10 Things About Chris Cornell
It\u2019s always a shock when we hear that a rock star has died...but when the news about Chris Cornell came out on May 18, 2017, it was extra-jarring...\nThe overall impression was that he was a guy who had it good...he\u2019d been a central fixture of the grunge era as the front man of Soundgarden...there was an totally unexpected hit with the Temple of the Dog project...then a solid three-album run with Audioslave...\nHis solo recordings were hit-and-miss, but given everything else he\u2019d done, fans gave him a pass when he stumbled...\nThen came the Soundgarden reunion, which began in 2010 and ran for almost eight years...there was a new album\u2014\u201cKing Animal\u201d in 2012\u2014and sold out tours...there were also plans for a second post-reunion record for which Chris had already recorded some vocal takes...\nBut then he gone by his own hand in that hotel room in Detroit...another member of the grunge brigade, joining Kurt Cobain, Andrew Wood, and Layne Staley...and it\u2019s possible that Chris\u2019 fate had a fatal effect on his good friend, Chester Bennington, who took his own life two months later...\nChris may be gone but we\u2019re still talking about him, still listening to his music, still marveling at that voice...as with all great artists, the fascination continues...\nLet\u2019s take a dive into Chris\u2019 world with ten interesting things about the man that you may not know...\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices