Random music news for Thursday, October 27, 2022
The “world’s dirtiest man” has died at age 94. He refused to bathe because he thought it would make him sick. Maybe he had a point? On to music news for October 27,
Read MoreThe “world’s dirtiest man” has died at age 94. He refused to bathe because he thought it would make him sick. Maybe he had a point? On to music news for October 27,
Read MoreFuneral day with more than 4.1 billion people watching the coverage. Did you get the day off? Me, neither. I had to write music news for September 19, 2022. Chris Cornell’s widow has
Read MoreIn the days before COVID, I was always on the road. If it wasn’t a music conference in Singapore, it was an interview in London, the Junos in…wherever, a TV shoot in Nashville,
Read MoreThe Metallica/Soundgarden Venn diagram has come to life with this special vinyl-only tribute released through Metallica’s record club. It features their versions of “All Your Lies” and “Head Injury,” both recorded at an
Read MoreHow well do you know Chris Cornell? Add these facts to your arsenal. (1) His birth name was Christopher John Boyle. When his parents divorced, he went to live with his psychic mom
Read MoreWhen Zack De La Rocha decided he’d had enough of being in Rage Against the Machine, the other three guys decided to stay together but with a different singer. The connection with Chris
Read MoreThe three surviving members of Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell, widow of Chris, have not been getting along at all. At issue is not just the vocal demos Chris left behind–raw material for one
Read MoreWhen the toxicology report came back after Chris Cornell’s suicide in May 2017, it revealed that he had a cocktail of prescription drugs in his system at the time of his death: Butalbital,
Read MoreIn the long legal fight between the three surviving members of Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell, Chris’ widow, the latest round has gone to the band. If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that
Read MoreThe battle over the future Soundgarden between the three surviving members of the band and Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky has been raging in the courts since 2019. Vicky claims that as the heir
Read MoreThis is a welcome surprise. Before he died, Chris Cornell recorded a series of covers that have now been assembled into a collection entitled No One Sings Like You Anymore. All instruments were
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