In February we learned that Chris Cornell has split with Audioslave "Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences”.
In addition, he said “"It was clear to all of us we needed some time apart, and what that produces is anybody's guess," he said. "In my case, it produced a very prolific writing period, and getting back into writing songs on my own, liking what that means — which is sort of a freedom and time to just experiment with music to a degree I kind of like more — and making records that have everything I like about music in them. Audioslave was a very fresh collaboration because it was very much like a young band, where you all write together in a room. But my experience, in terms of songwriting and record-creating, is not like a 19-year-old guy in a rock band. For me to be satisfied, I think I need to be able to be on my own, in the long run."
As with all bullshit statements, we need to examine and read between the lines.
Chris, for all intents and purposes, needed to see other people.
That conversation probably went down like this, "The sex was good but not enough to keep him around. Its not you guys, its me! I hope we can be friends. And oh, by the way: I am a musical icon, and you fuckers are just not mature enough for me. The music was aiight but not something I’d put on my ipod. Which, like Prince, only includes my music. I like ‘em young and you girls were just getting too old for my taste. Peace, Sukkas."
Let's come correct for a moment and examine the possible reasons for the “irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences”:
HIS LAST SOLO ATTEMPT WAS IN 1999; HE NEEDED AUDIOSLAVE FOR VISIBILITY.
Audioslave was just a jump off. Actually, it was Rick Rubin’s fault; after Rage broke up (for the same reasons, ironically) the boys wanted to record and Rubin practually begged Chris to jump on board.
Why?
Because everything Chris does IS Soundgarden, and that is what the fans want. Not more C, but more Soundgarden. Search the archives of Rolling Stone or Billboard; all fans are hoping for is a reunion tour.
Plus, (and let's veer off for a bit to address that crazy GDDH) Rubin is a money slut.
This was the age of Super groups (Velvet Revolver, Queens of the Stoneage) and what he was hoping for was another Temple of The Dog. But alas, Vedder was too busy getting Neil Young ass. And Chris, doing nothing more than writing songs for Casino Royale (in which he said, “I am the right man for the job”) Bug, Great Expectations (among others) saw this as his chance to remind people that he is “all there is.”
HE NEEDED TIME TO WORK ON HIS TAN.
Last I checked, he lives in Paris. Where there is no sun. But he always has a tan.
In Soundgarden, he was pale. Hmm.
HE WAS JUST TOO PRETTY.
Sure, everyone remembers how he did almost every show and video for SG topless. And all the girls in highschool went OOOOOh. Like Sanjaya he needs his own alternative universe where the he can be admired for his hair again.
HIS NAME IS CHRIS CORNELL.
Every Chris I have known was a self absorbed, narciistic “talentented” some what good looking shallow diva. His last name is associated with an Ivy league school, which is also full of self absorbed, narcistic talented people. Which follows he would break up two bands. Logical Hochie, correct me on this tautology.
AND THE REAL REASON: HE WANTED MORE MONEY.
From page six of the Post, the authority on dirt:
February 23, 2007 -- CHRIS Cornell quit his band, Audioslave, forever last week because of "irresolvable personality conflicts," but sources say it was about the money. "Chris was unhappy with the financial arrangement within the group - he wrote all the music, yet the other three bandmates took an equal share in the multimillion-dollar publishing rights," a Cornell friend said. Meanwhile, Cornel's wife, Vicky, has surprised him with a $3 million retreat at the ultra-exclusive Fairmont Tamarack Resort in Idaho, which is owned by Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf. The 5,000-square-foot ski lodge has five bedrooms, mountain views, floor-to-ceiling windows, outdoor Jacuzzi, and a state-of-the-art music room.
From Stereogum,
Think he was being greedy? Or should the principal songwriter always take a bigger cut? Coldplay splits it four ways, if that means anything to you. We've heard Radiohead splits their money evenly as well, although some say Thom gets "a little more, nothing major." In the case of Audioslave, Chris wanted a larger share of the royalties, the band wanted an equal share; guess that qualifies as "irresolvable personality conflicts." Although the band probably should have paid us for suffering through the self-affirming tripe of "Be Yourself."
According to Chris :"Musicians aren't the kind of people who concentrate or worry about what the other guy thinks." Touche, Francophile.
Finally:
http://www.velvetrope.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=929996&an=0&page=0
Just my two cents.
