Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has died

Maaaaaaaan what a gut punch.

From the Telegraph

You said it. What a gut punch. Fuuuuuuuuuck. With all due respect to the other legends we've lost recently, this has hit me the hardest. Soundgarden was my band throughout junior high and high school years. I really connected with that music. This sucks. He was so young still.

This is super shitty.

R.I.P

Ugh this fucking sucks.

RIP, Chris :(

Time to blast some Superunknown, I guess.

Dude, I just listened to a bunch of his songs up until a few minutes ago (was still humming "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart") just to stumble across these horrible news ...
Can't freaking believe it. At 52 years young, too ...

Dude what

Rest in peace

Yeah bad news. I was lucky enough to meet the guy and he couldn't be more friendly. What a voice.

:'(

Another teenage hero gone. A sad day.

Yep, I remember watching Soundgarden on MTV in the 90's all the time also there music was in a RoadRash game on PSX amazing singer good fucking times. RIP

Just a few days ago when I last listened to Audioslave. Shadow on The Sun especially left it's mark on me with that scene from Collateral. That together with You Know My Name from Casino Royale were easily my favourites, but lots of other great songs too.

Real shame.

Man the weirdest thing happened to me i just bought Badmotorfinger twenty minutes later i checked my phone and found out Chris Cornell Died this might be the weirdest thing that ever happened to me !

to cheer us up here is Vinny Playing Outshined.

I still remember the first time I got exposed to Soundgarden. They were the warmup band for a 1992 show Guns N' Roses did in Paris. It was love at first sight. This sad beyond belief.

He was a talented songwriter with a killer voice, and produced one of the best Bond themes of the modern era. RIP :(

Since we're in a gaming site's forums, I think this video, at a sad time like this, just needs to be posted. RIP Chris.

Bummer man.

Super-shocking shitty news... RIP Spoonman.

That sucks. I used to listen to a fair amount of Soundgarden and Audioslave when I was younger.

Scott Weilland, now Chris Cornell.

Fuck this.

Man, Grunge Singer is sure a good way to ensure you're going to die young. Granted, 52 is a lot older than Andrew Wood & Kurt Cobain but it's still fucking young.

I've been listening to Soundgarden today, Badmotorfinger is still such a great record.

I was listening to Doesn't Remind Me this morning :(.

That sucks, he had such a killer voice and was a talented song writer. I loved Audioslave as a teenager. RIP Chris.

Man I just found my Soundgarden cd's the other day in my parents attic...fuck dude...

Never listened to much Audioslave except for what played on the radio but that's what I'm gonna spend my day doing.

Fuck. Badmotorfinger is a masterpiece.

RIP

Say Hello to Heaven ( Temple of the Dog)

Rock music's greatest voice ever. I'm struggling to process this. In what I consider the most authentic era of music with Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Alice in Chains, we lost Layne and Kurt so early. Cornell was the one who made it out, and he'd go on to form what is still my favorite band of all-time in Audioslave, along with some brilliant solo work later on as well. No musician has had, nor ever will have, more of an impact on my life, and he remains far and away the best performer I've ever had the fortune of seeing. He created songs that inspired, moved, and exhilarated a generation. Chris' legacy will live on long beyond today, as he was a legendary talent that comes around once in a lifetime. RIP, Chris Cornell.

As a kid who grew up in the '90s that listened to grunge and alternative rock, Soundgarden and Tool were my two introductions into the world of progressive music. Soundgarden's "Rhinosaur" is still the best song they ever wrote, as far as I'm concerned, and thinking of a world where Chris' voice isn't ringing out anymore with new melodies is a goddamn shame.

With that said, I've lost one of my musical influences and a good personal friend whose funeral is tomorrow in one week, so I think I'm going to be pretty shut down this weekend as a whole. Man, what a fucking week.

According to Pitchfork, it's being investigated as a suicide.

:(

Edit: I'd already heard this from other sources, so didn't click the link in the original post. Didn't find out about the potential suicide til later. Oops.

Police told the New York Times that a white man whose birthday matches Cornell’s was found on a bathroom floor at MGM Grand with a band around his neck, but would not confirm the victim’s identity.

it certainly feels like we're losing singular talents much faster than we're replacing them. what a bummer.

This hurts... I cut my teeth on Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog among other things, and continued following his later work. I loved his recent solo album Higher Truth. Felt like he still had so much of his talent to share. FUCK. :(

RIP CC

This is very sad. His voice was so strong and dynamic just as his compositions. We truly lost a rock legend :(

man i've never been huge on his other work but superunknown was one of THE albumns from my teenage years. undoubtedly incredible voice. RIP.

This has done me. Chris never seemed the type, to me.

Thank you for posting this! Good stuff! Made me feel a bit better. I need to break my copy of Rocksmith out again.

What a tragedy for his family. He was so young.

Damn, that sucks.

I enjoyed the handful of Soundgarden songs I've heard, though I never really got into them much.

Damn.

Soundgarden and Audioslave were two incredible bands. Chris Cornell was a real talent who managed to stay relevant even after Grunge had run its course. This death just felt like a real gut punch. This feels like a piece of my childhood died and not in that hyperbolic the Star Wars prequels sucked kinda way. More like I had a shitty abusive childhood and bands like Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Stone Temple Pilots helped me cope and get through the dark times.

:( I won't say Soundgarden was my favorite grunge band, but they were definitely one of the most impressive and unique.

I was kicking myself for missing Chris Cornell's solo concert just down the street from me a few months ago... now I really regret not going.

He hung himself. Sad no matter how successful you are, depression can still get you.

Chris Cornell was easily one of the most powerful vocalists in rock for the last 30 years. The news of his passing gutted me real good. Truly tragic.

Easily has been the most hard hitting celebrity death for me so far.

Always was and still is, a massive fan of Soundgarden, Audioslave and his personal work.

Puts in perspective, no matter how famous you are, and how much money you have, you can still suffer from depression extremely bad.

I hope you're at peace now, Chris.

RIP.

My older brother was the big fan of Soundgarden back in the day. I sort of inherited it. I never strayed too far from the really popular songs but I really, really love those songs. And he made my favorite Bond song, man. I've always thought he was one of the best rock singers there ever was. No one sounds like him.

My friend was at that last concert too. Was posting about it excitedly For weeks.

Rest in Peace, Chris.

If my user name hasn't given it away, I'm quite sad about this.

And he was still making great music. This is from his 2015 solo album.

black hole sun will probably always be one of my favorite songs, his vocals had some sort of strength I admired for some reason.

When I think of Chris Cornell I always think of the incredible scene in Collateral where Shadow On the Sun plays. It gives me chills every time. What a bummer.