If you wanna discuss, go ahead...if not thats fine...
So I was talking with a good friend last night about my love for music. Especially the early 90s "Seattle" grunge rock style.
We started talking about Nirvana - Pearl Jam and my fav-Soundgarden and Chris Cornell
Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell------come to find out.is due credit for all of the music we love from that "era"...now granted, to get technical, they all are inspired by the lead singer of "mother love bone" and that is how "Temple of the Dog" Started...however, the more you look at it..CHRIS CORNELL started it all, did you know that?
And it just makes my statement of, "I am a rock guru" that much more reassured because of what I found.
Cornell was in Temple of the Dog as I said, now follow what I am saying....
Which was out in 1990. Before Pearl Jam's first album in 1991. Ya know that song we all think is a Pearl Jam song? Called Hunger Strike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjNjJR9jUGo
Ya that was sung by CHRIS CORNELL originally....then he invites a little man named Eddie Vedder to join Temple of the Dog. And this happens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN1ejG5R7mI
which is the version you are used to hearing - which is cornell and eddie vedder together
THEN
later NIRVANA comes out as a POSER band late 91 AND CLAIMS to be the "seattle grunge" rock band of the century
when all in all....they would have been nothing without the then formed PEARL JAM that was put together after Temple of the dog went their own ways and made up Soundgarden and Pearl Jam a year later and PEARL JAM sold MILLIONS of RECORDS and CHRIS CORNELL went on to do MANY MANY more things...LIKE THIS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NxeZVv4Nqk
WHich again is "Hunger Strike" performed by CHRIS CORNELL and CHESTER BENNINGTON the lead singer of LINKIN PARK
so..bottom line
CHRIS CORNELL IS THE GOD OF GRUNGE ROCK
and incase you want one more:
this is cornell doing it live by himself. amazing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVMbnpsQ4nU
Edited by
BillySuvol
on Fri 07/24/09 06:39 AM