I wanted to share this very quickly this week as I finish editing Friday’s essay on Evil Empire by Rage Against the Machine.
I listened to the audiobook of Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell over the holiday weekend. For anyone who is a fan of Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, or any of the big Seattle bands of the era, this is worth your time. I’ll definitely cover Chris Cornell and Soundgarden more in-depth at some point on The Album of Record. I’ll never in a million years achieve the depth of coverage that Corbin Reiff was able to in this book. I thought I knew the whole story, but there was so much that I didn’t know, misremembered, or misunderstood from the breakup of Soundgarden, to the beginning of Audioslave, to the reformation of Soundgarden, to Cornell’s ultimate passing in 2017.
Obviously, the end is gut-wrenching, but after more than four years since Cornell’s death, it was nice to relive the ups and downs of his career.
I can’t finish it. I get too upset. Of all the ‘90’s icon deaths, this one still kills me. My favorite Chris is the solo acoustic Higher Truth version. As an adult he became to mean more to me than artists who I was obsessed with as a teen. And then he was gone. But I agree with you on the book. A nostalgia trip through the 80’s and 90’s alt rock scene.
I can’t finish it. I get too upset. Of all the ‘90’s icon deaths, this one still kills me. My favorite Chris is the solo acoustic Higher Truth version. As an adult he became to mean more to me than artists who I was obsessed with as a teen. And then he was gone. But I agree with you on the book. A nostalgia trip through the 80’s and 90’s alt rock scene.