Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis.

The stories about Chris Cornell are insane. He was a latchkey kid who was doing weed,

pills, and LSD by the age of 14. A traumatic experience with PCP turned him into a recluse for years.

Music pulled him out of the darkness when he discovered his four-octive voice by accident.

He was robbed by crooked DEA agents, developed an addiction to OxyContin while trying to jumpstart a creative comeback.

It was part of the only rock band in history to send a song that featured a guy playing the spoons up the charts.

That song, like the best of Chris Cornell's songs, was great music.

Unlike that loop I played for you at the top of the show, that wasn't great music.

That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Montage Mystique, MK, One.

I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to cold-hearted by Paula Abdul.

And why would I play you that specific slice of Lakers Girl cheese could I afford it?

Because that was the number one song in America on September 5th, 1989.

And that was the day that Chris Cornell's band Soundgarden released

Louder Than Love, an album that got them on tour with Guns and Roses,

inspired Metallica to write one of their biggest hits of all time,

and pushed Chris Cornell to the forefront of a new musical movement in America.

On this episode, PCP, a four-octave range, crooked DEA agents,

The Spoon Man, and Chris Cornell.

I'm Jake Brennan, and this is disgrace land. Chris Cornell killed himself. That sucks. Suicide sucks. It's happened too many times to too many great artists. Kurt Covain, Michael

Hutchins, Chester Bennington, Anthony Bourdain, and Chris Cornell, dead in 2017 at just 52 years old.

If you've ever heard Soundgarden, audio slave, or a temple of the dog, then you know that

Chris Cornell had a monster voice.

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