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Originally Posted by Ebolapox
too bad it didn't work out with audioslave... loved the direction they were going toward, but oh well.
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I really liked the first Audioslave record but it was destined to fail because once again, there were two factions: "The Band" and "The Singer".
"The Band" severely compromised after the first record. They went for more of Cornell's "singer/songwriter" approach, which is why you hear less "riff" oriented tracks and more "songs". They also went with Brendan O'Brien as a producer, one of Cornell's friends.
By the third album, it was nearly all Cornell. The band would be in one room jamming out killer, funky riffs and while Cornell was in another room working out songs on his acoustic guitar.
I'm sure you can tell by the album who won out.