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Post by hardball on May 19, 2017 3:22:38 GMT
Chris Cornell, the powerful, dynamic singer whose band Soundgarden was one of the architects of grunge music, died on Wednesday night in Detroit hours after the band had performed there. He was 52. The death was a suicide by hanging, the Wayne County medical examiner’s office said in a statement released on Thursday afternoon. It said a full autopsy had not yet been completed. Mr. Cornell’s representative, Brian Bumbery, said in a statement that the death was “sudden and unexpected.” Soundgarden played at the Fox Theater in Detroit on Wednesday night, and had been scheduled to perform in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday at the Rock on the Range festival. Dontae Freeman, a spokesman for the Detroit Police Department, said in an interview that officers went to the MGM Grand hotel and casino around midnight in response to a call about an apparent suicide of a white man, whom he did not identify. Mr. Freeman said the man’s date of birth was July 20, 1964, which is Mr. Cornell’s. He added that the man’s wife had called a family friend to check on the man; the friend forced his way into the man’s room at the casino and found him unresponsive on the bathroom floor with a band around his neck. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Mr. Cornell appeared to be active on social media in the hours before his death. A post on his Twitter account announced that the group had arrived in Detroit, and a clip of the group’s 2012 release “By Crooked Steps” was posted to his official Facebook page. Mr. Cornell acknowledged in interviews that he had struggled with drug use throughout his life. In a 1994 Rolling Stone article, he described himself as a “daily drug user at 13” who had quit by the time he turned 14. Rest of the article here www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/arts/music/chris-cornell-dead-soundgarden.html
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Post by permutojoe on May 20, 2017 11:59:29 GMT
I wonder. Could history look back at Superunknown as being better than Nevermind, Ten, and Dirt? I think it's very possible. Songwriting is just as good if not better, plus it's more diverse and innovative imo.
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Post by geezer on May 22, 2017 1:32:56 GMT
So sad. Such a talent, such a powerful voice. I once heard it best described as a voice so intense, it could peel the paint off the walls.
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