Last updated: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
SCARED BANDMATES PROMPTED AUDIOSLAVE STAR TO SEEK HELP
AUDIOSLAVE frontman CHRIS CORNELL checked into rehab after recording the rock supergroup's first album after realising how his substance abuse problems were affecting his band.
CHRIS CORNELL from AUDIOSLAVE at The Austin Music Hall. Austin, Texas - 17.04.05
The former SOUNDGARDEN star admits his alcoholism and drug use was at its worst while he was recording Audioslave's eponymous debut in 2002 - prompting him to quit and later rejoin the group.
A 'breakdown' led to him seeking counselling for a substance abuse problem he developed over a decade ago when he fronted grunge gods Soundgarden.
He tells Spin magazine, "Realising how I was affecting people I cared about made a big difference. The other three members of Audioslave didn't know me that well, and when we started making the first record, I was pretty much at my worst.
"We were writing great songs, but then it got scary for them... I felt a sense of sadness and fear in them that made me wake up.
"It was being around people who weren't part of the bad part of my life that I then saw how bad it was."
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