“It would be a great gift to the fans… but I feel like it’s a gift to Chris too”: Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil says the band will complete and release the album Chris Cornell was working on before he died
Soungarden’s Kim Thayil has revealed that the band plan to release the final album they worked on with Chris Cornell before his death in 2017.
According to Thayil, it has always been a goal for the band to complete the record the legendary frontman contributed to, and that releasing it would feel like a gift to the fans, and to Cornell too. The news arrives alongside the announcement that Soundgarden are due to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame this year alongside Bad Company and The White Stripes, plus other legendary acts.
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In an interview with Rolling Stone on their induction, Thayil is asked about the unreleased record. He says, “Our objective and goal was always to complete that. I probably have OCD enough to not want to leave something unfinished or incomplete like that, so I think the more we can attend to our body of work and our catalogue… I think everyone in the band feels that way. I don’t just to attend to my work, but the collective work, and in this case specifically, the work of Chris.
“I have pride for what I did and I want to see that come out,” he adds. “It doesn’t exist in the vacuum. It exists as a collaboration with Matt and Ben and Chris, but it takes on an entirely different weight when you think about what it is you’re honouring, and the work that you’re paying tribute to. It is us collectively. We want to do it proud. And that part of us is certainly one of the most intimate components of what Soundgarden has been since 1984.”
He later adds, “It would be a great gift to the fans. And I do think about this, and I don’t know how strange this sounds, but I feel like it’s a gift to Chris too.”
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on 8 November at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.
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