Soundgarden vocalist/guitarist Chris Cornell discussed his solo ventures with Rollingstone.com and was asked how he felt about his much maligned 2009 solo effort “Scream“, which saw him team with Timbaland. He said of it:
“It was absolutely a noble failure. A family friend was good friends with Timbaland‘s cousin. He said, “Timbaland wants to make a song with you.” I said, “Awesome, let’s make an album.” I figured it would take two weeks, and I would have this crazy fucking record. That’s what happened. For me, it was a success. The failure in it was the record company trying to figure out what to do with it. The radio stations who had been playing my songs since 1990 — they were like, ‘We don’t want to play this. We can’t play this.'”
Cornell will return with a more conventional acoustic solo album, “Higher Truth“, this Friday, September 18th.
