Soundgarden is/was these five main members:
- Kim Thayil – lead guitar (1984–1997, 2010–present)
- Ben Shepherd – bass guitar, backing and lead vocals (1990–1997, 2010–present)
- Matt Cameron – drums, backing vocals (1986–1997; 2010–present) (Cameron also drums with Pearl Jam- perhaps the two best grunge bands of all-time)
Former
- Chris Cornell – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1988–1997, 2010–2017), drums (1984–1985) (died 2017)
- Hiro Yamamoto – bass guitar, backing and lead vocals (1984–1989)
I'm not sure what's going to happen with Soundgarden with the sad, unfortunate death of Chris Cornell. Will they continue and should they continue? Where will they find a singer than sings as well, tough as Cornell and also plays the guitar? Obviously if they continue they'll probably need to find a young singer. With the likes of The Rolling Stones and Alice Cooper playing into their seventies, a refigured Soundgarden could play for 20 more years. It will only be appropriate for the band to make that decision, I'm sure they're still coming to grips with Cornell's death. The whole thing has been sad and infuriating to try and comes to grip with it. My prayers and thoughts on to the members of Cornell's family, the families and friends of Soundgarden and to all rock fans that are dealing with the loss of another legend. That's another legend dying way too soon. Now on to the best of Soundgarden, thankfully the music will never die. They have a song called "Been Away Too Long", a song called "Gone Too Soon" would now be appropriate.
Listening to the lyrics of Soundgarden and Audioslave I've noticed suicide and other gloomy subjects are mentioned a few times. This seems to be a good song to start off with, a slightly slowed down version of "Black Hole Sun":
This angry song also feels appropriate for Cornell's death. "Ty Cobb":
"Been Away Too Long":
"Burden In My Hand":
"Hands All Over":
"Superunknown":
"Mailman":
"Flower":
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