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77-589: Christopher John Cornell ( né Boyle ; July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017) was an American musician. He was best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and the primary lyricist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave . He also had a solo career and contributed to numerous movie soundtracks. Cornell was the founder and frontman of Temple of the Dog , a one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend, musician Andrew Wood . Several music journalists, fan polls and fellow musicians have regarded Cornell as one of

154-467: A 6.5 million dollar renovation in 1997. In 2011 the school district approved plans to replace the school building with a new facility on the same site. The renovation and incorporation of the historic Ronald School building was approved by the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The ground-breaking ceremony for the new construction was held on October 17, 2011. The historic building

231-577: A compilation for C/Z Records called Deep Six . In 1986, Sundquist, who by that point had a wife and a child, decided to leave the band and spend time with his family. He was replaced by Matt Cameron , the drummer for Skin Yard , who became Soundgarden's permanent drummer. Soundgarden signed to Sub Pop , releasing the Screaming Life EP in 1987 and the Fopp EP in 1988 (a combination of

308-526: A free show in Havana , Cuba . Audioslave became the first American rock group to perform a concert in Cuba, playing in front of an audience of 70,000 people. The band traveled to Havana on May 4 to interact with Cuban musicians. Cornell commented: "Hopefully, this concert will help to open the musical borders between our two countries." The 26-song set concert was the longest the band had ever played. In early 2006

385-524: A major label, Louder Than Love . Following the album's release, Yamamoto left the band to finish his master's degree in physical chemistry at Western Washington University . He was replaced by former Nirvana guitarist Jason Everman . Everman was fired following the band's tour in support of Louder Than Love . In 1990, they were joined by a new bassist, Ben Shepherd . Along with Nirvana, Alice in Chains , and Pearl Jam , Soundgarden quickly became one of

462-468: A natural curiosity and half a brain, you're going to start finding inconsistencies, which there are tons of in organized religion. We both sort of made it clear in classroom situations that we didn't get it. 'Explain this to me.' And they couldn't, so we started creating a lot of problems." Cornell subsequently attended Shorewood High School , where he later dropped out. Cornell traced his musical influences back to Little Richard via The Beatles . He spent

539-446: A program called Running Start . This allows students to simultaneously acquire college and high school credit by taking classes at Shoreline Community College . In turn, many students graduate each year with an Associate's Degree . With an 86% on time graduation date Shorewood academics are well above the state [SBAC] average, scoring an 89% on reading, 91% on writing, 66% on math and 45% on science, with at least 60% of students passing

616-712: A series of acclaimed solo acoustic shows in Los Angeles during 2009 and 2010. The first leg of the sold-out tour began on April 1, 2011, and continued through the U.S. and Canada until May 6, resuming in October and visiting New Zealand, Australia, South America and the U.S. again before ending on December 17. The tour received universally positive reviews. In November 2011, Cornell released Songbook , an acoustic live album featuring songs recorded during Cornell's "Songbook" tour in North America. His first live album as

693-482: A solo album upon which he collaborated with Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider of the band Eleven . The album, titled Euphoria Morning , was released on September 21, 1999. In his first ever solo tour to support Euphoria Morning , Cornell spent seven months on the road from September 13, 1999, to March 7, 2000. He played 61 shows, two of which coincided with the debut of the album on September 21 and 22, 1999 at

770-470: A solo artist, Songbook included stripped-down performances of songs from his entire career as a solo artist as well as with Soundgarden, Audioslave, and Temple of the Dog, plus covers of Led Zeppelin 's " Thank You " and John Lennon 's " Imagine ". The album received largely positive reviews, with AllMusic calling it Cornell's "best solo offering to date". Cornell continued his "Songbook" tour in Europe and

847-572: A solo career that's taking up a lot of time, and I just did Temple of the Dog. So, it's really honestly as simple as we end up having a window of time where it's comfortable for everybody and we want to do it, because I definitely feel like everybody's up for it. From 1986 to 1987, Cornell was also a member of the satirical Western swing band Center for Disease Control Boys. While still in Soundgarden, Cornell recorded an album with members of what would become Pearl Jam. This collaboration went under

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924-421: A solo career. The singer immediately denied the rumors, stating: "We hear rumors that Audioslave is breaking up all the time. [...] I always just ignore [them]." On February 15, 2007, Cornell officially announced his departure from Audioslave, stating that "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

1001-469: A trip relearning the songs and playing them together. Some of the songs we're approaching we've never played live." Soundgarden made their first television appearance since their reunion on the second episode of Conan O'Brien 's TBS show , Conan , on November 9, 2010, and toured North America in summer 2011. In summer 2012, Soundgarden released a new single and video, "Live to Rise", for The Avengers movie soundtrack. Their sixth album, King Animal ,

1078-922: A truck in Studio City, Los Angeles while riding his motorcycle" and "catapulted 20 feet into the air." He was able to walk away from the accident but had severe cuts and bruises. He returned to the studio later that day. In 2007, Cornell appeared as a supporting act to Aerosmith on at least two legs of their 2007 world tour— Dublin , London, and Hyde Park —and to Linkin Park in Australia and New Zealand. These shows formed part of his own ongoing world tour, which began in April 2007 and continued into 2008 and 2009. Cornell described his touring band—comprising guitarists Yogi Lonich and Peter Thorn, bassist Corey McCormick and drummer Jason Sutter —as "musicians that could get

1155-425: A two-year period between the ages of nine and eleven solidly listening to The Beatles after finding a large collection of Beatles records abandoned in the basement of a neighbor's house. Cornell described himself at this age as a loner ; he was able to deal with his anxiety around other people through rock music. During his teenage years, he spiraled into severe depression , dropped out of school, and almost never left

1232-457: A website that featured a picture of the group performing live and a place for fans to enter their e-mail address to get updates on the reunion. Entering that information unlocked an archival video for the song "Get on the Snake" from Soundgarden's second studio album, 1989's Louder Than Love . In March 2010, Soundgarden announced that they would be headlining Lollapalooza 2010. Soundgarden made

1309-424: Is influenced by Buckley's songwriting and distinctive vocal style. The album was re-released in 2015 on CD and vinyl and retitled Euphoria Mourning , with Cornell stating in the press release that he had originally intended that title for the album, but his manager at the time, Jim Guerinot, suggested that "Euphoria Morning" without the "u" would be more fitting. "The title was so beautifully poetic to begin with, just

1386-508: Is the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname , the given name , or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's legal name . The assumption in the Western world is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from baptism or brit milah ) will persist to adulthood in

1463-461: Is the masculine form. The term née , having feminine grammatical gender , can be used to denote a woman's surname at birth that has been replaced or changed. In most English-speaking cultures, it is specifically applied to a woman's maiden name after her surname has changed due to marriage. The term né can be used to denote a man's surname at birth that has subsequently been replaced or changed. The diacritic mark (the acute accent ) over

1540-555: Is widely available for download under the title Chris Cornell: Unplugged in Sweden . A promotional CD for his solo album, Carry On , was released in March 2007, titled The Roads We Choose – A Retrospective . The 17-song CD included songs from Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave and Cornell's solo work. On June 5, 2007, Cornell released his second solo album, Carry On , produced by Steve Lillywhite . It debuted at number 17 on

1617-479: The 61st Grammy Awards for his single "When Bad Does Good". Audioslave was formed after Zack de la Rocha left Rage Against the Machine and the remaining members were searching for another vocalist. Producer and friend Rick Rubin suggested that they contact Cornell. Rubin played the Soundgarden song "Slaves & Bulldozers" for the remaining Rage Against the Machine band members to showcase his ability. Cornell

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1694-550: The Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood California. Attendance was high, considering that Cornell performed the initial shows before fans were even familiar with the music. The touring band included several contributing musicians on the album: Alain Johannes, Natasha Shneider, Rick Markmann, and Greg Upchurch. Euphoria Morning proved commercially unsuccessful, selling 393,000 copies in the U.S.; however,

1771-456: The e is considered significant to its spelling, and ultimately its meaning, but is sometimes omitted. According to Oxford University 's Dictionary of Modern English Usage , the terms are typically placed after the current surname (e.g., " Margaret Thatcher , née Roberts" or " Bill Clinton , né Blythe"). Since they are terms adopted into English (from French), they do not have to be italicized , but they often are. In Polish tradition ,

1848-499: The American Billboard charts. Among the artists who accompanied him on his second solo release was friend Gary Lucas , who contributed acoustic guitar to some of the tracks. Cornell stated that he was always writing, and that there were some songs that he was not able to put onto an Audioslave album. While recording his second solo album, Cornell was involved in a motorcycle accident. He was apparently " rear-ended by

1925-581: The King, a Catholic elementary school, where he performed for the first time in front of a crowd, singing the 1960s anti-war song " One Tin Soldier ". When he was in seventh grade, his mother pulled him and his sister out of Catholic school for fear they were about to be expelled for being too inquisitive. He recalled the episode in a 1994 interview with Request magazine: "With a religion like that, it's not designed for anyone to question. Being young people who have

2002-472: The Machine and Soundgarden, but by the band's second album, Out of Exile , noted that they had established a separate identity. The album was received more favorably than Audioslave's debut; critics noted Cornell's stronger vocals, likely the result of quitting smoking and drinking, and pointed out that Out of Exile is "the sound of a band coming into its own". AllMusic praised the album as "lean, hard, strong, and memorable". On May 6, 2005, Audioslave played

2079-522: The Month club a full year before the release of Badmotorfinger , and later re-recorded for the album. With Badmotorfinger , Soundgarden found their first mainstream success: it was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1992 and was later ranked number 45 in the October 2006 issue of Guitar World on the magazine's list of the 100 greatest guitar albums of all time. Soundgarden's fourth studio album, 1994's Superunknown , proved to be

2156-731: The Netherlands. Rolling Stone gave Superunknown four out of five stars. Reviewer J.D. Considine said Superunknown "demonstrates far greater range than many bands manage in an entire career". Considine criticized "Black Hole Sun" and "Half", stating that the former is "not a very good song", while the latter "is the virtual definition of a B-side." Jon Pareles of The New York Times said that " Superunknown actually tries to broaden its audience by breaking heavy-metal genre barriers that Soundgarden used to accept." He added that "Soundgarden ... want[s] something different from standard heavy metal." David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave

2233-522: The Outside World ". Down on the Upside was notably less heavy than the group's preceding albums and marked a further departure from the band's grunge roots. Soundgarden explained at the time that it wanted to experiment with other sounds. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly said, "Few bands since Led Zeppelin have so crisply mixed instruments both acoustic and electric." However, tensions within

2310-485: The U.S. during 2012 and 2013 to further acclaim. On January 21, 2013, Cornell performed a 10-minute acoustic set at the Commander-in-Chief's Ball, which recognized Medal of Honor recipients and Wounded Warriors. He also performed later in the evening with Soundgarden at Barack Obama 's Inaugural Ball , doing a three-song set at the event. In January 2015, Cornell announced via his Twitter account that he

2387-620: The United States . The event took place on January 20, 2017. Asked in February 2017 if there would be more Audioslave reunion shows in the future, frontman Cornell replied, It's always a possibility. I mean, we've been talking about it for at least three or four years now. We were talking about actually picking dates, and it just ended up not working out because everybody's so busy. They have another band again, they all have separate bands that they do themselves, I have Soundgarden and

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2464-505: The album an A, saying "Soundgarden is pumped and primed on Superunknown , and they deliver the goods." He praised it as a "hard-rock milestone—a boiling vat of volcanic power, record-making smarts, and '90s anomie and anxiety that sets a new standard for anything called metal." The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995. Two singles from Superunknown , "Black Hole Sun" and "Spoonman", won Grammy Awards, and

2541-479: The album's single " Can't Change Me " was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the 2000 Grammy Awards . Cornell recorded a French version of the song that was released as a bonus track on Euphoria Morning ' s deluxe version and on the Japanese and European editions. The album also includes "Wave Goodbye", Cornell's tribute to his late friend Jeff Buckley . It has been noted that Euphoria Morning

2618-609: The announcement through their website and email list. On April 16, 2010, Soundgarden held a secret show at the Showbox Theater on First Avenue in downtown Seattle, publicized via the band's mailing list. The show was billed as Nudedragons , an anagram for Soundgarden. Asked in August 2010 if Soundgarden would record new material, Cornell replied, "it would be exciting to record one song, to hear how Soundgarden-ish that might be this much time later. But for me, it's been more of

2695-413: The band had once again dissolved. Speaking to Music Radar magazine in a July 2019 interview, Thayil also said that the surviving members of Soundgarden are trying to finish and release the album they were working on with Cornell. However, the master files of Cornell's vocal recordings are currently being withheld, and they can't complete the album without it. In 1998, Cornell began working on material for

2772-479: The band recruited guitarist Kim Thayil . Cornell and Yamamoto stayed in contact, and after The Shemps broke up, the pair started jamming together, eventually bringing Thayil in to join them. Soundgarden was formed in 1984 by Cornell, Thayil, and Yamamoto, with Cornell originally on drums and vocals. In 1985, they enlisted Scott Sundquist to take over as drummer so that Cornell could concentrate on vocals. Soundgarden's first recordings were three songs that appeared on

2849-604: The band returned, recording their third album as they had written most of the material during the tour. The band released the album, titled Revelations , in September 2006. Revelations was influenced by 1960s and 1970s funk and R&B music. The first two singles were " Original Fire " and " Revelations ". Two of the songs from the third album, "Shape of Things to Come" and "Wide Awake" were also prominently featured in Michael Mann 's 2006 film, Miami Vice , prior to

2926-596: The band's breakthrough album. Upon its release in March 1994, Superunknown debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 . The album launched several successful singles, including " Spoonman " and " Black Hole Sun ", and brought the band international recognition. Superunknown achieved quintuple platinum status in the United States, triple platinum status in Canada, and gold status in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and

3003-529: The best in all of their future endeavors." As the other three members were busy with the Rage Against the Machine reunion with de la Rocha coming back, and Morello and Cornell had each released solo albums in 2007, Audioslave officially disbanded. On January 17, 2017, it was announced that Audioslave would reunite for their first show in twelve years at Prophets of Rage 's Anti-Inaugural Ball, protesting President Donald Trump 's inauguration as President of

3080-424: The concept of euphoria in mourning; it was a moment I felt inspired and I let all the air out of it. So when we decided to do its first vinyl release I thought, I want to change the fuckin' title! [Laughs] It's time to change it," Cornell stated. During this period, an unreleased song called "Heart of Honey" was recorded in collaboration with Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider. According to Johannes, "Heart of Honey"

3157-468: The first moment, you can't deny it." The quartet wrote 21 songs during 19 days of rehearsal and began working in the studio in late May 2001. Their debut album, Audioslave , released in November 2002, spawned hits such as " Cochise ", " Like a Stone " and " Show Me How to Live ", and has reached triple platinum status in the United States. The band was nearly derailed before the album's release; Cornell

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3234-463: The first record, staying in rehab for two months and separating from his wife. The problems were ironed out and Cornell remained sober . The band toured through 2003, before resting in 2004 to record their second album. Audioslave's second album, Out of Exile , was released in May 2005 and debuted at number one on the U.S. charts. The album has since gone on to achieve platinum status. The album features

3311-481: The greatest rock singers of all time. Cornell is considered a key figure of the 1990s grunge movement with an extensive songwriting history, a nearly four- octave vocal range and a powerful vocal belting technique. Cornell released four solo studio albums, Euphoria Morning (1999), Carry On (2007), Scream (2009), and Higher Truth (2015); the live album Songbook (2011); and two compilations, The Roads We Choose (2007) and Chris Cornell (2018),

3388-492: The group arose during the sessions, with Thayil and Cornell reportedly clashing over Cornell's desire to shift away from the heavy guitar riffing that had become the band's trademark. Despite favorable reviews, the album couldn't match the sales of Superunknown . In 1997, Soundgarden received another Grammy award nomination for the lead single "Pretty Noose". As tensions grew within the band, reportedly due to internal strife over its creative direction, Soundgarden announced that it

3465-405: The house. At the age of 12, Cornell had access to alcohol and marijuana ; he used them daily by 13, stopped for a year, but relapsed at age 15 for another year until he turned to music. At 14, he had a bad PCP experience and later had panic disorder and agoraphobia . Cornell took piano and guitar lessons as a child. He credited his mother for saving his life when she bought him a snare drum ,

3542-475: The instrument he first adopted on his path to becoming a rock musician. Before he was a successful musician, Cornell worked as a busboy , as a dishwasher, as a fish monger at a seafood wholesaler, and as a sous-chef at Ray's Boathouse in Seattle. In the early 1980s, Cornell was a member of a Seattle-based cover band called The Shemps, which featured bassist Hiro Yamamoto . After Yamamoto left The Shemps,

3619-409: The latter released posthumously. He received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his song "The Keeper", which appeared in the 2011 film Machine Gun Preacher , and co-wrote and performed " You Know My Name ", the theme song to the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale . His last solo release before his death was the charity single " The Promise ", written for the ending credits for the 2016 film of

3696-534: The list of the "200 Greatest Singers of All Time" by Rolling Stone , and No. 12 on MTV's "22 Greatest Voices in Music". He was voted "Rock's Greatest Singer" by readers of Guitar World . Cornell struggled with depression for most of his life. He was found dead in his Detroit hotel room in the early hours of May 18, 2017, after performing at a Soundgarden concert an hour earlier at the Fox Theatre . His death

3773-485: The most successful bands from Seattle's emerging grunge scene in the early 1990s. With Shepherd, the new line-up recorded Badmotorfinger in 1991. The album brought the band to a new level of commercial success and exposure amid the sudden popularity and attention given to the Seattle music scene. Badmotorfinger included the singles " Jesus Christ Pose ", " Outshined " and " Rusty Cage ". The three singles gained considerable airtime on alternative rock radio stations, while

3850-525: The music video for "Black Hole Sun" won a MTV Video Music Award and a Clio Award . Superunknown was ranked number 336 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time , and "Black Hole Sun" was ranked number 25 on VH1 's list of the 100 greatest songs of the '90s. The band's fifth album was 1996's self-produced Down on the Upside . The album spawned several singles, including " Pretty Noose ", " Burden in My Hand " and " Blow Up

3927-583: The music. Their songwriting process was described by Wilk as "more collaborative" and "satisfying" than Rage Against the Machine's, which was "a battle creatively". Cornell, for his part, saw Soundgarden's songwriting method as inferior to Audioslave's. Cornell's lyrics were mostly apolitical; Audioslave's Morello referred to them as "haunted, existential poetry". They were characterized by his cryptic approach, often dealing with themes of existentialism, love, hedonism , spirituality and Christianity. Cornell's battle with addiction to prescription drugs and alcoholism

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4004-560: The name Temple of the Dog, and the self-titled album was released in 1991. The album is a tribute to their mutual friend, and Cornell's former roommate, Andrew Wood . Wood, the former lead singer of Mother Love Bone , had died of a heroin overdose the year before. Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard of Mother Love Bone teamed up with Mike McCready , new vocalist Eddie Vedder , and drummer Dave Krusen in 1990, forming Pearl Jam. Cameron would eventually become Pearl Jam's drummer in 1998. Birth name#Maiden and married names A birth name

4081-405: The normal course of affairs—either throughout life or until marriage. Some reasons for changes of a person's name include middle names , diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce or adoption by different parents), and gender transition . The French and English-adopted née is the feminine past participle of naître , which means "to be born". Né

4158-552: The release of the album. Despite the exposure to other forms of media and the positive critical buzz for their third album, Audioslave did not tour behind the release. They went into hiatus to allow Cornell to complete "You Know My Name", the theme song for the 2006 James Bond film, Casino Royale , and Morello to pursue his own solo work under the moniker of the Nightwatchman . All of Audioslave's lyrics were written by Cornell, whilst all four members were credited with writing

4235-419: The same name . Cornell sold 14.8 million albums, 8.8 million digital songs, and 300 million on-demand audio streams in the U.S. alone, as well as over 30 million records worldwide. Nominated for 18 Grammy Awards , he won three. Cornell was ranked No. 4 on the list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" by Hit Parader , No. 9 on the list of "Best Lead Singers of All Time" by Rolling Stone , No. 80 on

4312-414: The second verse of their Grammy-winning song " Crawling ". Cornell collaborated with producer Timbaland on his next studio album, Scream , which was released on March 10, 2009. Timbaland has referred to the recording sessions as "The best work I've done in my career" and predicted that Cornell would be the "first rock star in the club". Cornell described Scream as "a highlight of my career". The album

4389-399: The singles " Out of Exile ", " Be Yourself ", " Your Time Has Come " and " Doesn't Remind Me ". Cornell admitted to writing his most personal songs ever on this album, influenced by the positive changes in his life since 2002. He also described the album as more varied than the debut and relying less on heavy guitar riffs. Critics initially described Audioslave as an amalgamation of Rage Against

4466-417: The summer of 1978. It was a unique situation for that one class of students as they never had to face upperclassmen. During this transition period for the district, all of the remaining junior high schools became middle schools. Many of the last class of 7th grade students to enter Butler Junior High School were in the very first graduating class of Shorewood High School in 1978. Shorewood High School underwent

4543-476: The term z domu (literally meaning "of the house", de domo in Latin ) may be used, with rare exceptions, meaning the same as née . Shorewood High School (Washington) Shorewood High School's original facility, built in 1975, spanned five city blocks. It had eight single-floor buildings with open outdoor corridors. The 1975 building was built in sections: the 100s building, closest to N. 175th Street

4620-538: The three state standards (Math, Writing and Reading) in the 2006 school year. Eight Shorewood seniors were named National Merit finalists in the 2005-2006 academic year, two were named in the 2006-2007 academic year, and seven were named in the 2007-2008 academic year. In 2006, an Intel Science Talent Search Finalist, Jolene Mork, was from Shorewood. Approximately 12% of students took one or more AP exams in 2003. On average 59% of Shorewood graduates enrolled in 4-year colleges, and 28% enrolled in 2-year colleges, based on

4697-486: The time of the closure were sent to either Einstein Junior High School, or Cordell Hull Junior High School, with a few going to Kellogg Junior High School. None of these schools was a "middle" school at that time. Shorewood was to be the first 4-year high school. Upon its opening, only the 9th and 10th graders were brought in. That 10th grade class remained the eldest class at Shorewood until their graduation in

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4774-487: The two was issued as Screaming Life/Fopp in 1990). Though the band was being courted by major labels, they signed to independent label SST Records in 1988 to release their debut album, Ultramega OK , for which they earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Metal Performance in 1990. The band subsequently signed with A&M Records , becoming the first grunge band to sign to a major label. In 1989, Soundgarden released their second effort and their first album for

4851-484: The videos for "Outshined" and "Rusty Cage" gained considerable airtime on MTV. The song "Jesus Christ Pose" and its music video was the subject of widespread controversy in 1991, and the video was removed from MTV's playlist. "Rusty Cage" was later covered by Johnny Cash on his 1996 album, Unchained . " Room a Thousand Years Wide " was released (along with the B-side "HIV Baby") as a 7" single through Sub Pop's Single of

4928-432: The whole picture", playing music by Soundgarden and Audioslave, as well as his solo material. In 2008, Cornell was featured on the main stage of Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution tour. While touring with the band, he teamed up with lead vocalist Chester Bennington to perform Temple of the Dog's "Hunger Strike", and with Street Drum Corps for a number of Soundgarden tracks. Cornell also joined Linkin Park on stage to sing

5005-431: Was a defining factor in the writing and recording process. Even though the singer admitted that he was "never able to write effectively" while drinking, and attended rehab after recording the debut album, Morello stated that Revelations was "the first record [Cornell] didn't smoke, drink, or take drugs through the recording." However, Morello said: Chris was stone sober during the making of our Out of Exile album. Chris

5082-491: Was also sober during the making of Revelations and prior to recording he gave up smoking as well. I apologize for any confusion or concern that was stirred up by the original article. Sobriety can be a matter of life or death and Chris's courage in maintaining his health for years has been an inspiration. News about Cornell's departure emerged in July 2006, when insiders stated that after the third album he would leave to pursue for

5159-491: Was disbanding on April 9, 1997. In a 1998 interview, Thayil said, "It was pretty obvious from everybody's general attitude over the course of the previous half-year that there was some dissatisfaction." On January 1, 2010, Cornell alluded to a Soundgarden reunion via his Twitter account, writing: "The 12-year break is over and school is back in session. Sign up now. Knights of the Soundtable ride again!" The message linked to

5236-461: Was going through alcohol problems and a slot on the Ozzfest tour was canceled. During this time, there was a rumor that Cornell had checked himself into drug rehabilitation . He later confirmed it in an interview with Metal Hammer that was conducted from a clinic payphone. In a San Diego CityBeat article, Cornell explained that he went through "a horrible personal crisis" during the making of

5313-502: Was in the studio recording a new solo album. Cornell's last studio album, Higher Truth , was released on September 18, 2015. The last solo release prior to his death was the charity single " The Promise ", written for the movie of the same name about the Armenian genocide . Prior to his death, Cornell committed all proceeds from the song to support refugees and vulnerable children. On February 26, 2018, Cornell's first posthumous song

5390-427: Was in the writing process of a second solo album, but decided to shelve that and pursue the opportunity to work with Tom Morello , Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk when they approached him. Morello described Cornell: "He stepped to the microphone and sang the song and I couldn't believe it. It didn't just sound good. It didn't sound great. It sounded transcendent. And ... when there is an irreplaceable chemistry from

5467-418: Was incorporated into the design as part of the new school's performing arts department and the remainder of the existing buildings were demolished. Architects for the new school were Bassetti Architects . The new 220,000 square foot facility opened on time in September 2013 for the 2013-14 school year. Shorewood has 23 AP classes, covering 9 different subjects. In addition to AP courses, Shorewood offers

5544-547: Was largely panned by critics, but was the highest-charting album of Cornell's solo career, reaching No. 10 on the Billboard 200 . On April 2, 2009, Cornell took over Atlanta Rock station, Project 961, WKLS . For 24 hours, the station became "Chris-FM" and included a two-hour special of Cornell DJing and playing favorite songs from his career. On September 11, 2009, Cornell performed John Lennon 's " Imagine " on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien . In January 2011, Cornell announced his solo acoustic "Songbook" tour, continuing

5621-520: Was originally the Ronald Grade School built in 1906 and closed in 1971 due to a failed levy. The building was then used as a museum until 2010. Along with the elementary school being closed, five other schools were closed, including Butler Junior High School, an older school originally built in 1953 and closed in 1973 to be rebuilt and become the main campus for the new High School named Shorewood. The students still in 7th or 8th grade at

5698-636: Was recorded for the film Titan A.E. but not used. The song was leaked on the Internet. While doing solo tours between 2011 and 2016, Cornell would often pay tribute to the late Natasha Shneider and perform "When I'm Down" , (from the album Euphoria Morning that Shneider produced) accompanied by a vinyl recording of the original piano track that Shneider performed for the song. Though not officially released on CD, an hour-long acoustic concert Cornell performed on September 7, 2006, at O-Baren in Stockholm ,

5775-442: Was released in November 2012 to largely positive reviews. Soundgarden had continued to tour worldwide, and guitarist Kim Thayil mentioned in several interviews that the band was to begin work on material for their seventh album. Following Cornell's death, the surviving members of Soundgarden discussed the possibility of moving on with a replacement for him, but Thayil confirmed in an October 2018 interview with Seattle Times that

5852-499: Was released. He composed the music and added lyrics to Johnny Cash 's poems "You Never Knew My Mind" and "I Never Knew Your Mind". The song, titled "You Never Knew My Mind", is featured on the album Johnny Cash: Forever Words , a collection of songs created from Cash's unused poetry, lyrics and letters, as interpreted by several artists. In 2019, Cornell won a posthumous Grammy Award for the Best Rock Performance at

5929-603: Was ruled as suicide by hanging . Cornell was born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964, in Seattle, Washington , where he was raised. His parents are Edward F. Boyle, a pharmacist of Irish Catholic descent, and Karen Boyle ( née Cornell), an accountant of Jewish background and self-proclaimed psychic . Cornell was one of six children; he had two older brothers and three younger sisters. He and his siblings adopted his mother's maiden name, Cornell, following their parents' divorce when they were teenagers. Cornell attended Christ

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