# Vocalist Chris Cornell is Dead?! Soundgarden, Audioslave **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2017, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909 "2017-05-18T09:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/21 "2017-05-18T15:18:45Z")
How sad! They were a part of the soundtrack of my early adult years. ☹ ---
**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:** [May 18, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/22 "2017-05-18T16:02:56Z")
Reports say something about a cord around the neck. Wonder if he was doing a Carradine? Too much suck, this. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/23 "2017-05-18T16:06:26Z")
_You laid all your lillies on the grave Of all the lonely Soldiers you left battle-torn You cut their pride On your concertina that surrounds Your dying leaves and your Fresh deadly roses Fresh deadly roses_ R.I.P., Chris. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/24 "2017-05-18T16:08:15Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Reports say something about a cord around the neck. Wonder if he was doing a Carradine? > > Too much suck, this. That was my thought as well, but the reason he was found dead in the first place was because his wife asked security to find him. If your wife is there, why hide in a corner and do that? Wouldn’t you want her to do it? or at least have her there (I can’t imagine it would be a thing they haven’t already discussed). What kills me inside is that they were supposed to play Rock on the Range tomorrow. All those people wake up now knowing they were so close, but will never see him again. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/25 "2017-05-18T16:08:31Z")
He had an astonishing voice. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/26 "2017-05-18T16:14:37Z")
They’re playing a group of his songs on the radio. Just finished _Nothing Compares 2 U_. Nothing compares indeed ☹ ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/27 "2017-05-18T16:25:49Z")
The two great voices of the '90s, Weiland and Cornell, both gone. Un-effing-believable and incredibly sad. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/28 "2017-05-18T16:36:09Z")
I won’t go so far as to say his music changed my life, but Ultramega OK and _Louder Than Love_ absolutely shoveled the dirt on the grave on my previous love of mainstream metal and guitar wankery. I remember driving with a friend up to see a couple bands. He brought the Steve Stevens solo album, I brought Soundgarden. We didn’t go see any shows together after that. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/29 "2017-05-18T16:42:56Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > I won’t go so far as to say his music changed my life, but Ultramega OK and _Louder Than Love_ absolutely shoveled the dirt on the grave on my previous love of mainstream metal and guitar wankery. I remember driving with a friend up to see a couple bands. He brought the Steve Stevens solo album, I brought Soundgarden. We didn’t go see any shows together after that. \m/ ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/30 "2017-05-18T17:50:30Z")
The soundtrack to my college years and early 20s…meh. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SUZ\_MAC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@SUZ\_MAC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SUZ_MAC)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/31 "2017-05-18T17:58:18Z")
Death by hanging … suicide. Damn it !! ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/32 "2017-05-18T19:00:19Z")
Damn, woke up to this news this morning. Guy could strip the paint off your car with his voice. I still have my “FUCK HAPPENS” Soundgarden shirt from seeing them on the _Louder Than Love_ tour. If I can find it, I’ll wear it when we play tomorrow. We all have to go, but suicide always leaves me confused. See ya, Chris. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/33 "2017-05-18T19:15:34Z")
This is so sad and horrifying. That poor man. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/34 "2017-05-18T21:14:26Z")
Last song was “In My Time of Dying” by Led Zeppelin. Drove past the Fox Theater yesterday while on jury duty in Detroit. Didn’t know he was having his (final) show there. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/35 "2017-05-18T22:50:42Z")
Holy shit. Ouch. I was just talking about him with my gf and I commented on how well he ages. A quote from one of his earlier songs comes to mind “I’m looking California and feeling Minnesota”. Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/36 "2017-05-18T22:57:12Z")
Oh FUCK no. First Scott Weiland and now Chris Cornell? Where is my youth going? ---
**Author:** ![Ztransform](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/48db29/32.png) [@Ztransform](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ztransform)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/37 "2017-05-18T23:35:48Z")
Damn Cornell looked about ten years less than 52, and in his tweets, he seemed upbeat about the Detroit concert. I guess whatever suffering he was going through, he kept it close to his chest. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/38 "2017-05-18T23:37:45Z")
You know, I remember when Kurt Cobain died, MTV was all over it. Now, they’re showing…“Friends”. What the hell happened? ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/39 "2017-05-19T00:05:56Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > You know, I remember when Kurt Cobain died, MTV was all over it. Now, they’re showing…“Friends”. What the hell happened? Because it’s 2017, not 1994. The deaths of Michael Hutchence and Layne Staley were barely blips on the radar when they happened. Dying young is only a great career move when it happens at the peak of your popularity. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909/40 "2017-05-19T00:41:27Z")
The last thing I wrote mentioning Cornell, about a month ago on Facebook, was comparing Richie Kotzen, of The Winery Dogs (also with Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy, great band, I digress) to Chris Cornell. Unfortunately, I kind of negged him. I said something like, “Richie sounds like Cornell, but more talented,” or something snotty like that. So, obviously, I blame myself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocalist-chris-cornell-is-dead-soundgarden-audioslave/786909.md?page=3)