Editing Soundgarden (section)

===Post-breakup activities (1998–2009)===
[[File:Chris Cornell Montreux Jazz Festival 2005.jpg|thumb|upright|Frontman [[Chris Cornell]] performing live at the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] in 2005|alt=A man playing a guitar and singing on stage at a concert.]]
Cornell released a solo album in September 1999, entitled ''[[Euphoria Morning]]'', which featured Matt Cameron on the track "Disappearing One".<ref name="AMGEM">{{cite web |author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/euphoria-morning-mw0000243961 |title=Euphoria Morning - Chris Cornell &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=AllMusic |date=September 21, 1999 |accessdate=August 25, 2015 |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923142743/http://www.allmusic.com/album/euphoria-morning-mw0000243961 |url-status=live }}</ref> By May 2001, Cornell had joined the platinum-selling supergroup [[Audioslave]] with [[Tom Morello]], [[Tim Commerford]] and [[Brad Wilk]], then-former members of [[Rage Against the Machine]],<ref name="Pushing Forward Back">O'Brien, Clare. "Pushing Forward Back." ''Zero Magazine''. September 7, 2005, Iss. 1.</ref> which recorded three albums: ''[[Audioslave (album)|Audioslave]]'' (2002),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/audioslave-st-2495832978.html |title=Audioslave: self-titled |last=Levenfeld |first=Ari |date=April 13, 2003 |website=[[PopMatters]] |accessdate=April 4, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308214844/https://www.popmatters.com/audioslave-st-2495832978.html }}</ref> ''[[Out of Exile]]'' (2005),<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/audioslave-outofexile/|title=Audioslave: Out of Exile|last=Brecheisen|first=Dave|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|date=June 10, 2005|access-date=June 30, 2013|archive-date=November 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102134759/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/audioslave-outofexile/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[Revelations (Audioslave album)|Revelations]]'' (2006).<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Schiller|first=Mike|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/5112/audioslave-revelations/|title=Audioslave: Revelations|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|access-date=May 15, 2007|archive-date=September 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224337/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/5112/audioslave-revelations/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Cornell left Audioslave in early 2007, resulting in the band's break-up.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1552582/20070215/audioslave.jhtml |title=Chris Cornell talks Audioslave split, nixes Soundgarden reunion |last=Harris |first=Chris |date=February 15, 2007 |work=MTV News |publisher=MTV Networks |access-date=January 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227132428/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1552582/20070215/audioslave.jhtml |archive-date=December 27, 2008 }}</ref> His second solo album, ''[[Carry On (Chris Cornell album)|Carry On]]'', was released in June 2007, and his third solo album, ''[[Scream (Chris Cornell album)|Scream]]'', produced by [[Timbaland]], was released in March 2009, both to mixed commercial and critical success.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/cornellchris/carryon?q=chris%20cornell |title=''Carry On'' by Chris Cornell] |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=July 22, 2009 |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020105552/https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/cornellchris/carryon?q=chris%20cornell |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/cornellchris/scream?q=chris%20cornell |title=''Scream'' by Chris Cornell |work=Metacritic |access-date=July 22, 2009 |archive-date=September 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921035615/https://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/cornellchris/scream?q=chris%20cornell |url-status=dead }}</ref> Cornell also wrote the lyrics and provided vocals for the song "Promise" on [[Slash (musician)|Slash]]'s debut solo album ''[[Slash (album)|Slash]]'', released in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/slash-solo-album-interview-the-track-by-track-guide-238767/6#content |title=Slash solo album interview: the track-by-track guide |last=Vinnicombe |first=Chris |date=March 4, 2010 |website=Music Radar}}</ref>

Thayil joined forces with former [[Dead Kennedys]] singer [[Jello Biafra]], former Nirvana bassist [[Krist Novoselic]], and drummer Gina Mainwal for one show, performing as [[The No WTO Combo]] during the [[World Trade Organization|WTO]] ministerial conference in Seattle on December 1, 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/872836/no-wto-combos-live-album-revisits-battle-in-seattle/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011155428/http://www.mtv.com/news/872836/no-wto-combos-live-album-revisits-battle-in-seattle/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2020 |title=No WTO Combo's Live Album Revisits 'Battle In Seattle' |date=May 18, 2000 |website=[[MTV]]|access-date=April 4, 2022|last=Woodlief|first=Mark}}</ref> Thayil contributed guitar tracks to [[Steve Fisk]]'s 2001 album, ''999 Levels of Undo'',<ref name="ThayilBreaksSilence">{{cite magazine |last1=Prato |first1=Greg |title=The Soundgarden songs you haven't heard: Kim Thayil breaks his silence |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-soundgarden-songs-you-havent-heard-kim-thayil-breaks-his-silence-250680/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108103928/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-soundgarden-songs-you-havent-heard-kim-thayil-breaks-his-silence-250680/ |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |date=July 21, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as [[Dave Grohl]]'s 2004 side-project album, ''[[Probot]]''.<ref name="gw-probot">{{cite journal |last1=Epstein |first1=Dan |title=Guitar One Presents Foo Fighters: "Man of Steel" |journal=[[Guitar World]] |date=March 2015 |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/available-now-guitar-one-presents-foo-fighters |access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref> In 2006, Thayil played guitar on the album ''[[Altar (Sunn O))) and Boris album)|Altar]]'', the collaboration between the bands [[Sunn O)))]] and [[Boris (band)|Boris]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/sunn-o-boris-altar-2495742844.html |title=Sunn O))) & Boris: Altar |last=Begrand |first=Adrien |date=November 16, 2006 |website=PopMatters|access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref>

Cameron initially turned his efforts to his side-project [[Wellwater Conspiracy]], to which both Shepherd and Thayil have contributed. He then worked briefly with [[the Smashing Pumpkins]] on the band's 1998 album, ''[[Adore (The Smashing Pumpkins album)|Adore]]''. In 1998, he played drums for Pearl Jam's [[Yield Tour]] following [[Jack Irons]]'s departure,<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pearljam/articles/story/5928493/off_he_goes | title=Off He Goes | access-date=June 28, 2007 | author=Fischer, Blair R | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=April 17, 1998|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071002115935/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pearljam/articles/story/5928493/off_he_goes |archive-date = October 2, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> and later joined Pearl Jam as an official member.<ref name="pop">{{cite news | first = Tim | last = Slowikowski | title = From Mookie Blaylock to Pearl Jam: The Matt Cameron Interview | url = http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/pearljam-030624.shtml | work = [[PopMatters]] | date = June 24, 2003 | access-date = May 23, 2007|archivedate=February 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211002934/https://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/pearljam-030624.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has recorded seven albums as the band's drummer: ''[[Binaural (album)|Binaural]]'' (2000), ''[[Riot Act (album)|Riot Act]]'' (2002), ''[[Pearl Jam (album)|Pearl Jam]]'' (2006), ''[[Backspacer]]'' (2009), ''[[Lightning Bolt (Pearl Jam album)|Lightning Bolt]]'' (2013), ''[[Gigaton (album)|Gigaton]]'' (2020) and ''[[Dark Matter (Pearl Jam album)|Dark Matter]]'' (2024).<ref>Per the [[liner notes|credits]] on each of these albums.</ref> Cameron also played percussion on [[Geddy Lee]]'s album ''[[My Favourite Headache]]''.<ref name=MFHbooklet>{{cite AV media notes|title=My Favourite Headache|others=[[Geddy Lee]]|year=2000|type=booklet|publisher=[[Sub Pop Records]]}}</ref> In 2017, he was inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] as a member of Pearl Jam.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pearl Jam|url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/pearl-jam|website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|access-date=18 October 2017|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707212204/https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/pearl-jam|archive-date=July 7, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Shepherd was the singer on Wellwater Conspiracy's 1997 debut studio album, ''[[Declaration of Conformity (Wellwater Conspiracy album)|Declaration of Conformity]]'', but left the band after its release.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Wellwater Conspiracy Album Due |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ay0kiu/new-wellwater-conspiracy-album-due |publisher=[[MTV]] |access-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302061058/https://www.mtv.com/news/ay0kiu/new-wellwater-conspiracy-album-due |archive-date=March 2, 2023 |date=January 7, 1999}}</ref> He has toured with [[Mark Lanegan]] and played bass on two of Lanegan's albums, ''[[I'll Take Care of You (Mark Lanegan album)|I'll Take Care of You]]'' (1999), and ''[[Field Songs]]'' (2001). Shepherd and Cameron lent a hand with recording [[Tony Iommi]]'s album ''[[Iommi (album)|IOMMI]]'' (2000).<ref name=ITCOYbooklet>{{cite AV media notes|title=I'll Take Care of You|others=[[Mark Lanegan]]|year=1999|type=booklet|publisher=[[Anthem Records]]}}</ref><ref name="shepherdAM">{{cite web |last1=Prato |first1=Greg |title=Ben Shepherd Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ben-shepherd-mn0000165832/biography |website=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514234346/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ben-shepherd-mn0000165832/biography |archive-date=May 14, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> While they were members of Soundgarden they were part of the side-project band [[Hater (band)|Hater]], and in 2005 Shepherd released the band's long-delayed second album, ''[[The 2nd (album)|The 2nd]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Armstrong |first1=Sam |title=Much-Loved Hater Album Finally Returns |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/much-loved-hater-album-finally-returns/ |website=uDiscoverMusic |publisher=[[Universal Music Group]] |access-date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817013120/https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/much-loved-hater-album-finally-returns/ |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |date=May 26, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In a July 2009 interview with ''Rolling Stone'', Cornell shot down rumors of a reunion, saying that conversations between the band members had been limited to discussion about the release of a [[box set]] or B-sides album of Soundgarden rarities, and that there had been no discussion of a reunion at all.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/08/chris-cornell-says-soundgarden-talking-b-sides-box-set-releases/ |title=Chris Cornell Says Soundgarden Talking B Sides, Box Set Releases |date=July 8, 2009 |access-date=July 8, 2009 |author=Harris, Chris |magazine=Rolling Stone |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711081102/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/07/08/chris-cornell-says-soundgarden-talking-b-sides-box-set-releases |archive-date=July 11, 2009 }}</ref> The band's interest in new releases emerged from a 2008 meeting about their shared properties, both financial and legal, where they realized Soundgarden lacked online presence such as a website or a [[Facebook]] page. As Thayil summed up, "we kind of had neglected our merchandise over the last decade".<ref name="SW">{{cite web|url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-07-27/music/soundgarden-touch-of-gray/ |title=Soundgarden: Touch of Gray |work=Seattle Weekly |first=Hannah |last=Levin |date=July 26, 2011 |access-date=January 1, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512051427/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-07-27/music/soundgarden-touch-of-gray/ |archive-date=May 12, 2015 }}</ref> Eventually the musicians decided to create an official site handled by Pearl Jam's Ten Club, relaunch their catalog, and according to Cameron, seek "a bunch of unreleased stuff we wanted to try to put out". In March 2009, Thayil, Shepherd and Cameron got onstage during a concert by [[Tad (band)|Tad Doyle]] in Seattle and played some Soundgarden songs. Cornell stated that the moment "sort of sparked the idea: If Matt, Kim, and Ben can get in a room, rehearse a couple songs, and play, maybe we all could do that as Soundgarden."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.spin.com/2010/08/soundgarden-alive-superunknown/ |title=Soundgarden: Alive in the Superunknown |author=Peisner, David |date=August 17, 2010 |access-date=July 8, 2011 |magazine=Spin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705151114/http://www.spin.com/2010/08/soundgarden-alive-superunknown/ |archive-date=July 5, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="SW"/>

On October 6, 2009, all the members of Soundgarden attended Night 3 of Pearl Jam's four-night stand at the [[Gibson Amphitheatre]] in [[Universal City, California]]. During an encore, [[Temple of the Dog]] reunited for the first time since Pearl Jam's show at the [[Santa Barbara Bowl]] on October 28, 2003. [[Chris Cornell]] joined the band to sing "[[Hunger Strike (song)|Hunger Strike]]". It was the first public appearance of Soundgarden since their breakup in April 1997. Consequently, rumors of an impending reunion were circulating on the Internet.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Daniel Kreps |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/10/07/temple-of-the-dog-reunite-at-pearl-jams-los-angeles-concert/ |title=Soundgarden 2009 Reunion |magazine=Rollingstone.com |date=October 7, 2009 |access-date=November 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211180014/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/10/07/temple-of-the-dog-reunite-at-pearl-jams-los-angeles-concert/ |archive-date=February 11, 2010 }}</ref>