21 - Audioslave

I'll take it all, arrows or guns
Hundreds or more to save you from one

Just outside of the top 20 is Audioslave, the supergroup formed by the lead singer of Soundgarden (aka the band you just read about) and the rhythm section of Rage Against The Machine (whom you'll read about shortly).

Wiki - Audioslave was an American hard rock supergroup who formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. It consisted of then former Soundgarden frontman, rhythm guitarist, and lead singer Chris Cornell and the former instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello (guitar), Tim Commerford (bass and backing vocals) and Brad Wilk (drums). Critics initially described Audioslave as an amalgamation of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden, but by the band's second album, Out of Exile, it was noted that they had established a separate identity.

The band's trademark sound was created by blending 1970s hard rock with 1990s alternative rock. Moreover, Morello incorporated his well-known, unconventional guitar solos into this mix. As with Rage Against the Machine, the band prided themselves on the fact that all sounds on their albums were produced using only guitar, bass, drums and vocals.

After Audioslave released three successful albums, received three Grammy nominations, and became the first American rock band to perform an open-air concert in Cuba, Cornell issued a statement in February 2007 announcing that he was permanently leaving the band "due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences". As the other three members were busy with the Rage Against the Machine reunion, and Morello and Cornell had each released solo albums in 2007, Audioslave was officially disbanded.

Discography -

Audioslave (2002)
Out of Exile (2005)*
Revelations (2006)
*=best album

Best 10 Audioslave songs:

10 Somedays
9 Moth
8 Be Yourself
7 Set it Off
6 Cochise
5 Show Me How to Live
4 Like a Stone
3 Dandelion
2 Heaven's Dead
1 Doesn't Remind Me

Audioslave was one of the top 5 concerts I've been to when I saw them in November 2005. Me and my friend Erica we're literally 3 rows away from Tom Morello and she claims that he smiled right at her. It was totally at me.



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