Cornell teamed up with the band Eleven to record “Ave Maria”; he would also work with them for his debut solo album Euphoria Morning. This was a smart move to record “Ave Maria” with Eleven, because the duet between Cornell and Natasha Shneider is freaking awesome. 

So, sit back and enjoy some Christmas tunes..90’s style.

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What makes this even better is that friends/collaborators are pitted against each other in the Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media category.

Vedder’s “Guaranteed”, from Into The Wild, and Cornell’s “You Know My Name”, from Casino Royale, are the nominated tracks.

Honestly, I hope Vedder wins. I know I’m bias towards anything that anyone from Pearl Jam does, but Vedder’s music from Into The Wild is a wonderful piece of work. I’m glad that he’s getting recognized for it.

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I know that I was shocked when I first heard “Can’t Change Me”, because it was vastly different than anything I heard from Soundgarden. It’s a shame that this was his first and only single released from Euphoria Morning, because it’s just a fantastic album.

I’ve always loved this song and probably always will. It has such a great premise, you know about this powerful that can do anything except change another person.

If you want something really cool, then you should check out the French version that was found on international versions of Euphoria Morning. Hearing Cornell sing in French is just awesome.

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The former Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman has been touring for the last six months in support of his second solo album Carry On. He’s currently wrapping up some dates in the Western parts of the U.S. and Canada before heading to Australia and then returning to the States…again! I think my man needs a well deserved rest soon.

Speaking of Australia, you should check out the Oz Music Scene for all of your land down under needs.

Anyways, for a full list of dates and ticket info check out the Chris Cornell Fan Page.

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The Inland Invasion will feature The Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver, Kid Rock, Chris Cornell, Satellite Party, Cypress Hill, Hot Hot Heat, Against Me! and Paramore.

Tickets are very reasonably priced at $35, $65 and $85. What a deal.

If I lived in the L.A. area I would be at this show in a flash. Seriously, The Pumpkins, Foos, VR, Cornell and Satellite Party in one day, it’s too good to be true. Sure, you may have to put up with Kid Rock, but nothing is perfect.

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• On September 29, 1992 AIC releases Dirt and STP with Core.
• In 1995 Weiland’s side project The Magnificent Bastards covered “How Do You Sleep?” and the Layne Staley/Mike McCready project Mad Season covered “I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier” on Working Class Hero: A Tribute To John Lennon.
• In July of 1996 AIC replaces STP as the opening band for Kiss, due to Scott Weiland’s drug problems.
• On November 6, 2001 Jerry Cantrell performs “Got Me Wrong” with STP live in Dallas.
• Duff McKagan joins AIC for their 2006 reunion tour.

• Soundgarden opens up for Guns N’ Roses in 1991.
• Soundgarden and Pearl Jam were part of the 1992 Lollapalooza lineup, which also featured STP on the second stage.
• Chris Cornell contributed “Sunshower” and Scott Weiland contributed “Lady, Your  Roof Brings Me Down” for the 1998 adaptation of Great Expectations.
• The 2007 horror flick, Bug, features Scott Weiland with “Learning To Drive” (a unreleased STP track) and an acoustic version of Cornell’s “Disappearing Act”.
• Both Weiland and Cornell worked with drummer Victor Indrizzo on their solo albums 12 Bar Blues and Carry On.

• There was of course the infamous altercation before Nirvana and G’N'R at the 1992 MTV VMA’s, where Axl told Kurt Cobain to control Courtney Love and then after Nirvana played “Lithium” Dave Grohl yelled “Hi, Axl!”.
• Oddly, G’N'R’ bassist Duff McKagan, who is originally from Seattle, was one of the last people to talk to Kurt Cobain, as both were on a flight from L.A. to Seattle in 1994.
• Apparently, Weiland was introduced to heroin by Butthole Surfer frontman Gibby Haynes, who happened to be at the same rehab facility as Kurt Cobain in 1994.
• The STP song “Too Cool Queenie” is about Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love; it was rumored that Weiland had a crush on Love in the mid 90’s.
• Talk Show (STP without Scott) toured with the Foo Fighters in 1997.

• STP and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder started out in the San Diego music scene in the late 80’s.
• Both STP and Eddie Vedder have played with the remaining members of The Doors; they’ve also both covered “Break On Through (To The Otherside)” and “Roadhouse Blues”.
• Pearl Jam and STP have both covered songs by the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
• Guns N’ Roses and Pearl Jam have opened up for the Rolling Stones.
• STP and Pearl Jam have toured with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

• Producer Brendan O’ Brien has produced all 5 of STP’s albums, as well as Pearl’s Vs., Vitalogy, No Code, Yield,  Audioslave’s Revelations and Velvet Revolver’s Libertad.

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Former Audioslave and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell put on a phenomenal show in Atlantic City. It didn’t hurt that the Music Box was a immaculate venue at the beautiful Borgata. It only held around 900 people, so there wasn’t a bad seat in the house.

Cornell’s vocals have been amazingly restored, after he stopped smoking and drinking. I remember seeing Audioslave back in 2003 and thinking that Chris Cornell’s days were numbered, but he proved me wrong last night . The band that he assembled was also impressive, after all they have some big shoes to fill, but they handled it will.

On to the show itself…the band came out with an intro and then burst into back to back Soundgarden songs, “Let Me Drown” and “Outshined”. Audioslave’s “Show Me How To Live” was next and followed by “No Such Thing” and “You Know My Name” from Cornell’s newest solo effort Carry On. During “You Know My Name” Chris brought his daughter out and she was singing along too, which had to strike the heartstrings of everyone in attendance. Other highlights from the show were Chris doing a solo acoustic performance of Bruce Springsteen’s “Atlantic City”, “Sunshower” from Great Expectations and pretty much any of the Soundgarden songs. However, the best part of the night was “Ty Cobb”, which hasn’t been performed since Soundgarden was still together, so that would be at least 10 years ago. After the rousing performance of “Ty Cobb”, Cornell said that the song was from his favorite Soundgarden album, Down on the Upside, which is my favorite as well.

There were only two problems with the show. The first was that some of the crowd had no clue who Chris Cornell was, they were obviously comped by the casino, which made the crowd seem weak. And, the second problem was that he didn’t play anything from his first solo album, Euphoria Morning. I would have preferred less Audioslave songs and more solo tracks, but he played “Ty Cobb”, so everything balanced out.

Setlist (may not be exact, but pretty close):

Intro – Let Me Drown – Outshined – Show Me How To Live – No Such Thing – You Know My Name – Spoonman – Hunger Strike – Out of Exile – Atlantic City (just Chris) – Finally Forever (Chris solo) – Like A Stone (still Chris) – Doesn’t Remind Me (band comes back) – Cochise – What You Are – Rusty Cage – Be Yourself – Say Hello 2 Heaven – Black Hole Sun – Jesus Christ Pose – Encore: Ty Cobb – Sunshower – Slaves and Bulldozers

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• Chris Cornell started piano lessons at a very early age, but he disliked the lessons so he taught himself. By age 8 he had enough music to play a full set with a music teacher for the music faculty at the University of Washington.
• Cornell left high school at age 15 and worked as a cook.
• At age 9 he found a collection of Beatles albums in a friends basement and listened exclusively to them for years. Soundgarden would go on to cover The Beatles “Come Together”, “Helter Skelter”, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, “Hey Jude” and “Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey”.
• Cornell founded Soundgarden in 1984 with guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Hiro Yamamoto; the band started out as a trio featuring Cornell on vocals and drums.
• Chris married Susan Silver in 1990, she was manager for Soundgarden and Alice in Chains.
• After the passing of friend and former roommate, Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone, Cornell recorded some demos, including the song “Reach Down”.
• In 1991 Chris Cornell and Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron teamed up with a group of guys that would form Pearl Jam for Temple of the Dog, a tribute album for Andrew Wood.
• Chris would team up with Cameron, Mike McCready and Jeff Ament again for a cover of “Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)” for the Jimi Hendrix tribute album Stone Free. The group called themselves M.A.C.C.
• The song “Seasons” from the Singles soundtrack was Cornell’s first released solo track.
• In 1998, the song “Sunshower” appeared in the film and soundtrack for Great Expectations.
• Cornell’s first solo album, Euphoria Morning, was released in 1999.
• The international version of Euphoria Morning, there is a French version of “Can’t Change Me”, yes he sings in French too!
• Chris was working on his second solo album when he was approached to join Audioslave.
• In 2002, he left Audioslave over management disputes, before their debut album was released.
• In 2006, Chris Cornell recorded the track “You Know My Name” for Casino Royale. This made him the first American male to perform the theme song for a James Bond movie.
• Cornell officially left Audioslave in 2007.
• His second album, Carry On, was released on June 5, 2007.

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