RIP Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell, former lead singer of Sound Garden and AudioSlave has died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 52.

Totally shocking. This was one talented guy.

What a shame!!!

Black Hole Sun, won't you come, won't you come....

RIP Chris Cornell.

Sad day for grunge!

Crying.    Fell on Black Days.  

He performed earlier, his final song being Led Zep's In My Time of Dying.  Weird.  Did he plan this?

Yeah, I listened to that one.  I'd never heard it (until now).  Not bad.

One punk band (Flipper) I used to see in the early 80s is considered a progenitor of grunge.  That's what I've heard anyway.

No.  I pretty much stopped listening to the radio by the mid-80s, when I feared having to hear the likes of Depeche Mode, the Cure, Sting and U2 on my former favorite stations.

Thor wrote: No.  I pretty much stopped listening to the radio by the mid-80s, when I feared having to hear the likes of Depeche Mode, the Cure, Sting and U2 on my former favorite stations.

They're now saying his death was suicide by hanging.

Jimbo wrote: They're now saying his death was suicide by hanging.

It doesn't make much sense.  Like you were saying about his looks, his talent and obvious success. It seems he would have beautiful women falling all over him.

If you read the articles online about Chris Cornell's life and death, you may be able to understand better.  He suffered from depression all his life.  He had alcohol and substance abuse problems, starting when he was 13 years old.  He told his wife before he died he may have taken a couple of extra Ativans.  This drug was supposedly prescribed to him and if he did take an extra dose, it could have triggered his seemingly impromptu suicide. Suicidal thoughts is one of the rarer side effects of this drug, lorazepam.  If you listen to his music and read his lyrics, you will understand he lived under that black cloud.  Yes, he was very good looking and handsome, a really nice and humble guy, sweet and charitable, and had loads of talent that he gifted the world with.  This didn't make his demons go away.

That's probably true.

Sounded like he had been battling inner demons since he was very young.

Probably before he even began using drugs.

Hard to say.

I wonder if he left any kind of note or letter.

Sad, sad, sad.

Thor wrote: His wife is denying suicide.   Accidental hanging??  Did he do a David Carradine?

His wife Vicky is saying that if he did commit suicide, it could have been caused by his taking the Ativan which could have altered his thinking.  It is hard to know at this point what really happened in the under an hour between the time he was last seen alive, talked on the phone with his wife, who then sounded the alarm and sent the friend-of-the-family bodyguard over to check on him because she says he was slurring his words and hung up on her saying he was tired, and how he got the "band" around his neck that supposedly killed him.  The autoerotica asphyxiation rumor started immediately, however, it's since been reported that Chris was found fully clothed by the bodyguard, who broke down the hotel room door himself and who then called the police.  Previously, this same bodyguard gave Chris the two Ativan pills, he reports, after Chris returned to his room after the performance.