PHOTOS: Chris Cornell and Soundgarden through the years
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Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, killed himself May 17 by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, the city's medical examiner said. He was 52. (AP photo)
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, killed himself May 17 by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, the city's medical examiner said. He was 52. (AP photo)
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, killed himself May 17 by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, the city's medical examiner said. He was 52. (AP photo)
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, killed himself May 17 by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, the city's medical examiner said. He was 52. (AP photo)
Soundgarden made the cover of The Rocket, a Seattle and Northwest music newspaper, in October 1988.
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, killed himself May 17 by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, the city's medical examiner said. He was 52. (AP photo)
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, killed himself May 17 by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, the city's medical examiner said. He was 52. (AP photo)
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, killed himself May 17 by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, the city's medical examiner said. He was 52. (AP photo)
Soundgarden's first major feature in The Rocket was in December 1987 in a story by Dawn Anderson.
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, killed himself May 17 by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, the city's medical examiner said. He was 52. (AP photo)
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, killed himself May 17 by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, the city's medical examiner said. He was 52. (AP photo)
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, killed himself May 17 by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, the city's medical examiner said. He was 52. (AP photo)
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, killed himself May 17 by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, the city's medical examiner said. He was 52. (AP photo)
Soundgarden made the cover of The Rocket in December 1987.
Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Audioslave and Temple of the Dog, killed himself May 17 by hanging in a Detroit hotel room, the city's medical examiner said. He was 52. (AP photo)