VICKY CORNELL SUES SOUNDGARDEN (AGAIN)

According to court documents seen by Rolling Stone, Soundgarden received an offer worth $16 million from an unnamed third party seeking to purchase the band’s recorded music catalogue. Vicky Cornell – the widow of Soundgarden’s late frontman Chris Cornell – says the band offered to purchase her stake in the band for the “villainously low figure of less than $300,000”.

Cornell had offered the band $21 million for their own shares, the lawsuit reveals, however they turned the offer down. Cornell has requested the courts determine a price for her assets that – in addition to the value of Soundgarden’s master recordings – is based on future merchandise sales, potential tours with a new singer, possible hologram performances and “deep-fake renditions of Chris’ vocals drawn from extant recordings by artificial intelligence that could mint brand new Soundgarden hits”.