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Remember these guys? Of course you do. The first shot in the Grunge revolution, Soundgarden, plans to reunite in 2010, according to Billboard. And just in time, too. Lead singer Chris Cornell has had a post-Soundgarden career that’s among the worst in rock music, including these missteps:

moody Cornell’s first solo album, “Euphoria Morning,” was way closer to Jeff Buckley’s sound than Soundgarden.
super Cornell then turned most of the members of Rage Against the Machine into mush with Audioslave.
sleepy Cornell’s second solo disc, “Carry On,” was worse than Audioslave and had a boring “Billie Jean” cover.
wtf?? Cornell then made “Scream,” one of 2009’s worst records, with Timbaland. Atone for your sins! source

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Watson (left) got as close as the final hole in the British Open, before blowing a putt then blowing a playoff to Cink. Screw you, Stewie! source

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8.5% of people The unemployment rate in March – the highest level in 25 freakin’ years. Sigh.
5.1 million jobs have been lost since this stupid recession began in December of 2007 source

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Smashing suckage Hi, guys. We’re ShortFormBlog. You may know us from such posts as this one and that one. Anyway, we’re here to talk about a serious problem we’ve noticed lately – Billy Corgan’s ruining the legacy of his band, The Smashing Pumpkins. It started slowly. Then it became more obvious. Now, it’s just too much and we think Billy should stop ruining our positive memories of watching his band on MTV.
Lame things he did Earlier this month, Billy Corgan made his opinions known on two fronts that have the potential to hurt fans. Know the RIAA-supported Performance Rights Act, which would give Corgan money every time “Landslide” plays? He testified to Congress about it. Know that heavily-criticized Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger that’s on the table? He wrote a letter to Congress supporting it.
The final final strawRecently, Jimmy Chamberlain – the only other member of the band still left from the legacy era, Tinted Windows notwithstanding – left Smashing Pumpkins due to a desire not to “cash the check,” as he put it. (Is he uncomfortable with selling out his band’s legacy?) Now, the band is going to have an open call for drummers. Limp Bizkit did something like this, and we know they suck. source

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45 The current Metacritic rating for “Scream,” Cornell’s third crappy solo album
1.5 Number of stars Allmusic gave the Timbaland-produced musical disaster source

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02 Jan 2010 19:33