Solo Live Release Coming From Chris Cornell
Soundgarden frontman to release a live album later this year
Banana 101.5 reports that Cornell will release a new solo live record in November with tracks culled from his recent solo live dates and some from his forthcoming live shows.
Cornell says that the album will contain 15 songs and that they will all be just him and an acoustic guitar, with tracks taken from his work with Soundgarden, Audioslave and his solo material.
Once his solo tour is over Soundgarden will take centre stage with a new album expected next year.
Cornell said in a new interview with ARTISTdirect that the music Soundgarden has written for its upcoming album is "different than anything" the group has done before. Asked how the new Soundgarden material compared to "The Keeper", the singer replied, "Well, no matter what, Soundgarden is always going to be heavier. However, I also think musically the new Soundgarden stuff is different than anything we've ever done . . . every time we've made a record it wasn't really that easy to compare it to the previous one — other than that we're the same band. I think there may be some moments that are sort of sonically quieter and more stripped-down. On the whole, it's a rock record. That's what we do."