Soundgarden And Chris Cornell’s Widow Settle Lawsuit, Agree To Release His Final Recordings

etcanada.com:

The widow of singer Chris Cornell 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.

Vicky Cornell sued Soundgarden 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. READ MORE: Family Of Chris Cornell Reach Settlement With Doctor Accused Of Prescribing ‘Mind-Altering’ Medication “ Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell, on behalf of the Estate of Chris Cornell, are happy to announce they have reached an amicable out of court resolution,” the two sides said in a statement. “The 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.” 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. Chris Cornell 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. READ MORE: Chris Cornell’s Daughter Honours Her Late Father With Stunning Temple Of The Dog Cover It alleged the band was denying hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties from Vicky Cornell and the couple’s two children.