Last month, the former Soundgarden wailer Chris Cornell was making noise about maybe being invited to tour with the sorta-reformed Led Zeppelin, but judging by this quote, he apparently just wanted to be invited for the sole purpose of turning Page, Jones, and Bonham down: “It just doesn’t make any sense to me at all. I would not want to go see me performing Led Zeppelin songs with the two other guys that used to be in a band called Led Zeppelin while Robert Plant is out somewhere touring. That’s not a ticket I would buy. God bless ‘em, but that’s not Led Zeppelin. I find it completely depressing. I’d never do anything like that. I mean just out of respect to the legacy of the band.” Unfortunately, the interviewer didn’t follow up with a question on whether or not Cornell was OK with filling in for Plant when he stops touring with Alison Krauss. [Edmonton Sun; HT Reed Fischer]
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Looks Like Chris Cornell Didn’t Get Offered The Led Zeppelin Fill-In Gig
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Cornell is pretty sane compared to the rabid fans frothing at the mouths all because he tried something different.
@huRu: I’m all for artists trying something different, but Timbaland-assisted OneRepublic rip-offs probably wasn’t his best idea.
I’m no “rabid fan” but man, this guy was gold in the 90s. And Euphoria Morning was actually good! The new stuff…eh, not so much.
@dsven: co-sign. the song from ‘life on mars’ wasn’t so bad, but a lot of the more onerepublicy stuff… erg, i didn’t like it when ryan tedder was singing it either.
Are we sure that Cornell hasn’t gone all Andy Kaufman on us?