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Hey Reddit, I'm Chris Cornell from Soundgarden. AMA in 45 min!
Soundgarden will be on tour this May: tour info
And we put out our first album in over 15 years last November: King Animal
Twitter Proof 1
Twitter Proof 2Thanks everyone! That was great! See you out at the shows.
Stubbula593 karma
Will you and Eddie Vedder make some more music, please? I love both of your voices.
bfisher91480 karma
How does it feel to be one of the only people Ringo Starr is following on twitter?! (Have you ever met him?)
CherryRedSixtySeven455 karma
Any chance of another Temple Of The Dog album?
I was at the Soundgarden show in Hyde Park last year. It was an amazing gig. When it started to hammer down with rain in the middle of Black Hole Sun the whole thing jumped up several notches vibe-wise, and stayed there for the rest of the show. Did you notice that, and what was it about the bleak weather that added so much to the performance and atmosphere?
I missed my chance to see you on the Down On The Upside tour back when I was a teenager. I just couldn't make the gig. Figured I'd catch you the next time around. It took longer than I expected. So glad you're back together.
secondcityrocker289 karma
Hey Chris, so what's your opinion on people using their smartphones to record video at concerts?
LovededYouPiggy242 karma
Hi Chris! Thank you so much for doing this AMA.
What are some of your non-musical hobbies?
What would you want to do if being a musician didn't pan out?
ChrisCornellSG449 karma
spoonman is a real guy that is a virtuoso spoon player and brilliant entertainer, as well as a super unique and great person. he's in the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_zzCLLRvE
Gilgifax201 karma
If there is one musician in history you could collaborate with, who would it be?
Also, any tips on growing facial hair?
ChrisCornellSG644 karma
Its a catch 22, because the ones I would want to collaborate the most with I would be too afraid to collaborate with. For example John Lennon, how would you sit in a room and collaborate with him? I'd feel unworthy.
simple, just stop shaving.
ChrisCornellSG300 karma
sunshine on my shoulders by John Denver http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrI_VXLUcFk
ClownSuitCowboy136 karma
Did your vocal style come naturally at first, or was it something you had to work at to refine when you began making music? And what was it like the first time you heard yourself recorded singing with a band, did you hear it and think you could someday helm a world-famous outfit like Soundgarden?
newdawnrising135 karma
Hey Chris,
What do you do to warm up your voice before a performance?
ChrisCornellSG368 karma
soundcheck, sometimes vocal exercises, sometimes nothing. the best warm up for me is singing the songs. or a quality cigar.
AverageCommentary133 karma
Can you pleasepleaseplease sing Right Turn when you headline festivals in May with Alice in Chains?
haihappen2131 karma
What are your favourite sports teams? And to which music do you listen in your free time?
ChrisCornellSG596 karma
My son's favorite team is the Miami Heat and since he is the coolest person I know, I'm going with The Heat.
MidgetCommander129 karma
Hey Chris, if you could be in any other band, who would you be in?
Oidisco118 karma
What was it like performing Black Hole Sun with an orchestra at E3 a few years ago?
deaddogseye81115 karma
Hey Chris. Over the years, Kim Thayil has mentioned a possible album of Soundgarden b-sides. Are you still going to put that out? Also, what are the chances of remastering Temple of the Dog?
cosne1894 karma
What is the one song that is personally the hardest for you to sing and why?
EDIT: reworded
ChrisCornellSG246 karma
Every single song is different. Its not about range. Sometimes the highest ones are easy. The ones that are the hardest sometimes are the easiest because I focus on it so much. For example: The Day I Tried To Live.
ikosheen288 karma
What is your first memory of music?
Edit: Rephrased the question to make it grammatically correct.
ChrisCornellSG199 karma
a children's record that included the song "she'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes" when I was two and a half.
emy000985 karma
Have you guys (Soundgarden) started working on your next album yet? Is there even going to be another album after King Animal?
chark31175 karma
Which tour was better: your first official tour, where you first realized people were actually coming to see you guys, or your reunion tour
ChrisCornellSG259 karma
Rusty Cage has the best mix.
Slaves and Bulldozers is definitely the most fun to play live.
ChrisCornellSG115 karma
We did it at the PBS Artists Den performance at the Wiltern for the first time in 15 years. Our friend Ross Halfin asked us to do it.
ChrisCornellSG196 karma
Much easier than I thought. They should make a high performance one.
Zrk252 karma
What album that you have worked on is your favourite?
Which side project did you find the most rewarding?
Finally, a local radio DJ claims you could sing the phonebook and still sound amazing. Would you be willing to try it? For science?
Haluminescence45 karma
Hey there Chris, do you have a favorite kind of guitar? Either electric or acoustic?
ChrisCornellSG112 karma
I mostly play acoustics when song writing.
When I plug in I play my Gibson 335 Cornell Model
ThePotatoWizard15 karma
Hi Chris, me and my friend are huge fans and we were wondering if you have a cat or like cats?
QueenJames1020 karma
Can you please bring back Audioslave? Please???
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