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Chris Cornell, the Palais Theatre St Kilda. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Chris Cornell Investigation Was Botched Says Wife

Chris Cornell’s widow has blamed medical examiners in Michigan for the hell her family has been through since the rocker’s death, insisting their suicide ruling opened the floodgates for online trolls.

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Widow Of Chris Cornell Organisers Vigil To Mark First Anniversary

by Music-News.com

Chris Cornell’s widow has invited the rocker’s fans to pay tribute to him on the anniversary of his death.

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Wayne Kramer Announces First MC5 Dates

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Wayne Kramer recently announced that he had assembled a new band to tour the MC5 album Kick Out The Jams for its 50th anniversary with Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, Fugazi’s Brendan Canty, King’s X’s Dug Pinnick, and vocalist Marcus Durant of Zen Guerrilla.

Tagged as: 60s, Kim Thyail, MC5, punk, Soundgarden, USA, Wayne Kramer

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Wayne Kramer Has Put Together A 50th Anniversary MC5

by Paul Cashmere

MC5 founder and guitarist Wayne Kramer has recruited some of his famous friends for a 50th anniversary MC5 tour he is calling MC50.

Tagged as: 60s, Kim Thyail, MC5, punk, Soundgarden, USA, Wayne Kramer

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Widow Of Chris Cornell Calls Out Doctor’s For Inappropriate Prescriptions

by Music-News.com

Chris Cornell’s widow has called out the rocker’s doctor for prescribing him a drug deemed unsuitable for recovering addicts to treat a shoulder injury a year before his death.

Tagged as: 90s, Chris Cornell, grunge, rock, Soundgarden, USA

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Final Chris Cornell Video ‘The Promise’ Premieres

by Noise11.com

The video for Chris Cornell’s final song ‘The Promise’ has premiered worldwide.

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Daughter Of Chris Cornell Pens Father’s Day Letter

by Music-News.com

Chris Cornell’s daughter paid tribute to the late rocker by writing an emotional message on Facebook following her first Father’s Day without him.

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Chris Cornell Toxicology Report Reveals Four Drugs In System

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The report from the toxicologist is in reporting that Chris Cornell had four prescription drugs in his system at the time of his death.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Audioslave, Chris Cornell, grunge, Heavy Rock, metal, rock, Soundgarden, USA

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Vicky Cornell Issues New Statement About Death Of Chris Cornell

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Cornell’s wife Vicky and lawyer Kirk Pasich have issued a new statement about the death of Chris Cornell.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Audioslave, Chris Cornell, grunge, Heavy Rock, metal, rock, Soundgarden, USA

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Chris Cornell Has 13 Albums In Top 100 In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

The death of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has prompted a resurgence in music sales for his various bands and solo works.

Tagged as: 90s, Audioslave, Chris Cornell, rock, Soundgarden, USA

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Five Chris Cornell Related Albums Re-Enter US Chart

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The big chart news of the week in the USA is the number of Chris Cornell projects that have launched back onto the charts in the wake of the singer’s death.

Tagged as: 90s, Audioslave, Chris Cornell, rock, Soundgarden, USA

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Vicky Cornell Writes Open Letter To Her Late Husband Chris Cornell

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Vicky Cornell, the late wife of Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, has published an open letter to her husband.

Tagged as: 90s, Audioslave, Chris Cornell, rock, Soundgarden, USA

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Chris Cornell Cremated In Private Family Service On Tuesday

by Music-News.com

Late rocker Chris Cornell was reportedly cremated at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Tuesday (May 23).

Tagged as: 90s, Audioslave, Chris Cornell, rock, Soundgarden, USA

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Chris Cornell Funeral Set For Friday 26 May

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The late-Chris Cornell will be laid to rest on Friday at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in a private service.

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Chris Cornell’s Wife Vicky Issues Statement Following Husband’s Death

by Paul Cashmere

Vicky Cornell, the wife of the late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, has issued a detailed statement following her husband’s death in the early hours of Thursday morning.

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Chris Cornell Took His Own Life Says Medical Examiner

by Paul Cashmere

Police reports are now saying that Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell hung himself after the band’s Detroit concert on Wednesday night.

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Chris Cornell His Last Ever Setlist

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Cornell played his last ever show with Soundgarden at the Fox Theatre in Detroit on May 17, 2017.

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R.I.P. Chris Cornell 1964-2017

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave, has died after a show in Detroit, aged 52.

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Watch Chris Cornell Join Cat Stevens To Perform Wild World

by Paul Cashmere

Soundgarden’s frontman Chris Cornell was a surprise guest with Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam in Los Angeles this week.

Tagged as: 70s, 90s, Cat Stevens, Chris Cornell, grunge, hard rock, rock, Soundgarden, UK, USA, Watch Chris Cornell Join Cat Stevens To Perform Wild World

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Look How Extensive Soundgarden Badmotorfinger Just Got

by Paul Cashmere

Soundgarden ‘Badmotorfinger’ is being expaned into a massive 7-disc edition.

Tagged as: 90s, Badmotorfinger, Chris Cornell, grunge, hard rock, Heavy Rock, Look How Extensive Soundgarden Badmotorfinger Just Got, rock, Seattle, Soundgarden, USA

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Temple of The Dog Reveal Rare ‘Black Cat’ Demo LISTEN

by Paul Cashmere

Temple of the Dog have released a rare demo of ‘Black Cat’, a song recorded but not used for the one and only Temple of the Dog album.

Tagged as: Chris Cornell, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Temple of The Dog Reveal Rare 'Black Cat’ Demo LISTEN

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Temple Of The Dog Open To Make A Second Album

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Cornell says a second Temple of the Dog album is indeed a possibility.

Tagged as: Chris Cornell, music news, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog

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Soundgarden To Release Vinyl Rarities

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Grammy Award-winning Seattle group Soundgarden launched a musical transformation that inspired a generation while permanently redefining alternative and hard rock music.

Tagged as: Down On The Upside, Louder Than Love, Soundgarden, Soundgarden To Release Vinyl Rarities

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Al Jourgensen Of Ministry Rips AJ Maddah A New Arse-Hole

by Paul Cashmere

Ministry’s Al Jourgensen has made a scathing appraisal of Soundwave boss AJ Maddah calling the failed Australian promoter a “douchebag” and a ‘lying Scumbag” after Soundwave crashed and burned one week before Christmas.

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Chris Cornell Plays Old, New, Borrowed And Blues For Melbourne REVIEW

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Cornell’s solo acoustic trek across Australia is a musical biography of his entire career, with just a voice, an acoustic guitar (and occasional cello).

Tagged as: Audioslave, Borrowed And Blues For Melbourne REVIEW, Chris Cornell, Chris Cornell Plays Old, Live Nation, new, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog

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Chris Cornell ‘Higher Truth’ Due In September

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Chris Cornell, formerly of Soundgarden and Audioslave, will release his fifth solo album, Higher Truth, on September 18.

Tagged as: Chris Cornell, Higher Truth, music news, Soundgarden

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Chris Cornell To Play Solo Australian Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Chris Cornell will return to Australia minus his band Soundgarden for solo shows in November and December.

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Chris Cornell, Live Nation, Soundgarden

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Soundgarden To Play Soundwave Sidewaves For Sydney and Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Soundgarden will break away from Soundwave for two of their own shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

Tagged as: music news, Soundgarden, Soundwave

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Watch Chris Cornell and Pearl Jam Reform Temple of the Dog VIDEO

by Paul Cashmere

Video has surfaced of Chris Cornell reunited with Pearl Jam in their early incarnation Temple of the Dog.

Tagged as: Bridge School Concert, Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, music news, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, rock 90s, Seattle, Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, USA

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, Australia, Noise11,Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Neil Young Bridge School Concert SETLIST

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The 28th Bridge School Benefit was held on Saturday and Sunday night at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA.

Tagged as: Brian Wilson, Bridge School Concert, Neil Young, Soundgarden

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The Legacy of Brian Wilson, Finally Laid to Rest

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June 17, 2025

Beach Boys Catalogue Surges On Chart Following Passing of Brian Wilson

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