Artists’ influences are never nearly as interesting as what they do with them. Chris Cornell always thrived at taking well-known songs and making them his own. One of Soundgarden‘s earliest recordings was a rendition of Howlin’ Wolf’s steady-grooving, broken-hearted blues “Smokestack Lightnin’,” on which Cornell seemed to find his own …
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Chris Cornell‘s widow, Vicky Cornell, has filed a lawsuit against Soundgarden, claiming the band is withholding royalties from her over seven unreleased recordings Cornell made before his death in 2017. The lawsuit, filed in Florida court Monday, names Cornell’s former Soundgarden bandmates, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd, as …
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