Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:Matt just posted a video on insty of him playing drums to what I can only assume is a Cornell demo from 2016 -- likely something that is currently being argued over with Vicki.

tragabigzanda wrote:Matt just posted a video on insty of him playing drums to what I can only assume is a Cornell demo from 2016 -- likely something that is currently being argued over with Vicki.

meatwad wrote:SG did not make it into the RRHOF.

The Band interrupted its April 2017 studio session in Seattle to begin a national tour starting on April 27, 2017. On May 14, 2017, the Band played in Kansas City, Missouri. After the show Cornell flew home to New York City. On May 17, he flew to Detroit, Michigan to join other Band Members for a Soundgarden concert that night at the Fox Theatre. Following the concert - as was customary - Thayil, Cameron and Shepherd (the "Surviving Band Members" or "Remaining Partners") made the late night trip in the Band's tour buses to their next concert destination in Columbus, Ohio, where the Band had a concert on May 19. Cornell stayed behind at a Detroit hotel with the plan to fly on to Columbus, as was his normal practice because Cornell was unable to sleep on buses. As their buses were headed to Columbus in the early morning of May 18, the Surviving Band Members learned that Cornell had been found dead in his hotel room in Detroit after midnight (tragically, Cameron first saw a "RIP: Chris Cornell" item on his Facebook page, called Thayil who was on the other bus, who then woke Shepherd, and they and their crew frantically searched news, social media and called friends and family, until they received the awful confirmation from their tour manager).

joostone wrote:I've read through most of this. Feeling both sad and awkward, I should not be able to read this. This lawsuit should have never happened. And from what Ive read in both the case from Vicky aswell as SG's....Well, she doesnt stand a chance....


I saw 'marriage story'' on Netflix recently. A sad movie about a couple breaking up, and if that's not difficult enough along come the family law lawyers making everything worse for everyone. I have a feeling something like this happened here aswell, in her process of grieving Vicky was approached by some copyright lawyer...

96583UP wrote:

joostone wrote:I've read through most of this. Feeling both sad and awkward, I should not be able to read this. This lawsuit should have never happened. And from what Ive read in both the case from Vicky aswell as SG's....Well, she doesnt stand a chance....


I saw 'marriage story'' on Netflix recently. A sad movie about a couple breaking up, and if that's not difficult enough along come the family law lawyers making everything worse for everyone. I have a feeling something like this happened here aswell, in her process of grieving Vicky was approached by some copyright lawyer...

everything i’ve read about her points to her being a bad apple from day 1, and nothing like this should be a surprise, as nauseating as it is. if a copyright lawyer contacted her it was probably only after she put out an ROI for a copyright lawyer to help her continue to attempt to accumulate as much financial benefit from Chris’ work as possible

Birds in Hell wrote:Wow, Brendan O'Brien is identified as the "trusted producer" who Vicky insisted must produce any Soundgarden material in order for her to release Chris's vocal tracks to the rest of the band, which they rejected.

Interesting that Pearl Jam stopped working with him right around the time all of this was going down - and instead brought in a former Soundgarden crew member.

Soundgarden ultimately covered flights and hotel costs for Vicky Cornell, her children, and extended family members, during and after the 2017 memorial for Chris Cornell in Los Angeles.

Since Cornell's death, the Surviving Band Members have not played together as Soundgarden, except for one performance on January 16, 2019, at a concert titled "I Am the Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell" at the Forum in Los Angeles. The concert - which was performed without compensation by the Surviving Band Members, and many other musicians and celebrities - was intended to benefit the The Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation ("Cornell Foundation"), a California nonprofit corporation, and is believed to have raised many millions of dollars.

It is unclear the fate of this revenue intended by the band, and promised by Vicky Cornell, to be used for charitable purposes. The Cornell Foundation appears not to have publicly released a Form 909 detailing its financial position since 2017.

When he died, Cornell possessed digital multi-track recordings of the seven Unreleased Sound Recordings as well as many other Band-recorded audio files intended for the new Soundgarden studio album (collectively the "Album Files"). The Album Files were stored on at least one (and perhaps more) of Cornell's laptops, and perhaps on other of Cornell's computers or devices, because he had been working on his vocal and instrumental parts for the new tracks while on tour (using the method of "overdubbing"). Out of respect for Cornell's family, the Surviving Band Members and the Band's team promptly arranged delivery of all of Cornell's personal effects, including his laptop(s), to Vicky Cornell. Unfortunately, the Surviving Band Members subsequently realized that Cornell had the only existing multi-track versions of the seven Unreleased Sound Recordings that include Cornell's vocal and instrumental overdubs, along with other unique Album Files.

Vicky Cornell improperly refuses to return control of the Band's official website and social media accounts.

- Through improper means, Vicky Cornell has seized control over the official website and various social media accounts.
- Despite multiple requests, Vicky Cornell has refused to return control of any such accounts or the Band website to the Remaining Partners, their rightful owners and managers, thus constituting conversion.
- Such improper use of the Band's official website and social media accounts includes Vicky Cornell's posting or arranging of statements contrary to the Band or Partnership's interests purportedly, but falsely, made on behalf of the Band.
- Besides fraud, such misuses may constitute trademark misappropriation, false passing-off, and/or breach of right to publicity/unfair competition.

Vicky Cornell appears to have improperly retained overpayments made by mistake to Chris Cornell relating, at least, to the Soundgarden album Badmotorfinger.

Birds in Hell wrote:Wow, Brendan O'Brien is identified as the "trusted producer" who Vicky insisted must produce any Soundgarden material in order for her to release Chris's vocal tracks to the rest of the band, which they rejected.

Interesting that Pearl Jam stopped working with him right around the time all of this was going down - and instead brought in a former Soundgarden crew member.

Birds in Hell wrote:Wow, Brendan O'Brien is identified as the "trusted producer" who Vicky insisted must produce any Soundgarden material in order for her to release Chris's vocal tracks to the rest of the band, which they rejected.

Interesting that Pearl Jam stopped working with him right around the time all of this was going down - and instead brought in a former Soundgarden crew member.