Soundgarden frontman/guitarist Chris Cornell put some hindsight on his much-maligned 2009 album, “Scream“, which saw him collaborate with Timbaland and other pop stars. Speaking recently with Rollingstone.com, he said looking back:
“I don’t think there was any reference for [Scream] at the time, and obviously the world of recorded and released music is a world that required reference 99 times out of 100. I mean, even for me, I could stand on a soap box and say that art shouldn’t require reference and then still make references to you. When I hear a band I’m gonna say something like, ‘It’s a cross between Abba and the band Swans.’ So I get it. The response to the album didn’t surprise me. But I do think there is more context for it now.”
Meanwhile, Cornell also said of Soundgarden‘s further plans:
“We’re already working on new material for an album, and then I’ve got several other irons in the fire and things going that I won’t mention now. There’s a lot of things coming in addition to Higher Truth, as well as a new Soundgarden album.”
The “Higher Truth” mentioned above is Cornell‘s new solo album, out September 18th.
