Chris Cornell

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Toni Cornell attends the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Chris Cornell's daughter Toni hits out at "disgusting" TMZ coverage of Liam Payne's death

By Stef Lach Published

Toni Cornell, daughter of the late Chris Cornell, slams reporting of former One Direction member Liam Payne's death

Bands & Artists
Chris Cornell studio portrait
The Chris Cornell albums you should definitely listen to

By Philip Wilding Published

With Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple Of The Dog and solo, Chris Cornell proved to be a vocalist of singular talent. Here we round up his best albums

Albums
Chris Cornell onstage
Watch previously unseen videos of Chris Cornell covering Tracy Chapman and the Rolling Stones

By Fraser Lewry Published

Late Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell would have turned 60 on Saturday: Vicky Cornell and Nancy Wilson released videos to mark the occasion

Tracks & Singles
Chris Cornell playing the guitar in a recording studio
Chris Cornell’s five favourite singers, in his own words

By Classic Rock Published

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell passed away on May 18, 2017. Eight years earlier, he told Classic Rock about the singers who had inspired him

Interviews
Audioslave backstage at the Jimmy Kimmel show in 2005
“I don’t think there was a single riff I wrote after 1992 that Zack de la Rocha even liked”: how Audioslave saw Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello escaping his own past

By Henry Yates Published

In 2006, Audioslave’s Tom Morello and Chris Cornell sat down with Classic Rock to reveal all about their third album, Revelations

Albums
Chris Cornell and Layne Staley
“If I ever run into him in a dream again, I hope I remember to apologize”: the time Chris Cornell revealed he’d been dreaming about Layne Staley

By Niall Doherty Published

Cornell wrote that he’d been angry at Staley’s funeral and wanted to say sorry

Interviews
A picture of Chris Cornell taken in Toronto, Canada,//// in 2015
Soundgarden dispute with Chris Cornell's estate is not over after all – and late frontman's last batch of songs remain shelved

By Stef Lach Published

Don't hold your breath for those seven unreleased Chris Cornell songs, says Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron

Bands & Artists
Chris Cornell, 2011
"I looked to John Lennon as a father figure when I was a kid": watch Chris Cornell discuss the influence of John Lennon, and perform a beautiful acoustic version of Imagine, on the Howard Stern show in 2011

By Paul Brannigan Published

The Beatles, and specifically John Lennon, had a huge influence on late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell. Watch him explain why to Howard Stern

Interviews
Pink Floyd group shot with psychedelic writing and Chris Cornell holding a guitar
"It connects with me in a way that I just can't describe, creating a very special environment that no other record can achieve": Chris Cornell on the Pink Floyd album he loved the most

By Chris Cornell Published

Late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell discovered his favourite Pink Floyd album in his old landlord's record collection

Interviews
Prince, in 2011
On what would have been Prince's 65th birthday, here's Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, David Gilmour, Chris Cornell and more covering his most iconic songs

By Paul Brannigan Published

In tribute to the memory of musical genius Prince, who would have been 65 today, here are six covers of his most iconic songs

Tracks & Singles
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