# AudioSlave - You Like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 4, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027 "2003-03-04T16:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/1 "2003-03-04T16:55:15Z")
I do, I like Chris Cornell - Vocals and Songwriting. Liked him in Soundgarden and his Solo Stuff. Didn’t like Rage Against The Machine, just didn’t get into them. But I like AudioSlave, the CD is good - from start to finish, especially like Like A Stone. What do you think. ---
**Author:** ![Bindrah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Bindrah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bindrah)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/2 "2003-03-04T17:38:30Z")
i heard one song and sort of liked it. i would like to hear the entire cd and see how it turned out… ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/3 "2003-03-04T18:08:31Z")
I’ve only heard what’s been released on the radio and it’s okay…not earth shattering. I’d like to listen to the whole album though, because Chris Cornell can shit on a plate and I’ll say, “Great! More please?” I just love his voice, and hope that it’s being used at some point on the album to its full, angsty screaming potential. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/4 "2003-03-04T18:18:23Z")
When I first heard of the project, I was kinda excited about it. After all, you get the voice of SoundGarden and the riffs of Rage. I never got into Rage because I hated de la Rocha’s crap. This sounded like a match that could go somewhere. I only heard one song on the radio, only one time, and it didn’t really catch my attention. I suppose I really need to hear the whole thing. I’ll probably pick it up. It can’t be too bad, afterall. * * * Fagjunk Theology: Not just for sodomite propagandists anymore. ---
**Author:** ![MissBungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MissBungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissBungle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/5 "2003-03-04T18:25:50Z")
I’m not impressed by them. and Cornell looks like he’s in a boy band now. ---
**Author:** ![xenothrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/7ab992/32.png) [@xenothrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenothrope)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/6 "2003-03-04T18:28:24Z")
I would have to vote that band (more like its members) as the best thing to come out of 2 bad situations. RATM needed a new lead singer and Cornell needed a band. Who would have thunk that they would sound that good? and ‘like a stone’ just plain rocks. -x out ---
**Author:** ![Rib\_Eye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@Rib\_Eye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rib_Eye)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/7 "2003-03-04T20:00:16Z")
Yep. Like 'em whole lots. Cornell is my fave singer and songwriter and I enjoyed early Rage too before they got repetitive. Audioslave is a good record, almost as good as Cornell’s solo album, though not quite as great as the last two Soundgarden releases. Temple of the Dog is godly! ---
**Author:** ![MissBungle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MissBungle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissBungle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/8 "2003-03-04T20:30:24Z")
I LOVE Temple of the Dog, donn’t get me wrong. I just ain’t impressed with AudioSlave ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/9 "2003-03-04T20:47:20Z")
I like, I like. They do sound much more Soundgartian than Ragin’. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/10 "2003-03-04T22:21:44Z")
I never liked Soundgarden, although I did like Temple of the Dog. HATED Rage. I like Audioslave until Cornell starts signing. For some reason he irritates me on those songs. Not on TotD, or his solo songs, though… weird… ---
**Author:** ![Keith\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@Keith\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith_Berry)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/11 "2003-03-04T22:37:37Z")
They are pretty good, but it really just sounds like Rage doing Soundgarden-esque music. Nothing really original or new. I always loved Soundgarden though, so it is nice to get something that continues in that vein. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/12 "2003-03-04T22:48:21Z")
BOR-RING. And I don’t know if its just the recording/mixing, but it sounds like Cornell’s voice is starting to go. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/13 "2003-03-04T22:51:55Z")
This is one of the only albums I’ve bought in recent years with more than one or two songs that I’ve liked. Generally I’ve bought an album, liked one song a lot, another a little bit, and the rest were various degrees of shit. I like every song on the thing ranging from “pretty dern good” to “freakin’ brilliant.” I had high hopes, and they were exceeded to my great surprise. Great album. And hey, Cornell has _always_ been a “pretty boy.” Can’t hold _that_ against him. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/14 "2003-03-05T13:59:11Z")
So boring. I liked RATM, didn’t mind Soundgarden, but this is way less than the sum of its parts. It takes all the edge off Rage’s music that made them so exciting and [almost famous] incindiyary [/almost famous] and has nothing of the freshness and vitality that characterised Soundgarden’s best moments. It just sounds like boring post-grunge rock with grunge throwback tinges. Like Puddle of Mudd, but not as bad. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/15 "2003-03-05T17:27:56Z")
I’ve always hated Rage Against The Machine. I didn’t like their vocals, and I didn’t like the band. All they ever do (that I’ve ever heard) is vamp for 3 or 5 minutes. I liked Soundgarden and Chris Cornell is a really good singer. The combination is ok, but not earth-shattering goodness. I’d rather listen to Cornell with a better band. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/16 "2003-03-05T17:39:07Z")
They aren’t bad, it’s just that they sound exactly like RATM, only with Chris Cornell. They had a chance to grow musically, but instead Tom and the guys decided to play the exact same way. Anyone know if they play any Rage or Soundgarden stuff live? (Yay! Post #425!) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/17 "2003-03-05T23:09:37Z")
Two thumbs down. First, I’ve never liked Rage. Two, the singles are so _tired_. Gah, it’s nothing we haven’t heard before. It’s not even decent stuff we’ve heard before. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/18 "2003-03-07T11:57:25Z")
I enjoy the CD, but it’s nothing new or groundbreaking. The singles are good radio fodder, but I prefer “Set It Off” and “Shadow On The Sun”. It’ll do until I find something new to catch my ear, I’m in something of a slump when it comes to finding new music and artists I like. Getting old I guess. Rage grew on me after I heard more of them. Soundgarden had a few good moments, but overall left me flat (I even prefer Johnny Cash’s version of “Rusty Cage” to the original). ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/19 "2003-03-07T12:52:47Z")
Me like. I got a Led Zeppelin feel from 'em. In udda woids, I’m horny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audioslave-you-like/159027/20 "2003-03-07T13:18:12Z")
What I’ve heard so far has been decent. However, the $75 bucks they were charger for concert tickets cost them some points in my book.