Kleeman's Last Word

Audioslave finished?

From the NBA to modern rock we go...

I have it on decent authority (not just some Texas DJ--Don Jantzen to be exact) that Audioslave might be through as this millenium's premiere supergroup.
With Chris Cornell pining for his solo album release, it would seem obvious to point the finger at him, but a few sources (including mine) are saying that issues exist between all the members.
Don't take this at face value as 1) I certainly hope these guys aren't done playing music together
2) The person I am calling a source might have some fishy information.

Tom Morello is in Australia right now promoting the group's hot off the press single "Original Fire."
Morello has a much lower-profile solo offering pending and the band was rather hasty in dropping a third album.
I'm also sure Cornell has exchanged some words with his bandmates about their newfound politicism. He said he wanted to play with the former Rage nucleus under the condition that they wouldn't make political statements.
He had to have offered enough consent to write lyrics for the upcoming album "revelations"'s few anti-war, political numbers.
No tour dates are on the docket and remember that Morello is going solo promoting the BAND'S single.

Could all of these miniscule issues piled on one another spell the end for Audioslave?

We the fans hope not. Sources including a booking agent close to the band are sure that our hopes will be slashed.

As Cornell sings on the groups' hit ballad I am the Highway, "I am not your rolling wheels, I am the skyway."
Maybe Cornell's luggage and band-fronting faculties are leaving on a different flight.

Only the air traffic control center can tell us the real truth.

posted by Robert Kleeman @ 10:51 AM