History Music / Audioslave

[[caption-width-right:300:L-R: Tattoo guy, Music/{{Soundgarden}} man, [[OddNameOut some guy]], the guitar man.]]

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The group recorded a handful of demos, first under the name Civilian (before discovering that name was taken) and then Audioslave (which in a weird coincidence, was ''also'' taken by a British group; That band wound up changing their name). Their first album was released in 2002, and was essentially an amalgamation of their former bands' sounds: the grooving hard rock of Rage lead by the grungy singing of Soundgarden. They would together for two more albums, ''Out of Exile'' (2005) and ''Revelations'' (2006). Differences between [[FaceOfTheBand Cornell and Morello]] resulted in the band splitting up in 2007. Cornell then resumed his solo career and eventually reformed Soundgarden in 2010. Rage Against the Machine reformed too that same year, with de la Rocha on board.

* DreamTeam: Music/ChrisCornell fronting Music/RageAgainstTheMachine.

Audioslave was an American HardRock {{Supergroup}}, basically Music/{{Soundgarden}} singer Chris Cornell fronting Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, minus the rapping and politics. The band was founded in 2001, and disbanded unceremoniously in 2007.

The group recorded a handful of demos, first under the name Civilian (before discovering that name was taken) and then Audioslave (which in a weird coincidence, was ''also'' [[NamesTheSame taken by a British group]]; That band wound up changing their name). Their first album was released in 2002, and was essentially an amalgamation of their former bands' sounds: the grooving hard rock of Rage lead by the grungy singing of Soundgarden. They would together for two more albums, ''Out of Exile'' (2005) and ''Revelations'' (2006). Differences between [[FaceOfTheBand Cornell and Morello]] resulted in the band splitting up in 2007. Cornell then resumed his solo career and eventually reformed Soundgarden in 2010. Rage Against the Machine reformed too that same year, with de la Rocha on board.

* NotChristianRock: Audioslave's songs do deal with spiritual themes, particularly on songs such as "Show Me How To Live" (which directly invokes salvation through Christ because of his crucifixion), and "Like a Stone" (existential questioning of the afterlife). However, the band has no hard-line stance for the Christian religion, and such Christian themes are just an aspect of the band's overall introspective songwriting.

* FreeHandedPerformance: Enforced. Chris Cornell can play the guitar, as showcased by his other band, Soundgarden, however his guitar parts clashed with Tom Morello's guitar sound, thus it was decided by the band that Chris would only do the vocals.

* ThreeSecondSilence: "Doesn't Remind Me" video.

* BaldOfAwesome: Tom Morello

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Their harder-rocking tunes are in the 5-7 range; they also did a variety of work that falls somewhat lower on the scale (much like Music/{{Soundgarden}} did, but unlike Music/RageAgainstTheMachine, who mostly had heavy songs).

The band reunited for a single concert in January 2017. The band, particularly Cornell, strongly hinted that there could be more shows down the road at some point, but Cornell's [[AuthorExistenceFailure suicide in May of that year]] officially put an end to all future Audioslave activity.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: Audioslave would play on the 2003 Lollapalooza tour, which was being styled as the big comeback for festival founders JanesAddiction. By most reports the Audioslave sets were so energetic that audiences would be beat and slowly file out during JanesAddiction's set.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Brad and Tim.

* ControlFreak: Later Cornell stated that he felt Morello was a bit too controlling.