Dear Chris Cornell,
Please knock off all this fruitcake shit, stop trying to be Sting, and just get Soundgarden back together already. Everybody else is getting their shitty 90’s bands back together, you might as well jump on board and get one of the good ones movin’ again too. NO ONE wants to see you embarrass yourself anymore with this solo horseshit. What people want is: you with ridiculously long hair again, shirtless, rockin’ those weird bracelets you had, maybe also throwing on some cut off jeans and beat up Docs, and getting back to singing about dark shit like snakes and serpents while Ben Shepherd bangs his bass on the ground behind you, Kim [Thayil] solos people’s faces off in drop D, and Matt Cameron beats the shit outta the skins. (Keep the drummer gloves at the Pearl Jam practice space though, Chief. No room for that dorkus shit in the 'Garden camp). I mean come on… you’ve got a dude who played with Jewel in your “band” now!
So, anyways Chris, just chillax on this solo hogwash, call up the boys, and maybe check out a little thing called BEER… you were a hell of a lot cooler when you drank that shit.
Love,
Buddyhead
[According to Wikipedia, "Buddyhead is a music 'webzine' and independent record label...notorious for their Lester Bangs-style of outspoken criticism of popular culture and the music-industry. Their infamous gossip column has resulted in them being sued...by numerous celebrities and record labels ranging from Courtney Love to Drive-Thru Records. Scandals and antics they are responsible for include them breaking into Fred Durst’s office at Interscope Records, stealing his baseball cap, and then auctioning it off and donating the money to a rape victim charity." Our kinda peeps. For the most part. Um, guys, you know Cornell can't hit the high notes anymore, right? Right? You can read more of the Buddyhead rants and raves here. -KJ]
And while we're on the subject of Soundgarden, "5" contributor Jeff Kent reports that "Cornell told The Pulse of Radio [formerly Launch Radio Networks] that he'd like to see the band issue a rarities collection. 'I've sort of left that in Kim's world, because Kim had always talked about wanting to be in charge of doing, like, a box set or a B-sides album,' he said. 'That was something that he had mentioned years ago, and I'm sure at some point he will want to do it, and that's I guess when it'll get done. I don't know how much actual unreleased stuff is out there, but there's definitely some Soundgarden rarities stuff that the average fan has not heard and it would be nice to put out.'"
