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Chris Cornell is Raging
5-24-01
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Rap-metal pioneers Rage Against the Machine
are making good on their vow to carry on after the departure of their frontman,
Zack de la Rocha last October. We now have a clearer picture of their plans,
which include a name change and a new vocalist.
While the name Rage Against the Machine
is history, the remaining band members have now teamed up with former Soundgarden
vocalist Chris Cornell to keep the fire burning. It has been widely reported
that Cornell had joined the members of RATM to write new material, but
the future of the group remained unclear. Now the Los Angeles Times has
shed some light on that future.
The Times reports that managers for RATM
and Cornell told them that the group has written 20 songs and are planning
to enter the studio next week with producer Rick Rubin.
The only wrinkle in the Cornell-Rage pairing
is dueling label contracts. Cornell is signed to Interscope and RATM is
signed to Epic. RATM manager Peter Mensch told the Times that the group
is considering releasing albums on both labels; "Album one on Epic, album
two on Interscope."
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