Hub · 1964

Chris Cornell

Seattle, Washington, USA · Vocals · Guitar

Soundgarden frontman; four-octave hard-rock scream inside grunge.

Why this hub

Soundgarden → Audioslave → solo: Seattle hard-rock vocal as transferable instrument.

Born 1964. Fronts Soundgarden through Superunknown. Audioslave later. Dies 2017. Voice carries Zeppelin-scale range on drop-tuned riffs.

Tenures

  1. Soundgarden

    1984–1997

    Vocals, Guitar

    Open band →

  2. Soundgarden

    2010–2017

    Vocals, Guitar

    Open band →

  3. Audioslave

    2001–2007

    Vocals

    With Rage alumni; project not in chronicle.

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