Ongoing History Daily: The day Chris Cornell almost drowned in an underwater pipe

September 27, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments

While on a trip to Australia, Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell decided to go swimming in a bay in the middle of the night. As he was swimming about eight feet below the surface, he managed to run into a pipe that was just a few feet in diameter. When I say, “ran into a pipe,” he actually ended up swimming INTO it.

And he got stuck. In the dark. Cue the freak-out.

“I had to figure out how to turn around and get back off it without dying–which is how I’m talking to you now,” he said afterwards.

Lemme tell you something: if that ever happened to me, I’d never so much as get into a bathtub ever again.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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