They have been eligible to be in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame for decades and now eight years after Chris Cornell‘s death in 2017, Soundgarden will be inducted into the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame. I wanted to highlight this moment to say how bittersweet it is because Chris Cornell is no longer with us that this band that I loved from the time I was 13 to now is finally getting inducted into an institution that they loved.
From their times, singing, loud love to outshined and black hole sun, this band with his bombastic singer who really put Robert Plant in his place vocally gave us this very metal band.
They were together from 1984 until 1997 and then in 2012 they put out an album years in the making and this beautiful reunion took place.
As I write this, Soundgarden are in the process of releasing the final album they were making with Chris Cornell and when it sees a light of day, we will all listen to it with this feeling of how beautiful the music was when he was alive.
To the 13-year-old me in 1994 man Soundgarden got you through a lot and here I am 44 saying I revere this band in such a way that’s it rivals Nirvana and Pearl Jam.
Because nobody hooked me at 13 like Soundgarden did with that video for black hole sun
And tonight I honor Soundgarden and their late front man Chris Cornell!