By David Farrier
Chris Cornell is one of rock's best known vocalists, his vocal range legendary in the industry.
Frontman of bands like Audioslave and the recently re-united Soundgarden, he's coming to New Zealand in October for shows in Auckland and Wellington.
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During the 90's Soundgarden" cemented grunge as a powerful new genre of music and with songs like "Jesus Christ Pose" it's hard not to think of Jesus when Chris Cornell sits in front of you looking like the messiah.
Cornell knows about ticket sales, fronting three different bands over the last 27 years. There was Soundgarden, of course, which split up over a decade ago. Then there was Temple of the Dog with Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder. More recently, Cornell cut his hair for Audioslave.
Now he’s bringing the music of all three bands, and his solo career to New Zealand, acoustically.
“I can hear someone 10 rows back shout out a song and I can talk to them and hear what they have to say,” he says.
Soundgarden have reunited after 15 years - and are back in the studio making more music.
“Musically we're moving on. We're not making music just to be nostalgic to older fans,” he says.
“We're looking at calendar with everything that's going on, including my solo career, so we can find a place to put a pin in when we can come to New Zealand. I don't know when that will be, but it will happen,” he says.
It seemed sensible to end with where it all started, his voice.
“The best way to find yourself as a singer is to just literally sit in a room and try stuff out. And try not to be shy about it. And stay off the pipe. That's just murder. I mean look what it did to Whitney,” he says.
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