Kitarist Rage Against The Machine, Prophets Of Rage ter razpuščenih Audioslave, Tom Morello, je v nedavnem intervijuju ponovno spregovoril o lani preminulem Chrisu Cornellu.
- maja bo minilo eno leto od tragične odločitve vokalista Audioslave in Soundgarden, ki je zaznamovala tudi Morella. Predvsem mu je odprla drugačen pogled na svet in sočloveka.
Well, there were no warning signs with Chris; it was such a surprise. The one thing that we just have to all be conscious of, whether it’s musicians or not, is just to look out for each other and check in to see how people are doing. But that was such a tragedy. We love that guy and I miss him so much, and I’m just glad that I was able to be in a band with him.
Na Cornellovo dejanje nihče ni bil pripravljen, prav tako ga nihče ni predvidel, saj naj na zunaj ne bi izkazoval nikakršnih znakov stiske. Takšni dogodki spremenijo človeka, njegovo dojemanje besed in dejanj soljudi.
I’m actually in my den right now and I’m looking at the Audioslave records, and it’s so amazing to have been in a band with one of the greatest rock voices of all time. He was a really good dude, and I’m just so happy that we got to play together one last time in January of 2017, where we played at the ‘Anti-Inaugural Ball’. Audioslave hadn’t played in 12 years and we did three songs and it was pretty awesome. So I’m glad that we had that.
Čeprav Audioslave niso bili aktivni vse od izdaje ‘Relevations’ leta 2006, Tom Morello čas z njimi označuje za eno najbolj zadovoljivih, produktivnih in srečnih obdobij svojega ustvarjanja. Priznava pa, da niso bila vsa tako lepa, ter da je tudi sam že doživel obdobja zloma in predaje.
But I have been fortunate to never suffer from clinical depression or addiction issues, which are two things that plague the world and the musician community especially. For me, I’ve always had a pretty good grounding in close family and friends and the people that I hang out with couldn’t care less that I’m in a band at all and I can’t even get ’em to come to shows, and I’ve got little kids too, who also couldn’t care less and never wanna come to shows. So, for me, there’s a real healthy grounding in family and staying away from some of the trappings that go along with the music business.
Res, klinična depresija postaja vse večji problem med javno izpostavljenimi, ali pa se zaradi takih dogodkov o njej vse več govori in postaja le vse manjši tabu. Glasbeniki niso nobena izjema, kot priznava Morello.
Po smrti Cornella so Audioslave svoje delovanje tudi uradno postavili na stranski tir. Poleg treh izdanih albumov naj bi bilo posnetega še nekaj materiala, usoda katerega po Morellovih besedah ostaja »iskreno še neznana«. Prav tako tudi morebitno nadaljevanje ustvarjanja zasedbe.
You know, we recorded music for Audioslave records, and then we recorded more songs than made those records, and I’m certain at some point it will come out but there’s no plans for it. We had talked about it when, you know, Chris was alive and we thought at some point there will be the right time to put it out. Now I don’t know that there’s ever a right time to put it out, but there’s no reason that it shouldn’t come out at some point.
Morello, basist Tim Commerford in bobnar Brad Wilk sicer znano sodelujejo tudi v zasedbi Rage Against The Machine, ter od 2016 tudi v Prophets Of Rage, s slednjimi so lani septembra izdali prvi LP. Za nadaljevanje glasbenega ustvarjanja te izjemne trojice se torej ne gre bati, vprašanje pa je, ali bo Audioslave usmeritev še kdaj iskala novo grlo.