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How apropos that on the opening night of Chris Cornell's Scream tour in Dallas, the '90s rock god let out a bellow from his seemingly wounded ego, by incorporating not only songs from his solo years and Audioslave stint, but also more than a few choice Soundgarden gems--"Spoonman", "Rusty Cage" [see above], "Outshined", "Jesus Christ Pose", "Like Suicide", and the long lost "Gun" from 1989's Louder than Love--as well as Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song".

Spin was there.

The reception to his new tracks was lukewarm, as was to be expected, but it seems like Cornell took the bait from last week's pseudo Soundgarden reunion in Seattle, where his former bandmates--guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd, and drummer Matt Cameron--played a short set fronted by none other than Tad Doyle.

The Soundgarden reunion countdown clock starts...now.