Soundgarden Respond To Lawsuit From Chris Cornell’s Widow, Vicky
It’s been over a month since news surfaced that Chris Cornell’s widow, Vicky, was suing the surviving members of Soundgarden, and now the band have broken their silence on the situation, filing a motion to dismiss it. The lawsuit implies hundreds of thousands of dollars in alleged missing royalties, as well as the rights to seven unreleased recordings by the late singer, but Chris’ bandmates – Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd – have today (January 4) filed a motion to dismiss it. “We don’t have possession of our own creative work,” the band claim, before adding: “Vicky Cornell has possession of the only existing multi-track recordings of the last Soundgarden tracks that include Chris Cornell’s instrumental parts and vocals. All of the band members joint...
