Rage trio and Chris Cornell name band, prep album
BySep 19, 2002 10:00 PM
Former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell and the three remaining members of Rage Against the Machine have dubbed themselves Audioslave and will release their first album this fall.
Former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell and the three remaining members of Rage Against the Machine have dubbed themselves Audioslave and will release their first album this fall.
The group’s self-titled debut is due in stores on Nov. 19, according to Epic Records. Famed producer Rick Rubin produced the album with the band in a Los Angeles recording studio.
“Audioslave" features 14 tracks, including the forthcoming first single, “Cochise,” for which the group will soon shoot a music video. Guitarist Tom Morello explained how the track got its name, and hinted that the group’s sound will be as hard-hitting as Rage Against the Machine’s.
“Cochise was the last great American Indian chief to die free and absolutely unconquered,” Morello said in a prepared statement. “When several members of his family were captured, tortured, and hung by the U.S. Cavalry, Cochise declared war on the entire Southwest and went on an unholy rampage, a warpath to end all warpaths. He and his warriors drove out thousands of settlers. Cochise the Avenger, fearless and resolute, attacked everything in his path with an unbridled fury. This song kinda sounds like that.”
News of the album’s impending release comes roughly seven months after widespread reports surfaced that Cornell had, for unknown reasons, bailed out of the project. The group is apparently still intact, however, and has launched a new--albeit sparse--website.
Last spring, 13 Audioslave demo tracks were widely circulated on the Internet. According to Epic, those leaked cuts “obviously ... are not representative of the final album, as they were rehearsal demos.”
In May of 2001, Cornell, Morello, Tim Commerford (bass) and Brad Wilk (drums) revealed that they were recording an album together. That news followed the October 2000 departure of Rage frontman Zack de la Rocha.
Soundgarden called it quits in 1997, and Cornell released his solo debut, “Euphoria Moning,” in 1999.
“Audioslave" tracklisting:
- Cochise
Show Me How To Live
Gasoline
What You Are
Like A Stone
Set It Off
Shadow Of The Sun
I Am The Highway
Exploder
Hypnotize
Bring Em Back Alive
Light My Way
Getaway Car
The Last Remaining Light