Biography
Voice of the era. Wonderful man. Magnificent vocalist with impeccable technique. The best example and motivator. Participant of the cult group. It would seem that it is still necessary. Live and reap the fruits of popularity. But on another basis of the scales, eternal satellites of success - alcohol, drugs, depression, the search for something better (maybe themselves). And it is not known which side will translate. In 2017, the star show business, a grunge follower, Soundgarden Solist Chris Cornell, scales were not swung in his favor.Childhood and youth
Christopher John Boyle (this is the full name of Chris) was born in July 1964 in Seattle in the Pharmacist family - Irish Ed Boyla and Accountant - Jewish Karen Cornell. After the divorce of parents, Chris took the last name Mother.
The passion for music woke up in childhood when the boy found the "Beatles" record. In the youthful age, Cornell suffered from depression, he was sitting in privacy at home, threw school.
In 12 years, one in the famous method, he received access to drugs and prescription drugs and began life in the changed state of consciousness. There was enough forces to live in the strings for a year, and at the age of 15 it all started first.
Before becoming the leader of the grunge movement, Chris played drums in the teams who performed rock-carts. I managed to work as a waiter and assistant chef in a restaurant, selling seafood wholesale.
Music
Serious musical biography began in 1984. Cornell with friends founded SoundGarden, where at first I managed to sing, sitting behind a shock installation. The group also included Kim Tyil, Hiro Yamamoto. Later, Scott Sandkivist came to the group, and Chris took the vocal actually. A few years later Scott replaced the cult drummer Matt Cameron, who was at that time the best drummer in the city.
In 1987 and 1988, the Group released a mini-album - "Screaming Life" and "FOPP", respectively, both on the sub POP label, and in the 1990s their compilation called "Screaming Life / FOPP".
On October 31, 1988, SST Records released "Ultramega OK" - the Debut Studio Album of the Soundgarden Rock band. In the 1990th, the album received a nomination for "Grammy" as the best performance in the metal style. In 2017, the Group decided to release an extended album version, adding its six bonuses, representing the early versions of the tracks "Head Injury", "Beyond Thewheel", "Incessant Mace (Short)", "He Didn't", "All Your Lie "And" Incessant Mace (Long) ".
After the release of Ultramega OK, the team left Hiro Yamamoto, who decided to continue their education. Jason Everman came to change Hirvana, and later Ben Shepherd. In this composition, SOUNDGARDEN in 1991 recorded the album "Badmotorfinger". The album was also nominated for Grammy, in the United States he was twice platinum according to the American Association of Recording Companies.
In 1994, the fourth studio album was released - Superunknown, which was waiting for the same ambitious success. Album's songs, unlike previously published, turned out more diverse, the influence of "Beatles" was felt. SoundGarden received worldwide recognition, enthusiastic critics will later name the album of the top of the group's creativity. The album ranked first in Billboard 200, became platinum five times in the United States, three times in Canada. Clips were shot on all singles from the album, and the Black Hole Sun song became a group business card.
In 1995, the group received 2 Grammy Prize and 2 nominations. The album "SuperunkNown" entered the "500 greatest albums of all times" Rolling Stone magazine, ranked fifth in the "Top Ten List of Guitar Albums of 1994" list of the magazine Guitar World. The compositions from the album were used as soundtracks to games for 3Do and PlayStation.
After the tour in support of Album Cornell took a break due to problems with voice ligaments. This time, Chris spent with the benefit of joint creativity with the rapid king of Hevi-Metal, the "great and terrible" Alice Cooper and even wrote a song for him.
The latter, but not such a successful Album "Down On The Upside" came out in 1996. And in 1997, the group's dissolution was announced. In January 2010, Cornell in Twitter proclaimed the reunion of SoundGarden, in November 2012 the group had a new album - King Animal.
Chris Cornell is the owner of an incredible voice with a range of four octaves and powerful vocal bag technology. The list of achievements of the musician was replenished Let not always successful, but also favorite fans of solo albums "Euphoria Morning" (1999), "CARRY ON" (2007), "Scream" (2009), "Songbook" (2011), "Higher Truth" (2015).
Taking the fruits of individual labor, Cornell solved the problem with alcohol and joined the Audioslave project, with which she worked until 2007. The team released three albums, also successful: the album eponymous received platinum status in the US, "Out of Exile" reached the first place of American charts, and songs from "Revelations" were used before it is used in the film "Police Miami. Department of Malls. " "Audioslave" became the first rock band speaking on Cuba after weakening the blockade.
A serious automotive accident strangely changed the work of Chris. He began to cooperate with the arranger and producer of Timballand, who had a distant attitude towards rock music. As a result, in 2009, the "Scream" album turned out, very surprising fans. The latter accused Chris in the betrayal of the ideals of grunge and popusiness. In the video on the song "Part of Me" star starred, generally not having a relationship with music - Boxer Vladimir Klitschko.
Cornell's creativity has found application and cinema. For the Soundtrack "The Keeper" to the film "Preacher with a machine gun" received a nomination for the "Golden Globe". Chris spoke by the author of the soundtracks and their options for the films "Mission Impossible-2" and "High Hope".
The song "You Know My Name" for the film "Piano Casino" is the first case since 1983, when the name of the film about James Bond does not coincide with the music theme, as well as the first in this series for 20 years of the soundtrack with male vocals. Single "Live to Rise", which SoundGarden released after reunification, appeared in the soundtrack to blockbuster "Avengers". The last solo release is "The Promise", which sounds in the ribbon "promise".
Chris received the title of the greatest rock singer according to the magazine "Guitar World", ranks fourth in the list of the top of the best havi metal vocalists of all times according to Hit Parader magazine. He belongs to the ninth place in the list "The best leading performers of all times" in the magazine Rolling Stone and 12th - in the "22 greatest voice in music" rating according to MTV.
Personal life
Cornell's first wife became the manager Susan Silver. The couple broke up in 2004, despite the birth of her daughter, Lilian Jin. The only thing that had to share former spouses is a collection of 15 guitars. Later, Chris said that four-year judicial tighten ended in his favor.
Shortly after the divorce, the musician married the second time in Grechanka Wika Karaiannis. Wife engaged in journalism. Children were born in marriage - Daughter Tony and Son Christopher Nicholas.
In 2012, the spouses established the homeless and children with the hardest destiny "Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation", which is coming part of the revenue from the sale of tickets.
Death
On May 18, 2017, news feeds stun a message about the death of Chris Cornell. The location of the legendary musician was the hotel's room in Detroit, the cause of death is suicide. According to the conclusion of physicians, Cornell hanged himself.
Chris Cornell's friend, Musician Kevin Morris, who was on the last speech SoundGarden on May 17, in an interview later he said that everyone had a feeling that something was wrong, Cornell as if he was in Prostration. The media appeared the list of drugs that Cornell accepted before his death.
From colleagues, the death of the frontman was commented by the death of Frontman Drummer Matt Cameron, placing on his page in Facebook Photo of Chris with the signature: "My Dark Knight left."
May 26, 2017 at the Los Angeles Cemetery Hollywood Forever Cemetery took place funeral. In a closed ceremony, musicians from Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Linkin Park, Jane's Addiction participated. Chester Bennington performed "Hallelujah". Two months later, on the birthday of Chris Cornell, Chester Bennington committed suicide.
Chris Cornell posthumously awarded the Human Rights Watch award.
Discography
- 1988 - Ultramega OK
- 1990 - Screaming Life / FOPP
- 1991 - Badmotorfinger
- 1994 - SuperunkNowN.
- 1999 - Euphoria Morning
- 2002 - Audioslave.
- 2005 - Out of Exile
- 2006 - Revelations.
- 2009 - Scream
- 2012 - King Animal