Former Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello discussed paying tribute to Chris Cornell in a new For Guitar Players Only interview.
“It’s a horrible loss for those who loved him and for the world of music. He was a lovely person and one of the most talented people in the history of rock ‘n’ roll, so it’s a tragedy. We’ve been playing an a Capella version of ‘Like A Stone’ at our shows, which we do as a tribute to him. We were just going to do it one day, and then it felt like it was healing, in a way, for everybody. It felt like a public mourning and celebration. It’s not just like listening to “Black Hole Sun” in your car or Instagramming; it’s like all of us together singing his beautiful melody and kind of expressing our love for him to the heavens.”
He also discussed unreleased Audioslave music.
“Y’know, I told the interviewer at the time that I just regretted saying that, ’cause now I’m gonna have to talk about it in every interview from now on. There’s no new news; we recorded music for Audioslave records, and we recorded more songs than made it on those records. I’m certain at some point it will come out, but right now there’s no plans for it. We had talked about it when Chris was alive, and we thought at some point there’ll be the right time to put something out. Now I don’t know that there’s ever a right time to put it out, but there’s no reason it shouldn’t come out, I guess.”
