Back in 2008, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell began posting thoughts and reflections on his MySpace blog. The contemplative brooding one amongst grunge frontmen, Cornell seemed to enjoy the opportunity to untangle his thoughts and share his musings with fans. In the years since, the posts have mostly been lost to the black hole of internet archiving but there is one that still does the rounds and it shows the late Black Hole Sun singer and songwriter at his deep-thinking best.
In it, a dream he had the night before involving late Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley prompts Cornell to write about what dreams might mean and reflect on the friends he'd lost over the course of his life. "I am fascinated with the essence factor of dreams,” he wrote, explaining that in his dream he was sitting in a café that was actually the lunch court of his elementary school when the Alice In Chains singer, who died in 2002, appeared. "Various friends from my past were walking up and talking to me. In the middle of this scene walks Layne Staley,” explained Cornell. “He looked much like he did the first time I met him. Shoulder-length hair, clean-shaved. Clear-eyed and looking about 20 years old.”
