Audioslave Biography

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hiring of a third management company, later taking its culmination in the release of their self-titled debut album, 'Audioslave', on November 19, 2002.

Launched under Epic Records, the record delightfully managed to gain vast attention through its memorable singles like 'Cochise', 'Like a Stone', and 'Show Me How to Live.' The former two even made their way to enter the top three of Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks, boosting the LP to the seventh rank on The Billboard 200 Album chart as well as its sale to ultimately be certified three-times Platinum. Unmistakably catapulted to widespread prominence, Audioslave joyously followed it up with a number of live performances around the country, including that at the 2003 Lollapalooza Festival before returning to the studio to work on their next effort. The materialization of the process took form in their sophomore album, 'Out of Exile', which hit the stores on May 24, 2005.

Containing 12 tracks, the second work wonderfully generated another success for Audioslave when it went straight away to the top spot of The Billboard 200 in its first week on the chart. In the meantime, its four songs namely 'Be Yourself', 'Your Time Has Come', 'Out of Exile', and 'Doesn't ...

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Remind Me' all gloriously entered the top 20 of Billboard Mainstream Rock Track during the year. However, it was the latter that truly became the highlight of the quartet's career as the composition amazingly led them to land a Grammy Awards nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2006. Riding high on this attainment, they optimistically went on to make the third LP, titled 'Revelations', which is expected to repeat the great outcome its predecessors have gained by the time of its unveiling on September 5, 2006.

In February 2007, lead singer Cornell decided to quit the band citing "irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences" while wishing "the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavors." In the wake of the split, Cornell went on working his solo career, planning to have his second solo album, "Carry On," released May 1 later that year. Remaining members of Audioslave meanwhile, went on with Rage Against the Machine by reuniting with de la Rocha. It was previously only planned for an attempt to voice the band's opposition to the "right-wing purgatory" the United States has "slid into" under the George W. Bush, Morello said. However, ...