Red Mosquito

Jammer XCI wrote:Road Less Travelled (Cornell/Cameron) - 4:10
Orphans (Cornell/Cameron) - 3:18
At Ophians Door (Cornell/Cameron)- 5:05
Cancer (Cornell) - 4:00
Stone Age Mind (Cornell)- 4:22
Ahead of the Dog (Cornell/Thayil) - 3:47
Mermas (Cornell/Shepherd) - 4:32

There’s the mythical unreleased Soundgarden material info.

Jammer XCI wrote:Road Less Travelled (Cornell/Cameron) - 4:10
Orphans (Cornell/Cameron) - 3:18
At Ophians Door (Cornell/Cameron)- 5:05
Cancer (Cornell) - 4:00
Stone Age Mind (Cornell)- 4:22
Ahead of the Dog (Cornell/Thayil) - 3:47
Mermas (Cornell/Shepherd) - 4:32

There’s the mythical unreleased Soundgarden material info.

According to the lawsuit, Cornell made the seven recordings at his personal studio in Florida in 2017. The suit alleges there was never any explicit agreement that these songs were for Soundgarden, and that Cornell was the exclusive owner of them. After Cornell’s death, the band reached out to Vicky, who agreed to share the unreleased recordings with Soundgarden for a potential new album so long as they used one of Cornell’s “trusted producers” and kept her informed about a possible album marketing strategy.

Bammer wrote:Vicky Karayiannis is a bloodsucking whore

Jammer XCI wrote:Road Less Travelled (Cornell/Cameron) - 4:10
Orphans (Cornell/Cameron) - 3:18
At Ophians Door (Cornell/Cameron)- 5:05
Cancer (Cornell) - 4:00
Stone Age Mind (Cornell)- 4:22
Ahead of the Dog (Cornell/Thayil) - 3:47
Mermas (Cornell/Shepherd) - 4:32

There’s the mythical unreleased Soundgarden material info.

Vicky long ago offered to share the sound recordings with the band, provided that they were released in a way that would respect her late husband’s legacy and wishes (including to have his trusted producer involved in the process). The band refused, however, on the absurd contention that the recordings are somehow the sole property of their purported partnership and that they (despite not creating the sound recordings) are somehow entitled to unilaterally dictate how the recordings should be exploited

After rejecting Vicky’s offer to share Chris’ recordings according to Chris’ wishes, the Defendants resorted to strong-arm tactics by withholding royalties undeniably owed to Chris’ estate (on which Chris’ three surviving children are dependent). Worse, Chris’ former band members menaced Chris’ family with false media statements intended to rile the cyber-stalkers who have been making vile online accusations and the real-life stalker, who was recently released from Federal prison after threatening Vicky’s life. misinformation without regard for intensifying the hateful targeting of Chris’ family, despite knowing that the family already needed FBI protection, and despite Vicky’s pleas that they not make any future statements that would further endanger Chris’ children. Even after being shown examples of the online hate directed towards Chris’ children, Thayil persisted. By knowingly imperiling Chris’ family with such callous cruelty, the former band members have revealed their monstrous avarice for the sound recordings which they neither created nor own

Vicky is reluctantly bringing this action because, despite numerous attempts to work with the band on the release of Chris’ sound recordings, the band has refused to honor Chris’ legacy and wishes. Instead, they are continuing to coerce Vicky by egregiously withholding monies due to her and Chris’ children (even though Rit Venerus and the band fraudulently assured Vicky that the monies would be paid to her). The band members’ tortious conduct towards Chris’ family is consistent with their animus towards Chris, displayed when they failed to so much as turn around their tour bus upon learning of Chris’ death; failed to check in with Chris’s grieving family; and failed to so much as attempt to quell the online threats against Chris’ children

Upon hearing the news of Chris’ tragic passing, the Surviving Band Members did not see the need to turn the tour bus around, or reach out to support Vicky or console Chris’ children. Instead, they flew home, collected their money from the tour, and showed up for the very funeral to shed crocodile tears and falsely promise, “we’ll always be there for the kids.

Critically, there was never any agreement between Chris and the Band to treat the Unreleased Sound Recordings as property of the Band or the purported Partnership. Nor was there ever any writing assigning any of Chris’ interest in the Unreleased Sound Recordings to the Band, the Surviving Band Members, and/or the Partnership. Rather, Chris was the sole and exclusive owner and copyright holder of the Unreleased Sound Recordings which he created and fixed in a tangible medium of expression

However, approximately a year later, the Band reneged on its agreement, informing Vicky that the Band: (a) was unwilling to commit to the Trusted Producer, (b) would bring in “musicians and producers of [the Band’s] choosing, and (c) was not willing to go “though any type of approval process.” After the Band reneged on its agreement to preserve and respect Chris’ vision and legacy, the Band’s shared legal counsel, Peter Paterno, suggested that, as a compromise, the Band should pick five proposed producers, from which Vicky could choose three. However, the Band rejected the compromise suggested by its own longtime attorney of over thirty years.

Contrary to the specious reference to “songs we were working on,” the Unreleased Sound Recordings are comprised of musical works that
only Chris authored, recorded, or otherwise “worked on.”

Likewise, there is no evidence that the Unreleased Sound Recordings, in which Chris and Chris alone authored the copyrightable elements, were ever intended to be anything but Chris’ sole and exclusive property

Even during his tenure as a Band member, not all of Chris’ songs were created for the Band, as Chris often simultaneously created musical works for different ventures, including solo projects. This autonomy was not unique to Chris, as other Band members provided musical works for the Band’s possible exploitation and then withdrew such musical works under claims of personal property

The Partnership and Surviving Band Members have fabricated the false narrative that Vicky is wrongfully withholding the Unreleased Sound Recordings. To add insult to injury, this false narrative callously agitates the Band’s rabid fan base even though Defendants know that stalkers have already threatened the safety of Vicky and her children enough to require FBI intercession

Demand for Return of Soundgarden Audio Files

Dear Counsel and Representatives of Vicky Cornell: As at least some of you know, this law firm represents Soundgarden, a Washington General Partnership. We are delivering this letter to all of you given our uncertainty as to the appropriate representative to address and coordinate the issues set forth herein. We have been informed by our clients that your client, Vicky Cornell, is in possession of certain audio files belonging to Soundgarden (“Soundgarden files”).
The Soundgarden files were stored on at least one laptop hard drive that was in Chris Cornell’s possession at the time of his
tragic passing. Mr. Cornell had been working on the files in a collaborative effort with the other members of Soundgarden, and the entire band was feeling very positive about their rekindled artistic energy and creativity. We understand that, unfortunately, most or all of the Soundgarden files are unique (
i.e., not stored elsewhere in a form accessible to the Soundgarden partners). We understand that the Soundgarden files consist of any number of files, but include the following known master recordings, which may exist in multiple forms (e.g., from demo and rough recordings, to more polished versions). To be clear, it is
Soundgarden’s position that any music content (instrumental and/or vocals, demos or rough recordings) stored on the hard drive by any or all members of Soundgarden (including any recordings containing only the performances of Chris Cornell intended for Soundgarden) constitutes Soundgarden partnership property. By this letter, Soundgarden demands that Ms. Cornell return the Soundgarden files to Soundgarden. We are hopeful that this issue can be resolved easily and voluntarily. We do note that this formal demand letter follows several previous attempts to obtain the Soundgarden files from Ms. Cornell. For example, we understand that Matt Cameron and Ms. Cornell engaged in a series of text messages in late January and early February 2019 in which Ms. Cornell acknowledged her custody of the Soundgarden files and
stated that “I will have to sort a time to have the hard drive. sent back to Tom so he can extract the SG files to send to you.” We understand from subsequent
emails that Ms. Cornell discussed returning the Soundgarden files with Peter Paterno in February 2019. However, the Soundgarden files were never returned to Soundgarden.

Upon hearing the news of Chris’ tragic passing, the Surviving Band Members did not see the need to turn the tour bus around, or reach out to support Vicky or console Chris’ children. Instead, they flew home, collected their money from the tour, and showed up for the very funeral to shed crocodile tears and falsely promise, “we’ll always be there for the kids.

Wow, just wow....This is the talk of a crazy person. Everybody grieves differently Vicky...