Chris Cornell to Open for Linkin Park

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  • Posts: 1,907
    Didn't someone just recently post that Chris was working with Timberland (producer) on a new sound. If so, wouldn't Linkin Park, a group he was comfortable with be a good tour to break out some of this new material?
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    puremagic wrote:
    Didn't someone just recently post that Chris was working with Timberland (producer) on a new sound. If so, wouldn't Linkin Park, a group he was comfortable with be a good tour to break out some of this new material?

    Hmm.. good theory.
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  • Posts: 2,051
    holtz wrote:
    Sad thing is most people at Linkin Park shows probably don't know who Chris is. It is good for him to show some younger music fans who he is and how great his voice is. I saw Chris last year and the younger fans went crazy for Audioslave stuff but just stood still for Soungarden stuff, minus Outshined, and seemed to not know the songs.


    Exactly, this is why Chris is doing it. So he can build up his fanbase again.

    He is becoming to much about the money.
    And this is funny comming from a guy who basically stated his whole career has been about the art.
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  • Posts: 2,051
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Sheesh, this guy gets flack for everything around here.

    I've never been a big fan of his (except for maybe Euphoria Morning), but people around here are so judgmental living up on their soapboxes.


    Its his actions, he hooks differant groups of fans in constantly, and bails on them.
    What kind of soundgarden fans or from his first solo album or even audioslave would want to go to festivals like that or see lincoln park.
    Why couldnt he do bonoroo.
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    nowayimfaithfull wrote:
    Exactly, this is why Chris is doing it. So he can build up his fanbase again.

    He is becoming to much about the money.
    And this is funny comming from a guy who basically stated his whole career has been about the art.

    It's probably more about continuing his career than about the money. The guy has sold millions of records, I doubt he is hard up for cash.
  • Posts: 2,051
    gtrplyr wrote:
    I don't see whats so bad about that.

    Actually, I saw Creed on their first tour and they kicked all kinds of ass.


    Okay, maybee, but when they got popular they changed bigtime.
    for the worse
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    nowayimfaithfull wrote:
    Exactly, this is why Chris is doing it. So he can build up his fanbase again.

    He is becoming to much about the money.
    And this is funny comming from a guy who basically stated his whole career has been about the art.

    Your logic makes no sense. An artist is all about the money because they try to build a fan base? CC never had a Chris fan base, at least not much of one. Sure he had a SG fan base, a TOTD fan base, an AS fan base but still nobody knows or cares who the fuck CC is. He has no choice but to build a fan base because he really doesn't have one. If CC was into this for the money he would have never left AS. Or, he'd be like the rest of 90's nostalgia acts and try to re-create the success of SG.

    He's trying different ways of marketing himself, much like PJ did with Avacodo. Obviously, you don't have to like his direction or music but your complaints seem trivial at best...

    For the record, if I was CC, I would have left AS as well...
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    facepollution wrote:
    It's probably more about continuing his career than about the money. The guy has sold millions of records, I doubt he is hard up for cash.


    It was noted he was broke after sg. He is just weird, I obviously see it from pearl jam eyes anymore.
    Chris in sg is the epithamy of rock and roll.
    I cant stomach all this latest news.
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    eyedclaar wrote:
    Your logic makes no sense. An artist is all about the money because they try to build a fan base? CC never had a Chris fan base, at least not much of one. Sure he had a SG fan base, a TOTD fan base, an AS fan base but still nobody knows or cares who the fuck CC is. He has no choice but to build a fan base because he really doesn't have one. If CC was into this for the money he would have never left AS. Or, he'd be like the rest of 90's nostalgia acts and try to re-create the success of SG.

    He's trying different ways of marketing himself, much like PJ did with Avacodo. Obviously, you don't have to like his direction or music but your complaints seem trivial at best...

    For the record, if I was CC, I would have left AS as well...

    Trivial and in the same sentance you say he never had a fanbase, wtf,
    He has had many of fanbases, he is well known.
    He sells out with every thing he does.
    He also has a very big women fanbase.
    It does make sense, if Ed did shit like this he would be a sell out.
    When metallica changed it was about the money. Because they went to more of a rock vs metal sound.
    Look I dont know him, but 99.9 percent of hip hop Is dollars and cents, its for young kids.
    If Ed started doing shit like this the overqall word would be sell out.
    I am not saying its scripture.
    But your telling me in 2 years time he has went from, supergroup powerchords,to small venue solo stuff, to hip hop.
    Thats a big fucking bounce.
    sorry.

    I love the I would have left Audioslave as well comments, like it was a 1 time thing.
    They released an album and got payed, and than he bailed. He could have not bullshitted the fans on the previous tour, and just quit before Revalations.
    They were selling out arenas they had tons of fans.
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  • Posts: 115
    if Chris was only worried about money, we'd be seeing a Soundgarden tour right now.

    That is obviously not the case.
  • Posts: 519
    maybe some people just love to perform live...

    jeez
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    nowayimfaithfull wrote:
    Tivial and in the same sentance you say he never had a fanbase, wtf,
    He has had many of fanbases, he is well known.
    He sells out with every thing he does.
    He also has a very big women fanbase.
    It does make sense, if Ed did shit like this he would be a sell out.
    When metallica changed it was about the money. Because they went to more of a rock vs metal sound.
    Look I dont know him, but 99.9 percent of hip hop Is dollars and cents, its for young kids.
    If Ed started doing shit like this the overqall word would be sell out.
    I am not saying its scripture.
    But your telling me in 2 years time he has went from, supergroup powerchords,to small venue solo stuff, to hip hop.
    Thats a big fucking bounce.
    sorry.

    I love the I would have left Audioslave as well comments, like it was a 1 time thing.
    They released an album and got payed, and than he bailed. He could have not bullshitted the fans on the previous tour, and just quit before Revalations.
    They were selling out arenas they had tons of fans.
    Your posts crack me up. Some seriously funny stuff in there.

    1. We have already established that Cornell does not have a huge fanbase of his own. He has fans of his old bands, sure, but not for his solo stuff; he needs to get his name out there. We all know the troubles Jerry Cantrell had; hence the reformed Alice In Chains - MONEY.

    2. Examples of "selling out with everything he does"?

    3. Yes, his forum has a lot of women on it. But the three shows I saw last year were probably 60% male each.

    4. Ed is in Pearl Jam; he is IN a band, he has no reason to establish himself as a solo artist as of now.

    5. So Cornell quit a hugely successful rock group where he could probably make more money than he could with his solo career. How exactly is that selling out? There are so many contradictions in your post. Plus, although I'm a huge Morello fan, it seems like there was a lot of friction between him and Chris. Plus, don't forget that a lot of the Audioslave fanbase was from either the RATM or Soundgarden side - not so much for the actual band themselves.

    I think I addressed most of the points there.
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    nowayimfaithfull wrote:
    Tivial and in the same sentance you say he never had a fanbase, wtf,
    He has had many of fanbases, he is well known.
    He sells out with every thing he does.
    He also has a very big women fanbase.
    It does make sense, if Ed did shit like this he would be a sell out.
    When metallica changed it was about the money. Because they went to more of a rock vs metal sound.
    Look I dont know him, but 99.9 percent of hip hop Is dollars and cents, its for young kids.
    If Ed started doing shit like this the overqall word would be sell out.
    I am not saying its scripture.
    But your telling me in 2 years time he has went from, supergroup powerchords,to small venue solo stuff, to hip hop.
    Thats a big fucking bounce.
    sorry.

    I love the I would have left Audioslave as well comments, like it was a 1 time thing.
    They released an album and got payed, and than he bailed. He could have not bullshitted the fans on the previous tour, and just quit before Revalations.
    They were selling out arenas they had tons of fans.

    Yeah, Cornell has a fanbase - but that's with Soundgarden and Audioslave. He has a fanbase as a solo artist, but I doubt it's very big, which would explain Euphoria Morning and Carry On's lacksture sales (although his profile seems to have raised a bit recentelly).

    Just because he's working with Timbaland, does not mean it's "hip hop." People have bleated this to death around here, but Rick Rubin started off as a hip hop producer. And if it is hip hop, who the fuck are you to write it off? Or who the fuck am I to say it's the greatest thing ever? None of us have heard it.

    And broke after Soundgarden? Right, well I doubt that but even if he was, he'd probably wouldn't have followed it up with Euphoria Morning, which obviously didn't get the cash registeres clinging. If he was in it for the money, I'm sure he would have continued to churn out more and more Audioslave records.

    You really seem to have an unhealthy hatred towards this guy, and I can't understand it. How about listening to his new record before dismissing it?

    It was noted he was broke after sg. He is just weird, I obviously see it from pearl jam eyes anymore.
    Chris in sg is the epithamy of rock and roll.
    I cant stomach all this latest news.

    Why? Because it isn't Soundgarden or Audioslave? I'm not saying the new record is gonna be great, or even that I enjoyed Carry On. But christ, you rock elitsits who think that if there's no guitar in it it's not "worthy" are bloody annoying sometimes.
  • Posts: 6,980
    muppet wrote:
    Yeah, Cornell has a fanbase - but that's with Soundgarden and Audioslave. He has a fanbase as a solo artist, but I doubt it's very big, which would explain Euphoria Morning and Carry On's lacksture sales (although his profile seems to have raised a bit recentelly).

    Just because he's working with Timbaland, does not mean it's "hip hop." People have bleated this to death around here, but Rick Rubin started off as a hip hop producer. And if it is hip hop, who the fuck are you to write it off? Or who the fuck am I to say it's the greatest thing ever? None of us have heard it.

    And broke after Soundgarden? Right, well I doubt that but even if he was, he'd probably wouldn't have followed it up with Euphoria Morning, which obviously didn't get the cash registeres clinging. If he was in it for the money, I'm sure he would have continued to churn out more and more Audioslave records.

    You really seem to have an unhealthy hatred towards this guy, and I can't understand it. How about listening to his new record before dismissing it?



    Why? Because it isn't Soundgarden or Audioslave? I'm not saying the new record is gonna be great, or even that I enjoyed Carry On. But christ, you rock elitsits who think that if there's no guitar in it it's not "worthy" are bloody annoying sometimes.

    Hey Muppet, nice to meet you. I enjoyed your post. Some folks are just waiting for their mullets to become fashionable again and the only way they think that is going to happen is if Chris tries to act 25 and then they can live vicariouly through him...
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    he is using timbaland to produce his album.
    he is opening for lincoln park.
    He does fashion clothing adds.
    You also cant assume a soungarden reunion would go over well, their last tour didnt even sell out in philly or new york.

    Its great all you guys praise these marketing strategies.
    I think it is ridiculous.
    I am also glad my replies make you guys laugh.
    Chris is cheesey at best, listen to his last effort.
    He is one lucky guy in this forum, becasue he gets a free pass.
    His latest music speeks for itself, and For such a great musician to have to open for a band like lincoln park is a waste and a huge step backwards, and if that makes me stupid I stand behind my dumbness becasue they are not a good rock band at all.
    And if he needs their fans for anything else beside money .god bless him.
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    eyedclaar wrote:
    Hey Muppet, nice to meet you. I enjoyed your post. Some folks are just waiting for their mullets to become fashionable again and the only way they think that is going to happen is if Chris tries to act 25 and then they can live vicariouly through him...

    I guess the fact that chris is older than me by 5 years and I cant change that, has something to do with liking a certain level of creative music. Most good musicians move foward not backwards.
    Well I for one do not have a mullet, never did, that was an 80s metal thing.
    When music is good its good, and a true musician in his 20th year should not be worrying about mainstream success and approval. The only reason chris does is becasue he has nothing left , and it obvioulsy means something to him.
    Ride my ass far all you want but in the end this post is true.

    Its pretty sad, he should be producing his own album, he should also not be worrying about radio, nor touring with the flavor of the month.

    P.S. You dont think Chris is trying to act 25 opening for a band that pretty much has a fanbase of 15 to 25. What kind of measage could he possibly send them.

    Like I said free pass for cornell.
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    nowayimfaithfull wrote:
    he is using timbaland to produce his album.
    he is opening for lincoln park.
    He does fashion clothing adds.
    You also cant assume a soungarden reunion would go over well, their last tour didnt even sell out in philly or new york.

    Its great all you guys praise these marketing strategies.
    I think it is ridiculous.
    I am also glad my replies make you guys laugh.
    Chris is cheesey at best, listen to his last effort.
    He is one lucky guy in this forum, becasue he gets a free pass.
    His latest music speeks for itself, and For such a great musician to have to open for a band like lincoln park is a waste and a huge step backwards, and if that makes me stupid I stand behind my dumbness becasue they are not a good rock band at all.
    And if he needs their fans for anything else beside money .god bless him.

    So, everyone calling him a douchebag is somehow a free pass? If so, I'll pay for mine. I love your heroic integrity and judgmental nature, but why do I think you don't know the first thing about being a musician or being in a band?

    This is a crazy new world as far as music goes and artists everywhere are trying to figure out the best way to offset the rapidly declining album sales. Henry Rollins has done fashion ads, why don’t I ever hear people bitching about that? Nobody questions his integrity.

    Look, I may not agree with every decision Chris makes, but as a fan I am prone to giving him the benefit of the doubt. You, on the other hand, act like he took a dump in your Cheerios and cheated on your mom by sleeping with your sister. You sound like some spoiled 10 year old with a ridiculously misplaced sense of entitlement. Guess what, he’s not your puppet and for sheer entertainment value alone, I hope he keeps pissing you off.
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    nowayimfaithfull wrote:
    I guess the fact that chris is older than me by 5 years and I cant change that, has something to do with liking a certain level of creative music. Most good musicians move foward not backwards.
    Well I for one do not have a mullet, never did, that was an 80s metal thing.
    When music is good its good, and a true musician in his 20th year should not be worrying about mainstream success and approval. The only reason chris does is becasue he has nothing left , and it obvioulsy means something to him.
    Ride my ass far all you want but in the end this post is true.

    Its pretty sad, he should be producing his own album, he should also not be worrying about radio, nor touring with the flavor of the month.

    P.S. You dont think Chris is trying to act 25 opening for a band that pretty much has a fanbase of 15 to 25. What kind of measage could he possibly send them.

    Like I said free pass for cornell.

    Nobody is going to convince you of anything. The only validation you need is your own flapping gums. Nothing wrong with that.

    Like I said, I hope he keeps pissing you off.
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    eyedclaar wrote:
    Hey Muppet, nice to meet you. I enjoyed your post. Some folks are just waiting for their mullets to become fashionable again and the only way they think that is going to happen is if Chris tries to act 25 and then they can live vicariouly through him...

    Lol

    He probably wants to bring the "balls" back to RAWK AND ROLL \M/ \M/
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    nowayimfaithfull wrote:
    he is using timbaland to produce his album.
    he is opening for lincoln park.
    He does fashion clothing adds.
    You also cant assume a soungarden reunion would go over well, their last tour didnt even sell out in philly or new york.

    Its great all you guys praise these marketing strategies.
    I think it is ridiculous.
    I am also glad my replies make you guys laugh.
    Chris is cheesey at best, listen to his last effort.
    He is one lucky guy in this forum, becasue he gets a free pass.
    His latest music speeks for itself, and For such a great musician to have to open for a band like lincoln park is a waste and a huge step backwards, and if that makes me stupid I stand behind my dumbness becasue they are not a good rock band at all.
    And if he needs their fans for anything else beside money .god bless him.

    Dude, I think your 'Enter' key is broken. ;)
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