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Read Toni Cornell’s Heartfelt Birthday Message to Her Father
Toni Cornell, the 17-year-old daughter of the late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, posted a special message in honor of what would have been his 58th birthday on Wednesday (July 20). She began by talking about “Nothing Compares 2 U,” the Prince-written song that Sinead O’Connor made famous in 1990. It’s a song that the father and daughter used to sing together, but Toni now sings it on her own following her father’s 2017 suicide. “Losing you was one of the hardest things we had to go through,” Toni wrote. “They say it gets easier with time, but as the days and years go by, and since we last saw you, we are missing you even more … Today, on your birthday, I think so so many join me in saying we miss you the MOST!!! The world would not be the same without you in it, and will never be the...
Remembering Chris Cornell, 5 Years Later
It’s difficult at times to drive around Seattle and not recognize the ultramega imprint that Chris Cornell left behind on his hometown. At least it is for me. Even for a city that’s widely known for ruthlessly tearing away and repurposing its own history in the name of “progress” – think bigger, taller, glassier high-rises as far as the eye can see – Chris’s fingerprints are everywhere. Rolling down Leary Way in his old, childhood stomping grounds around Ballard, you’ll pass triangular-shaped Reciprocal Recordings, where Soundgarden recorded their debut album Screaming Life in 1987. Studio Litho, where they laid down their final, pre-breakup record, 1996’s Down on the Upside, nearly two decades later is only a couple of minutes further up the street, across from the massive statue of Vladi...
Watch Toni Cornell Sing ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ on Late Late Show
Toni performed her father’s own version of the Sinead O’Connor cover, off his posthumous album, No One Sings Like You Anymore. Her rendition was strongly soulful, while searing violins surrounded her gentle croon. Both Cornell’s record and its own cover of “Nothing Compares 2 U” snagged Grammy nominations for this year’s awards. The song is one of her late father’s favorite songs. The younger Cornell initially recorded the cover with her dad, and all its proceeds will benefit the International Rescue Committee. Last year, Toni was named the committee’s youngest appointed ambassador, and she initially began working with the IRC a few years ago alongside her father and the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagin...
Producer Brendan O’Brien Goes Behind the Making of the ‘Bittersweet’ Final Chris Cornell LP
Producer Brendan O’Brien was fresh off wrapping work on Pearl Jam’s sophomore album Vs. when he met Chris Cornell for the first time in the summer of 1993. Cornell and his bandmates in Soundgarden were nearly finished recording what would become their smash album Superunknown, and, per a recommendation from Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, invited O’Brien up to Seattle to discuss mixing the project. As O’Brien recalls, “We went out to dinner to talk about what we were going to do, and five minutes in, it was like, ‘Are we actually going to talk about mixing? We’ll put the songs up and make it sound good. What’s next? What do you want to talk about now?’ We all just laughed, and then bullshitted for the next hour-and-a-half.” Released the following March, Superunknown became Soundgarden’s...
Perry Farrell’s 5 Favorite Lollapalooza Moments
Lollapalooza has defied the old F. Scott Fitzgerald adage from The Last Tycoon that “there are no second acts in American life.” Since 2005, Perry Farrell and partners have hunkered down in Chicago’s Grant Park (for the American version) to bring the once-alternative playground that spit in the face of the mainstream more into the mainstream. Though this year’s fest’s impact is yet to be known, there’s no doubt in the festival’s 30 years (on and off at various points), Farrell has seen it and been through it. So, what better way than to get the best stories from Lollapalooza’s history than from Farrell himself? However, just as we got rolling, the Jane’s Addiction/Porno for Pyros didn’t pull any punches and came out of the gates firing. In fact, he blamed SPIN for him n...
The 100 Greatest Rock Stars Since That Was A Thing
Three of the 100 are in this picture! The Rolling Stones, in 1964, from left to right: Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Brian Jones. The problem with lists like this is they are invariably bullshit. So our prime objective was to make sure we didn’t do a bullshit list. I’m not saying we did a scientific one either. Because that isn’t possible — actually, it is, if you wanted some compilation of who sold the most records/concert tickets/has the most fans/got the most death threats, etc., and someone could come up with a bunch of very empirical metrics and create a “heat index” or something, and could deliver an actual scientific ranking! But we, um, didn’t do that. In fact we didn’t even, technically, do the “we...
Soundgarden and Chris Cornell’s Estate Reach Temporary Agreement Over Band’s Social Media Accounts and Website
Over the past few years, the surviving members of Soundgarden and Chris Cornell’s estate have been embroiled in a number of legal issues. On Tuesday, the two parties agreed to settle the issue surrounding the band’s social media accounts and control of the Soundgarden website. “Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell, the personal representative of the Estate of Christopher Cornell, are pleased to announce that, effective June 15, 2021, they have come to a temporary agreement that will transfer the Soundgarden social media accounts and website to the band’s remaining members, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd and their managers, Red Light Management,” a statement obtained by SPIN read. “This includes Soundgarden’s website [https://www.soundgardenworld.com], Facebook [https://www.faceb...
Chris Cornell’s Family Settles Lawsuit With Doctor Who Prescribed the Singer Drugs
The family of Chris Cornell settled its lawsuit with defendant Robert Koblin M.D., the doctor who Cornell’s widow said overprescribed medication to the late Soundgarden singer. A confidential settlement resolved all claims asserted by each plaintiff — widow Vicky Cornell and her two children with Chris — Rolling Stone reported. After the singer’s May 2017 death, Cornell expressed her doubts that her husband’s death was a suicide, citing Chris’ toxicology report that found four prescription drugs in his system, including the barbiturate sedative Butalbital and the mood stabilizer Ativan. In 2018, Cornell sued Dr. Robert Koblin for malpractice. “After years of litigation and settlement negotiations, Plaintiffs and Defendants Robert Koblin, M.D., Rober...
Vicky Cornell Sues Surviving Soundgarden Members Over Buyout
Vicky Cornell, Chris Cornell’s widow, who represents the deceased Soundgarden lead singer’s estate, has sued the remaining members of Soundgarden in federal court in Seattle, seeking a judicial valuation of the late singer’s interest in the band and related entities, alleging the surviving members’ “continuing pattern of unconscionable misconduct.” At the time of his death, Cornell was in a partnership with Soundgarden bandmates Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd. Per the lawsuit, Cornell says she sent a demand letter to the band’s surviving members to buy out her late husband’s interests in Soundgarden and related entities. In papers obtained by SPIN, Cornell alleges that the band offered “the villainously low figure of less than $300,000,” despite having allegedly received a $16,0...
Vicky Cornell Says No One Sings Like You Anymore ‘Volume Two’ Is in the Works
Last month, Chris Cornell’s estate surprise-released a covers album called No One Sings Like You Anymore, and it looks like that’s not the only collection we can expect posthumously. During a recent chat with 105.7 The Point’s Rizzuto Show, Vicky Cornell confirmed that a sequel is coming. “There is a volume two,” Chris’ widow revealed. “The thing with this volume one, though, that makes it special is that he mastered it, he sequenced it — this is all Chris from beginning to end. And the other one was mastered, not sequenced, volume two.” “Because he was just such a prolific writer, we’re blessed, because he has left us lots of music,” she added. “Not in completely finished form, but there’s enough to work with, and the Cornell stamp is all over it. So that’s really special. So th...
Watch Chris Cornell’s Video for John Lennon Cover ‘Watching the Wheels’
Chris Cornell’s cover of the John Lennon classic “Watching the Wheels” received the lyric video treatment, and early viewers were able to join the Cornell family in the YouTube Chatroom to watch the clip with wife Vicky and their kids Toni and Christopher Cornell. The song is from Cornell’s first full posthumous album, No One Sings Like You Anymore, which sees the Soundgarden singer covering the Lennon chestnut along with songs by ELO, Prince, Terry Reid, Guns N’ Roses and more. SPIN spoke to Vicky Cornell about the album and you can read that here. Check out the “Watching the Wheels” video below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful...
Vicky Cornell Opens Up About Chris Cornell’s New Covers Album
When Chris Cornell died in 2017, fans all over the world mourned the loss of a voice and talent gone way too soon. That outpouring of love and continued support helped the family he left behind — wife Vicky Cornell and children Toni and Christopher — who are emotional but proud to keep the memory of her husband and their dad alive via No One Sings Like You Anymore. Cornell’s first full posthumous release is a 10-song gem that takes on hits and lesser-known songs from artists still with us, along with long-lost legends. While Cornell’s version of Guns N’ Roses’ “Patience” and Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 You” are well-known to fans, stellar new covers included on the album are Lorraine Ellison’s powerhouse “Stay with Me Baby” and the Janis Joplin-popularized “Get It While You Can,...
