Editing Soundgarden (section)

===Aftermath, disbandment and reunions (2017–present)===
In September 2017, drummer [[Matt Cameron]] told ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' that he and the other surviving members of Soundgarden had yet to make a decision about the future of the band following Cornell's death. He was quoted as saying, "I don't think we're ready to say anything other than ... Kim and Ben and I are certainly aware of how much our fans are hurting, and we're certainly hurting right there along with them. But we're extremely private people, and we're all still processing our grief in our own way and on our own time. But we definitely are thinking of our fans and love them very much."<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Graff|first1=Gary|author-link=Gary Graff|title=Pearl Jam's Matt Cameron Premieres 'Time Can't Wait' Lyric Video: Watch|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7981796/pearl-jams-matt-cameron-premieres-time-cant-wait-lyric-video-watch|magazine=Billboard|date=September 29, 2017|access-date=30 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102212131/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7981796/pearl-jams-matt-cameron-premieres-time-cant-wait-lyric-video-watch|archive-date=November 2, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In September 2018, guitarist [[Kim Thayil]] told ''Billboard'' that he and the other surviving members of Soundgarden were still unsure about the future of the band. He clarified, "We often reference rock history and we've often commented on what other bands in similar situations have done, not as a plan or anything but just commenting on how bands have handled situations like this and what bands seem to have been graceful and dignified in how they manage their future musical endeavors and how some maybe were clumsy and callous. We think about those things. We try not to go too deep into these conversations, but stuff comes up after a few beers."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Soundgarden's Kim Thayil Says MC5 Anniversary Tour Helped Him 'Come Out of the Fetal Position'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8473679/kim-thayil-mc5-tour-interview|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard.com]]|date=September 5, 2018|access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref> A month later, Cameron told ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' that the surviving members of Soundgarden "would certainly love to try to continue to do something, figure out something to do together." Bassist [[Ben Shepherd]] added, "We haven't even gotten a chance to hang out, just us three, yet. We're going through natural healing, then thinking about the natural next step."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Watch Chris Cornell Statue Unveiling in Seattle|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/soundgarden-chris-cornell-seattle-statue-unveiling-734199/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone|rollingstone.com]]|date=October 8, 2018|access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref>

In an October 2018 interview with ''[[The Seattle Times|Seattle Times]]'', Thayil stated that the Soundgarden band name would be retired. He explained, "I don't know really what kind of thing is possible or what we would consider in the future. It's likely nothing. The four of us were that. There were four of us and now there's three of us, so it's just not likely that there's much to be pursued other than the catalog work at this point." Thayil also stated that while he did not rule out the possibility of working with Cameron and Shepherd in a different capacity, writing or touring under the Soundgarden banner again was unlikely. "No, I don't think that's anything we'd give reasonable consideration to at this point. When I say 'at this point,' I mean perhaps ever."<ref name="seattletimes2018">{{cite web|last=Rietmulder|first=Michael|title=Kim Thayil talks Soundgarden's future, playing with rebooted MC5 — his 'favorite band ever'|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/kim-thayil-talks-soundgardens-future-playing-with-rebooted-mc5-his-favorite-band-ever/|work=The Seattle Times|date=October 11, 2018|access-date=October 12, 2018}}</ref>

In January 2019, the remaining members of the band reunited in a tribute concert and fundraiser at [[The Forum (Inglewood, California)|The Forum]] in [[Inglewood, California]], organized by Cornell's widow, Vicky Cornell. Members of Soundgarden, [[Temple of the Dog]], [[Audioslave]], [[Alice in Chains]], [[Melvins]], [[Foo Fighters]], and [[Metallica]] together with other notable artists performed songs from Cornell's career. [[Taylor Momsen]], [[Zen Guerrilla|Marcus Durant]], [[Brandi Carlile]], and [[Taylor Hawkins]] contributed vocals to Soundgarden, who performed "[[Rusty Cage]]", "[[Flower (Soundgarden song)|Flower]]", "[[Outshined]]", "[[Drawing Flies (Soundgarden song)|Drawing Flies]]", "[[Loud Love]]", "[[I Awake (Soundgarden song)|I Awake]]", "[[The Day I Tried to Live]]", and "[[Black Hole Sun]]", making this their only performance since Cornell's death.<ref name="tribute concert">{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/chris-cornell-honored-five-hour-131138038.html|title=Chris Cornell honored with five-hour, 42-song tribute concert: Video + Setlist|website=news.yahoo.com|language=en-US|date=January 17, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref>

In July 2019, Thayil said in an interview with ''Music Radar'' that the surviving members of Soundgarden are trying to finish and release the album they were working on with Cornell. However, the master files of Cornell's vocal recordings are currently being withheld, and when Thayil sought permission to use these files, he was denied.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/soundgardens-kim-thayil-im-not-on-a-first-name-basis-with-my-gear-i-just-know-its-mr-mesaboogie-and-mr-guild |title=Soundgarden's Kim Thayil: "I'm not on a first-name basis with my gear; I just know it's Mr Mesa/Boogie and Mr Guild!" |last=Astley-Brown |first=Michael |date=July 23, 2019 |website=Music Radar}}</ref>

In December 2019, Cornell's widow, Vicky Cornell, sued the surviving members of Soundgarden over seven unreleased recordings Cornell made before his death in 2017, claiming "they have “shamelessly conspired to wrongfully withhold hundreds of thousands of dollars indisputably owed to Chris’ widow and minor children in an unlawful attempt to strong-arm Chris’ Estate into turning over certain audio recordings created by Chris before he passed away." The lawsuit stated that Cornell made the seven recordings at his personal studio in Florida in 2017, which there was never any explicit agreement that these songs were meant for Soundgarden, and that Cornell was the only owner of tracks.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 9, 2019 |title=Chris Cornell's Widow Sues Soundgarden Over Unreleased Recordings |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chris-cornell-vicky-cornell-soundgarden-lawsuit-royalties-924015/ |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In February 2020, Thayil, Cameron and Shepherd demanded Vicky to hand over the unreleased recordings, claiming that they worked jointly on these final tracks with Chris and that Vicky has no right to withhold from them what they call the "final Soundgarden album." The band members pointed to interviews Chris and his bandmates made at the time confirming they were working together on what would be Soundgarden's eighth album.<ref name="lawsuit timeline">{{Cite magazine |title=A Timeline of the Legal Battle Between Chris Cornell's Widow & Soundgarden |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/9530384/timeline-vicky-cornell-soundgarden-legal-battle |magazine=Billboard |date=March 23, 2021}}</ref> In March 2020, Soundgarden asked court to dismiss the lawsuit.<ref name="lawsuit timeline"/> In May 2020, Soundgarden countersued Vicky claiming that she engaged in "fraudulent inducement" by allegedly attempting to use the revenue from the January 2019 "I Am the Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell" concert, which was meant to go to the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation, for "personal purposes for herself and her family".<ref name="lawsuit timeline"/> The band dropped the benefit concert lawsuit in July 2020.<ref name="lawsuit timeline"/>

On August 10, 2020, [[Nile Rodgers]] and [[Merck Mercuriadis]]'s company [[Hipgnosis Songs Fund]] acquired 100% of Chris Cornell's catalog of song rights (241 songs),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Financial and Operational Highlights - Hipgnosis Songs Fund |url=https://www.hipgnosissongs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/HSFL-IR20-Web.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.hipgnosissongs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/HSFL-IR20-Web.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |website=Hipgnosis Songs Fund |page=6 |date=December 4, 2020}}</ref> including Soundgarden's catalog.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting Disapplication of Pre-Emption Rights - Hipgnosis Songs Fund |url=https://www.hipgnosissongs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/HSFL-Notice-of-EGM-5-February-2021.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.hipgnosissongs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/HSFL-Notice-of-EGM-5-February-2021.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |website=Hipgnosis Songs Fund |page=68 |date=January 21, 2021}}</ref> Rodgers is friends with Cornell's widow.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodgers |first=Nile |author-link=Nile Rodgers |date=October 4, 2021 |title=Last week at #NoTimeToDie #jamesbond007 premier w my dear friend Vicky, the wife of @chriscornell who sang #YouKnowMyName the #casinoroyale theme & the 1st #danielcraig007 appearance. Chris and I adored each other. I'm so proud of how the family has come since his tragic passing. |url=https://twitter.com/nilerodgers/status/1444959275038695424 |website=Twitter}}</ref>

On December 1, 2020, Thayil, Shepherd and Cameron performed as "members of Soundgarden" alongside Tad Doyle of [[Tad (band)|Tad]], [[Mike McCready]] and Meagan Grandallat at [[MoPOP Founders Award]] tribute to [[Alice in Chains]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2, 2020 |title=Watch TADGarden Perform "Angry Chair" by Alice In Chains at MoPOP Founders Award 2020 |url=https://www.mopop.org/about-mopop/the-mopop-blog/posts/2020/december/watch-tadgarden-perform-angry-chair-by-alice-in-chains-at-mopop-founders-award-2020/ |website=MoPOP.org}}</ref>

In February 2021, Vicky Cornell filed another lawsuit claiming that the remaining members of Soundgarden had undervalued her share of the band, offering her "the villainously low figure of less than $300,000."<ref name="lawsuit timeline"/> Vicky claimed the band offered her $300,000 despite receiving a $16 million offer from another investor for the act's master recordings. Vicky said she counter-offered $12 million for the band's collective interests, equaling $4 million per surviving member, which they denied. She then offered them $21 million for the band's interests, and that offer was also rejected.<ref name="lawsuit timeline"/> Soundgarden said in a statement that the "buyout offer that was demanded by the estate has been grossly mischaracterized and we are confident that clarity will come out in court. All offers to buy out our interests have been unsolicited and rejected outright." The band also noted that they also had not had access to their social media accounts, which has resulted in "misleading and confusing our fans", leading the band to create new Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts under the name "Nude Dragons", an anagram for Soundgarden.<ref name="lawsuit timeline"/> On March 19, 2021, a federal judge recommended that claims the surviving band members improperly withheld "hundreds of thousands of dollars" and that the band's manager breached his duty to look after Vicky's interests be dismissed, citing lack of evidence of the band withholding royalties.<ref name="lawsuit timeline"/> On March 25, 2021, Soundgarden demanded the passwords for their social media and website.<ref name="lawsuit timeline"/> On June 15, 2021, the band got their website and social media accounts back in a temporary agreement with Vicky.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=June 16, 2021 |title=Soundgarden Gets Its Social Media Accounts Back in Temporary Agreement With Vicky Cornell |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9587952/soundgarden-gets-social-media-accounts-back-vicky-cornell-deal/ |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

On April 17, 2023, it was officially revealed that seven final recordings with Cornell would be released after the dispute between the members and Vicky Cornell had ended.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=2023-04-17 |title=Soundgarden, Chris Cornell Estate Settle Lawsuits, Pave Way for Final Recordings |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/soundgarden-chris-cornell-widow-settle-lawsuit-final-recordings-1234710236/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

On December 14, 2024, the surviving members of Soundgarden, along with vocalist Shaina Shepherd, performed together under the moniker Nudedragons (previously used in 2010) for a benefit show in Seattle for the [[Seattle Children's Hospital]].<ref name="nudedragons24"/>

On April 28, 2025, it was announced that Soundgarden was nominated for induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref name="rr25"/> The surviving members of the band will reunite that July for the benefit concert [[Back to the Beginning]], which will serve as a final gig for both [[Black Sabbath]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/steven-tyler-and-members-of-soundgarden-added-to-black-sabbaths-final-concert|title=STEVEN TYLER And Members Of SOUNDGARDEN Added To BLACK SABBATH's Final Concert|publisher=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=May 9, 2025|date=May 2, 2025}}</ref>