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Chris Cornell of Soundgarden performs on stage at the Soundwave Festival at Melbourne showgrounds on Sunday the 22nd of February 2015 in Melbourne, Australia.
Chris Cornell’s final Soundgarden recordings will finally see the light of day – but what will the material sound like?

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

The iconic grunge band’s surviving members and the Estate of Chris Cornell have settled their long-running lawsuit

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Kim Thayil of Soundgarden performs on stage at the Melbourne Big Day Out at Flemington Race Course on 29th January 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
Kim Thayil picks Soundgarden’s landmark guitar moments

By Richard Bienstock Published

In honor of the grunge icons’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination, their lead guitarist picks the standout songs on which he and Chris Cornell made their case for Seattle’s most daring guitar exports

Guitarists
Audioslave during Lollapalooza 2003 - Atlanta at Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Audioslave’s Cochise has one of the best riffs of the 21st century, but it was first recorded in 1996 with a different singer – hear Tom Morello’s radical original demo

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

The Chris Cornell/RATM supergroup’s debut album came out in 2002, but the riff from its lead single originated in Morello’s short-lived Weatherman side-project from the mid-’90s

Guitars
Eddie Van Halen and Chris Cornell
An Eddie Van Halen and Chris Cornell collaboration very nearly happened

By Matt Parker Published

Cornell guitarist Pete Thorn says “somewhere at 5150” there’s a tape with EVH playing on the Soundgarden frontman’s song

Guitarists
Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell-owned 1979 Gretsch Chet Atkins Tennessean up for sale on Reverb for $395,000

By Sam Roche Last updated

The hollowbody six-string was reportedly used by the late Soundgarden frontman in both live and studio settings, and can be seen in the music video for Rusty Cage

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Gary Lee Conner
Gary Lee Conner on the Screaming Trees reunion that nearly was, trading guitars with Chris Cornell and making peace with Mark Lanegan before his passing

By Greg Prato Published

The veteran Seattle guitarist has returned with a series of solo albums that eschew tube amps for digital modeling – and sound all the better for it

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Singer/guitarist Chris Cornell (right) and guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden pose for a portrait on December 1, 1993 in New York City, New York.
Chris Cornell and Kim Thayil dissect Soundgarden's masterpiece, Superunknown

By Jeff Kitts Published

In this classic 2014 interview, Cornell and Thayil break down the tones, tunings and ambition behind the album that made Soundgarden one of alternative rock's biggest bands

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Toni Cornell and Pete Thorn perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Toni Cornell and Pete Thorn pay tribute to Chris Cornell with Nothing Compares 2 U performance on The Tonight Show

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

In honor of her father’s recent Grammy nominations, the late Soundgarden frontman’s daughter and guitarist performed his Prince cover live on the Jimmy Fallon-hosted talkshow

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[L-R] Taylor Momsen and Ben Phillips of The Pretty Reckless
Taylor Momsen: “While grieving, I was depriving myself of what I loved most. When I picked up a guitar and started writing, the floodgates opened up”

By Jon Wiederhorn Published

The Pretty Reckless leader and guitarist Ben Phillips discuss how a series of tragedies left the band's future hanging in the balance, before they channeled their heartache to create their most powerful album to date, Death by Rock and Roll

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Kim Thayil
Kim Thayil on 30 years of Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger: “Right before we released the album, you could feel things were ready to explode”

By Joe Bosso Published

The guitarist charts the writing and recording of Soundgarden's 1991 commercial breakthrough, and explains how it ended up as his favorite of the Seattle pioneers' releases

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