The widow of singer and his former bandmates in Soundgarden said Monday that they have resolved her lawsuit against them, clearing the way for the release of the band's final recordings more than five years after his death.
in federal court in 2019 over royalties from recordings her husband had made that she said were intended to be a solo project but the band contended were part of their partnership with him.
鈥� , on behalf of the Estate of Chris Cornell, are happy to announce they have reached an amicable out of court resolution,鈥� the two sides said in a statement. 鈥淭he reconciliation marks a new partnership between the two parties, which will allow Soundgarden fans around the world to hear the final songs that the band and Chris were working on.鈥�
No details of the agreement were released, and no court documents declaring that a deal had been reached have been filed in court. An email seeking details from Soundgarden's lawyers was not immediately returned.
made the seven disputed recordings in his Miami Beach home studio in the months before his death in May 2017 after a Soundgarden concert in Detroit, according to the lawsuit, whose defendants included the band's guitarist Kim Thayil, drummer Matt Cameron and bassist Ben Shepherd.
It alleged the band was denying hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties from Vicky Cornell and the couple's two children.
In 2021, against a doctor they alleged over-prescribed him drugs before his death, which was ruled a suicide.
Soundgarden was founded in 1984, and broke nationally during the rise of Seattle鈥檚 grunge music scene in the late 鈥�80s and early 鈥�90s. Their best-known songs include 鈥淏lack Hole Sun,鈥� 鈥淛esus Christ Pose,鈥� 鈥淥utshined鈥� and 鈥淪poonman.鈥� Cornell was also part of the bands Audioslave and Temple of the Dog.
鈥淭he two parties are united and coming together to propel, honor and build upon Soundgarden鈥檚 incredible legacy,鈥� Monday's statement said, 鈥渁s well as Chris鈥檚 indelible mark on music history as one of the greatest songwriters and vocalists of all time.鈥�
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