Cornell No Longer an Audioslave

Posted Feb 16th 2007 12:38PM by TMZ Staff

Chris Cornell has freed himself from Audioslave.

The former Soundgarden frontman has permanently exited the "supergroup," and the breakup wasn't pretty. "Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave."

The band's bust-up was hardly a surprise, as fellow Audioslaves Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk recently reunited with former Rage Against the Machine singer, Zack de la Rocha. During a Reuters interview last year, Cornell hinted that all was not well; "Musicians aren't the kind of people who concentrate or worry about what the other guy thinks."

Cornell, curiously described as "an acrimonious artist" in the statement announcing his split, also announced that his solo album, "Carry On," would be in stores on May 1 on the Suretone/Interscope label. The album includes a cover of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean."

Audioslave's reps at Epic Records could not immediately be reached for comment.

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1. bring back soundgarden!

Posted at 1:17PM on Feb 16th 2007 by kurdt

2. Good move for Chris. He has such a powerful voice and it was wasted on that band.

He needs more talented musicians to collaborate with (remember Temple of the Dog?). Sorry but the guys in Rage were overrated musicians, even Tom Morrello who admits he could never play like the "shredders" of the 80s (and yes he wanted to) so he decided to make weird noises instead.

Posted at 1:24PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Big Mac

3. Long live RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!!!!!! L.A. will rock once again!

Posted at 1:35PM on Feb 16th 2007 by MARC

4. Awesome news!!

MARC is right!

Rage Against the Machine will rock again---with the best rock guitarist in history--

In addition, Soundgarden can get back together---

WIN/WIN!!!!

Posted at 1:43PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Nick

5. This sucks, I enjoyed AudioSlave... but as long as I can continue to enjoy Chris' music, I'll check out his solo stuff.

Posted at 2:01PM on Feb 16th 2007 by simone

6. Yeah, I'd love to see "Temple" do another album, but they've all said it was a1-shot deal. Soundgarden's first 5 albums were amazing, but the last 2 blew. I think Cornell has fronted 2 really good bands, and hopefully after his solo album he'll put together another supergroup.

Posted at 2:09PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Greg

7. Doesn't Chris Cornell get mad and cry like a little bi*** and leave every band he has ever played with? I hope he gets mad at himself during his solo career so he will quit that also and we don't have to here him.

Posted at 2:17PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Geo

8. There is, in fact, a God! Lord willin', now Zack can bring back that signature politically outraged rhyme style to Tom's funk-metal mastery. Let's face it, while Audioslave certainly had its musical merit... they never matched the intensity, delivery, or emotion of Rage. I'd put "Killing in the Name of..." up against "Like a Stone" any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Ask fan's of Tom, Tim, and Brad which project they thought was more groundbreaking... I think an overwhelming majority would agree... Rage Against the Machine is one of the great pioneering forces in merging two of the most in-your-face musical styles, rock and rap. I'll be "rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun" on the way to Coachella to witness this reunion.

Posted at 2:29PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Zack

9. Sweet!!! I love Rage Against the Machine. And I loved Soundgarden too. Never got into Audioslave though.

Posted at 2:49PM on Feb 16th 2007 by jane doe

10. I LOVE RAGE!!!!
GET BACK TOGETHER PLEASE.
I LOVE RAGE

Posted at 3:12PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Sophia

11. i want to sit on chris cornell's face all night long

Posted at 3:17PM on Feb 16th 2007 by julieanna

12. Chris Cornell is so fu*king hot.................

Posted at 3:29PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Rachel

13. Rage sucked. Their singer was beyond annoying.

And their stupid socialist agenda got really old. Anyone who holds up Che Guevara as a hero is a misinformed idiot. Che was a murderer who would kill anyone who stood in his way or (even peacefully) opposed him.

“Tengo una remera del Che y no sé por qué,” which translated means "I have a Che t-shirt and I don't know why."

Posted at 4:12PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Whatever

14. This is great news. I grew up in Seattle and Chris was definitely at his high point in SoundGarden. Though some hits came out of the union with members in Rage Against the Machine, Chris was far better as a solo artist. Synopsis: Original Coke will always be better than classic Coke. It's a win/win situation for both parties.

Cheers,

Von Brumbach

Posted at 4:29PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Brent Brumbach

15. Nick - You must be a teenager. You think Tom Morello is the greatest rock guitarist in history? You ever hear of Clapton, Page, Hendrix, Van Halen, or Vai? Take it from someone who has been playing guitar for 23 of his 35 years, Tom is not even close to these guys.

Posted at 4:38PM on Feb 16th 2007 by Big Mac

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