Chris Cornel has died...
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They didn't cover the song. Cornell just sang some of the lyrics in the middle of a SG song like he's done for years.Wheatables02 said:Quote:
In my time of dying, I want nobody to mourn
All I want for you to do is take my body home
Those are the opening lines to the last song Chris Cornell ever sang on stage. It was a cover of Led Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying."
Cornell and his band Soundgarden have covered the song before and they did it again to close out the show at Detroit's Fox Theater on Wednesday. Just hours later, Cornell was found dead. He was 52.
from the NY Times:
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Dontae Freeman, a spokesman for the Detroit Police Department, said in an interview that at about midnight officers responded at the MGM Grand casino to an apparent suicide of a white man, born July 20, 1964, who was pronounced dead on the scene. He would not confirm the victim's name; Mr. Cornell's date of birth is July 20, 1964. Mr. Freeman said that the victim's wife called a family friend to check on the victim; the family friend forced his way into the room and found the individual unresponsive on the bathroom floor.
The victim was found with a band around his neck, Mr. Freeman said. He said that the police were not confirming that the victim died of a suicide, though the preliminary determination was an "apparent suicide." He said that more details would be released in a statement later Thursday.
Well.. they are right in the middle of a tour.. playing rock on the range tomorrow, denver on monday, dallas/houston next week.. lots of shows.PLUM LOCO said:
Soundgarden was scheduled to headline Rocklahoma in a week on Saturday night.
Autoerotic asphyxiation???Quote:
The victim was found with a band around his neck
Guess I'll watch this tonight:
i'd guess unlikely. His wife called someone to check on him at midnight. He probably called her to say goodbye, which prompted her to find someone to go look for him.
or more likely suicide by asphyxiation or hanging.ConcernedAggie2017 said:Autoerotic asphyxiation???Quote:
The victim was found with a band around his neck
Reason # 1,345,762 never to go to Detroit
Came here to post this. One of the best covers ever.Diggity said:
RIP
This is too crazy. These are 2 huge festivals, the repercussions......wow.62strat said:Well.. they are right in the middle of a tour.. playing rock on the range tomorrow, denver on monday, dallas/houston next week.. lots of shows.PLUM LOCO said:
Soundgarden was scheduled to headline Rocklahoma in a week on Saturday night.
someone who is depressed enough to kill themselves is not thinking about repercussions for anything. And if they did, I doubt repercussions from a couple festivals would even make the list.
Not Cornell's best (or Mann's, or Cruise's, or Foxx)... But I'll re-watch this movie just for this scene.
Absolute game changer, I was just telling someone yesterday that he really was our generation's Robert Plant. Never forget the first time I heard Badmotorfinger, it was like getting hit in the chest with a cannon ball.
One of those guys whose voice you recognized instantly, an icon. I'm still in shock, can't believe it.
One of those guys whose voice you recognized instantly, an icon. I'm still in shock, can't believe it.
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Damn
I'm not brushed up on my 90s grunge as some of you may be but wasn't Cornell and Temple of the Dog the ones behind the Seattle grunge movement?
I thought they were the ones that kinda opened the doors for that whole scene and got Seattle the mainstream recognition as sort of the hotbed for grunge.
I thought they were the ones that kinda opened the doors for that whole scene and got Seattle the mainstream recognition as sort of the hotbed for grunge.
Wow. What a loss.
Ag_07 said:
I'm not brushed up on my 90s grunge as some of you may be but wasn't Cornell and Temple of the Dog the ones behind the Seattle grunge movement?
I thought they were the ones that kinda opened the doors for that whole scene and got Seattle the mainstream recognition as sort of the hotbed for grunge.
He's on the Mt Rushmore of grunge along with Staley, Vedder, and Cobain. Temple was a collaboration with Pearl Jam to honor Mother Love Bone, another band from that time whos lead singer died. Nirvana really gets most of the credit for taking grunge mainstream but Soundgarden was always my favorite.
Yeah I guess it was more Soundgarden than TOTD.
But that's kinda what I was getting at. That Nirvana is more popular but in fact it was Soundgarden and Cornell that really paved the way for grunge to be more mainstream.
But that's kinda what I was getting at. That Nirvana is more popular but in fact it was Soundgarden and Cornell that really paved the way for grunge to be more mainstream.
I liked Soundgarden more, but Nirvana unquestionably paved the way for grunge -- not the other way around. 'Nevermind' was flying off the shelves before Badmotorfinger was even released.
Nevermind was only out for a couple of weeks before Badmotorfinger
No doubt, Nevermind was the frontrunner for grunge. The whole MTV buzzclip thing you know. Soundgarden didn't reach that level until Superunknown.
Soundgarden was the band that made it ok for the metalheads to like grunge/rock music and vice versa. You could almost put Outshined, Slaves & Bulldozers, Mailman, and Fourth of July on any sludge-metal album and they'd fit right in.
And didn't 10 come up a couple of weeks before Nevermind? It's been a while, but I seem to remember a buddy of mine introducing me to Even Flow before I heard anything from Nevermind.superunknown said:
Nevermind was only out for a couple of weeks before Badmotorfinger
Same would say the same about AIC and Facelifttysker said:
Soundgarden was the band that made it ok for the metalheads to like grunge/rock music and vice versa. You could almost put Outshined, Slaves & Bulldozers, Mailman, and Fourth of July on any sludge-metal album and they'd fit right in.
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I blame Detroit.
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Temple was a collaboration with Pearl Jam to honor Mother Love Bone, another band from that time whos lead singer died.
Close. It was a tribute to Andrew Wood, the front man of Mother Love Bone who died of a heroin overdose.
Andy Wood was Chris Cornell's roommate.
Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) were in Mother Love Bone with Andy Wood.
Eddie Vedder had just recently joined the to-be-named band Pearl Jam around the time Temple of the Dog was recorded.
'Ten' took almost half a year to hit Gold.
'Nevermind' did it in 2 months.
There's really no debate on what band made grunge mainstream.
'Nevermind' did it in 2 months.
There's really no debate on what band made grunge mainstream.
Bit down on the bullet now
I had a taste so sour
had to think of something sweet...
I had a taste so sour
had to think of something sweet...
Well, that's certainly one way to say it!98Ag99Grad said:
Temple was a collaboration with Pearl Jam to honor Mother Love Bone, another band from that time whos lead singer died.
PJ wasn't even a band quite yet..
I wouldnt disagree because all of the grunge-era bands crossed genres so very well and weren't afraid to wear their influences on their sleeves. Not to oversimplify it but the guitar-solo metal kids had AIC. The doom/sludge metal kids had Soundgarden. The punk/noise rock fans had Nirvana and the classic rock kids had PJ. Grunge music allowed us fans to also be unabashed fans of Led Zeppelin, the Melvins, Megadeth, Sonic Youth, Iggy Pop, Black Sabbath, and the Pixies, all at the same time.spanky said:Same would say the same about AIC and Facelifttysker said:
Soundgarden was the band that made it ok for the metalheads to like grunge/rock music and vice versa. You could almost put Outshined, Slaves & Bulldozers, Mailman, and Fourth of July on any sludge-metal album and they'd fit right in.
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