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Podcast: Ongoing History of New Music
Episode: 10 Things About Chris Cornell
Description: It’s always a shock when we hear that a rock star has died...but when the news about Chris Cornell came out on May 18, 2017, it was extra-jarring...The overall impression was that he was a guy who had it good...he’d been a central fixture of the grunge era as the front man of Soundgarden...there was an totally unexpected hit with the Temple of the Dog project...then a solid three-album run with Audioslave...His solo recordings were hit-and-miss, but given everything else he’d done, fans gave him a pass when he stu...