"It sort of at first was this requiem thing but it ended up just sort of being, 'Let's make a record,' this cool collaboration and that's what it sort of turned out to be, really," stated Cornell. The songs I wrote weren't really stylistically like something my band Soundgarden would be used to playing or be natural for us to do, but it was material that Andy really would have liked, so I didn't really want to just throw it out the window or put it away in a box," said Chris Cornell in a 1991 interview with KISW.įrom there he reached out to Mother Love Bone's Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament to see if they would be okay with him recording the songs and gauge their interest in taking part. "That was the only thing I could really think of to do. Chris Cornell, who had been Wood's roommate, started to write music as a way to cope with the feelings of loss. Here is the footage of Vedder and Cornell singing ‘Hunger Strike’ together for the first time.Temple of the Dog emerged in the aftermath of the death of Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood, who sadly died of a heroin overdose in 1990. They delivered an acoustic-styled rendition and it was great as everyone was glad to listen to it. They delivered the performance of ‘Hunger Strike’ together at the 2014 Bridge School Benefit on 10/25/14. Temple of the Dog never got a chance to tour as Pearl Jam and Soundgarden were busy with their own work. They created one of the most unforgettable songs of the rock genre. Even though it’s the same lyrics, it’s a different singer and it’ll feel like two verses.'” I’ll sing the first verse and then he’ll come in. I just felt like, ‘Wow, his voice is so great in this low register. He recalled, “I was singing the chorus in the rehearsal space, and Eddie just kind of shyly walked up to the mic and started singing the low ‘going hungry’ and I started singing the high one, When I heard him sing, the whole thing came together in my brain. He remembered that he was struggling to finish his new song ‘Hunger Strike’ in the 90s. How about a Chris Cornell-type? This right here is the best Chris Cornell-type singer you’ll ever hear.”Ĭhris also recalled in 2016 with Rolling Stone. This all happened when Vedder asked the crowd, “Are there any more singers back there?” He continued, “There’s a lot of types of singers. That hadn’t happened since Pearl Jam’s 20th anniversary in 2011. And that meant that a Temple of the Dog reunion was inevitable. 2014 marked Vedder and Cornell’s singing together ‘Hunger Strike’ for the very first and the last time.īoth appeared on the lineup for the 2014 Bridge School Benefit.
The music world was taken by surprise on May 18th, 2017 by the suicide of Chris Cornell. It’s sort of about taking advantage of a person or people who really don’t have anything.”Ģ014 Bridge School Benefit becomes the last time that Soundgarden and Pearl Jam’s frontmen performed together. There’s no way to really have a whole lot more than you need usually without taking from somebody else that can’t really afford to give it to you. He said, “I was wanting to express gratitude for my life but also disdain for people where that’s not enough, where they want more. Following the death of his then-roommate, Cornell recorded the tribute to his musical brother.Ĭornell also went on to describe the song. The song ‘Hunger Strike’ was also written as the album only had nine tracks in total. He died of a heroin overdose in March 1990. Many songs on the album feature the story of Andrew Wood. The band only produced an album that was released in 1991.
The frontman of Peral Jam surely did his best to help them. Trailing the success of Soundgarden, Cornell also launched the band Temple of The Dog in 1990 which was a tribute to his friend Andrew Wood.Īlongside Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Matt Cameron, and periodic support from Eddie Vedder, the band went on to create many great tracks. Cornell known for the lead role in bands Soundgarden and Audioslave was a distinct individual in the music role.
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