created a foundation to help the most vulnerable children.

  2. He used music for charity

    Cornell released several songs for good causes. In 2011, he released \u2018The Keeper\u2019 as part of the \u2018Download to Donate\u2019 campaign to help children in Africa. His last solo song released before his death was the charitable single \u2018The Promise.\u2019

  3. His influence on the industry

    Cornell was a one-of-a-kind musician. He usually didn\u2019t follow the basic composing rules, which made his music even more unique. He was one of the pioneers of the grunge movement, a music movement that took part in millions of lives and changed the music industry.

5 Surprising Facts

  1. He\u2019s a grunge icon

    Along with Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder, Cornell is considered one of the architects of \u201890s grunge.

  2. His musical inspiration

    The Beatles were one of Cornell's first musical inspirations.

  3. He wrote a \u201cJames Bond\u201d song

    David Arnold and Cornell co-wrote and performed \u2018You Know My Name\u2019 for the 2006 \u201cJames Bond\u201d movie.

  4. He wasn\u2019t religious

    Ever since he was a child, Cornell had had deep questions about religion; he considered himself an agnostic.

  5. He had a movie cameo

    He had a cameo in the 1992 movie \u201cSingles.\u201d

Chris Cornell FAQs

How many octaves was Chris Cornell's voice?

He has a four-octave vocal range.

What is Chris Cornell's best song?

\u2018Steel Rain\u2019 from \u201cEuphoria Morning\u201d is considered one of his greatest songs.

Was Chris Cornell a good singer?

Yes, he was an incredible singer.

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One of the loudest voices in rock fell silent on May 18, 2017. Chris Cornell, best known as the vocalist for the legendary rock band Soundgarden, passed away at the age of 52. His death, ruled a suicide, sent shockwaves throughout the music world, and the loss is still felt to this day. Cornell\u2019s legacy grows with each passing year as countless new listeners discover the music he made while part of one of the \u201890s biggest bands.

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However, Cornell made music outside of Soundgarden. The man who embodied the \u201cLoud Love\u201d philosophy \u2013 featured on the Loud Love Collection, and Soundgarden\u2019s Pride tee \u2013 shared his talents with a handful of groups, many of which featured his Seattle and grunge contemporaries. Here\u2019s a look back at part of Chris Cornell\u2019s music legacy.

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THE SHEMPS

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Chris Cornell in his pre-Soundgarden band, The Shemps. (1982)

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Hiro Yamamoto, SG\u2019s original bassist, is second from the right. pic.twitter.com/n7FMYu8MuA

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The foundation that would make up Soundgarden began in 1981 when guitarist Kim Thayil and bass player Hiro Yamamoto began playing music together while growing up in Illinois. The two attended Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, before transferring to the University of Washington to be closer to Seattle\u2019s music scene, according to Kyle Anderson\u2019s book, Accidental Revolution: The Story of Grunge.

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Yamamoto began playing bass in a cover band called The Shemps, and the group put out a \u201cvocalist wanted\u201d ad in a local paper. The man who eventually filled the role was a young drummer named Chris Cornell, who wanted to try out singing.

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\u201cI annoyed the shit out of them by spending my whole childhood beating on things,\u201d Chris told Classic Rock magazine in 1996. \u201cI drove them to distraction, and I never thought they\u2019d give me a drumkit in a million years. By the time I was 15, my mom had just about given up on me. But she must have figured that at least I had an interest in something other than drugs or being a criminal, so she bought me a snare drum. After a couple of days whacking that, I bought the rest of the kit for $50 from a guy I knew. Two weeks later, I was in my first band.\u201d

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The band played \u201cmostly classic rock tunes (and by all accounts, they played the tunes relatively poorly),\u201d according to Anderson. Yamamoto eventually left the group, and Thayil stepped in as a replacement bassist. The Shemps lasted until 1984 before calling it quits. Afterward, Cornell and Yamamoto moved in together, where they began jamming before bringing in Thayil.

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SOUNDGARDEN

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Jason Everman, Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron in 1989 (Shutterstock)
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Soundgarden formed in 1984. The group took its name from A Sound Garden, an art installation in Seattle. Originally a three-piece, the fledgling group hired Scott Sundquist to play drums, allowing Cornell to focus mainly on singing. \u201cPeople hated us in the beginning,\u201d Chris told Classic Rock in 1992.\u201cI\u2019d come on stage with no shirt on, whipping my hair around and generally being a sweaty young rock guy. I used to have about 50 ribbons in my hair, which didn\u2019t exactly please the jocks in the audience. They were probably worried because they found me a little too attractive.\u201d

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Sundquist left in 1986 to spend more time with his family, and the group found his replacement in Matt Cameron, drummer for Seattle band Skin Yard. The band released their debut EP, Screaming Life, in 1987 on the fledgling label Sub Pop. They followed it with 1988\u2019s Fopp before signing with legendary punk label SST to release their debut full-length, Ultramega OK, in 1988. The group signed with A&M Records and began working on Louder Than Love, their major-label debut.

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Louder Than Love peaked at No. 108 on the Billboard 200, but the music and cultural landscapes were shifting. As the \u201880s turned into the \u201890s, the sound coming from the Pacific Northwest was starting to take hold. Eventually (A&M) is gonna expect us to sell records, but I don\u2019t really feel any pressure at this point,\u201d Cornell told the Los Angeles Times in 1991, right before the band was about to release their new album, Badmotorfinger. \u201cI\u2019m satisfied with the idea that every time we release a record it sells more and we have more and more people coming to our shows.\u201d

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\u201cI don\u2019t think a band should compromise themselves for anything. Not for an audience, not for a record label. Because I don\u2019t think a fan is gonna believe in what you do,\u201d Cornell told the times. \u201cFans invest a lot into groups they choose to be fans of. . . . It\u2019s identifying with somebody, which can be a real powerful thing in somebody\u2019s life. The feeling that you\u2019re true to yourself translates almost every time to your audience. That\u2019s the main point that rings true for us and keeps it inspiring and keeps fans inspired. I\u2019m definitely proud of that.\u201d

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Founding member Hiro Yamamoto departed after Louder Than Love\u2019s release, and the band replaced him with Ben Shepherd. The new lineup would stay consistent until Cornell\u2019s passing. Shephard\u2019s addition revitalized the band, and that shows on 1991\u2019s Badmotorfinger. The album hit No. 39 on the Billboard 200 and marked a turning point in the band\u2019s history, with singles \u201cOutshined\u201d and \u201cRusty Cage\u201d becoming staples of MTV\u2019s 120 Minutes and Headbanger\u2019s Ball.

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Then, grunge blew up. Nirvana\u2019s Nevermind arrived in September 1991, a month before Badmotorfinger. By the following year, every major label was trying to sign their own Seattle band, which was \u201creally surreal for us,\u201d Cornell told Rolling Stone in 2014. As grunge became a defining sound of the decade, the band began working on its next album, 1994\u2019s Superunknown.

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\u201c[When] Soundgarden made Superunknown, we had been a band for a long time \u2013 like, over eight years. Superunknown was one of the most dramatic shifts in what we were doing musically. I don\u2019t think I realized it at the time,\u201d Cornell told Rolling Stone in 2014 when discussing the album\u2019s reissue.

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\u201cI never felt bad about being lumped in with other Seattle bands,\u201d continued Cornell. \u201cI thought it was great. But I also felt like all of us were going to have to prove that we could also exist with autonomy, and we deserved to be playing on an international stage, and we deserved to have videos on TV and songs on the radio, and it wasn\u2019t just a fad like the \u2018British invasion\u2019 or a \u2018New York noise scene.\u2019 Superunknown was that for me. It was showing what we were [was] not just a flavor of the month. We had the responsibility to seize the moment, and I think we really did.\u201d

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Boasting the band\u2019s most widely-known song \u2013 \u201cBlack Hole Sun\u201d \u2013 and a handful of similarly successful songs (\u201cFell on Black Days,\u201d \u201cSpoonman\u201d), Superunknown debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 2000 chart. So far, it\u2019s been certified platinum six times by the RIAA. It launched the band into a new level of commercial success, putting Soundgarden on the same level as Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and Pearl Jam.

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 In 1996, the band released Down on the Upside. The album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, but the band would call it quits a year later. \u201cWe broke up because we were bored of the periphery, all of the things that are outside of the band playing music and writing songs, playing shows \u2013 that part got really boring,\u201d Chris told OnstageWeb in 2012, per Loudwire.

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The band would stay dormant for twelve years. They reunited in 2010 and released Telephantasm: A Retrospective, which included the unreleased song, \u201cBlack Rain.\u201d In 2012, they released King Animal, the sixth and final album. The band continued to tour North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe until Cornell\u2019s death in 2017.

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In January 2019, Soundgarden performed for the final time. The surviving members joined for a five-hour tribute concert that featured Melvins, Foo Fighters, Metallica, and appearances by Perry Farrell, Juliette Lewis, Brandi Carlile, Dave Grohl, Geezer Butler, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Stapleton, and more, per Yahoo. Afterward, the name Soundgarden was retired.

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On March 19, 1990, Cornell\u2019s friend and roommate, Andrew Wood, died from a heroin overdose. Andrew was the lead singer of Mother Love Bone, one of the early pioneers of the alternative metal scene of the \u201880s and \u201890s. \u201cI don\u2019t really remember doing much else after the funeral other than just being swept up in the grief of the moment,\u201d Cornell told Rolling Stone in 2016, \u201cbut after a couple of weeks, I wrote two songs [\u201cSay Hello 2 Heaven\u201d and \u201cReach Down\u201d] for Andy.\u201d

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\u201cI initially had this idea that maybe as a tribute I could record them with the band and it could be a cool as a tribute,\u201d added Cornell. \u201cAlso, it would be cathartic and take up some time because from hour to hour it was just sort of difficult to deal with. But then I sort of forgot about it. Two weeks later, I ran into [Mother Love Bone\u2019s bassist] Jeff Ament somewhere. I can\u2019t recall where. He said he heard the songs, he loved them, and wanted to record them. That made me happy since he had the same idea without me bringing it up.\u201d

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The band would consist of Cornell and Ament, Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, Mother Love Bone guitarist Stone Gossard, Gossard\u2019s friend Mike McCready, and a man who flew up to Seattle from San Diego to audition for Gossard/Ament/McCready\u2019s new band: Eddie Vedder.

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\u201cWe only had nine songs for the album, and that didn\u2019t seem complete to me. It seemed like ten songs was a complete album. I thought that \u201cHunger Strike\u201d would be a good message to end the album on, but it wasn\u2019t complete,\u201d Cornell told Rolling Stone. \u201cIt was just one verse. I was singing the chorus in the rehearsal space, and Eddie just kind of shyly walked up to the mic and started singing the low \u2018going hungry,\u2019 and I started singing the high one. When I heard him sing, the whole thing came together in my brain. I just felt like, \u2018Wow, his voice is so great in this low register. He should sing on it. I\u2019ll sing the first verse and then he\u2019ll come in. Even though it\u2019s the same lyrics, it\u2019s a different singer, and it\u2019ll feel like two verses.\u2019\u201d

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\u201cHunger Strike\u201d became a staple of alternative radio of the \u201890s, peaking at No. 4 on the US Mainstream Rock charts. The album failed the chart. Cornell and Cameron returned to Soundgarden, while the rest of Temple of The Dog continued to perform together as Pearl Jam.

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SOLO CAREER

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Chris Cornell in 2014 (Shutterstock)
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When Soundgarden ended, the A&R Records issued a statement that the band had \u201cmutually and amicably disbanded  to pursue other interests.\u201d SPIN reported at the time that Cornell was \u201canxious to start a solo career.\u201d Chris would have a robust solo career, releasing Euphoria Morning in 1999. It arrived to generally favorable reviews and peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard 200.

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\u201cMy only direction when I recorded my first solo album was I wanted anything that wouldn\u2019t be a Soundgarden song,\u201d Cornell told The Stranger in 2015 \u201c(A) Because I\u2019d been writing so much in that context, and (B) because I had such a high regard for the band that I didn\u2019t want to corrupt it by doing some slightly more commercial version of the same thing\u2014which is usually what happens, especially with singers of a band.\u201d

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Cornell was able to engage in music beyond the confines of the grunge or alternative label. His 2007 album, Cary On, saw him cover Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cBillie Jean.\u201d The 2009 album, Scream, featured a Justin Timberlake cameo (\u201cTake Me Alive\u201d). Chris released Higher Truth in 2015, and in 2020, No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1, his first posthumous album, was released.

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Chris Cornell Performs with Audioslave at the Jose Marti Anti Imperialist Platform in Havana Cuba at the Havana Seafront (ShutterstocK)
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At the turn of the century, two of the biggest bands of the \u201890s had broken up: Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine. RATM\u2019s lead singer, Zack de la Rocha, left the group, leaving Tom Morello, Brad Wilk, and Tim Commerford in a crisis. Music producer Rick Rubin suggested the three play with Cornell, and the result was the new band, Audioslave.

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Audioslave released three albums \u2013 the self-titled debut in 2002, Out of Exile in 2005, and Revelations in 2006. During the recording of the first album, the group knew they had something special going on. \u201c[Cornell] stepped to the microphone and sang the song, and I couldn\u2019t believe it,\u201d the guitarist said. \u201cIt didn\u2019t just sound good. It didn\u2019t sound great. It sounded transcendent,\u201d said Morello, per MTV.com. \u201cAnd \u2026 when there is an irreplaceable chemistry from the first moment, you can\u2019t deny it.\u201d

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The second Audioslave album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while the first has since been certified triple-Platinum. The group was short-lived, however. RATM reunited in 2007, and Chris announced his departure from Audioslave. \u201cDue to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave,\u201d he wrote in a statement, per MTV. \u201cI wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavors.\u201d

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\u201cAudioslave was a very fresh collaboration because it was very much like a young band, where you all write together in a room,\u201d Cornell told MTV. \u201cBut my experience, in terms of songwriting and record-creating, is not like a 19-year-old guy in a rock band. For me to be satisfied, I think I need to be able to be on my own, in the long run.\u201d

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