{"id":1198,"date":"2025-05-17T16:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T16:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/soundgarden-new-music-cornell-tribute\/"},"modified":"2025-05-17T16:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T16:59:10","slug":"soundgarden-new-music-cornell-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/soundgarden-new-music-cornell-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Soundgarden Bassist Teases New Music In Chris Cornell Tribute Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-142749488-1613935371.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p>A day before the eighth anniversary of Chris Cornell\u2019s suicide, Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd has written a lengthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJwoqgrRWPh\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram post<\/a> saluting the vocalist\u2019s enduring influence and also referencing the unfinished album the imminent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were working on at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The message calls out \u201cThe Road Less Traveled,\u201d a song written by Cornell and drummer Matt Cameron \u201cfor our album that has yet to be named. Just hearing Chris\u2019 voice helps. I know he did that for everyone he knew. He did for me, filled with self-doubt and indebtedness. In just his tone, [he] knew what I was going through and forgave me like he always did, even when he was older. It\u2019s at this point of recording all of our previous albums I\u2019d get this overwhelming hit of awe, camaraderie, power of creativity \u2014 majesty even \u2014 and love, from the music, and my bandmates, and I guess just pure life force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/foo-fighters-josh-freese\/\">Foo Fighters Part Ways With Drummer Josh Freese<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/pavement-film-soundtrack-colbert\/\">Pavement Reveal \u2018Pavements\u2019 Soundtrack, Visit \u2018Colbert\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/05\/the-black-keys-new-album\/\">The Black Keys Detail New LP, \u2018No Rain, No Flowers\u2019<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI am very blessed by my loved ones and very honored to have known or worked with each of my brothers Kim [Thayil], Matt and Chris in this path of music and life, of loves and losses, righteousness and folly, but I can tell you, it feels good and invigorating to hear Chris singing from over that horizon and hear the mighty, mighty life of souls sharing,\u201d Shepherd continued. \u201cTo hear, as a fan and band member, a song or two Chris brought in a few years ago turn before my very ears and finger blisters into a full blown Soundgarden tune is like feeling a glacier fall away off your chest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soundgarden was active from 1984-1997 but did not play again until 2010 while Cornell focused on a solo career. Following their reunion, the group toured regularly for the next seven years during breaks in Cameron\u2019s schedule with Pearl Jam and released a comeback album,\u00a0<em>King Animal<\/em>, in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>After years of unpleasant legal wrangling,\u00a0Cornell\u2019s widow Vicky and the surviving members \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2023\/04\/soundgarden-lawsuit-settled\/\">reached an amicable out of court resolution<\/a>\u201d in April 2023, allowing for the release of \u201cthe final songs that the band and Chris were working on\u201d before his passing. The parties had been in litigation in federal court for four years, with numerous high-level music industry managers and executives having attempted to help them broker a settlement. In 2019, Vicky Cornell\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2019\/12\/vicky-cornell-soundgarden-vocal-tracks\/\">sued<\/a>\u00a0the musicians for wrongfully withholding royalty money owed to the Cornell estate, in what she claimed was an attempt to force her to turn over seven unreleased recordings Chris made before he died.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.blockboardtech.com\/track\/t?e=clickThrough&amp;vr=1&amp;pid=4a289cdd79&amp;sid=2883&amp;d=eJyNklmvszYQhv_KuWwlh2PAYLt3hISQhSwkJIGbiMWEfQ.E_Prynbaq1KtqJOudGWtmnrF5jLAEoSAQICMBARFDyAOEqIyAQIj41wGB4fpfh_MkfplSVRkDCHIyATMscpQAQlxPIj6eUY_wMyTSSdGAzQLfZTzPRMJTHrRVXHB.mf.InAWx..MhVyDUDwJM_5M4T97XIn7GnZt9Gb_CX7udCmTCCSLmCOQEQQI8L8kIimiSU.B_TgKBACGkMgBd82J_Y_1rP9Dnsii9GIRu1v7c4CB4tS4gCIKCDV9j2aRAFMF.0vakf_va278Dadqe15Rlmo0FEGV5Gk_gMRjiMAbvoM3.LkSpLGPCS5LnhxQSCYU.8oSQhQHkaYhDgHiPeILnuYHsUzgBhZRgDH0BC74ohAhMAII0k2ZT8YmHF8AkpJ8gEEFU5gyw4pnFbQQwxBLAVKBTdloxghMA5iUyuZIMRMpDwKMJRBBkCNjmfU0tbRxGxTDZIw5MY3SvTEpuA7zNjTZWza1Riaw_D9uk8MnC2vWlxG0e.iVZvo56tEkhY._S0VdKGS3qS61uDmhp13drOy527tqQMhkq9flDelvxjpcnWa_EUlXOxsGGZd3W86e3vy9f2ZpV3csQ2wPhRmGzCPLDQjLz0H0vkaY80aI_6gxdhf56Nweyevjvcu9n9KK95it2PDEbw5uzefTLfaXa7rHbONXe72RfxjfWOUao4bNUy3dZZjjc5bf8DhXix4WqWTvBKkwhdkkulXFf1ToPj214r1OPP12io14sw8edHlt9bA6v.XM2A1HXVe0f39_DMHD__PHv6SnEb4i.2_JVBE.3CVgxy9yhfcXdrGVdl7Hg.9e6tfTaHZVkeYpCujUg5.5WNyzzErUio7fC07yBXB4sg3J7EHJNXZ8eTXeBm5j76OHZ.KRU9LXt6dkmHb2vxpU.t0R7TNPGQxv344tOobyrlVK0biv6OUypGWpugbe7fuHhSNJk3Xa0.1F9OGModoR7RrblHdNAeOZTnyC5f7xSW6SOTxKb7SUnhFznq6r1MU9eu1gPB.iMaV8PZ6OlyqGuBnG.0i9rbDpKU4VlRhvTORXl_rOdN1yE1Eei8k3iu3WyMNEjntv2cSto6.i6PJcBIsEa7z..dybVjY6ndcosHh_2ddns8pV9qy1JyuaW.b5bm.ZK7BQeb_KNyCm3MrI.CMsxvG3vORc4Qeju_MKyrTf6KG_nou4K_zJCLdB4d7XzrGhlSheF1Yk4HFpn.zpHSLMN7PJLjXXRQ.Uf75ar3EtZuVd7n1tlP78F.MTrJyRvzOX6ovamaYRJ94hyPXkoEnYTvZyB4pVlfwKktqQJ&amp;wb=0.279&amp;red=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proactiv.com%2F%3Futm_source%3DBlockboard%26utm_medium%3Dtvnon-linear%26utm_content%3Dall%26utm_funnel%3Dlow%26utm_campaign%3DUS_SpringRefresh25%25OffSitewide_Blockboard_Video_%26utm_partner%3DIcon%26promocode%3DREFRESH25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>Vicky Cornell filed another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/02\/vicky-cornell-sues-surviving-soundgarden-members-over-buyout\/\">suit<\/a>\u00a0in 2021, claiming the surviving members offered her \u201cthe villainously low figure of less than $300,000\u2033 for the estate\u2019s stake in the Soundgarden catalog despite it having been valued at $16 million.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime Soundgarden\/Cornell producer Brendan O\u2019Brien was rumored to be involved in the unreleased recordings that were at issue, but he denied having participated in them in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/12\/brendan-o-brien-chris-cornell-final-album-interview\/\">December 2021 interview<\/a> with SPIN. Asked about the unfinished material, he said, \u201cI\u2019ve never heard it. In spite of what may have been said or written, Chris and I never talked about it. We were focused on [the covers collection\u00a0<em>No One Sings Like You Anymore<\/em>, which was recorded in 2016 but not released until 2021]. Soundgarden seemed like a separate thing, which was great by me. I felt good about that. But I\u2019d love to hear it at some point \u2014 I really would. I hope they get it figured out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shepherd closed his post by saying, \u201cwe all have a lot of work to go through in this life, but we are all to a man trying our best and to do each and every one of us proud. You, Chris, are right here with us. We all miss you brother. See you when we do.\u201d He signed off by writing, \u201cPS, please say hey to Mark,\u201d apparently a reference to friend and late Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan, who died in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/04\/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2025-inductees\/\">As previously reported<\/a>, Soundgarden will join Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast and the White Stripes as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame\u2019s 2025 induction class during a Nov. 8 ceremony in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day before the eighth anniversary of Chris Cornell\u2019s suicide, Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd has written a lengthy Instagram post saluting the vocalist\u2019s enduring influence and also referencing the unfinished&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[636,6,24,141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chris-cornell","category-news","category-pushly","category-soundgarden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}