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Chris Cornell (Audioslave, Soundgarden) has died
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31GhostsIV
Banned
Like Suicide will be very hard to listen to from now on as well.
I've been having a hard time processing this today, such a profoundly shocking loss.
TheCochese
Banned
And it's one of the most emotional guitar solos I've ever heard as well. Today sucks more than most in the past few years.
bennywhatever
Member
Did the same. That album is amazingly emotive and has some of the best songwriting I've ever seen. "Preaching to the End of the World" and "Sweet Euphoria" also good.
Ugh, so sad right now.
Barry Burton
Member
I was hesitant at first to even mention this considering the details that have come out, but Pretty Noose is my favorite Soundgarden song. I'm not sure I even want to hear that song again now.
Jack Scofield
Member
I was shocked and saddened when I read this today. Chris Cornell has always been one of my favorite singers, and he will be missed.
Mr.Shrugglesã
Banned
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pretty done
Member
RIP 
Was already listening to Limo Wreck. Today is Soundgarden day.
Was already listening to Limo Wreck. Today is Soundgarden day.
Sodding_Gamer
Member
Amen to that brother. I was supposed to be doing uni work, but the guitar is getting a dusting off and a few tunes will be played, with some whiskey.
Elvin Atombender
Member
I'n just speculating here but if his wife contacted someone to check on him she probably talked to Cornell or got a message from him that made her think something was wrong.
Bucket Mouse
Member
Fuck. Pretty Noose is painful to listen to now.
Sarcastico
Member
Not like this...
RIP.
RIP.
I just did and I don't recommend doing that
Wow, so many great songs my mind hadn't even made it to this yet...
SonicXtreme
Member
kind of feels like an intentional homage by him considering how many easier ways there are to do it
Saw this thread around 3am today..couldnt believe why or how he died...so many scenarios ran thru my head but never suicide..damn..😐😟
kutthoat5150
Member
that fucking sucks. I was just listening to Audioslave on spotify after it showed up on my daily playlist. What a shame. RIP
newtypepilot
Member
Rip
Black hole son, won't you come
To wash away the rain
Black hole sun
Won't you come?
Won't you cone?
Black hole son, won't you come
To wash away the rain
Black hole sun
Won't you come?
Won't you cone?
DarkArterialGore
Member
WTF!!! I've just seen this thread now, I was just listening to the songs "4th of July" and "The Day I Tried to Live" on the way to work this morning. Can't believe this...
31GhostsIV
Banned
4th of July is a definite top five Soundgarden song for me.
Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
For those of you wondering about how/why this comes out of nowhere and maybe it was accidental, his wife said he was not suicidal, etc... some thoughts;
I am speaking as someone who battled pretty severe depression back in 2015 and to a lesser extent ever since.
It is a fucking blindside.
I was in denial for almost 2 years, I thought I was just stressed/overworked. I ignored all the signs. My wife started to feel something was off and encouraged me to get counseling/take meds. I was in full on denial and thought I could "figure it out on my own". I just knew I felt off.
When it all came to a head it almost ruined my marriage and my career.
I am considered by family and friends as the "happy" guy who loves his life and his job. Those who I shared my issues with were shocked that this could "happen" to me.
I never got to the serious suicidal stage, and the only reason I put it that way is because I had NEVER thought about that at all but my therapist would ask me about suicidal thoughts every damn time I saw her and eventually I started to ponder how people get there, and question my own thoughts.
My point is, depression is a severely difficult thing to experience, and an even harder thing to admit and share with others, even close family and friends, especially when your daily life gets in teh way and/or keeps you distracted from it.
I feel bad that Chris was obviously in pain, and that it had to come to this, but hopefully people can understand that personal demons can be crushing and sometimes there is no light at the end of that tunnel.
RIP and best wishes to everyone he has left behind.
I am speaking as someone who battled pretty severe depression back in 2015 and to a lesser extent ever since.
It is a fucking blindside.
I was in denial for almost 2 years, I thought I was just stressed/overworked. I ignored all the signs. My wife started to feel something was off and encouraged me to get counseling/take meds. I was in full on denial and thought I could "figure it out on my own". I just knew I felt off.
When it all came to a head it almost ruined my marriage and my career.
I am considered by family and friends as the "happy" guy who loves his life and his job. Those who I shared my issues with were shocked that this could "happen" to me.
I never got to the serious suicidal stage, and the only reason I put it that way is because I had NEVER thought about that at all but my therapist would ask me about suicidal thoughts every damn time I saw her and eventually I started to ponder how people get there, and question my own thoughts.
My point is, depression is a severely difficult thing to experience, and an even harder thing to admit and share with others, even close family and friends, especially when your daily life gets in teh way and/or keeps you distracted from it.
I feel bad that Chris was obviously in pain, and that it had to come to this, but hopefully people can understand that personal demons can be crushing and sometimes there is no light at the end of that tunnel.
RIP and best wishes to everyone he has left behind.
Autoignition
Member
Guys, I'm fucked up by this.
VindicatorZ
Member
All of us are. As bad a celebrity death can get for me.
TheCochese
Banned
Same. I connected the dots this morning and realized that my first bout of depression was them breaking up in 1997.
Again, same. It's weird, because the imagery I associate it with is grey, cold, winter. It just seems to fit where the title doesn't.
DarkArterialGore
Member
Yeah, this part of the song always got me for some reason, more so now...
https://youtu.be/EU4L6THYAbM?t=3m30s
pixelation
Member
That is truly sad, dude had an amazing voice.
Autoignition
Member
It isn't as bad as a celebrity death can get for me, and I think that's what it's throwing me off so badly. Seeing this news actually shocked me into realizing what a big part of my life he was. Everything from the Black Hole Sun video giving me nightmares as a kid to listening to Soundgarden while driving around aimlessly with boyfriends as a teenager to listening to Audioslave instead of Christmas carols during the last Christmas that I spent at home with my parents. Chris Cornell's voice was such a constant in my life, and I never realized it.
As someone who's been seriously suicidal to the point of being terrified of myself, it hits even harder. No one is safe from the ghosts that haunt their mind. It makes me feel so hopeless.
I love you, Chris. I hope you've found peace.
dead souls
Member
It's my number one Soundgarden song. I could listen to it on repeat forever.
Me too. Can't think of any other actor/musician/artist I cared about more.
LookAtMeGo
Member
I always wanted to go see Chris. I had a chance to a year or so ago. I passed it up. 🙁
timetokill
Banned
Yeah I don't know if I can listen to Pretty Noose anymore now
RIP Cornell
RIP Cornell
Corpsepyre
Banned
Were they doing that song regularly on the tour or just that night?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
The Spotify playlist they put up this morning has You Know My Name preceded by Blow Up The Outside World. Which I've always thought was one of the best Bond Themes ever written for a Bond movie that doesn't exist yet.
I mean, I know EON would never even consider it, but I think it'd be cool if they just licensed that song for Craig's last film. Craig came in with Cornell, Craig leaves with him too.
It won't happen, but it's nice to imagine.
LookAtMeGo
Member
They've played it before according to some sites. But setlist.fm is showing that they weren't playing it every show this tour.
I don't think they actually played that song (in its entirety). My understanding is that the final encore was Slaves & Bulldozers where they have this mash-up thing during a refrain to throw in some of In My Time of Dying into the song which yes they have done in the past.
Warm and sweet
Swinging from a windows ledge
Tight and deep
One last sin before I'm dead
A sucking holy wind
Will take me from this bed tonight
And bloody wits
Another hits me and I have to say goodbye
Sleep tight for me
Sleep tight for me I'm gone
And I hope it's a sweet ride
Here for me tonight
'Cause I feel I'm going
Feel I'm slowing down
Swinging from a windows ledge
Tight and deep
One last sin before I'm dead
A sucking holy wind
Will take me from this bed tonight
And bloody wits
Another hits me and I have to say goodbye
Sleep tight for me
Sleep tight for me I'm gone
And I hope it's a sweet ride
Here for me tonight
'Cause I feel I'm going
Feel I'm slowing down
My absolute favourite Soundgarden song. Down on the Upside has some criminally underrated songs on it that stand up against the best of their other albums. Overfloater, An Unkind, and Zero Chance are right up there, too.
RIP Chris
Andrew Korenchkin
Member
Holy shit.
Just to let you know that Chris' music helped me through some SHITTY times and saved my life. But wow, Chris is the third major grunge singer to pass away.
I have no words. Thanks, see you on the other side.
Just to let you know that Chris' music helped me through some SHITTY times and saved my life. But wow, Chris is the third major grunge singer to pass away.
I have no words. Thanks, see you on the other side.
Quick story time. When I was young lad, my mother and Chris Cornell's mom had jury duty together over in Kitsap County (west of Seattle, across Puget Sound). After it ended, they remained friends. I remember meeting Chris a couple of time as a young kid and never fully understanding why my dad was so excited to meet this random dude with long, curly hair and a goatee. Unfortunately, when my parents and I moved off the Kitsap Peninsula, they didn't remain in contact.
Rest in peace, Chris. I'm so sorry that you couldn't find something to ease the pain.
Rest in peace, Chris. I'm so sorry that you couldn't find something to ease the pain.