Seattle celebrates its son on his birthday weekend.
There are some voices you don't just hear — you carry them. Chris Cornell had one of those. The kind that could level a room or break your heart in the same breath, and that, all these years later, still feels like home to anyone who came up inside this music. This weekend, on what would have been his birthday, his city is celebrating him the only way Seattle knows how: together, loud, and from the heart.
We're proud to be part of Seasons of Chris Cornell — a weekend of tributes spread across the places that shaped him, built alongside our friends at MoPOP, Easy Street Records, and London Bridge Studio. If you're anywhere near Seattle, come be with us. If you're not, come along with us here — this one's for the whole 90 family.
Saturday, July 19
London Bridge Studio — 4 PM. We're starting where so much of it was born. London Bridge is the room where Temple of the Dog came to life, and studio co-owner Eric Lilavois is opening the doors for a behind-the-scenes look at that record, followed by a Q&A. Standing in that space, hearing how those songs were captured — it's about as close to the source as you can get.
Sleight of Hand Cellars. Later that evening, a live concert featuring Alain Johannes — Chris's longtime friend, collaborator, and one of the great quiet forces in this scene. If you know Alain's playing, you know this is the kind of night you don't forget.
Sunday, July 20 — his birthday
MoPOP Museum — 11 AM, 1 PM & 3 PM. Three screenings of the Seasons of Cornell tribute film — 66 minutes that trace Chris's four-decade journey through four "seasons" of his life: Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave, and his solo work. Built from official music videos, live performances, and interviews, it's less a documentary than a way of sitting with everything he gave us, all in one place.
Easy Street Records — 4 PM. We're closing the weekend back at our home in Seattle, Easy Street, with a Q&A and listening session with Alain Johannes centered on Euphoria Mourning — Chris's solo debut, the one Alain helped bring into the world. Hearing the stories behind those songs, in that room, surrounded by people who love them — that's the whole point of all this.
Four seasons, one voice
That's the idea at the heart of Seasons of Cornell: that a life this big can't be told in a single chapter. There was the raw power of Soundgarden, the grief and grace of Temple of the Dog, the arena fire of Audioslave, and the quiet, searching beauty of the solo years. Four seasons. One unmistakable voice running through all of them.
However you choose to remember him this weekend — at one of these events, spinning a record at home, or just turning it up in the car — we hope you'll do it with us. This is what the 90 family is for.
Live the spirit. Be The Original.
