Just a small review for my school paper. Uneditied of course
Who would have thought that Chris Cornell could ever combine with the crazed rockers from Rage against the Machine? In 2002 the band Audioslave was formed from Soundgarden’s front man Chris Cornell and Rage against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Tim Commerford, and Brad Wilk. A tour to promote their newest album “Out of Exile”, the reincarnated rockers found themselves in Madison Square Garden playing to rambunctious New York crowd. As fans slowly filled the arena supporting acts 30 Seconds to Mars and Seether took the stage to help ease the wait for the headlining band Audioslave. Seether did not disappoint the Garden crowd with an excellent set consisting of hits Fine Again, Truth, and Remedy. 30 Seconds to Mars also displayed a very energetic show.
As the crowd seemed to settle down, a faint guitar riff was heard in the distance and a moment later the screen covering the stage was ripped down revealing what everyone was there to see. Opening with a fan favorite track of the new album Your Time has Come the band set the stage for a memorable night. Followed up with new songs Set it Off, Doesn’t Remind Me, and Be Yourself, Cornell and the band had the crowd raging. Reaching into his past Cornell and his new band brought back Soundgarden favorite Spoonman and also performing Temple of the Dog’s Hunger Strike that left the crowd in a daze.
The crowd carried Cornell and the rest of the band during hit Like a Stone by singing all the words. Also the bad shocked the audience play debuting a new single just for this tour. Then the show really got started. As Cornell announced that his fellow band mates had prepared something special for the Garden crowd, everyone knew what was to come. With little hesitation the remains of a great rock band kicked into fan favorite Bulls on Parade unleashing fury throughout the arena. The show climaxed through the short set of Rage songs. Chairs were flying and people were in the air as Sleep Now in the Fire brought the crowd into frenzy. Then the final song of the Rage set was Testify that kept the tempo upbeat into the encore break.
Chris Cornell then appeared on stage and preformed Soundgarden hits Black Hole Sun and Getaway Car acoustically. He started I am the Highway but was later joined by the rest of the band to make the song unforgettable. The show was ended with Show me How to Live, Rage song Killing in the Name of, and first Audioslave single Cochise. Ending with those strong songs left the crowd wanting even more but unfortunately they would have to wait for Audioslave to come around again.
