"Music driven by money deserves to fail"

If you are a Chris Cornell fan, and unless you've been living under a rock for the past 6 months, you already heard about his not so new vomit inducing project: Scream, produced by Timbaland. The album is not out yet and the release date seems to be getting permanently postponed (gee, I wonder why?). But interestingly enough, there have been 6 singles released already (that's right, 6!), despite the fact that the album was pushed back until February. I mean, if that little song snippet that appeared on a Verizon commercial back in June wasn't enough to sense the sign of the apocalypse, we have now 6 full songs allowing us to have a pretty strong opinion on this album without needing to wait for it to be released (if that's ever gonna happen). So this post is directed to those who have been living under a rock or haven't had the displeasure of listening to all those glorious Scream singles (all 6 of them!). I shall present you with links to hear those songs... but with a little twist. I'm gonna put the links on this excerpt from a 1992 interview, where Chris Cornell said some prophetic (and now tremendously ironic) words:

"And believe me," Chris adds, "this industry needed a slap in the face because it should never have been allowed to produce so much commercially contrived music in the first place. Music driven by money deserves to fail. Somehow people have managed to create a production standard that makes everything sound inhuman and horrible. The bands that are now bustin' through have records that sound like they've been made by human beings. I believe anything formulaic will eventually be recognised as that, which is good news for the likes of Perry Farrell and Kurt Cobain, who despite their success, refuse to allow people to put anchors around them."

So there you have it!

Disclaimer: If you choose to follow the above links, the Save Chris Cornell Team is not responsible for the potencial side effects that the hearing of these songs may cause: nausea, headache, projectile vomit, sudden need to kill puppies and setting Soundgarden records on fire.