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Soundgarden, Cornell's wife reach temporary truce over digital accounts
It appears that the surviving members of the Seattle-based grunge band and the wife of their late frontman Chris Cornell have reached an agreement over the protracted dispute, at least temporarily.
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A tribute to Chris Cornell is projected on the scoreboard of Safeco Field in the band's hometown of Seattle, Washington, before the game between the Seattle Mariners amd the Chicago White Sox on May 18, 2017, the date Cornell was found dead in a hotel room in Detroit, Michigan. (Getty Images North America/AFP/Stephen Brashear)
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he remaining members of American rock band Soundgarden have reached an agreement with their late member’s wife, Vicky Cornell, to have their social media accounts back in their control.
They posted the announcement on their social media, along with the message to not spread any harmful rumors or theories toward their late member, Chris Cornell, who died in 2017.
“Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell, the personal representative of the Estate of Christopher Cornell, are pleased to announce that, effective June 15, 2021, they have come to a temporary agreement that will transfer the Soundgarden social media accounts and website to the band’s remaining members, Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd and their managers, Red Light Management,” the post stated.
— Soundgarden (@soundgarden) June 16, 2021
“The agreement marks a productive first step towards healing and open dialogue, and the parties wish for the social media accounts to celebrate the Band’s accomplishments and music while continuing to honor Chris’ legacy.”
Previously, the surviving members and Vicky Cornell had been in an on-going legal dispute. In late 2019, Vicky filed a lawsuit against the band and its business manager, claiming that she was the rightful owner of her husband’s unreleased recordings and that the band had been withholding hundreds of thousands of dollars from her, according to Billboard.
The late singer left his intellectual and personal property rights to his wife for the benefit of their two children.
Following the lawsuit, Vicky changed the passwords for the band’s social media accounts, locking the members—Thayil, Cameron and Shepherd—out of Soundgarden’s official accounts. They accused Vicky for "holding hostage the login information" in court papers.
With the “temporary agreement”, both parties have seemingly worked out the problems or are in the process of doing so. The band shared a follow-up message to the fans on social media, reminding everyone to be respectful and that there should be no more talk about “wives, children, exes, significant others, [...] of any of the current or former band members.”
The Seattle grunge act still has several pending lawsuits that they have to deal with regarding the ownership of Cornell’s final recordings with Soundgarden, according to Rolling Stones. The ownership issue blocked their attempt to finish an album they were working on with Cornell before his death.
