Bullshit Meet & Greets i.e. Chris Cornell

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  • RadioYam
    RadioYam Posts: 102
    walkthamile wrote:
    Cornell is a sellout...a whore to the machine...one who lacks integrity...everything he did with Soundgarden has been ruined by his lack of integrity...he is the new David Lee Roth or maybe I should say Sammy Hagar after his efforts with Audioslave! His solo stuff stinks like a dirty old toilet with a dirty old S%&@ in it.

    the new David Lee roth? hahaha :D
  • Peter C
    Peter C Posts: 237
    walkthamile wrote:
    Cornell is a sellout...a whore to the machine...one who lacks integrity...everything he did with Soundgarden has been ruined by his lack of integrity...he is the new David Lee Roth or maybe I should say Sammy Hagar after his efforts with Audioslave! His solo stuff stinks like a dirty old toilet with a dirty old S%&@ in it.

    The new Sammy Hagar!!!! Hahaha,anyway his solo stuff is pretty good.
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  • Sexy2aFault
    Sexy2aFault Posts: 388
    You should never meet your idols, you know.
  • Matty Boy
    Matty Boy Posts: 421
    Peter C wrote:
    The new Sammy Hagar!!!! Hahaha,anyway his solo stuff is pretty good.

    Come on, Chris's solo shit is nowhere near as good as "I Can't Drive 55". Perhaps Chris could write a decent song again if he started drinking some of Sammy's tequila.
  • ii44
    ii44 Posts: 430
    Matty Boy wrote:
    You guys would rather hear Chris Cornell solo than hear him with Soundgarden?

    Yes.
  • RyeGuy
    RyeGuy Posts: 215
    Why do people expect musicians to be giving hand jobs to every fan 24/7.
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,070
    I haven't read any of this so maybe it been said already. But meet and greets for the masses are pretty lame.

    No one should be forced to sign a million things and put on a smile for a million people. If you put people in forced/robotic conditions don't expect them to be pleasant and inviting.

    Any type of meet and greet should happen by chance or if it's going to be organized it should be limited to a small group of people.

    And autograph hounds are equally lame. Be glad you got to shake and meet the person but there's no need for an autograph.

    My girlfriend met Chris Cornell when he visited her Starbucks in LA. They talked about Seattle, Bob Dylan, and Soundgarden. She said he was very genuine, down to Earth, and not cold.
  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    edwho wrote:
    Glad to hear that it’s at least possible for a pleasant CC encounter.

    Some people are shy, some have germ phobias or maybe some just are a little scared of fanatics. That’s ok by me. Don’t bother with the M $ G and don’t spoil the image – illusion – facade. I would only be attending the M $ G because the performed arranged it.

    What’s the motivation for a M $ G anyway? ?$Promotion$? I’ll play along, it’s my only chance to shake his hand, say thank you (because I am not a stalker) and possibly leave with a personal treasure. As far as CC being shy? I don’t buy it. The man is a lead singer for how many years now? Don’t ruin the facade to please the record company. You just spoil it for the fan. Invite me to thank me as well.

    How’s life in Paris CC? How’s your standard of living?

    Don't hate on the guy because he's successful. I personally would have a problem with meeting a bunch of random freaks. You might end up like John Lennon.
    one foot in the door
    the other foot in the gutter
    sweet smell that they adore
    I think I'd rather smother
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    Don't hate on the guy because he's successful. I personally would have a problem with meeting a bunch of random freaks. You might end up like John Lennon.

    Exactly. Let's not forget Chris had a stalker a little while back who was making death threats against his wife and children - I'm surprised he bothered at all with the meet and greets.

    The meet and greets I do think are bull shit are ones like Velvet Revolver - whereby you have to pay to meet them, it's £125 (approx. $250) to meet them and that doesn't include the price of the gig ticket , check it out: http://www.velvetrevolver.com/index.php?module=tour for them it appears to be a way of making extra cash.
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    mole1985 wrote:
    Imigine if it was you. Could you be arsed doing that shit for hours and hours while evry fan tells you the same 'your the greatest' 'You have the best voice blah blah'

    You would get pissed off with it. But dont forget there is plenty of people who have met him in the street and he's been dead cool and stayed and chatted ect. Meet and greets are rushed so he can see and sign something for everyone.

    This is true. Happened to me at the Toadies and Burden Brothers. I saw Todd Lewis in the airport once and he stopped me and talked to me for like 10 minutes. When we are at the shows though, it is rushed because they have a line of people and they want to make time for everyone so that everyone can have something signed. Meet and Greets are cool but they do have a limit on time. I do know also that Chris Cornell is Todd Lewis's favorite artist. He said it was an amazing show last year.
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  • clarefromscotland
    clarefromscotland Posts: 154
    I can't speak for everyone obviously, but if you go to my site and read some of the stories in the tour archive that people have sent me about their experiences at m&g's and so on, you'll find an awful lot of positives, like the ones posted earlier in this thread by soundgrunger and Vedhead.

    I've been involved helping to coordinate m&gs as a street team leader in the UK, and no, the filing-past-a-table thing isn't ideal. But there are sometimes security considerations to take into account, and sometimes people do get drunk and act badly, which spoils it for others. I heard there was one occasion early on in the tour when some totally wasted fan made a real nuisance of themselves - the band-behind-a-table table thing seemed to make an appearance soon after that. It's not universal, though: the m&g at the London Roundhouse was held in Chris's dressing room and fans went in two at a time for a chat, a group photo with Chris & the band, and some autographs. And at Hyde Park Calling last year, fans got invited to his trailer before the show. No-one has to pay, the m&g's are done freely as a thank you for fans, usually at the end of a 2-3 hr show. It seems a bit churlish to complain that you didn't get the chance to talk for a long time under those circumstances.
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  • HermanBloom
    HermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    I think that meet & greets in and of themselves are PURE BULLSHIT.

    One of the leading indicators that you have whored yourself out to the publicity machine.

    Should i point out that you just compared Chris Cornell to Aerosmith and Metallica?

    Ouch.

    :(
    agreed
    Aerosmith sucks
    I have only been to one meet and greet and it was like that, but I wasn't offended, just grateful they took any time
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