RIP Chris Cornell

HughFreakingDillon · May 2017

tbergs said:

rgambs said:

tbergs said:

Not trying to be rude, but can people just stop with the speculative guessing about what happened, especially as it relates to the "misadventure" comments. Speculating it was an accident is one thing, but taking it beyond that is disrespectful and unnecessary. I don't get why anyone would bring up such things. It's gossip unless something comes out otherwise. Have some respect. We're all obviously at a loss and looking for an answer, but unless we ever get one, these speculations are no better than that random stranger writer who tried to point out there were all these signs Chris exhibited during the concert that night.

Not everyone shares your opinion. It's that simple.

Thanks for reiterating my point, it's your opinion on his death. Leave it to your personal conversations. This thread is for mourning, remembering and celebrating the brilliant artist Chris was, not for people to bring their conspiracy theories and speculation around his death.

my apologies if i offended earlier. it was sincerely not my intent. just trying to process it, and just grasping at straws to make sense of it.

HughFreakingDillon · May 2017

was doing semi-ok until i came back to this thread. in tears again.

PJammer4life · May 2017

I was at the U2 concerts last night at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and Bono spoke about Chris Cornell. He said what made it such a tragedy was that Chris was so close to beating his demons. He had fought addiction for years and seemed to have conquerered, yet only to fall so close to the end. I agree. He had a loving wife and great kids, friends, and was creating great music solo and with Temple/ Soundgarden. He reached a place where he had freedom and I guess it wasn't enough. He had come so close....

Release EV · May 2017

Thanks to the person that posted the SNL clip. Awesome.
Away with work so tried not to listen yesterday but kept going back to it.

However a new light today. Call me a dog on songbook just reverberates. Starting to celebrate again in his music.

Thirty Bills Unpaid · May 2017

I bought this sweet Altec Lansing blue tooth speaker that came with a bike attachment.

My buddies and I cranked Soundgarden for the duration of a 14km ride on our mountain bikes.

Awesome.

I'm shook over this incident too, but I'll honour this guy's any chance I can. Soundgarden was a big part of my life and Cornell made my experience on this earth better with his efforts.

Zod · May 2017

mace1229 said:

Took this tragedy to finally get a few more solo albums I've been meaning to get.. one being Songbook. Looked for it on vinyl, was selling 5 days ago for $35, now its $135. I saw a rumor they are being repressed, anyone know if that is true?
Got a digital version, and am kicking myself not not listening to it for the last 5 years.

You should track down the live in sweden bootleg. It was an acoustic radio station set that cornell did, that was broadcast on FM radio in Sweden. It basically jumpstarted that solo acoustic touring career that soundbook came from. It's an amazing recording and is widely circulated.

HesCalledDyer · May 2017

Was happy to get my copies of this in the mail today! Giving it an immediate, memorial spin.

Sprunkn7 · May 2017

Doing mindless busy work today I found myself wondering what it must have been like for him trapped in that room and walking around looking for something to kill himself with. Did he plan it? Did he just hang up the phone and say thats it, now how am I going to do this? Or did he pack the exercise band knowing what he was going to do, but not sure when? My head is so fucked up with trying to wrap my head around what the fuck happened. His personality gave us these all these amazing songs and all of these beautiful feelings. And now its gone.

One thing about life, it never stays the same. The "galaxy of impermanence" which I just read about tells me to let the things that should come to me come and the things i don't need go. The problem with this situation is I was not ready for that bright light to go, hence the dark thoughts and feeling of sadness and even anger that this has happened "to me".
As we know nothing has happened to me that hasn't just happened to all of us. But it's personal.

People mentioned Kurt. Sad yes. Was I surprised? No. This took me by total surprise. Shit, I'm crying again....

BIGDaddyWil · May 2017

A couple of photos from the show in Detroit. I still can't believe that Chris is gone. The show was phenomenal. My fifth Soundgarden show.
This one hurts real bad.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021252/uploads/editor/jt/xkcvgwy9nzi7.jpg

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021252/uploads/editor/jb/b86hslgn0tdg.jpg

my2hands · May 2017

dimitrispearljam said:

On a cobweb afternoon
In a room full of emptiness
By a freeway I confess
I was lost in the pages
Of a book full of death
Reading how we'll die alone
And if we're good, we'll lay to rest
Anywhere we want to go
In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone
On my deathbed I will pray
To the gods and the angels
Like a pagan to anyone
Who will take me to heaven
To a place I recall
I was there so long ago
The sky was bruised
The wine was bled
And there you led me on
In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone
Alone
And on I read
Until the day was gone
And I sat in regret
Of all the things I've done
For all that I've blessed
And all that I've wronged
In dreams until my death
I will wander on
In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone
I'll wait for you there
Alone
Alone

That 1st Audioslave record is a masterpiece

joseph33 · May 2017

I've had Soundgarden's A Sides in my car's cd player since the news broke. Not really sure when I'll take it out.This hurts a lot.

foodboy · May 2017

i had blocked out past memories of a former girlfriend of mine that suffered from manic depression. this has brought it all back. she suffered tremendously every day even while trying to put up a brave front. it reached a point unfortunately where i could not help her even though i tried to get her the best professional help i could. she tried to commit suicide in my home by taking an overdose of pills. luckily she didn't .we split up not long after that and within a couple of years she ended up dying by depriving herself of day to day essentials. this is not about doing something to hurt someone. it is about inner pain and suffering. maybe he just couldn't take it any more . we will never know for sure. i have someone now who works for me that suffers from some form of depression. i always tell her that she is working in a safe place and we have lots of laughs. just try to do what you can for those that need just a hello.

KV4053 · May 2017

It was May 2017. Until now, I didn't know how to open up here regarding Chris' passing. I put on Higher Truth today, for perhaps only the second time. I don't even know. Music has a strange place in my life. I can't live without it, but I tend to run through the usual suspects, mostly electric and harder. Unless I'm in a darker place. Then I listen to more acoustic stuff. Mood music. Though, for reasons unknown, Chris' solo albums, have not been in the rotation. Why? I don't know. But today is dark. Very dark. And not just today. But the last few. So I turned to Higher Truth. And I'm in a better place. Less dark. So, like you, I've been overcome by Chris' passing. So I share the story of the first time my best friend, who was taken by cancer a few years ago, and I saw Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.

It was October 1991. Ten was released. Free promo copy from the record store I worked at. Work? That wasn't work. Paid to play. Throw Ten into my CD player on the way home. WTF!! (or whatever the equivalent was in 1991). Return to the store the next day. Find my co-worker. What was his name? He shared with me his wisdom. The history of the Pacific Northwest Music Scene. End the day. Arms full of CDs. Soundgarden dominating the take.

It was April 1992. My friend and I saw Soundgarden at a small place in Houston called the Unicorn. It was a hollowed out grocery store. Converted into a rock club. Hallowed ground. We were there to see Pearl Jam. But. Unbeknownst to me. At the time. A forever memory. Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. We were so excited. We arrived real early. Snuck in for Soundgarden’s soundcheck. Hung around after. See Kim Thayil getting food from the buffet with the road crew. There’s video somewhere with my friend on MTV with Duff, an MTV VJ. I hid from the MTV cameras, but he jumped right in. Concert starts. We are first row. Crushed up against the stage. Mike's side. (hence the location in my signature). My friend lasts until half way through PJ's set. Crowd surging forward. Crushing us up against the stage. These were the days when there was no barrier or security between you and the band. Ed dove into the crowd. Crowd shifted. My friend escapes the front of the stage. My hero, even then, sailing above my outstretched arms. An amazing place to be. An amazing time to...be. Then came the headliner. Mesmerized by Chris' vocals. Matt's drums. Kim's guitar. I have no idea what they played that night. But remember it being an amazing set. Wishing they played Big Dumb Sex. My girlfriend at the time loved that song....or loved teasing me with it. Either way. A great song. Soundgarden played like the Rock Gods that they were and are. Until.

It was May 2017. That night in April 1992 is my greatest music memory. I saw Soundgarden several times afterwards including Lolla 92, opening for GnR, etc. But. Nothing will top that night in April 1992. Youth. You will be missed. Chris. You will be missed more.

"On what tomorrow holds for you. I’ll be waiting. At the end of every road you choose."

cp3iverson · May 2017

Good post ^^^

Maverick785 · May 2017

I still can't bring myself to listen to any of his music -- that wound is way too fresh. The Singles deluxe edition is sitting shrink-wrapped on my coffee table. The fact that some of my favorite songs -- ones that got me through some very hard times and have continued to be a vital outlet -- will take on irrevocable double-meanings is difficult to swallow.

As it's always been, Pearl Jam's music has been a godsend in these times -- and I can't help but find that some of Eddie's lyrics carry a new weight in the wake of last week's tragedy. The "snowflake falls in May" line in Man of the Hour has come out of my speakers countless times and has never evoked much of a reaction from me previously. When it happened on my commute this morning, it seared.

Absolutely devastated, and I'm beyond heartbroken for his family and friends. My favorite voice is gone and nothing will ever be the same again. The amount of love being shown on these forums is a lone bright spot. We'll all get through this together.

ringurla · May 2017

KV4053 said:

It was May 2017. Until now, I didn't know how to open up here regarding Chris' passing. I put on Higher Truth today, for perhaps only the second time. I don't even know. Music has a strange place in my life. I can't live without it, but I tend to run through the usual suspects, mostly electric and harder. Unless I'm in a darker place. Then I listen to more acoustic stuff. Mood music. Though, for reasons unknown, Chris' solo albums, have not been in the rotation. Why? I don't know. But today is dark. Very dark. And not just today. But the last few. So I turned to Higher Truth. And I'm in a better place. Less dark. So, like you, I've been overcome by Chris' passing. So I share the story of the first time my best friend, who was taken by cancer a few years ago, and I saw Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.
It was October 1991. Ten was released. Free promo copy from the record store I worked at. Work? That wasn't work. Paid to play. Throw Ten into my CD player on the way home. WTF!! (or whatever the equivalent was in 1991). Return to the store the next day. Find my co-worker. What was his name? He shared with me his wisdom. The history of the Pacific Northwest Music Scene. End the day. Arms full of CDs. Soundgarden dominating the take.
It was April 1992. My friend and I saw Soundgarden at a small place in Houston called the Unicorn. It was a hollowed out grocery store. Converted into a rock club. Hallowed ground. We were there to see Pearl Jam. But. Unbeknownst to me. At the time. A forever memory. Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. We were so excited. We arrived real early. Snuck in for Soundgarden’s soundcheck. Hung around after. See Kim Thayil getting food from the buffet with the road crew. There’s video somewhere with my friend on MTV with Duff, an MTV VJ. I hid from the MTV cameras, but he jumped right in. Concert starts. We are first row. Crushed up against the stage. Mike's side. (hence the location in my signature). My friend lasts until half way through PJ's set. Crowd surging forward. Crushing us up against the stage. These were the days when there was no barrier or security between you and the band. Ed dove into the crowd. Crowd shifted. My friend escapes the front of the stage. My hero, even then, sailing above my outstretched arms. An amazing place to be. An amazing time to...be. Then came the headliner. Mesmerized by Chris' vocals. Matt's drums. Kim's guitar. I have no idea what they played that night. But remember it being an amazing set. Wishing they played Big Dumb Sex. My girlfriend at the time loved that song....or loved teasing me with it. Either way. A great song. Soundgarden played like the Rock Gods that they were and are. Until.
It was May 2017. That night in April 1992 is my greatest music memory. I saw Soundgarden several times afterwards including Lolla 92, opening for GnR, etc. But. Nothing will top that night in April 1992. Youth. You will be missed. Chris. You will be missed more.
"On what tomorrow holds for you. I’ll be waiting. At the end of every road you choose."

You know, I am 27. I am the kind of guy who usually thinks "fuck, I should have been born 10 years before in another country" (a little bit stupid actually, anyway...) and each time I watch and "old" (for me) movie, or gig on youtube, I do envy those guys who were part of it.

I really envy your memory, it's beautiful. At least, I like how i felt as I read it. I could almost roll the movie in my head. It's a nice pride you have and thank you for sharing it here.

I don't wanna sound too much pop but this people are never going to die. They are gonna live for ever. I mean, I put some Cornell stuff today and it just fills the room. And that will never stop.

CM228821 · May 2017

It feels so surreal that I shouldn’t be typing this. I shouldn’t be home. At this very moment I should be downtown at the Fillmore listening to Chris’s voice belting out an encore of Rusty Cage or maybe Jesus Christ Pose. I wear scrubs to work but took my “going to a concert after work clothes” with me today. Kind of stupid but I guess that’s a part of the denial stage. Also in a little denial I drove by the Fillmore tonight after work. It was, very appropriately, raining like crazy but there were a few brave gentle souls camped out holding a vigil in front a of the venue with several bouquets of flowers tied to the fence. That’s when I really lost it. Gutted…

3days · May 2017

This bullshit in Manchester tonight made me think about a lot of things, but it also gave me another reason to miss Chris.
Chris was a voice of reason and sense. He struck me as being altruistic in word and deed. He had good observations. He also had a platform, where good observations could be shared and spread.
We live in a world where a suicide bomber targets adolescent girls. We live in a world where the immediate response of some is to condemn an entire religion, or an entire geographic region. I can't help but think that we could use more voices of reason and sense.

RS65573 · May 2017

Interesting article from rolling stone:
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/ativan-what-you-need-to-know-about-anxiety-pills-w483638

This has information I wasn't aware of...scary shit...

BS656772 · May 2017

I posted this yesterday, but in the wrong thread. Sorry for reposting, but I thought I'd put it here and leave it alone. I'm an old guy, was in college in 1991 when Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Soundgarden all happened at once. Lots has happened to me since then, and I wrote about it. I'm really grateful for the example of Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell. Unless something changes, the last real rock stars.

By the way, I have more than passing experience with ativan addiction. It's horrible, scary, deadly stuff. I write under my real name, lots of what I know is protected by anonymity, and I'd rather not share more than I did. But all I can say is that I have huge compassion for Chris. Thanks folks, peace. Here is the link: http://bit.ly/2rOX6jN

RIP Chris Cornell

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