What Bands Did Chris Cornell Play In?

Bands Chris Cornell Was in is 1. Soundgarden 2. Audioslave 3. Temple of the Dog 4. Center for Disease Control Boys.

Chris Cornell In Soundgarden served as drummer and singer in 1984. They were pioneers of grunge music styles, blending with punk rock and metal genres.

Originally three-piece group hired Scott Sundquit as a drummer in 1985, allowing Cornell to focus on vocals. With this core lineup, they traveled around performing at various concerts for about a year.

The band experienced mainstream success with the release of their breakthrough album "Superunknown (1994)", lead by the two hit singles "Spoonman" and "Black Hole Sun". Both singles received Grammy Awards and the album placed at number one in the Billboard 200 chart.

In 1997, the grunge music pioneers went on hiatus due to their internal disputes over creative direction. After more than a decade, the group decided to reunite in 2010, where they released their last album "King Animal (2012)".

Over the years in their career, Soundgarden is complimented for their technical ability in music and growth in their styles.

The award-winning band has sold over 30 million records worldwide and has been enlisted at number 14 in the 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock by VH1.

Chris Cornell In Audioslave was the lead singer and guitarist of the group. In 2001, Chris worked with Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk.

Their unique musical style was created by mixing 70s hard rock and 90s alternative rock with 60s soul, R&B, and funk.

All the lyrics of the band were penned by Chris whilst other members were also credited with writing the music. Members' songwriting was described as 'more collaborative' and 'satisfying'.

Altogether, The rock band has produced three albums, among them "Out of Exile (2005)", was the only album to chart on the Billboard 200. They were nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the Grammy Awards in 2006.

After Cornell announced leaving the unit, they disbanded in 2007.

Chris Cornell In Temple Of The Dog worked as a lead vocalist. The band had launched their only album as a tribute to his friend Andrew Wood.

Formed in 1991, along with Cornell other members of the group consist of Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, and Matt Cameron. They mostly record grunge and alternative rock genres.

The supergroup's only album "Temple of the Dog (1991)" was a platinum album for the members. It contains a much different melody of aggressive metal.

Lyrically, all the songs were penned by Chris, among them two of the singles "Say Hello 2 Heaven", and "Reach Down", were dedicated to Andrew. Mostly the tracks of the albums are based on certain topics.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut album, the band reunited and toured in 2016.

Chris Cornell's Collaborations include Screaming Trees, Floatsam and Jetsam, Alice in Chains, and many others. He has been part of other bands.

Some of his collaborations with other group members and artists are mentioned below:

• Screaming Trees - co-producer and backing vocals
• Floatsan and Jetsam - co-writer
• Alice in Chains - vocals
• Linkin Park - touring member
• Gabin - vocals
• Heart - member
• Alice Cooper - vocals
• David Cook - co-writer
• Slash - co-writer
• Andrew Wood - lyrics and vocals
• Rits Wilson - backing vocals

Apart from Cornell's work as a solo artist and a band member, he has also done several collaborations with prominent bands and artists. One of them includes Linkin Park, where he was featured on the main stage.

Chris Cornell In Linkin Park

Cornell appeared in Linkin' Park's Projekt Revolution tour in 2008. He joined them on stage to perform the second verse of the track "Crawling".

At the same time, he associated with Chester Bennington, lead singer of the band to play the single "Hunger Strike".

Following the death of the singer, Linkin' Park gave a tribute performance of "One More Light" on Jimmy Kimmel's show.

Chris Cornell Best Solo Songs are 1. You Know My Name 2. Patience 3. Nothing Compares 2 U and others. The best solo songs by Chris Cornell are listed below:

Cornell's poetic lyrics and iconic singing voice proved him to be a virtuosic singer and songwriter. His skills in creating music made Soundgarden a grunge heavyweight.

The artist's soundtrack work spanned both independent and big-budget cinema. He was the first male artist from America to write and performed the theme song "You Know My Name" for a James Bond film.

Also. he had penned the end title song "Live to Rise" for the third highest-grossing movie, The Avengers.

Chris Cornell James Bond Theme Song

Chris Cornell James Bond Theme Song in "You Know My Name", recorded in 2006. It was one of his hit singles.

Cornell co-wrote and produced it with David Arnold. Both have tried to showcase the song as a replacement theme for the character.

It received many positive responses from critics and won Satellite Award and World Soundtrack Awards. The track was a Grammy Award nominee.

Cornell's single entered the Billboard chart and placed at number seven which garnered 3.5 million streams in the US.