Audioslave was an American rock supergroup formed in Glendale, California in 2001. The four-piece band consisted of Soundgarden’s lead singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell with Rage Against the Machine members Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk. The band prided themselves on the fact that all sounds on their albums were produced using only guitars, bass, drums, and vocals. They disbanded in February 2007 after Cornell issued a statement announcing that he was leaving the band. The group reformed and performed at Prophets of Rage’s Anti-Inaugural Ball on January 20, 2017. Cornell died on May 18, 2017, which ended the possibility of further reunions.
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Audioslave was an American rock supergroup formed in Glendale, California in 2001. The four-piece band consisted of Soundgarden’s lead singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell with Rage Against the Machine members Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk. The band prided themselves on the fact that all sounds on their albums were produced using only guitars, bass, drums, and vocals, with emphasis on Cornell’s wide vocal range and Morello’s unconventional guitar solos. They disbanded in February 2007 after Cornell issued a statement announcing that he was leaving the band. The group reformed and performed at Prophets of Rage’s Anti-Inaugural Ball, which took place on January 20, 2017. Cornell died on May 18, 2017, which ended the possibility of further reunions. Contrary to popular belief, Layne Staley of Alice in Chains did not audition for the new project, something Tom morello confirmed on his Twitter account in 2015. The quartet wrote 21 songs during 19 days of rehearsal, and began working in the studio in late May 2001 with Rick Rubin as producer, while sorting out the label and management issues. On March 19, 2002, AudiosLave was confirmed for the seventh annual Ozzfest; despite, at that time, having neither an official name nor a release date for their debut album. A few days later, reports surfaced that the band had broken up before they had played for a public audience.
In May 2002, under the name Civilian, the band released their second album, Out of Exile, which was nominated for three Grammy nominations and sold more than eight million records worldwide. They were the first American rock band to perform an open-air concert in Cuba. Later that year, Cornell and morello released solo albums, and more than a year later, the group reunited with Zack de la Rocha for the Rage Against The Machine Reunion Tour. Their previous labels, Epic and The Firm, fired their former management companies and hired another, The Firm. In February 2013, the reformed group released their third album, In the Name of the Lord, which won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Album. The album was released on June 14, 2013. The following day, the four members of the band reunited for the first time since the break-up of Rage against the Machine, and the band performed at the 2013 Lollapalooza festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. They performed 13 songs, some of which were unfinished and in some cases, some were unfinished, and some of the songs were in some kind of progress-in-progress-instrumental state. In the same week, Morello sent MTV a series of sketches of 13 songs that he described as “inior-in progress’s’. According to Morello, he called him “the angel at the crossroads” because “if it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be here today.’”
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