Chris Cornell (1964-2017)
Chris Cornell (1964-2017)
Christopher John Boyle was born on July 20th, 1964 in
Seattle, Washington to Edward Boyle and Karen Cornell. Cornell had two older
brothers and three younger sisters. After his parents divorced he and his five
siblings took on their mother’s maiden name, Cornell. As a child he took piano
and guitar lessons, his mother had also bought him a snare drum. In his early
to late teens Cornell had spiraled into depression and self medicated with
drugs and alcohol until he found music. In the 1980’s he was a member of the
coverband The Shemps who performed all around Seattle. In 1984 Cornell founded
the band Soundgarden which he originally performed the drums and sang for, but
would later be able to fully commit to singing after they found a full-time
drummer. Later, he would be invited to join the band Audioslave which was
formed by Zack De La Rocha in 2001. In 2007 Cornell announced his departure
from Audioslave.
Achievements:
2018: Life size bronze statue was erected at the Seattle
Center in his memory
1995: Grammy win for Best Metal Performance for “Spoon Man”
with Soundgarden
1995: Grammy win for best hard rock performance for the song
“Black Hole Sun” with Soundgarden
2019: Grammy win for best rock performance for the song
“When Bad Goes Good”
1994: MTV Video Music Award best rock video for “Black Hole
Sun” with Soundgarden
2006: Satellite Awards best original song for “You Know My
Name”
2007: World Soundtrack Awards Best original song written
directly for a film for the song “You Know My Name”
Charities:
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