Chris Cornell quits Audioslave...

[Fran]

...Could the return of Soundgarden be a realistic idea now?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070215/people_nm/audioslave_dc

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Audioslave singer Chris Cornell has quit the short-lived "supergroup," citing "irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences," he said on Thursday.
Cornell, 42, who rose to fame with defunct Seattle rock group Soundgarden, will reignite his solo career with the May 1 release of "Carry On," his second solo album.
"Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavors," the part-time Paris restaurateur said in a statement.
The Audioslave split was not unexpected. His colleagues, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk, have reunited with singer Zack de la Rocha to resurrect their former band Rage Against the Machine, which will play its first show in seven years at California's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 29. Rage's plans beyond this show are unknown.
Audioslave formed in 2001, a year after Rage broke up, and recorded three studio albums. In May 2005, it became the first American band to play an outdoor show in Cuba.
Its most recent album, "Revelations," has sold a disappointing 409,000 copies in the United States since its September 2006 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its self-titled 2002 debut sold 3.1 million copies, and the 2005 follow-up "Out of Exile" 1.1 million.
Amid rumors last August that Audioslave had broken up, Cornell told Reuters that the band was like a sociology experiment because of the various members' complex relationships with each other. He indicated that a solo existence could be a less stressful option.
"I think the biggest problem with people surviving in a band and getting along and appreciating each other is just the fact that for the most part musicians aren't the kind of people who concentrate or worry about what the other guy thinks," he said.
"Carry On," produced by Steve Lillywhite (U2, Rolling Stones), marks Cornell's first solo release since 1999's "Euphoria Morning," which came out two years after Soundgarden broke up.
The Interscope Records release will include "You Know My Name," Cornell's main title song for the latest James Bond film "Casino Royale," as well as a cover of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." Among the brand new tunes are "No Such Thing" and "Poison Eye," both described in the statement as having a "harder edge," and the "redemptive" song "Your Soul Today."
The statement also described Cornell as "acrimonious," which a publicist said was the intended term.
Reuters

 

[blind_fury]

Cool. Now Rage can get back together.

 

[Fran]

Rage was getting back together anyways, dude.

At least for that one show. Now hopefully they can come back and make another record.

 

[Sun_Down]

Good riddance. That band was a sorry substitute for Rage or Soundgarden.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

Good...cause Audioslave had their moment as far as I am concerned...like what they put out, yet strangely it was all I could stand.

 

[Fran]

The ONLY songs I liked from them were:
"Gasoline"
"I am The Highway"
"Cochise"

 

[ShadowBoxing]

The ONLY songs I liked from them were:
"Gasoline"
"I am The Highway"
"Cochise"

"Can't Change Me" was good.
"Show Me How to Live" was alright.

 

[Fran]

"Black Hole Sun" is one of my favorite songs ever.

 

[Speedball]

I really only like "The Original Fire" and "Show me How to Live".
I hope Cornell goes solo, or reforms Soundgarden.

 

[Fran]

Cornell is going solo, releasing his newest solo album on May 1.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

The entire Revelations album was pretty rockin', so it's disappointing that Audioslave is breaking up right after they did something really good.

 

[Speedball]

Cornell is going solo, releasing his newest solo album on May 1.

I hope it hasa sound similar to "You Know My Name".
I love that songt:

 

[Sarge 2.0]

I hope it hasa sound similar to "You Know My Name".
I love that songt:

I think that song is going to be on the album. Along with his cover of Billie Jean, which I'm stoked to hear.

 

[WTFimVENOM]

WTF?!?! This sucks...

 

[Fran]

-RATM reuniting for one concert
-Audioslave breaks up
-RATM reunites
-Chris Cornell goes solo
-Soundgarden reunites.

 

[Fran]

Seriously, it's a perfect circle.

 

[WTFimVENOM]

They fully reunited? Not just one concert?

 

[Fran]

No, but I'm predicting now with Audioslave gone, RATM will reunite. Soundgarden later on.

 

[Addendum]

The past 6-7 years would have gone easier with a new Rage album or 2.

Here's to hoping for one.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

If Soundgarden reunites it'll be like G. Luc coming back to make the Star Wars trilogies.
Too much has happened and people evolve. It'd be compared (unfavorably, I predict) to their old stuff.

Proof of this irreversible change is just how horribly Audioslave sucked ass.

But at least they've all come to their senses after too long a span of time, sparing us another embarrassing album.

 

[X-Chick]

That blows.


Unless Soundgarden is back, then its awesome.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I'm surprised no one has commented on Chris Cornell doing a cover of "Billie Jean".

 

[Fran]

It could be interesting.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

If Soundgarden reunites it'll be like G. Luc coming back to make the Star Wars trilogies.
Too much has happened and people evolve.

Dude, Kym Thayill looked like a mess 15 years ago.
I wonder what shambling, hobo-like mess of a man would rip himself from his bed at the Y to hop on stage with his former band mates?

 

[Mr Sparkle]

I'm surprised no one has commented on Chris Cornell doing a cover of "Billie Jean".

that song has some sort of magical hold over 90's music stars, Ian Brown from the stone roses also did a cover of it like 6 years ago.
and I've heard countless bands do that one specific song over and over and over.
I think they're being ironically hip or something.