Chris Cornell (1964, Seattle, WA, United States) is an American singer/songwriter and guitarist. In 1984 he formed the band
Soundgarden with bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Throughout the late 19
80s and
90s, Soundgarden experienced major success as one of the major grunge bands (along with groups such as
Alice In Chains,
Nirvana, and
Pearl Jam). In 1990, Chris Cornell worked together with the (then) Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, and Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament and Mike McCready (who would later form Pearl Jam) in a project named
Temple Of The Dog.