Audioslave is the eponymous An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, after which a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item is named or thought to be named. One who is referred to as eponymous is someone who gives his or her name to something, e.g. Julian, the eponymous owner of the famous restaurant Julian's Castle. Something eponymous is debut studio album A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio, as opposed to a live recording made at a performance venue or a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material. A studio album is usually planned and scheduled in advance, and may take anywhere from a few days to more than a by the American ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language hard rock Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock. It is typified by a heavy use of distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with pianos, and keyboards. It developed into a major form of popular music in the 1970s, with bands like band Audioslave Audioslave was an American hard rock supergroup who formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. It consisted of then-former Soundgarden frontman, rhythm guitarist, and lead singer Chris Cornell and the then-former instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello , Tim Commerford (bass and backing vocals) and Brad Wilk (drums). Critics and was released on November 19, 2002 (see 2002 in music). The album's music is strongly reminiscent of Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine is a Grammy award winning American rock band, formed in 1991 in Los Angeles, California. The band's line-up comprises vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk. Critics have noted Rage Against the Machine for its "fiercely polemical music, which brewed sloganeering, with Chris Cornell providing his familiar classic rock Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock format in the early-1980s. In the United States, this rock music format now features a large playlist of songs ranging from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s, with some stations including a limited number of current releases-esque wails and croons to the songs. It features the hit singles "Cochise", "Show Me How to Live", "What You Are", "Like a Stone", and "I Am the Highway". The record was certified triple platinum in the US. "Like a Stone" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award The 46th Grammy Awards were held on the February 8, 2004. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year. The big winners were Outkast, who won three awards including Album of the Year & Beyoncé Knowles, who won 5 Awards for Best Hard Rock Performance The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance has been awarded since 1990. In 1989 it was presented as Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance until the following year, when the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance category was formed. From 1992 to 1994 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance with.
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Audioslave Audioslave was an American hard rock supergroup who formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. It consisted of then-former Soundgarden frontman, rhythm guitarist, and lead singer Chris Cornell and the then-former instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello , Tim Commerford (bass and backing vocals) and Brad Wilk (drums). Critics was formed after Zack de la Rocha Zacarías Manuel de la Rocha is an American rapper, musician, poet, and activist of Mexican, German, and Irish descent. He is best known as the vocalist and lyricist of Rage Against the Machine left Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine is a Grammy award winning American rock band, formed in 1991 in Los Angeles, California. The band's line-up comprises vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk. Critics have noted Rage Against the Machine for its "fiercely polemical music, which brewed sloganeering and the remaining members were searching for another vocalist. Producer and friend Rick Rubin Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin is an American record producer and the co-president of Columbia Records suggested that they contact Chris Cornell Chris Cornell is an American rock musician best known as the lead vocalist for Soundgarden. He is also known as the former lead vocalist for Audioslave and for his numerous solo works and soundtrack contributions since 1998. He is known for his wide four-octave vocal range, and powerful vocal belting technique. He was the founder and frontman for. Rubin played the remaining Rage Against the Machine band members the Soundgarden Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1984 by lead singer and drummer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Matt Cameron became the band's permanent drummer in 1986 while bassist Ben Shepherd became a permanent replacement for Yamamoto in 1990 song "Slaves & Bulldozers" to showcase his ability. Cornell was in the writing process of a second solo album, but decided to shelve that and pursue the opportunity to work with Tom Morello Thomas Baptiste "Tom" Morello is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, his acoustic solo act The Nightwatchman, and his newest group, Street Sweeper Social Club. He is best-known for his use of guitar effects, his innovative guitar solos, his use of, Tim Commerford Timothy Robert Commerford , also known by his various monikers/stage names (Timmy C, Y. tim K., Simmering T, Tim Bob, and tim.com) is the Bassist/backing vocalist for American rock band Rage Against The Machine and the now-defunct Audioslave and Brad Wilk Brad Wilk is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the American rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave when they approached him. Morello described Cornell: "He stepped to the microphone and sang the song and I couldn't believe it. It didn't just sound good. It didn't sound great. It sounded transcendent. And... when there is an irreplaceable chemistry from the first moment, you can't deny it."[1] The quartet wrote 21 songs during 19 days of rehearsal and began working in the studio in late May 2001.[2][3]
Songs from the album were first heard when thirteen rough rehearsal demo tracks were leaked onto various peer-to-peer A peer-to-peer, commonly abbreviated to P2P, is any distributed network architecture composed of participants that make a portion of their resources directly available to other network participants, without the need for central coordination instances (such as servers or stable hosts). Peers are both suppliers and consumers of resources, in filesharing networks on May 16, 2002, six months before the official release of the album, under the name "Civilian" (or "The Civilian Project").[4] According to guitarist Tom Morello "it was very frustrating, especially with a band like this, there is a certain amount of expectation."[5] He also said that the songs were not in their finished form and that in some cases "they weren't even the same lyrics, guitar solos, performances of any kind."[5] In an earlier, July 2002 interview with Metal Sludge he spoke more explicitly about the incident, blaming "some jackass intern at Bad Animal Studios in Seattle Seattle (pronounced /siːˈætəl/ see-AT-əl) is the northernmost major city in the contiguous United States, and the largest city in the Pacific Northwest and in the state of Washington. A seaport situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an arm of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 100 miles (160 km) south of the Canada – United" for stealing the demos and putting them on the Internet without the band's permission.[6]
The band was nearly derailed before the album's release; Cornell was going through alcohol problems and a slot on the Ozzfest Ozzfest is an annual festival tour of the United States featuring performances by many heavy metal and hard rock musical groups. It was founded by Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne, both of whom also organize each yearly tour with their son Jack Osbourne. The Ozzfest tour has featured bands of a variety of genres within heavy metal and tour was canceled.[7] During this time, there was a rumor that Cornell had checked himself into drug rehabilitation Drug rehabilitation is a term for the processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines. The general intent is to enable the patient to cease substance abuse, in order to avoid the psychological,. He later confirmed it in an interview with Metal Hammer Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. It features mainstream and more unusual bands from the wide spectrum of metal music. It is the largest selling metal music magazine in the UK currently outselling Kerrang! and is often viewed that was conducted from a clinic payphone.[8] In a San Diego CityBeat article, Cornell explained that he went through "a horrible personal crisis" during the making of the first record, staying in rehab for two months and separating from his wife.[9] The problems were ironed out and he has remained sober In neuro-linguistic programming, sobriety is the state of not acting out in an addiction since this time. The band toured through 2003, before resting in 2004 to record their second album.
This album was released just over ten years after Rage Against the Machine's (Morello, Commerford, and Wilk's former band) debut album was released on November 3, 1992. The album cover was made by Storm Thorgerson, who, as leader of the group of artists known as Hipgnosis, may have been best known for his cover work for Pink Floyd Pink Floyd were an English rock band who earned international recognition for their psychedelic rock music in the late 1960s, and for their progressive rock music from the 1970s onward. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. One of rock music's most critically.
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"Cochise" (2002)
"Cochise", typical of Tom Morello Thomas Baptiste "Tom" Morello is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, his acoustic solo act The Nightwatchman, and his newest group, Street Sweeper Social Club. He is best-known for his use of guitar effects, his innovative guitar solos, his use of, was compared to the sound of a helicopter.[20]
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The album was released on November 19, 2002 and entered the Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outsold all others during chart at position number seven after selling 162,000 copies in its first week.[21] It was certified gold In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards . Certification is not automatic; for an award to be made, the record label must request certification and pay a fee to have the by the RIAA The Recording Industry Association of America is a trust that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors, which the RIAA say "create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States" less than a month after its release,[22] and by 2006 it had achieved triple platinum selling status.[23] It is the most successful Audioslave album to date, having sold more than three million copies in the United States ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language alone. The album spawned hits such as "Cochise", "Like a Stone" and "Show Me How to Live".
Despite its commercial success, Audioslave received mixed reviews. Some critics lambasted the group's effort as uninspired,[24] and predictable.[25] Pitchfork Media Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on independent music, especially indie rock. However, the range of musical genres covered extends to electronic, pop, hip hop, dance, folk, jazz, metal, and's reviewers Chris Dahlen and Ryan Schreiber praised Cornell's voice, but criticized virtually every other part of the album, calling it "the worst kind of studio rock album, rigorously controlled-- even undercut-- by studio gimmickry." They described Cornell's lyrics as "complete gibberish" and called producer Rick Rubin's work "a synthesized rock-like product that emits no heat."[26] Jon Monks from Stylus Magazine While the site's readership numbers never reached the levels of Pitchfork Media's, it did receive many notices in the press for the quality of its writing. In 2006 it was chosen by the Observer Music Monthly as one of the Internet's 25 most essential music websites had the same opinion. He considered Rubin's production over-polished and wrote that "lacking individuality, distinction and imagination this album is over-produced, overlong and over-indulgent."[27] On the other hand, other critics praised the supergroup's style reminiscent of 1970s heavy metal Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and and compared it to Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in 1968, consisting of Jimmy Page , Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica), John Paul Jones (bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin), and John Bonham (drums). With their heavy, guitar-driven blues-rock sound, Led Zeppelin are regularly cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal and hard rock. However, the band' and Black Sabbath Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass guitar), and Bill Ward (drums). The band has since experienced multiple lineup changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of twenty-two musicians have at one time been,[28][29] saying they add much-needed sound and style to contemporary mainstream rock music,[30] and have the potential to become one of the best rock bands of the 21st century.[31]
The song "Shadow on the Sun" was featured in the movie Collateral Collateral is a 2004 crime thriller film starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx. It was directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie, starring Tom Cruise Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known by his screen name of Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards. His first leading role was the 1983 film Risky Business, which has been described as "A Generation X classic, and a career-maker" for the and Jamie Foxx Eric Marlon Bishop , professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, stand-up comedian, and rhythm & blues singer. As an actor, his work in the film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a musical/comedy. He is also a Grammy Award winning musician,. The song "Cochise" was featured in the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and the game Guitar Hero for the Playstation 2. It was featured as the background music for the 2008 Iron Man Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and master engineer who builds a powered exoskeleton and becomes the technologically advanced superhero, Iron Man. Gwyneth Paltrow plays his personal Super Bowl The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the premier association of professional American football. It was first played on January 15, 1967, as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its then-rival league, the American Football League (AFL). It was agreed that the two leagues' champion teams would play in spot as well as the following theatrical trailer. The song "Cochise" can also be found in The Simpsons episode "Midnight Towboy" when Homer is riding in a tow truck with a man named Louie (Matt Dillon) the song can be heard briefly on the radio. "Shadow on the Sun" is also featured in a cutscene from World in Conflict where Marines and Army Ranger helicopters are shot down trying to retake Governors Island.
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Bleacher Report Audioslave was a successful hard rock supergroup that released two platinum records and had ten top 10 mainstream rock radio singles, including number one ...
