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Soundgarden's Chris Cornell Credits Fitness for Continued Career

Chad Childers — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:10:23 +0000

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell is still going strong at the age of 48 and the rocker credits staying fit for being able to continue his career path with relative ease. The vocalist spoke with ESPN Playbook about his fitness regimen and how it's helped him stay on top of his game.

Rush + Heart Enter Rock and Roll Hall of Fame With Tributes From Foo Fighters + Chris Cornell

Chad Childers — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:44:35 +0000

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just gained a few more great acts, with Rush, Heart, Donna Summer, Public Enemy and Randy Newman making up the 2013 induction class. The five acts were inducted Thursday night (April 19) in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theater with a number of music luminaries doing the honors.

Soundgarden's Chris Cornell Teams With Gibson for Two Limited Edition Guitars

Chad Childers — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:53:44 +0000

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has teamed up with Gibson to design two special edition guitars for the company that will be made available for purchase this April.

Soundgarden's Chris Cornell Says Timing Is Right for Rock Revival

Chad Childers — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:00:26 +0000

Back in the early ’90s, Soundgarden were at the forefront of the grunge movement. Here in 2012, singer Chris Cornell tells the Sun that he feels another musical shift in primed for the taking.

Chris Cornell Pays Tribute to Whitney Houston [VIDEO]

Adam West — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:36:00 +0000

Chris Cornell is truly one of the greatest voices in rock. From Soundgarden to Audioslave, and great solo material, he knows how to give a song the emotion and passion it deserves. Check out this video of Chris performing "I Will Always Love You" as a tribute to Whitney Houston in San Francisco last week. It's just Chris with an acoustic guitar, but the performance is powerful.

Elton John, Chris Cornell Nominated for Golden Globes

Billy Dukes — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:40:47 +0000

Elton John and Chris Cornell both were announced as nominees for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in January. In fact, both were nominated for awards in the same category: Best Original Song in a Motion Picture. The one-time Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman wrote ‘The Keeper,’ a song from the film ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ starring [...]

Soundgarden Promises 'Very Heavy' New Album

Jeff Giles — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:00:19 +0000

They don’t have a release date, a title, or even a record company waiting to get it onto the shelves, but Soundgarden is in the studio working on its first new album in 15 years – and during a pair of recent interviews, frontman Chris Cornell and guitarist Kim Thayil hinted at what fans can expect to hear.

“We’re kind of doing it in stages,” says Thayil, adding, “We have about 14 songs in various stages of completion. Previously, we’d just block out a bunch of time and go and track everything at once, but we can’t really do that right now.”