Alright, I'm a huge Chris Cornell fan, whether it be with Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave, or his solo career. I was checking out his website for the first time, and I read through a timeline and a brief biography of his music career. One of the things that really struck me was that while he was with Audioslave, they became the first American band to ever play a free concert in Cuba on May 6, 2005. This just goes to show how music can transcend a lot of boundaries and personal differences. It's too bad that so few things can do the same and that the world is in the situation it's in. But it does shine a little hope that differences can be resolved in the future.
If you aren't real familiar with any of those bands or Chris Cornell himself, he is one of the most accomplished musicians of the last couple decades who's still going strong. He's had triple platinum albums reach the top of the Billboard charts, he's won several Grammys, written music for movies like Great Expectations, Mission Impossible II, and the theme for Casino Royale, and Timbaland, who produced Cornell's solo album Scream, is quoted as saying that the album is “the best work I’ve done in my career.” From playing in Havanna to the Kennedy Center in DC in front of the President, this guy never ceases to amaze me with the music he puts out.
Who is Chris Cornell? Is he a rocker or like some one who does the background sounds for movies. I see some of those things listed in your blog but I don't know anything about what they are.
ReplyDeleteChris Cornell was the lead singer of the band Soundgarden if you've heard of "Black Hole Sun", "Spoonman", or "Fell on Black Days". He also put out an album with Eddie Vedder, the current lead singer of Pearl Jam when they were together with the band Temple of the Dog. He went solo for awhile after that before forming the band Audioslave, which is basically Rage Against the Machine with Cornell as the new frontman. He's spent the last few years working on solo albums.
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