Audioslave members Brad Wilk and Tom Morello paid tribute to their late bandmate Chris Cornell on Instagram to mark the one year anniversary of his death. Cornell died by suicide following a performance with Soundgarden in Detroit last year. He reunited with Audioslave for the first time since 2005 for a live performance in January 2017 at the Anti-Inaugural Ball with Prophets of Rage. It would ended up being the band’s final performance.
Brad Wilk wrote, “One year today. I wake up sometimes thinking he’s still here. I’m grateful for all the incredible music and memories he left behind. My heart goes out to all of his family, friends and fans. ❤️”
Tom Morello wrote, “His light was beautiful. His darkness unnamable. His voice eternal. Love you & miss you so much, my friend.”
He wrote the day prior, “Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of the passing of Chris Cornell. I wrote this for him the day he passed:
You’re a prince, you’re a snare, you’re a shadow
You’re twilight and star burn and shade
You’re a sage, you’re a wound shared, you’re masked
You’re a pillar of smoke, you’re a platinum heart
You’re a brush fire, you’re caged, you’re free
Your vision pierces, you do not see
You are pieces strewn on the hillside
You’re open armed, you’re armed, you’re true
You’re a revealer of visions, you’re the passenger, you’re a never fading scar
You’re twilight and star burn and shade
You’re the secret veiled, you’re the secret revealed, you’re surrounded no more
You’re not there, now you’re always here
Youre a handsome groom, a loving father, a haunted stairwell
You’re the clear bell ringing, the mountains echo your song
Maybe no one has ever known you
You are twilight and star burn and shade.”
View the tribute posts below.
