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The rest of the group didn't hear about Cornell's death until they were on a bus headed to the next show, at the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio, which turned into a multi-band wake for the singer. "You know, people speculate, and they get causality in reverse," said the guitarist, who, along with drummer Matt Cameron, visited with friends backstage after the show. Thayil largely agreed that hindsight was inevitable but not exactly 20/20. And he often added bits or snippets of other songs like that into the shows, especially at the end. He liked the song – he liked Led Zeppelin. "He had to leave the stage, I remember," said Thayil, "and he just kind of poked his head around and said, 'Go ahead, start without me,' at which point Ben started jamming on something and we all fell in until Chris was ready." More telling about Cornell's state of mind to many came when he slipped a bit of Led Zeppelin's "In My Time of Dying" into the closing "Slaves & Bulldozers." But Thayil noted "that wasn't the first time he did that. There was a point mid-show where Cornell was absent from the stage for a protracted period, but Thayil said it was simply because the guitar Cornell was playing next had fallen out of tune and a backup wasn't immediately ready. Watch Soundgarden Perform 'Black Hole Sun' at the Last Concert in 2017 The two-hour, 19-song show offered a wide-ranging romp through Soundgarden's six-album catalog, with plenty of expected favorites such as "Spoonman," "Burden in My Hand," "My Wave," "Fell on Black Days" and "Black Hole Sun." The group also dug into deep cuts such as "Hunted Down" from its first Sub Pop EP, 1987's Screaming Life, along with Superunknown tracks such as "Kickstand" and "Mailman." Interestingly, there was nothing from 1988's Ultramega OK, Soundgarden's full-length debut, which the group had reissued in an expanded, remastered edition just two months earlier. There was, not surprisingly, some sentiment in the immediate wake of the tragedy that the final show was filled with hints that all was not right with Cornell. The crucial thing is that Cornell, who was 52, is no longer with us, though the music he left behind has been celebrated via reissues of Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog albums and the career-spanning 2018 compilation Chris Cornell, which was curated by Cornell's widow, Vicky, Soundgarden A&R rep Jeff Fura and Thayil, who wrote an essay for the package.
His family, however, rejected the finding, claiming instead that Ativan, an antianxiety medication he used in his acknowledged battle against depression, played a role in his death.įive years later the discussion of whys and wherefores has faded. He was pronounced dead at 1:30AM, and Detroit police ruled it a suicide - which the Wayne County Medical Examiner confirmed a little more than two weeks later. Writer(s): ERIC KRETZ, DEAN DELEO, ROBERT EMILE DELEO, SCOTT RICHARD WEILANDLyrics powered by was discovered unconscious at 12:15AM in the bathroom of his hotel room at the nearby MGM Grand with an elastic exercise band wrapped around his neck. Kickin' as I'm tryin' to sleep I got the mud beneath my shoes Rubber band, rubber band Gun in hand, gun in hand I wanna use Roamin', roamin', roam Get away, gotta get away And I think, I think too much I don't care, yeah but I don't care Roamin', roamin', roam Get away, gotta get away And I think, I think too much Trippin' as I'm thinkin' 'Bout a boy, his name was Sue He's a man, he's man Crackerman, crackerman He's a woman too Roamin', roamin', roam Get away, gotta get away And I think, I think too much I don't care, yeah but I don't care Roamin', roamin', roam Get away, gotta get away And I think, I think too much And I'm thinkin' While I'm thinkin' And I'm thinkin' While I'm thinkin' Roamin', roamin', roam Get away, gotta get away And I think, I think too much I don't care, yeah but I don't care Roamin', roamin', roam Get away, gotta get away And I think, I think too much And I'm thinkin' While I'm thinkin' And I'm thinkin' While I'm thinkin'
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