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Chris Cornell: Bad Trips, Crooked DEA Agents, and Four Octaves of Sheer Power

2025/4/22
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我讲述了克里斯·康奈尔传奇而悲惨的一生。他14岁就开始吸食毒品，一次糟糕的PCP致幻经历让他成为隐士多年。音乐拯救了他，他偶然发现自己拥有四倍音域的嗓音，这让他成为Soundgarden和Audioslave乐队的灵魂人物。然而，黑暗从未真正离开他，他的家乡西雅图的悲剧，以及他始终如一的音乐，都反映了他的内心挣扎。他曾被腐败的缉毒人员抢劫，在试图重振创作生涯时染上羟考酮成瘾。他最终在2017年自杀身亡，年仅52岁。他的音乐才华令人惊叹，他既能驾驭强大的力量，也能展现出极大的克制。他的故事充满了痛苦、挣扎和最终的悲剧，但同时也展现了他作为音乐家和个人的复杂性和韧性。他是一个善良、乐于助人的人，他帮助过许多其他音乐人。他的离世是音乐界的巨大损失，也是对我们所有人关于精神健康和成瘾问题的警示。

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Chris Cornell's life was marked by early exposure to drugs, including a traumatic PCP experience that led to years of seclusion. He accidentally discovered his four-octave voice, which became his defining feature as the frontman for Soundgarden and Audioslave. Despite his vocal talent, Cornell remained grounded and capable of great restraint.
  • Chris Cornell was using weed, pills, and LSD by age 14.
  • A PCP trip caused him to become a recluse for years.
  • He discovered his four-octave voice accidentally.
  • He was capable of both great power and tremendous restraint in his vocal delivery.

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As a teenager, Chris Cornell was traumatized by a bad PCP trip that turned him into a recluse for years. Music pulled him out of the darkness when he discovered his four-octave voice by accident – A voice he used to incredible effect as the frontman for both Soundgarden and Audioslave. But the darkness never really went away – it was there in his hometown of Seattle, where tragedies closed the chapter on grunge, and in his music, which was authentic to the very end.

This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including suicide. If you’re thinking about suicide, or are worried about a friend or loved one, call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.

This episode was originally published on May 22, 2024.

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