Audioslave DEAD

[Reephdweller]

<h1><font size="2"> Chris Cornell quits Audioslave amid conflicts</font></h1><p> <span class="yqlink"> </span><a href="http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Chris+Cornell" title="Related information on Chris Cornell" onclick="activateYQinl(this);return false;">Audioslave singer </a><span class="yqlink"><a href="http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Chris+Cornell" title="Related information on Chris Cornell" onclick="activateYQinl(this);return false;">Chris Cornell</a></span> has quit the short-lived &quot;supergroup,&quot; citing &quot;irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences,&quot; he said on Thursday. </p><p>Cornell, 42, who rose to fame with defunct Seattle rock group Soundgarden, will reignite his solo career with the May 1 release of &quot;Carry On,&quot; his second solo album.</p> <p>&quot;Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavors,&quot; the part-time Paris restaurateur said in a statement.</p> <p>The Audioslave split was not unexpected. His colleagues, guitarist <span class="yqlink"> <a href="http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Tom+Morello" title="Related information on Tom Morello" onclick="activateYQinl(this);return false;">Tom Morello</a></span>, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk, have reunited with singer Zack de la Rocha to resurrect their former band Rage Against the Machine, which will play its first show in seven years at California's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 29. Rage's plans beyond this show are unknown.</p> <p>Audioslave formed in 2001, a year after Rage broke up, and recorded three studio albums. In May 2005, it became the first American band to play an outdoor show in Cuba.</p> <p>Its most recent album, &quot;Revelations,&quot; has sold a disappointing 409,000 copies in the United States since its September 2006 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its self-titled 2002 debut sold 3.1 million copies, and the 2005 follow-up &quot;Out of Exile&quot; 1.1 million.</p> <p>Amid rumors last August that Audioslave had broken up, Cornell told Reuters that the band was like a sociology experiment because of the various members' complex relationships with each other. He indicated that a solo existence could be a less stressful option.</p> <p>&quot;I think the biggest problem with people surviving in a band and getting along and appreciating each other is just the fact that for the most part musicians aren't the kind of people who concentrate or worry about what the other guy thinks,&quot; he said.</p> <p>&quot;Carry On,&quot; produced by Steve Lillywhite (U2, Rolling Stones), marks Cornell's first solo release since 1999's &quot;Euphoria Morning,&quot; which came out two years after Soundgarden broke up.</p> <p>The Interscope Records release will include &quot;You Know My Name,&quot; Cornell's main title song for the latest James Bond film &quot;Casino Royale,&quot; as well as a cover of <span class="yqlink"> <a href="http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p=Michael+Jackson" title="Related information on Michael Jackson" onclick="activateYQinl(this);return false;">Michael Jackson</a></span>'s &quot;Billie Jean.&quot; Among the brand new tunes are &quot;No Such Thing&quot; and &quot;Poison Eye,&quot; both described in the statement as having a &quot;harder edge,&quot; and the &quot;redemptive&quot; song &quot;Your Soul Today.&quot;</p> <p>The statement also described Cornell as &quot;acrimonious,&quot; which a publicist said was the intended term.</p> <p>Reuters </p><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070215/people_nm/audioslave_dc">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070215/people_nm/audioslave_dc</a>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[aaaaaaaa]

<p>it's for the best. audioslave never came close to touching anything rage or soundgarden did anyway.</p>

[cougarjake13]

i liked a few songs here and there but hopefully rage returns for good

[lleeder]

<p><font size="3">Thank God!!!!!!!!!</font><font size="7"><strong>BRING BACK</strong></font></p><p><strong><font size="7">RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</font></strong></p>

[Bossanova]

lleeder wrote:&nbsp;<span class="postbody"><!-- includes/messagecopy2.cfm --><!-- Script Hacks --><!-- Script Hacks --><!-- Links --><!-- Links ---> <p><font size="3">Thank God!!!!!!!!!</font><font size="7"><strong>BRING BACK</strong></font></p><font size="7"><strong>RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</strong></font><font size="7"> <p><strong></strong></p><p><font size="1">I just said the same thing to my chick</font></p></font></span>

[cougarjake13]

<p>what has zach been doing since the breakup ??</p><p>did he ever release any solo music ??/</p>

[tele7]

soul power

[Chigworthy]

El-P from DefJux was supposedly producing his solo album, but who knows what happened.

[cougarjake13]

<strong>telecaster7</strong> wrote:<br />soul power <p>soul patrol</p>

[Recyclerz]

<p>It will probably be too much to ask for to expect Rage to pick up where they left off if they get back together.&nbsp; I always thought they didn't really hit their stride until Battle for LA but at that point I did think they were going to be the true successors to The Clash as the only band that matters.&nbsp; The fact that they broke up on the verge of the W Era has to represent the worst loss of talent suited to the age since Ali had to ride the pine in the late '60's or when Ted Williams was fighting the bad guys in WW2 and Korea.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Doctor Z]

Rage IS getting back... For one show at least.&nbsp; Them and the Smashing Pumpkins are reuniting for some big show in Southern Cali... I'm not sure when.&nbsp; But I heard some shit about it.

[Bob Impact]

Good riddance.

[epo]

<p>Liked Audioslave, Love Rage.&nbsp; </p><p>Cornell does have a great voice, but that band was made for Zack.&nbsp; </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by epo on 2-15-07 @ 11:37 PM</span>

[legroommusic]

whoa, you guys scared me. I thought there was a big car crash where all the members of audioslave were in the car.

[IamFogHat]

Gee, it's too bad Audioslave is no more here in 2007 considering radio made me sick of them three years ago...

[BoondockSaint]

I hope it means a Soundgarden reunion more than a Rage reunion.

[angrymissy]

<p>I saw Soundgarden live twice in the 90's and Cornell sounded like shit live.</p><p>Oh, and I had to look up the definintion of the word:</p><p><span class="postbody">acrimonious</span></p><p><span class="src"><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna.html" title="Click for more information about this dictionary"><cite>Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)</cite></a></span> - <span class="src"><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/cite.html?qh=acrimonious&amp;ia=luna" target="_blank">Cite This Source</a></span> <!-- google_ad_region_start=def --> <span class="me">ac&middot;ri&middot;mo&middot;ni&middot;ous</span> <span class="pronset">&nbsp;<img src="http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium.gif" border="0" />&nbsp; <img class="luna-Img" src="http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" border="0" /><a href="https://secure.reference.com/premium/login.html?rd=2&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.referenc e.com%2Fbrowse%2Facrimonious"><img src="http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/speaker.gif" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="show_ipapr" style="display: none"><span class="prondelim">/</span><span class="pron">?&aelig;k<img class="luna-Img" src="http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" border="0" />r??mo?<img class="luna-Img" src="http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" border="0" />ni<img class="luna-Img" src="http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" border="0" />?s</span><span class="prondelim">/</span> <a title="Click for pronunciation key" onclick="pk = window.open('/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html', 'PronunciationKey','height=700,width=560,left=0,to p=0,resizable,scrollbars');if(pk){pk.focus();}">Pronunciation Key</a><span class="pron_toggle" style="display: inline"><span class="prondelim"> - </span><a title="Click to show spelled pronunciation" onclick="javascript:show_sp()">Show Spelled Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="show_spellpr" style="display: inline"><span class="prondelim">[</span><span class="pron">ak-r<em>uh</em>-<strong>moh</strong>-nee-<em>uh</em><img class="luna-Img" src="http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png" border="0" />s</span><span class="prondelim">]</span> <a title="Click for pronunciation key" onclick="pk = window.open('/help/luna/Spell_pron_key.html', 'PronunciationKey','height=700,width=560,left=0,to p=0,resizable,scrollbars');if(pk){pk.focus();}">Pronunciation Key</a><span class="pron_toggle" style="display: inline"><span class="prondelim"> - </span><a title="Click to show IPA pronunciation" onclick="javascript:show_ip()">Show IPA Pronunciation</a></span></span> </span><span class="pg">&ndash;adjective </span></p><p>caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.: <span class="ital-inline">an acrimonious answer; an acrimonious dispute.</span> </p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<p>I liked Rage's sound, but I not a big fan of mixing music with politics.&nbsp; Plus they supported mumia without knowing all the facts.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<strong>BoondockSaint</strong> wrote:<br />I hope it means a Soundgarden reunion more than a Rage reunion.I'm not sure Cornell can pull off those songs anymore. I thought it was pretty clear that he's lost the top of his range from the Audioslave albums, and even some of his earlier solo stuff.&nbsp; But hey, that never stopped ACDC. They kept doing songs from Back in Black for 25 years after Brian Johnson couldn't sing them anymore. <br /><p>&nbsp;</p>

[FezPaul]

<strong>Bulldogcakes</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>BoondockSaint</strong> wrote:<br />I hope it means a Soundgarden reunion more than a Rage reunion. I'm not sure Cornell can pull off those songs anymore. I thought it was pretty clear that he's lost the top of his range from the Audioslave albums, and even some of his earlier solo stuff.&nbsp; But hey, that never stopped ACDC. They kept doing songs from Back in Black for 25 years after <font size="2"><strong>Brian Johnson couldn't sing them anymore</strong>. <br /></font><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">It helps if you can't sing to begin with.</font></strong></p><p><strong><font face="Courier New" size="2">Bon Scott forever!!!!!</font></strong></p>

[Duke]

<p>id like to see eddie vedders burned out ass and cornell do a temple of the dog reunion tour...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>cept vadder is too busy finding new ways to look like a hippie...yet somehow... sell out more and more.. </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Duke on 2-19-07 @ 10:35 PM</span>

[moochcassidy]

<strong>Bossanova</strong> wrote:<br />lleeder wrote: <span class="postbody">*-- includes/messagecopy2.cfm -**-- Script Hacks -**-- Script Hacks -**-- Links -**-- Links --* <p><font size="3">Thank God!!!!!!!!!</font><font size="7"><strong>BRING BACK</strong></font></p><font size="7"><strong>RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</strong></font><font size="7"> <p><strong></strong></p><p><font size="1">I just said the same thing to my chick</font></p></font></span><p>it looks inevitable...how cool is that? </p>

[patsopinion]

<p>RAGE?!?</p><p>their lead singer has been writing dribble poetry in mexico for a few years.</p><p>Really nothing special.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br />odds are rage will split up inna few months because lead singer loses mind again but i would be exstatic to hear some new stuff, even if its not as good </p>

[furie]

i never got into audioslave.
i'm still hoping for soundgarden to get back together

[JimBeam]

<p>I liked a lot of the songs on the first Audioslave album but I think I liked it more because of Cornell.</p><p>I never even bought the 2nd or 3rd albums.</p><p>I've never been a big fan of Rage.</p><p>You knew early on that it wouldnt last long because Cornell made many statements during the push for the first album that he was not &quot; into &quot; the socio-politcal scene that Rage was and that Audioslave would be different.</p><p>He just wanted to make good music.</p><p>Any idea of when Cornell's solo album comes out ?</p><p>I could look it up but I'm lazy.</p>

[HBox]

<strong>Duke</strong> wrote:<br /><p>id like to see eddie <font size="2"><strong>vaders</strong></font> burned out ass and cornell do a temple of the dog reunion tour...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>cept vadder is too busy finding new ways to look like a hippie...yet somehow... sell out more and more.. </p><p>Is he related to Darth?</p>

[JimBeam]

<p>Oh one thing I forgot :</p><p>Chris Cornell covering Billie Jean ?</p><p>That might be a bit too much of a sell out for me.</p>

[riverofpiss]

<p>I would love to see Soundgarden get back together even though the last album was a little weak.&nbsp; I think the reason for Down on the Upside being below average was that the band was contractually forced to do that album.&nbsp; It basically sounded like a Cornell solo job.&nbsp; I hope for a reunion but I think that all the members may have had enough of each other.&nbsp; </p><p>There is also no way that Cris Cornell could pull off the earlier Soundgarden material anymore but the songs from Superunknown and Down on the Upside would make up the majority of their set anyway.</p>

[Duke]

a soundgarden reunion would be nice but i remember cornell injured his vocal chords a few years back and can no longer sing like that

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Duke on 2-19-07 @ 10:35 PM</span>

[JimBeam]

<p>I actually didnt think Down On The Upside was too bad.</p><p>Had a few good songs.</p><p>The last contratual album was A-Sides or something which I think was a &quot; greatest &quot;&nbsp;hits.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[TheMojoPin]

<p><a href="http://idolator.com/tunes/soundgarden/cornell-doubts-hell-return-to-his-jesus-christ-pose-anytime-soon-237284.php" target="_blank">I don't think Chris is too eager to step back into ye olde Rusty Cage...</a></p><p>Too bad, if mostly because it means we won't get to hear Kim Thayil melt a few more faces.&nbsp; That guy is a badass guitarist.</p><p>De la Rocha put out one song a few years back when the Iraq war was first on the horizon called <a href="http://www.marchofdeath.com/" target="_blank">&quot;March of Death.&quot;</a>&nbsp; It was produced by DJ Shadow and was pretty badass, but that was all he ever put out.&nbsp; He supposedly put down a bunch of tracks produced by guys like Shadow, El-P, Trent Reznor and Dan the Automator, but the solo album never showed.&nbsp; I'd love to hear some new Rage...that band had some great energy that Audioslave didn't even come close to sniffing.&nbsp; I'm gonna pretend like the whole Audioslave debacle never happened...</p>

[Freakshow]

Why on Earth would Audioslave breaking up mean a
Soundgarden reunion? It just proves that Chris Cornell is the
colossal dick that everyone suspected when Soundgarden broke
up (they broke up frequently, if I remember correctly). He just
can't stand to work with anyone it seems.

I still like Down on the Upside, but never got close to get into his
solo material, so i'm going to say that it's still a Soundgarden
album. I know they each wrote a couple of songs for each
previous album, so i'd be suprised if that wasn't the case.

[crb1]

<strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://idolator.com/tunes/soundgarden/cornell-doubts-hell-return-to-his-jesus-christ-pose-anytime-soon-237284.php" target="_blank">I don't think Chris is too eager to step back into ye olde Rusty Cage...</a></p><p>Too bad, if mostly because it means we won't get to hear Kim Thayil melt a few more faces. That guy is a badass guitarist.</p><p>De la Rocha put out one song a few years back when the Iraq war was first on the horizon called <a href="http://www.marchofdeath.com/" target="_blank">&quot;March of Death.&quot;</a> It was produced by DJ Shadow and was pretty badass, but that was all he ever put out. He supposedly put down a bunch of tracks produced by guys like Shadow, El-P, Trent Reznor and Dan the Automator, but the solo album never showed. I'd love to hear some new Rage...that band had some great energy that Audioslave didn't even come close to sniffing. I'm gonna pretend like the whole Audioslave debacle never happened...</p><p>I actually liked some songs from the first and last Audioslave albums. The second was a little too poppy for my tastes.</p><p>From what I read, De La Rocha thought the material he did with Reznor wasn't up to his standards and will never be released. I'd love to hear some new Rage too, but it still sounds like they just plan to do the one show in April. Hopefully, it will go well and they'll start playing together again.&nbsp;</p>

[Earlshog]

<strong>cougarjake13</strong> wrote:<br /><p>what has zach been doing since the breakup ??</p><p>did he ever release any solo music ??/</p><p>he's working on his solo project Nepalese Democracy</p>

[MasterSoySauce]

Its all locking in now for the Rage reunion. Please God, Please.

[Earlshog]

<p>I saw Audio slave live a couple times they were really good...&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>it would be nice to both Soundgarden and Rage give another go at it... </p>

[tbagnu]

never saw soundgarden live, hope cornell can bury the past, get past his ego and reunite with 'garden and rock the joint!!