Post by teac5 on Sept 19, 2016 20:48:00 GMT
Two months later, Cameron was surprised to find a mystery visitor one morning at his Seattle home. “I took my dog out for a walk, came back, and Chris’s truck was in my driveway. I was like: ‘Cool, Chris never comes to visit. Awesome man – we’ll work on some stuff. What a great opportunity.’ So I go into the house, and my girlfriend – who’s now my wife – she goes: ‘Hey, Chris is in the basement.’ I go down there, and he just reeked of alcohol. I think he’d been up all night drinking, and he looked a little odd, so I said: ‘Hey, what’s up man?’ And he was like: ‘Well, I’m here because I’m leaving the band’.”
Shepherd also recalls getting a similar visit from Cornell that day. “We’re all standing in my living room, and my friend goes: ‘Today’s the day The Beatles broke up.’ And Chris goes: ‘Here man,’ and hands me the bottle of whisky. I take a swig,
we go down to my car, and he says: ‘I’m quitting, I’m breaking up the band. How do you feel about that?’ I looked down at the ground, I spit, and I went: ‘Alright.’ That’s how I joined the band – they asked me: ‘Do you want to join the band?’ I looked down at the ground, I spit, looked up, and said: ‘Fuck yeah!’ So it was kind of fitting for me.” Just like that, one of Seattle’s finest was over.Soundgarden: "We never got used to the success"
Soundgarden: "We never got used to the success"
Shepherd also recalls getting a similar visit from Cornell that day. “We’re all standing in my living room, and my friend goes: ‘Today’s the day The Beatles broke up.’ And Chris goes: ‘Here man,’ and hands me the bottle of whisky. I take a swig,
we go down to my car, and he says: ‘I’m quitting, I’m breaking up the band. How do you feel about that?’ I looked down at the ground, I spit, and I went: ‘Alright.’ That’s how I joined the band – they asked me: ‘Do you want to join the band?’ I looked down at the ground, I spit, looked up, and said: ‘Fuck yeah!’ So it was kind of fitting for me.” Just like that, one of Seattle’s finest was over.Soundgarden: "We never got used to the success"
Soundgarden: "We never got used to the success"
I didn't know it was Chris who put the final nail in the Soundgarden coffin. I always thought the main reason for the break up were the differences between Ben and Kim in the final shows and that they were pissed off of the big record labels and the pressure of recording and touring so much.
Funny fact about Kim in chill mode:
Jack Endino offers this update: “Kim is basically hanging out, reading books, watching TV. I’m not sure what he’s doing.”
That story is from... 05? The brother was already 8 yrs. in. Lol. Then another 7 yrs before King Animal. That's unbelievable they didn't know how to reach him. But a break was needed. And that Chris dropped the final news. At least he showed up in person instead of having someone else call or write. That brother spiralled n hit the bottle and other spirits. Got all skinny, but then dropped my still fave solo record of his.
