Audioslave

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- Audioslave
- Released 2002

- Out Of Exile
- Released 2005

- Revelations
- Released 2006

- Like A Stone
- Released 2005

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When Zack de la Rocha left Rage Against the Machine in October 2000, the band's future was put into question. Within months rumors flew that ex-Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell would replace de la Rocha. And gossip fueled truth, for Cornell joined the rest of Rage in the studio in May 2001. The mix was great and a musical bond was in the making: Cornell, Tim Commerford, Brad Wilk, and Tom Morello spent the next year writing and recording. By spring 2002, the foursome were no longer going by the Rage Against the Machine name and signed on for Ozzfest. But before the summer tour even got underway, Cornell quit the new project. He claimed it wasn't moving forward in the direction he'd hoped for. The breakdown didn't last, for Cornell rejoined by early fall. After tossing around the idea of being called Civilian, they settled on Audioslave. The single "Cochise," named for the great American Indian chief who died free and unconquered, hit radio in September 2002, and Audioslave's Epic full-length debut was released that November. The self-titled album eventually went multi-platinum on the strength of "Cochise" and the moody rocker "Like a Stone," and Audioslave supported it with gigs that included 2003 Lollapalooza dates. Cornell, Morello, Wilk, and Commerford returned in May 2005 with Out of Exile, which debuted at number one on Billboard. That same month they played an historic show in Havana, Cuba, that marked that country's first outdoor show by an American rock band (that fall releasing the whole shebang on the Live in Cuba DVD). Exile continued the band's platinum-selling ways -- singles like "Be Yourself" and "Doesn't Remind Me" went to the top of the charts -- and the guys wasted no time following up with album number three, Revelations, in early September 2006. Work on the album took only five weeks, since most of the songs had been fleshed out live over the previous year. In 2007, shortly after the members of Rage announced that they would reunite for that year's Coachella festival, Cornell left Audioslave, citing both personal and musical differences, and leaving the state of Audioslave uncertain. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide

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- - awesome
  - - By TheNewWorldMan4
    - 7/17/2009 15:40:47
  - I love Audioslave Chris Cornell is a amazing singing Tom your guitar playing is the icing on the cake. A fantastice band right here.
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- - audioslave: the best
  - - By sprint4fun
    - 2/24/2009 03:27:24
  - audioslave is probably my favorite band. chris cornell is a very talented singer and has a very unique voice. too bad they broke up. well has anyone heard chris's song SCREAM? its pretty dang good. u should check it out.
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- - audioslave
  - - By brEwHahA51
    - 2/16/2009 23:57:10
  - they are so good and talented. tom morello is great and chris cornell is problably my favorite singer ever. i probly like them better than soundgarden
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- - Chris
  - - By Goneatdusk89
    - 12/17/2008 08:57:42
  - I love Audioslave! I've always been a huge fan of both Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine as well! I love Chris's amazingly powerful voice and Tom's excellent fretwork! Tom Morello is my favorite guitarist. It really saddens me that they broke up, but I suppose it's something I'll have to live with. I love the integration of Rage's more experimental fusion of sounds and Chris Cornell's strong voice, its truly mezmerizing. I own all 3 albums, of course, and I found some nice B-sides online. I would Highly recommend this band to anyone, I've gotten all my friends addicted to them too!
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- - The Best
  - - By DaVe4343
    - 12/8/2008 00:51:33
  - This band is the band that got me into music. Chris's amazing vocal's and tom's unheard of solo's give the band an awesome twist. ALL of their songs are great, and it is ashame they broke up. If u are considering buying an album, do it. go out and buy it now. as a matter a fact, buy all 3. Each song has a completely new sound, and the solo's....like works of art. The Soundgarden vocalist, mixed with Rage's guitarist, drummer, and bassist, mix together to form a AMAZING band. When you listen to audioslave, you shudnt just go off and buy the most popular songs, because i can gaurantee you that all of their songs are just as good. Though they have broken up, i still find new music of theirs. becuz of the mass amount of unreleased songs they have. They did alot of live songs that they never released (much of which are covers), and they are all AWESOME. This band inspired me to listen to more music, and to even play guitar. I highly reccomend audioslave.
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