Chris Cornell
Tribute, Songs and Lyrics
SONGS
Disappear
Original Sin
LISTEN LIKE THIEVES
I SEND A MESSAGE
This Time
Devil Inside
Kiss The Dirt
Mystify
Elegantly Wasted
March 30 1991 By My Side
March 31 1988 New Sensation
April 25 2006 Afterglow (Andrew Harris - Desmond Child)
July 13 1991 Bitter Tear
July 18 1968 Good times (Easybeats - then JB and INXS) Do with Jimmy Barnes or Paul Norton - MH in black - Do this Basement in
July 26 1984 Burn For You
August 8 - 1988 Never Tear Us Apart
Baby Dont Cry
Need You Tonight
Just Keep Walking
Listen Like Thieves
What You Need
Pretty Vegas
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Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle; July 20, 1964 – May 17, 2017) was an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter and rhythm guitarist for Seattle rock band Soundgarden and as lead vocalist and songwriter for the group Audioslave. He was also known for his numerous solo works and soundtrack contributions since 1991, and as founder and frontman for Temple of the Dog, the one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend Andrew Wood.
Cornell was known for his role as one of the architects of the 1990s grunge movement, for his extensive catalog as a songwriter, for his nearly four octave vocal range,[3] and for his powerful vocal belting technique. He released four solo studio albums, Euphoria Morning (1999), Carry On (2007), Scream (2009), Higher Truth (2015), and the live album Songbook (2011). Cornell received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his song "The Keeper" which appeared in the film Machine Gun Preacher and co-wrote and performed the theme song to the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006), "You Know My Name". The last solo release prior to his death was the charity single "The Promise", written for the ending credits for the film of the same name. He was voted "Rock's Greatest Singer" by readers of Guitar World, ranked 4th in the list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" by Hit Parader, 9th in the list of "Best Lead Singers of All Time" by Rolling Stone, and 12th in MTV's "22 Greatest Voices in Music".
Early life of Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell was born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964 in Seattle, Washington, where he was raised. He attended Christ the King Catholic elementary school, & Shorewood High School. His parents are Ed Boyle, a pharmacist, and Karen Cornell, an accountant. Chris Cornell spent 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.
Mr. Chris Cornell was a loner; he was able to deal with his anxiety around other people through rock music. During his teenage years, he spiralled into severe depression, dropped out of school, and almost never left the house. At the age of 12, he had access to heroin, marijuana and prescription drugs and used them daily by 13, stopped for a year, but relapsed at age 15 for another year until he turned to music. Before becoming a successful musician, he worked at a seafood wholesaler and was a sous-chef at Ray's Boathouse in Seattle.
In the early 1980s, Chris Cornell was a member of a cover band called The Shemps, which performed around Seattle. The Shemps featured bassist Hiro Yamamoto. After Yamamoto left The Shemps, the band recruited guitarist Kim Thayil. Chris Cornell and Yamamoto stayed in contact, and after The Shemps broke up, Cornell and Yamamoto started jamming together, eventually bringing Thayil to join them.
Recording career of Chris Cornell
1984–1997; 2010–2017: Soundgarden
Soundgarden was formed in 1984 by Cornell, Thayil and Yamamoto with Cornell originally on drums and vocals. In 1985, the band enlisted Scott Sundquist as the drummer to allow Cornell to concentrate on vocals.[17] The band's first recordings were three songs that appeared on 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.[16] 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 the two was issued as Screaming Life/Fopp in 1990). Though the band was being courted by major labels, in 1988 they signed to SST Records to release their debut album, Ultramega OK (1988), for which they earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Metal Performance in 1990.[18] The band subsequently signed with A&M Records, becoming the first grunge band to sign to a major label. In 1989, the band released their second effort, and their first for a major label, Louder Than Love. Following the release of Louder Than Love, 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 Soundgarden's tour supporting Louder Than Love. In 1990, the band was joined by a new bassist, Ben Shepherd.