Chris Cornell ‘Disrespected’ By Seattle Rock Icon

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Queensryche singer Geoff Tate said Chris Cornell and Soundgarden were ‘sloppy’ performers in a new Let There Be Talk interview.

Did you go to see any of that early grunge when it was hitting – Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone?

“No, we were so busy touring at that time. I saw Soundgarden because they opened for us on the tour, so yeah, that was my intro into grunge music.

“You know, Soundgarden, they were sloppy as hell. They were so sloppy back then compared to what we were doing, which was just meticulously tight. They had a whole different thing, it was really loosey-goosey, but it was cool.

“It was kind of like Zeppelin meets Aerosmith from the ’70s, that kind of loosey, speed-up-slow-down tempo kind of thing. But they had a vibe, and Chris [Cornell] could sing like crazy. He was cool, what he did.

“Ben [Shepherd, bass], he lived near me, we went to the same coffee shop and his sister worked at the coffee shop.

“So we had many conversations about music and life, in general, sitting there at the coffee shop. Nice guy too, very nice guy.” Ultimate-Guitar transcribed his comments.

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Brett previously hosted the BWR wrestling and MMA podcast, interviewing pro wrestling and MMA stars like Kurt Angle, Seth Rollins, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Bruce Buffer, AJ Styles, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy, Edge, and DDP. After ending BWR, Brett opened GrungeReport.net in May 2009. The site changed its name to AlternativeNation.net in June 2013.  Brett ran Scott Weiland's social media accounts for his final 'Master Blaster' tour in fall 2015 and continued to run the accounts after Weiland's death until July 2016. On Alternative Nation, Brett controls all aspects of the website and reports the day to day news.  He has interviewed members of Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Imagine Dragons, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, and The Smiths. Brett has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and on the Reelz Channel. You can reach Brett at contact @alternativenation.net