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Article: Cornell does the time warp again, this time as solo act; '90s grunge star rocks on in the twilight
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- April 13, 2007
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Chris Cornell At Metro
Chris Cornell has a respectable music history, having formed one
of the major grunge bands of the '90s (Soundgarden), having played
with Pearl Jam before they were Pearl Jam (Temple of the Dog) and
having made buco dinero with members of the former Rage Against the
Machine (Audioslave). Now Cornell is on tour again, having revived
himself as a solo act.
Wednesday's sold-out show at the Metro was solid but plodding,
and ultimately ordinary. Solo Cornell is strikingly similar to old
Soundgarden Cornell, only with a different backing band, a mix of
old and new songs, heavy on the old -- the '90s grunge sound all
over again.
But the '90s are over, Kurt Cobain is dead ...