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NFT: RIP Chris Cornell

CMicks3110 : 5/18/2017 5:48 am
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Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave, died Wednesday night, his representative told CNN.

Cornell, 52, was in Detroit performing with Soundgarden, which had embarked on a US tour in April. Brian Bumbery, his representative, called Cornell's passing "sudden and unexpected" in a statement to CNN.

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Damn..  
Neckbone1333 : 5/18/2017 5:54 am : link
RIP
Holy shit  
widmerseyebrow : 5/18/2017 5:56 am : link
Wonder what happened.
Never saw Soundgarden live  
widmerseyebrow : 5/18/2017 6:00 am : link
Went to an Audioslave concert and a Chris Cornell concert, sounded amazing both times.
Terrible news  
Steve in South Jersey : 5/18/2017 6:19 am : link
RIP
damn  
spike : 5/18/2017 6:36 am : link
RIP
That blows  
UConn4523 : 5/18/2017 6:42 am : link
amazing voice and talent for 30+ years who helped pave the way for my favorite movement in music. 52 is still too damn young.
Just  
Pete from Woodstock : 5/18/2017 6:57 am : link
absolutely stunned this morning....
Gizmodo reporting...  
Chris in Philly : 5/18/2017 6:59 am : link
possible suicide.
What an amazing talent  
Steve L : 5/18/2017 7:08 am : link
So sad. Had the pleasure of seeing Soundgarden multiple times back in the day. Such a great live band. He easily had one of the best rock voices.

RIP
Fox Detroit reporting his wife phones a friend  
j_rud : 5/18/2017 7:21 am : link
and asked them to check on him. He forced his way into the hotel room and found him dead. Also left behind a 12 year old daughter, 11 year old son. Terribly sad but I'd be lying if I didn't say, after losing my father in law and my mother in the past 3 months, that it makes a part of me kind of mad. To put your family through that...I dunno, he must've been in a pretty dark place.
Awful news  
napoleon : 5/18/2017 7:27 am : link
RIP
RIP  
Dave in PA : 5/18/2017 7:35 am : link
Going to go blast some mournful Soundgarden
RE: Fox Detroit reporting his wife phones a friend  
Chris in Philly : 5/18/2017 7:38 am : link
In comment 13474812 j_rud said:
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and asked them to check on him. He forced his way into the hotel room and found him dead. Also left behind a 12 year old daughter, 11 year old son. Terribly sad but I'd be lying if I didn't say, after losing my father in law and my mother in the past 3 months, that it makes a part of me kind of mad. To put your family through that...I dunno, he must've been in a pretty dark place.


I'm sorry to hear about your losses, j..
Too bad my cousin really liked him  
Route 9 : 5/18/2017 7:47 am : link
Met him numerous times, RIP Cornell
Devastating.  
Beezer : 5/18/2017 7:58 am : link
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RE: RE: Fox Detroit reporting his wife phones a friend  
j_rud : 5/18/2017 7:58 am : link
In comment 13474819 Chris in Philly said:
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In comment 13474812 j_rud said:


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and asked them to check on him. He forced his way into the hotel room and found him dead. Also left behind a 12 year old daughter, 11 year old son. Terribly sad but I'd be lying if I didn't say, after losing my father in law and my mother in the past 3 months, that it makes a part of me kind of mad. To put your family through that...I dunno, he must've been in a pretty dark place.



I'm sorry to hear about your losses, j..


Thanks buddy, appreciate it. I really don't want to sound judgmental, like I said he must've been horrible, dark place. But what we've been through you still really fresh in my mind and I suppose it will be for quite some time. It's a tough row to hoe then we all must experience at some point. I just can't imagine willingly putting your children through that, especially at such a young age. The only thing I can think of that could've made the past few months any harder would be A) if I were 11 years old and B) left to spend the rest of my life wondering why dad chose to leave. Just a shitty situation.

As for Cornell's talent, he truly was one of the best of this generation. Temple of the Dog, Badmotorfinger, and Superunknown were among the very first albums I ever bought back when I was a 12 year old discovering music. The "grunge era" and all it brought became a little cliched with copycat bands and $200 high fashion flannels but damn it was exciting when it happened. RIP to a giant...

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Totally sucks  
trueblueinpw : 5/18/2017 8:23 am : link
Love SG and Temple of the Dog. Badmotorfinger and TotD helped to save rock n roll. Fucking suicide? Hope not. Can't jump to conclusions, hope that drugs were not involved. What a shame. What a terrible waste.

Say Hello to Heaven
was shocked to see the headline at 530am  
JonC : 5/18/2017 8:36 am : link
sobering wake up to the day.
Wow  
Greg from LI : 5/18/2017 8:38 am : link
This one hurts
"Seasons" is one of my favorite songs.  
Mr. Bungle : 5/18/2017 8:39 am : link
This is sad news.
RIP  
BIG FRED 1973 : 5/18/2017 8:41 am : link
One of my favorite concerts that I ever went to was Soundgarden ,Voi-Vod and Faith No More in 1990 at Lamours in Brooklyn ,I love that Louder Than Love album by Soundgarden it had such a Sabbath feel to it .

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Britt in VA : 5/18/2017 8:41 am : link
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i was reading he had a life long battle with drugs also  
viggie : 5/18/2017 8:49 am : link
I hope that wasn't one of the causes. RIP and so much sadness for the family. Feel terrible for the kids, so young.
Sorry to hear about the passing of your mother and father in law, jrud  
Britt in VA : 5/18/2017 8:50 am : link
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RE: i was reading he had a life long battle with drugs also  
jcn56 : 5/18/2017 9:14 am : link
In comment 13474861 viggie said:
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I hope that wasn't one of the causes. RIP and so much sadness for the family. Feel terrible for the kids, so young.


RIP to CC, way too young for a very talented guy, but if we're going on baseless speculation, I wonder if autoerotic asphyxiation isn't closer to it. His final tweets didn't seem to paint the picture of a depressed guy about to end it all.
NYT:  
well...bye TC : 5/18/2017 9:15 am : link
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.
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Ughhh... just... ugh.  
Johnny5 : 5/18/2017 9:19 am : link
Shocked. Shocked and seriously bummed this morning. Such a great musical talent. And way, WAAAY too young. Dammit. Dammit dammit dammit.
Woke up this morning to this news  
TommytheElephant : 5/18/2017 9:27 am : link
Tragic. Hell of a musician.
I hope the suicide rumors are just that. Just tragic
What a voice.  
Section331 : 5/18/2017 9:30 am : link
Such a shame. RIP.
RIP  
GiantsLaw : 5/18/2017 9:37 am : link
Soundgarden was also a coming of age band for me. Badmotorfinger was such an brilliant album, for me everything else after never quite lived up to it.
If Curt Cobain was arguebly the greatest songwriter of that era ....  
short lease : 5/18/2017 10:18 am : link
Chris Cornell was the greatest singer ... nobody even came close (IMO). Just a very talented musician/singer.

I am shocked and sad at yet another loss of talent in the past 18 months .. and way to young.

RIP
Wow ... did not understand it was a suicide  
short lease : 5/18/2017 10:33 am : link
I have dealt with depression/anxiety to the point that I needed medicine long term (on and off) during my life but, I never once thought about killing my self.

When I read about this and others (Robin Williams, Curt Cobain, etc.) - people who seemingly have it all (money, fame) ... I think - is it something else that makes people commit suicide or is it a level of pain I was never familiar with?

Caught his appearances on the Howard Stern show a couple of times. He seemed like a good guy (one of those "easy to root for /glad for his success types".) Just sad that he may have killed himself (from early reports.....
When You Fly Really High  
wonderback : 5/18/2017 10:34 am : link
The crash comes really hard. It's been true across the length of history.
odd coincidence someone just mentioned to me  
Greg from LI : 5/18/2017 10:40 am : link
May 18 is the same day that Ian Curtis committed suicide in 1980.
Just heard that TotD closed last nights set with  
j_rud : 5/18/2017 11:04 am : link
a cover of In My Time of Dying, the gospel traditional made famous by Dylan and Zeppelin. Certainly sounds like he was planning something. For anyone unfamiliar...

"In my time of dying, want nobody to mourn
All I want for you to do is take my body home
Well, well, well, so I can die easy
Well, well, well, so I can die easy"
RE: Just heard that TotD closed last nights set with  
YAJ2112 : 5/18/2017 11:09 am : link
In comment 13475152 j_rud said:
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a cover of In My Time of Dying, the gospel traditional made famous by Dylan and Zeppelin. Certainly sounds like he was planning something. For anyone unfamiliar...

"In my time of dying, want nobody to mourn
All I want for you to do is take my body home
Well, well, well, so I can die easy
Well, well, well, so I can die easy"


He was playing with Soundgarden, not TotD. And they played that song on other stops on the current tour.
RE: Just heard that TotD closed last nights set with  
Britt in VA : 5/18/2017 11:10 am : link
In comment 13475152 j_rud said:
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a cover of In My Time of Dying, the gospel traditional made famous by Dylan and Zeppelin. Certainly sounds like he was planning something. For anyone unfamiliar...

"In my time of dying, want nobody to mourn
All I want for you to do is take my body home
Well, well, well, so I can die easy
Well, well, well, so I can die easy"


He was playing with Soundgarden last night. I just looked at their set list, didn't see that on there.

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Oh, I see....  
Britt in VA : 5/18/2017 11:10 am : link
he actually did that in the refrain of the last song.
RE: Oh, I see....  
YAJ2112 : 5/18/2017 11:13 am : link
In comment 13475173 Britt in VA said:
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he actually did that in the refrain of the last song.


Yeah, looks like they added that snippet whenever they closed with Slaves & Bulldozers
RE: Wow ... did not understand it was a suicide  
DieHard : 5/18/2017 1:49 pm : link
In comment 13475070 short lease said:
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When I read about this and others (Robin Williams, Curt Cobain, etc.) - people who seemingly have it all (money, fame) ... I think - is it something else that makes people commit suicide or is it a level of pain I was never familiar with?


To be fair, in Robin Williams' case he had been diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia, which sounds like a horrific thing to go through.
That's awful.  
shockeyisthebest8056 : 5/18/2017 1:51 pm : link
Audioslave is one of my favorite albums of all-time.

RIP Chris and my condolences to his family, ex-bandmates, and fans.
RIP  
MadPlaid : 5/18/2017 1:59 pm : link
Spoonman popped up on shuffle on my iphone today. I guess it knew. Tremendous talent.
RIP  
Mr. Nickels : 5/18/2017 2:05 pm : link
The Day I tried to live and Like a stone are favorites.


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his last performance last night  
Canton : 5/18/2017 2:43 pm : link
he didn't look into it at all
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Here he is...  
Johnny5 : 5/18/2017 5:58 pm : link
... on point live.
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I saw Soundgarden  
B in ALB : 5/18/2017 6:05 pm : link
in 1992 at Lollapalooza. Same show with RHCP, Pearl Jam, Ministry, Ice Cube, Rage Against the Machine, Cypress Hill, Stone Temple Pilots, Ice T and Body Count, etc.

The crowd at SPAC was so incensed by Soundgarden and Pearl Jam that we rushed security between the grass and the amphitheater. Eventually, they were overwhelmed and it was a free-for-all. The most unbelievable concert scene I've ever been a part of.

I ended up getting to the front row of the stage and hearing Soundgarden for the first time. It was unreal.

It was the day I became a Ministry and Al Jorgensen Fan too.

And Pearl Jam was just unbelievable. That's when the onslaught started within the crowd.

To top it off with RHCP was just unreal. Probably my favorite concert of all time. Who could have imagined that we'd be seeing 10 or so legends of music that day?
RE: I saw Soundgarden  
Johnny5 : 5/18/2017 6:39 pm : link
In comment 13475660 B in ALB said:
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in 1992 at Lollapalooza. Same show with RHCP, Pearl Jam, Ministry, Ice Cube, Rage Against the Machine, Cypress Hill, Stone Temple Pilots, Ice T and Body Count, etc.

The crowd at SPAC was so incensed by Soundgarden and Pearl Jam that we rushed security between the grass and the amphitheater. Eventually, they were overwhelmed and it was a free-for-all. The most unbelievable concert scene I've ever been a part of.

I ended up getting to the front row of the stage and hearing Soundgarden for the first time. It was unreal.

It was the day I became a Ministry and Al Jorgensen Fan too.

And Pearl Jam was just unbelievable. That's when the onslaught started within the crowd.

To top it off with RHCP was just unreal. Probably my favorite concert of all time. Who could have imagined that we'd be seeing 10 or so legends of music that day?

Ha B I was at that show... though to be fair I don't recall too much... :)
yeah, after Ministry  
B in ALB : 5/18/2017 6:52 pm : link
it's all a blank. I remember letting my friends in through a hole in the fence by the waterfall. And security just giving up at one point. It was a free for all. I vaguely remember staggering across the bridge in the middle of the RHCP set, next thing I know I'm on the Northway yacking out the window.

First and last time Lollapalooza ever graced SPAC.

Two years later at the harness track was a shitshow.
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arcarsenal : 5/18/2017 7:00 pm : link
He sounded really bad at that show last night from the clips I heard.

I know sometimes the first response is to think he's selfish for not reaching out and trying to get help rather than leaving a wife, children, and countless close friends behind - but sometimes people just have demons that encapsulate them to the point where they can't see beyond the darkness and it feels like the only way out.

I lost a best friend this way when I was in my mid-20's. Part of me was just so angry (on top of indescribable sadness) at first because if he had just asked me for any help at all I would have done everything humanly possible for him. As would have anyone else who was close to him.

But sometimes the pain is just impossible to escape.

Incredibly sad.

The "Black Hole Sun" video weirded me out in the best, most memorable way possible when I was a kid. I had Superunknown on cassette. I really loved Soundgarden back then. Brings back a lot of memories.

RIP.
Chris Cornell  
pjcas18 : 5/18/2017 9:17 pm : link
singing One, U2 one music, Metallica One lyrics.

nice "mashup"
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My buddy Craig sang a tribute last night at their gig.  
Beezer : 5/19/2017 12:59 pm : link
Cornell's "When I'm Down."

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RIP Chris  
River : 5/19/2017 1:48 pm : link
Now you can jam out with Layne and Kurt.
RE: RIP Chris  
Jim in Scranton : 5/19/2017 2:01 pm : link
In comment 13476504 River said:
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Now you can jam out with Layne and Kurt.


I am still devastated by Layne.
After the Detroit show,  
Mr. Bungle : 5/19/2017 2:21 pm : link
Cornell was slurring his words during a phone call with his wife, and he admitted to her that he took more Ativan than the recommended dosage.
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RE: After the Detroit show,  
widmerseyebrow : 5/19/2017 3:13 pm : link
In comment 13476530 Mr. Bungle said:
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Cornell was slurring his words during a phone call with his wife, and he admitted to her that he took more Ativan than the recommended dosage. link - ( New Window )


Not being in the right frame of mind sounds right. There were some insinuations above that this was an impulse selfish act, but this was a 52 year old man,a guy who pretty candidly and thoughtfully spoke about his past demons and being in a much better place as he aged. Its possible he relapsed on top of this, but impulsively committing or planning out a suicide doesn't seem likely.
RE: RE: RIP Chris  
River : 5/19/2017 3:40 pm : link
In comment 13476516 Jim in Scranton said:
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In comment 13476504 River said:


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Now you can jam out with Layne and Kurt.



I am still devastated by Layne.

Absolutely loved AIC. These guys are gifts to be enjoyed and huge losses when gone.
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