CHRIS CORNELL 'Would Always Be Open' To Playing With His Ex-AUDIOSLAVE Bandmates Again

SOUNDGARDEN singer Chris Cornell says that he “would always be open” to working with his former AUDIOSLAVE bandmates again.

AUDIOSLAVE featured Cornell alongside RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk. The band’s albums were a 2002 self-titled debut, 2005’s “Out Of Exile” and 2006’s “Revelations”.

After AUDIOSLAVE broke up, Morello, Commerford and Wilk reunited with singer Zack De La Rocha and began playing again as RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE in 2007, although the group has not performed live in three years.

Cornell released two solo albums before SOUNDGARDEN reunited in 2010.

In an interview with U.K.’s Total Guitar, Cornell had the following to say about the possibility of an AUDIOSLAVE reunion: “I think it would be great. We did a lot of songs, and with the benefit of not having done anything with those guys for so long, I can’t imagine what it would be. It would be a really amazing experience just to get back and work with the same guys again.”

He continued: “We were certainly a prolific group of people; we wrote three whole albums in around five years, maybe less. And these were albums that were raw, and we had extra material, and we just never seemed to have trouble ever trying to agree on what would come out of the songs.”

Cornell added: “They were great guys, and I really enjoyed the experience that I had with them, so yeah, I would always be open to doing something.”

Cornell made a guest appearance during a performance by Morello on September 26, 2014 at the El Corazon in Seattle. Morello‘s acoustic set was part of a benefit concert for 15 Now, the grassroots organization that successfully fought for a $15 minimum wage in Seattle.

Cornell and Morello had not performed live together since Cornell left AUDIOSLAVE and the band broke up in 2007 after three studio albums.

Morello told The Pulse Of Radio not long after AUDIOSLAVE‘s demise that he had no hard feelings against Cornell for quitting. “You know, Chris I consider a good friend and I love that guy, you know, and we went through a lot together, both musically and personally,” he said. “And it was, you know, my belief that the band’s friendship and roots were deep.”

Fonte: Blabbermouth.net