Audioslave: The Rise & Fall Of the Band
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- Audioslave: The Rise and Fall of one of the most prominent supergroups of the 2000's featuring members of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden.
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I’ve covered a few supergroups on my channel including Temple of the Dog and Velvet Revolver. The links to the stories of those bands are below. You’ll notice one common theme about a lot of musical supergroups and that’s that they don’t really last very long. Audioslave lasted about as long as Velvet Revolver, but had more musical output and today we’re going to explore the history of the band. How they came together, their music, and their eventual end. Stay tuned for the full story.
Audioslave’s origins dated back to 2000 when Rage Against the Machine fell apart after frontman Zach De La Rocha quit the group. I’ve done a whole video on the reason he left the group the band, the link is down belowin the description box below. The remaining members of Rage decided to find a new singer under a moniker and It was rumored initially that Layne Staley of Alice in Chains was considered to front the band, but guitarist Tom Morello has since quashed those rumors. It was also reported that B-Real of Cypress Hill was also a possibility to front the group, but the band didn’t want to replicate the sound of Rage.
The spark that got Audioslave started was producer Rick Rubin who suggested that Tom Morello and company, meet Chris Cornell. Cornell’s previous band Soundgarden called it a day in 1997 and he had since moved onto becoming a solo artist releasing his debut album Euphoria Morning in 1999. At the time Cornell was working on his his second solo record, but once the singer got a call from Rubin to meet up with the guys from Rage Against the Machine he shelved his solo plans. During their first rehearsal together, the newquartet wrote the song “light my way”. That collaboration continued to be fruitful with the musicians writing 20 songs in just 3 weeks.
With enough songs written for an album, the band entered the studio in the summer of 2001, shuttling between Los Angeles and Seattle with Rick Rubin. The album would be complete the following year.
Guitarist Tom Morello would tell Rolling Stone how instantaneous the chemistry with Cornell was revealing
“He stepped to the microphone and sang the song and I couldn’t believe it. It didn’t just sound good, it sounded transcendent. When there is an irreplaceable chemistry from the first moment, you can’t deny it" he'd say.
Cornell never doubted his chemistry with his band members, as he credited them with helping him get through a difficult period in time. It was during the early days of Audioslave he was going through a divorce from his longtime wife Susan Silver and at the same time dealing with alcohol addiction. Cornell would recall that period in his life during the making of the first Audioslave record saying
“During the period when we made the first Audioslave record, I was going through a horrible personal crisis,” “Before the record was even released, I went through rehab and my relationship ended. Then I stopped drinking and started re-focusing and wonderful things started happening.
But, not everything was going well for the band. In fact Chris Cornell quit the band before they even put out their first record. In March of 2002, Audioslave announced plans to play Ozzfest that summer, But Cornell quit the bands 3 days later and the Ozzfest tour dates were scrapped. The singer would return to the band six weeks later. And the fallout happened because Cornell and the former Rage members management companies had a long-standing feud. The band eventually chose new management and moved on, but there was another issue.Cornell was signed to one label (interscope) while his new bandmates were signed to another label Epic Records, which complicated how fture albums from the group would be handled. Eventually a deal was worked out whereby the two companies would take turns releasing albums from Adioslave.
When it came time to choosing a name the group initially called themselves Civilian, but soon found out another band already had the name. So they setted on Audioslave, but It turned out an unsigned band in the UK already had the name so the supergroup worked out an 
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I always thought the name AUDIOSLAVE was the coolest name ever
Same I always liked it myself
I think it's indicative of the music business how they are slaves and have to do what they are told. If you look at the lost of titles of songs it will tell you the story of how much he hated it.
Yeah same I liked the name
It is the coolest band name. It doesn't corner you in to a certain sound or genre.
Agreed. Love the name and that combination of talented musicians. Excellent stuff. Also, wasn't mentioned in the vid, but the flame-ish shape
logo/figure came to Cornell in a dream, and apparently so did the name...Cornell had vivid dreams and wrote tons of lyrics based on visuals as well as words from his dream-state.
Cornell had one of the best voices in rock n roll history.
R.I.P Chris.
He's dead? I didn't even know he was sick.
@@mattmarzula bro he committed suicide
@@banticraider no he didn't
@@dariusdribbles.3981 I don't think he did either....and I sure as hell don't think Chester did.
He committed suicide. Stop with the nonsense
“shadow on the sun” will always be my favorite Audioslave song
Same here, definitely the one song that defines their style 🤘
It just stomps so hard.
I prefer like a stone. But shadow on the sun is a very close second for me. Both songs are easily in my top 10. Maybe top 5 songs of all time. In a world where the beetles exist that is very high praise I think.
Demo version is even more killer than the studio version
@Chris Blanc
The Beetles??? What are you smoking? Beetles aren't even in the top 25..
I adore Audioslave. Period. Chris' loss is truly devastating still.
Period! 😂
Love Audioslave, Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, Chris Cornell... love them all!
SG is my favorite, I could go on& on just about them...the pure power between RATM & his vocal range
Whoa whoa, Audioslave is a dumb name but Velvet Revolver is just fine? Is this opposite world?
Audioslave is the name of my dolly
Both dumb and kinda not
Chickenfoot lol
it's not dumb....the critics calling it dumb are definitely dumb. They were a great band and who cares what name a band carries...Korn anyone?
My thoughts exactly
Chris always had the singer slot in my 'imaginary greatest band of all time' Losing him is a tragedy.
I often placed him in a rhythm guitarist role so that Layne Staley could sing lead and they could do harmonies
@@Callum-Morrison right turn. If you havent heard that song, check it out and your welcome. Cornel and AiC
Same. Who would fill the other parts?
@@edwardlybrand3902 Kids form the TV show Glee.
Could you maybe audition Jani Lane as a replacement?
"There is one common theme among most of these supergroups: Chris Cornell."
Not a coincidence.
It certainly wasn't Morello LOL
Sadly never got a chance to see them live, I did however see Soundgarden a few times after they reunited and Chris sounded amazing. I had the first album on repeat for years and I really dug the third album,
Rick Ruben is the man. I had no Idea he put this band together.
Audioslave laid down a lot of tracks in a short amount of time, and they were all damn good tunes. They rocked!
My stepdad gave me tickets to see Chris cornell and I was stoked bc I like everything he's done I was expecting just his solo music and he did soundgarden audioslave temple of the dog and his solo music it was one of the best concerts of my life
Possibly the most important nugget from this whole video is at the very end. Audioslave masters destroyed in fire. Damn.
Their first album is for me by far their best album, it's raw and heavy with not one bad song.... Bring em back alive is blistering
The later two have grown on me a lot. I used to share your sentiment, now I'm not sure... good problem to have
@@Laking86er no doubt, I love all 3, wish Chris was still here, I believe they would've gotten together again for a show or maybe even an album. I will always love their whole catalog, Audioslave, soundgarden and rage
I always found it funny that Cornell's two bands were called SOUNDgarden and AUDIOslave
They did make music. Which you hesr with your ears, coincidence?
I have never cried for any other loss of a celebrity as I did Chris. I still can't listen to his music without crying.
I've always loved audioslave's music. Chris cornell definitely ranks as one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time. When I heard he committed suicide I was getting ready to go to work and I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I love his singing more in audioslave's music than in soundgarden. R.I.P. Chris and your music lives on forever brother
Loved Audioslave. Saw them in 2003 at Lollapalooza and they were easily the best act that day.
Same here! Went to see incubus - left loving Audioslave
Me too! Went by myself but had a blast. Jane’s Addiction put on an amazing show too 🤘🏻
I went to Lollapalooza that year also, was a hell of a lineup! Sadly that was also the last year Lollapalooza traveled
@@tylercooper1551 it was! A perfect circle played the night we went. During Audioslave’s set- Chris did an acoustic version of “what’s so funny bout peace, love and understanding” and Maynard sang with him. What a treat that was 🖤
AGREED WHOLEHEARTEDLY Alan!!!
Their first work together for Audioslave was so incredible. But to me, it's like you could feel the air go out of this band with each next work. It was still great work, but the intensity and passion seemed to be going away for them as a group. It reminds me of a new relationship or lover, when all is new, fresh and amazing. Then after awhile things lose their luster.
Chris Cornell and Audioslave are the sole reasons I became a musician at 13. No one sings like you anymore Chris.
No comment for Chris' album The Higher Truth before his departure??? It's a masterpiece...
THIS!!! Higher Truth is amazing. That voice!
I saw him when he toured for that album a couple months before he passed. It was a great show.
The Higher Truth was released in 2015, way after the end of Audioslave in 2007...
in 2002 when I was 12 my first girlfriend got me a $15 gift certificate to sound of music (local CD store)
you know damn well i bought their first record with it
1 year later i finally picked up the guitar and it's been guiding me since.
thanks for touching on this.
the 1st album is clearly their greatest work and this video explains why.
Chris was going through a lot in the time leading to the forming of the group and all his pain was dumped into it.
it's weird but artists seem to shine brightest when they can spill out their pain in their music. ESPECIALLY Chris Cornell.
RIP 🙏
Out of exile is such a incredible record, I love it
Chris Cornell had a hell of a set of lungs. Great singer. And Tom Morello while coming off as a pretentious twat is a really good guitarist w a unique inventive style.
Glad to be on the young cubans that got to see them live in Havana, one of the best days in my live.
I just can't see people hating on the name "Audioslave" that's like the coolest name ever
Audioslave was one of the best super groups
It’s weird to say that there is an end cause these bangers last the test of time.
Yep. Of my four favorite supergroups, Chris Cornell fronted half of them.
@@casey7130 no doubt Chris's my favorite singer of our time what an amazing guy... what a terrible loss...I assume you meant temple of the dog and audioslave two of my all time favorite bands
They were one of the best super groups, along with Mad Season and Temple of the Dog.
Cornell was class, but i never felt the chemistry in this band
A lot of Supergroups seem to......Fall To Pieces.
Ahhhhhh! I ZING! You DICK! -lol
They're all slaves to a big machine.
long time drug abuse and ego's never mix.
Nice
I love Brendan O’Brien, but the production on the last Audioslave sounded more like his work on Train than his better work with Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots.
So there are 9 other people that noticed this too, wow we should all get together
Really? I love the mix on that album. Definitely not as sludgy as purple or anything like that but it pops.
Man Revelations was superrr underrated, probably my favorite of theirs tbh
Agree, Revelations was best, self-titled second, Out of Exile last IMO.
Revelations is awesome. I feel it is underrated and under appreciated because they had broken up around when it was released.
The first time I saw Chris Cornell was 11-19-1999 at the State Theater in Detroit. ...I saw Audioslave 4-25-2005 at the State Theater .. then I saw Audioslave 11-6-2005 at the Fox Theater in Detroit, then I saw Audioslave 11-9-2005 at the Deltaplex in Grand Rapids .. the last time I saw Chris was 1-27-2013 with Soundgarden at the Fillmore in Detroit which used to be the State Theater... Chris Cornell was absolutely brilliant singer I was fortunate to see him on the Euphoria morning tour... for me that was his most intimate personal tour ... although the other four shows were great
I've been listening to a lot of Badmotorfinger recently, and damn I'd have love to hear young Chris in Audioslave. I like their songs more than Soundgarden's but Chris was on another level in the early 90s
When I first heard about Audioslave...I never thought it would work... But it came out great
Same here. Thought it'd be Rage Garden at best but they made it work.
No one cared that their band name Was Audio Slave. I was into this music then and trust me, maybe this critic cared but no one cared. That should not have even been mentioned. People totally wanted post Soundgarden Chris Cornell.
Exactly, who cares what their band name was when their music was so good?
I always thought it was a silly name.
Personally I think the name Audioslave sounds cool
@@eldesgraciado6690 chris was a slave for audio, it was a religion to him. Just like the name soundgarden, he knew he was living in the garden of sound
@Tonya Harmon this might be to much info, but the "illuminati" worship the eye of ra for a reason, chris pointed out that ra was a "black hole sun", he wanted it to come and wash away the rain, so he just hung his head, drowned his fears, till we all just disappeared
Seeing in 2017 Profits of Rage tribute to "Like A Stone" was so heartbreaking. They had no singer just the music was a beautiful moment to be apart of. Got a VERY COOL PICTURE outside thier area at Riot Fest. So I could say I WAS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR TO TESTIFY! CAN'T WAIT TO SEE RATM AGAIN WHEN LIFE RESUMES. GOT MY TICKET
With all the uncertainty, do we know for sure when they stay touring again?
@@victormurillo6956 nope I got a July 2021 date on next show. So fingers crossed. This wasn't the only concert I have tied up in sitting tickets. Megadeth as well on hold. I just keep hope alive I may get to see something soon.
@@victormurillo6956 I finally got a new date for mine, June 2022.
@@dohczeppelin37 oh wow, a whole year
That first Audioslave album is one of my favorite albums ever to this day. Because of that I ran out and got Out of Exile as soon as it released and was just... underwhelmed. Probably not fair and I probably should revisit the album but I haven't yet.
Do!
The second half of the album is much stronger than the first half, in my opinion, so maybe skip ahead when you do finally get back to it.
It’s got good songs... but it’s not as good as the first album
What's wrong with the name Audioslave? It's not memorable, but it isn't terrible, either. Anyway - they were amazing! I own all three albums and never get sick of listening to them. I am also so, so grateful for having seen Chris Cornell live in 2016, a year before his untimely death!
Why does it not suprise me that one of the biggest super groups of the 90's/00's was involved with Tick Ruben 😂 that man is everywhere and seems to have the magic touch for new bands like this and SOAD
I saw Audioslave in Chicago during their first tour in 2003 at the Riv. They were fantastic, wild and sounded like gods. I was in the front row to the right with long bright red hair and Chris stared right at me singing the line "every drop of flame". I will never, ever forget that night.
Revelations was my intro into Audioslave. Loved it.
Remember hearing it on Madden 07
"The Curse" is one of my favorite songs ever.
saw them in Long Beach in 2005. Epic performance. They even played Bulls on Parade, Black Hole Sun (acoustic), Killing in the Name of, and some others that I can't recall...
Sound of a gun...that might’ve been the last show of the tour from what I recall. They didn’t end up going overseas and decided not to tour the next album.
@@dirtydurdensoap wow. I did not know that. I just looked it up , and they only played two shows after this one! The Jan 2017 reunion that was mentioned in this video, as well as November 2005 in Las Vegas. Wow, thank you for letting me know! I just texted my friend that went with me that we went to one of the last Audioslave concerts.
love Audioslave, so gutted i was to young and lived to far way to ever see them live, not sure if they ever came to nz or not. Chris Cornell such a voice!!
Got to see them live. Awesome show
@Hercules Kalatzhs Hartford CT. Can't remember the year. Chris did a couple acoustic only songs in the middle of the set
I remember seeing the video for ‘Doesn’t remind me of anything’ and fell in love with it (as well as the song, obvs). Didn’t know who any of them were at the time.
What a huge f*cking sound and what a killer name for a band.
Saw these guys live in 2003 the show 10/10. Still have the ticket stub too. Sadly never saw Soundgarden unfortunately with Chris Cornell’s death in 2017.
thank you, what a video😔✌️
Please do a video on the last days of Chris Cornell....your videos are excellent and keep me up watching RUclips at night
Saw them live twice - but only during the first album touring cycle, which is the only one I can listen to anyways
Still can't forget your vid on "Dela Roka"
For me they never fell. They ascended into rock godhood.
still hard to believe Chris is not around anymore. Audioslave was such a great group
Euphoria morning was an fantastic album and probably cornells greatest recorded vocals.. it showed how versatile his voice truly was . I am not saying it's his best album just his best album vocally
😢O CORNELL....I’ll never get over that one💔
Chris Cornell had the best voice and hair.
And eyes
Why isn't Morello wearing a "5 point cafe" hat instead of "IHOP" ? ....oh yeah...
Nice. 🤣🤣
haha
What's the joke? Anyone elaborate?
@@shortlimb1 Apparently Morello was a bit of a Karen at that cafe
Noticed that too. Glad someone brought it up. The incident, per social media jabs, left massive egg on TM’s face.
I hope everyone battling demons, fighting a war in their mind, suffering the effects of mental illness, dealing with the throes of addiction I hope you find peace, you are not alone and do not be afraid to reach out and ask for help because their are people just like you who care. Peace be with you.
Best gig I ever saw was Audioslave at Brixton Academy. They encored with Killing in the Name and everyone went completely apeshit...awesome 🤘
Well spoken bro👍
It saddens me that Audioslave broke up in the first place. Sure wish Revelations was toured on. RIP Chris. Hope you are resting easy man.
One of my favorites... Their songs are timeless. Thanks Sydd. RIP Chris😢🎆🌹
That 1st Lp is a masterpiece! Had that in My car for almost a year, never got old!
A Mark Lanegan/Screaming Trees video would be awesome. They sure had a wild career,Especially Mark. All I can say is read Mark's book "Sing Backwards and Weep",,whoah what a trip!!
I had such high hopes for Audioslave. I mean, come on, Rage with Chris Cornell? That could have been frickin' awesome!!
Love the one shot of Tom playing guitar with The Strokes and Beach Boys albums super clearly in the back
Would be cool to get a video on “Them Crooked Vultures” too!
That debut album is just as good as any Rage or Soundgarden record. Remember We Got The Whip? That was the first song I heard played on the radio.
Just super sad all the way around. Precious talents and gifts taken. Way too soon, damn. Chris we miss you, dearly. Say Hello to resting in Peace. Our sweet Chris.....
The fact that Audioslave is bigger than Soundgarden is astounding to me
Audioslaves my favorite band of all time
Chris Cornell won the award for "Singer with most severe case of TDS" as well
5yrs wow time flys
Loving the content lately man. Keep it coming!!
Poor Chris! Just breaks my heart! Every single time!
Great job man as always. 👏🏻
Thanks
I told my daughter 24 years old to listen to Be Yourself, first thing she said. Wow, great voice.
I REMEMBER I WAS OBSESSED WITH RAGE AND ANTICIPATED THE FUCK OUT OF THAT FIRST ALBUM!
Audio Slave is a badass name and a badass band
Audioslave was the perfect name, Cornell being the audio genius, Rage being the slaves to the government.
If you’re multi-millionaires and still “raging against the machine” YOU ARE PART OF THE MACHINE!
god damn Rick Rubin is such a legend
I loved this band.
I like the band name. It says what the industry truly can be back in the day. RIP Chris you were one of the few all time greats. You guys come along once in a blue moon. And I was glad to be around and go to your shows for the past 25 years. 😎✌♥️🌞🙏🌞🌞🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I loved the name Audioslave and loved the first and last album. To each their own I guess 🤷
Didnt want to replicate the sound of Rage, but Cochese was basically a rethread of their version of Ghost of Tom Joad.
And that was the carrier single of their debut album.
There one of my all time favorite bands. Rip Chris Cornell
Best work any of its members has ever done
rage on behalf of the machine
The first album of Audioslave was so awesome as well as the others. You couldn't go wrong the lead singer of Soundgarden and the band of Rage against the machine.
Man this band was fucking awesome
I've always thought that You Know My Name broke the band up. Chris got asked to do a solo recording for the movie and Audioslave were left out, then Chris wanted to go solo again.
The Rage reunion at coachella was the straw that broke the camels back for Chris, because he was not aware of it until the morning Coachella announced the lineup.
He announced he was leaving immediately after that announcement
From Italy. They played in a rock festival in Bologna. Opening bands were Slipknot and Prodigy. It was a swell night.
Che culo
Saw them in Halloween in Lowell MA, Brad wore a gorilla mask for the entire show, talk about commitment
I was there as well. I was close to the front and it was really sweltering in the auditorium that Halloween night, so it was funny when CC called out Brad for "playing eight straight songs wearing a f****** gorilla mask".
Great show and I liked when they played "sleight of hand".
yeah, it was a fun show
@@gregoxford5809 What, the Pearl Jam song??
@@maximummatt73 , no but as it would be with CC and his long history with PJ, TOTD, MLB, GR, it was cool that they shared the song name, but not the same song: ruclips.net/video/LjMCjFaJiUE/видео.html
Say hello to heaven was the best song Cornell ever Sang. His voice in that song is awesome. To bad he got killed in Detroit. It's bullshit. Just like Anthony Bourdain.
It's nice to hear your tell the story while the excerpts from those back in the day interviews with Spanish subtitles (my native tongue) give more context to those times
I've listened to their 1st and 2nd records, but i need to check out their third record, see how the earth wind and fire meets led zeppelin sound works out.
First song learned on 🎸.🖤L
Like a stone..first show seen w agony column.. so sorry mourned prayed his fam's loss!
That's weird man I was just thinking about that tonight like before I ever seen this I was thinking what a cool name that was