Today, July 20th, would have marked the 56th birthday of late Soundgarden, etc. frontman Chris Cornell. In light of that, his family has debuted his previously unreleased cover of Guns N’ Roses‘ “Patience“. His family commented:
“His birthday seemed the perfect time to share this and celebrate Chris, his voice, music, stories and art. It is true a man is not dead while his name is still spoken…and, through his art, an artist’s soul still burns just as bright as ever upon all those that look up to him and his memory. Releasing music that was special to Chris keeps a part of him here with us- his heart and his soul. His love and his legacy.”
Cornell‘s surviving Soundgarden bandmates, who recently launched their own social media profile amid an ongoing legal battle with Cornell‘s widow Vicky that in part has disputed control over the official Soundgarden social media accounts, also paid tribute to their fallen bandmate. They offered:
