RIP Chris Cornell

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  • biggamecbc
    biggamecbc Stl Posts: 63
    Feeling awful 
    RIP Chris
    Prayers for him and his family 
  • cottagesteeze
    cottagesteeze St. Paul, MN Posts: 218
    Just saw him perform for the first time on Saturday. I'm at a loss for words.

    RIP Chris
  • Blredyellow
    Blredyellow Posts: 843
    Makes even less sense now. Really struggling to understand and process this. 

    http://m.tmz.com/#article/2017/05/18/chris-cornell-suicide-death-wife/
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,908
    Degeneratefk said:
    DriftingByTheStorm said:
    This is somehow feeling worse and hitting me harder than '94 did. Maybe because unlike Kurt this seems so out of the blue. Maybe because of how connected Chris was to Eddie's rise. Maybe because I was totally doped to the fucking gills at TOTD NYC and immensely regret blowing that experience ... I don't know but it's cutting so hard. Grrrr. :-/
    I felt the same way when I compare this to Layne Staley.  I think the difference between layne and Kurt dying with Chris is that Layne and kurts deaths were almost expected. Both were troubled and deep into drug abuse. Not that Chris suffered any less or didn't have dependency issues, they just weren't as publicized.  

    Plus, we got to listen to Chris for the better part of 30 years. Be gave us much more music than the other 2. And the fact that Chris had so much success with not only SG, but Audioslave and a solo career. 

    Either way, it's a sad day for not only music fans, but the world. The gift  this gave us all will not be forgotten. 
    i think also as we get older death hits us closer to home. we feel our own mortality a lot more than you do in your 20s. so as we age and people near our age start dying it touches a closer nerve.  at least for me it does. just so tough to deal with this type of news. 
  • danny
    danny Posts: 2,283
    so sad rip
    danny d
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,790
    It's 1.30am here and I can't get to sleep. I keep thinking about what Chris' family are going through and it's bringing back a lot of personal memories. It's just so horribly sad.

    I don't think I've been this upset by a musician passing since Elliott Smith died.
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  • pearljamdude420
    pearljamdude420 Posts: 1,380
    i just wanted to see temple of the dog in the future 1 x :( i saw pj 48 times, soundgarden only 1x with nin
  • BIGDaddyWil
    BIGDaddyWil Michigan Posts: 3,080
    I was at the show last night, fucking rocked! Great mix of tunes, new and old.  Chris was really feeding off, of the crowd.  The band was tight, especially Matt.

    Here is the set list:
    Ugly Truth
    Hunted Down
    Non-State Actor
    Searching With My Good Eye Closed
    Spoonman
    Outshined
    Kickstand
    Black Hole Sun
    By Crooked Steps
    The Day I Tried To Live
    My Wave
    Been Away Too Long
    Fell on Black Days
    Mailman
    A Thousand Days Before
    Burden in My Hand
    Blow Up the Outside World
    Jesus Christ Pose
    Rusty Cage
    Slaves & Bulldozers

    I can't believe I woke up to this terrible news!  I turned on my phone and it blew up with text messages. What a great loss!  He will be missed terribly!  My condolences to everyone, family, friends and fans!  I'm fucking wrecked!
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Waking up to this kind of news is... I don't know.  Shit.  I don't know...
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • CompassionateSpirit
    CompassionateSpirit Posts: 230
    There will be a bright new star in the sky tonight. Say Hello 2 Heaven & Andy! My heart goes out to his family, bandmates and crew, and all his Pearl Jam and Seattle music friends. He was a very very special, beautiful and unique person and I will never ever forget him. 
    ...And he who forgets will be destined to remember.

    ...I swear I never took it for granted. Just thought of it now.
  • Dru_Cortez
    Dru_Cortez Posts: 953
    I haven't posted on this forum for a few years now.
    But this is the first place I thought of when I heard the news this morning.
    Thoughts + prayers to any + all who are struggling today.
    Dammit.
    'Cause you don't give blood and take it back again.
  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    devasted....... RIP CC

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  • JV130312
    JV130312 STATE OF LOVE & TRUST Posts: 2,519
    Sad to hear this news.  Cornell was one of my favorite singers. Maybe the best pure singer of the grunge era.  He's definitely going to be missed.  Very sad.

    People take suicide too lightly.  Hopefully this can bring awareness to it and help prevent one person from committing suicide in the future.

    RIP Chris.
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  • JustaPJFan
    JustaPJFan Posts: 710
    I can't listen to Hunger Strike without a single tear leaving my eye.
  • fl4tdriven
    fl4tdriven Moscow, PA Posts: 332
    JV130312 said:
    Sad to hear this news.  Cornell was one of my favorite singers. Maybe the best pure singer of the grunge era.  He's definitely going to be missed.  Very sad.

    People take suicide too lightly.  Hopefully this can bring awareness to it and help prevent one person from committing suicide in the future.

    RIP Chris.

    No one should ever use 'committed suicide', rather, 'died by suicide'. 
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,890
    I tried listening to live on I-5 this morning.... didn't help.. put on Yield instead :(
  • SR91748
    SR91748 Posts: 159
    I'm so saddened by this news. My heart goes out to his family and his friends, including all in the PJ community. So sad.
  • Tremorman
    Tremorman Posts: 390
    I feel terrible for his family and the band members.  The band's musical legacy is amazing but the surviving members will likely be subjected to some painful and insensitive questions for the duration that won't be focused on the great music they made together.  And  Eddie might get them too now as he is the only big name frontman left from that era (which in itself is just unbearably sad).  I hope the press doesn't harass these guys during such a painful time.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,664
    This is so shocking - I heard it on the morning news while I was getting ready and I thought I must have heard it wrong. I had to rewind it to make sure my ears weren't deceiving me. I can still hardly believe it. So, so, so tragic. 
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    this hits so close to home.....
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