Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell
Chris Cornellis an American singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter and rhythm guitarist for Seattle rock band Soundgarden and as former lead vocalist and songwriter for the supergroup Audioslave. He is also known for his numerous solo works and soundtrack contributions since 1991, and as founder and frontman for Temple of the Dog, the one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend Andrew Wood...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth20 July 1964
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead vocals from behind the drums in different bands that I'd been in, and I'd gotten great responses for the songs I would sing. I really started pursuing the possibility of being a lead singer based on the fact that I was working a full-time restaurant job and then playing gigs at night, hauling drums around. One day, it just dawned on me that, 'Hey, I could be in a band and be the singer, and it would be a lot easier!'
When I was maybe nine years old, I listened to the entire Beatles catalogue, non-stop, for about a year,
I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.
And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.
And I'm lost behind The words I'll never find And I'm left behind As seasons roll on by
The words you say never live up to the words in your head.
I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.
People don't realize how much fun it is to be depressed.
I've had a long career and I want to continue to have a long career. The way to do that is not to go away.
Most frontmen are not born hams like David Lee Roth. We're more like Joey Ramone: awkward geeks who somehow find our place in the world on the stage.
It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.
If I had a musical identity that was definable then it would be time to get into painting or something else. Race car driving.
I think it's important for fans to know that but if I'm doing something that inspires me musically then I think it will inspire someone else too.
Friends of mine that are from here or that have spent time here have told me about Israel and how warm the people are and that I should someday come here.