A brand new collective dubbed King Ultramega are paying tribute to Chris Cornell with a sequence of canopy songs honoring the late singer. The primary single is a canopy of Soundgarden’s “Rusty Cage” that includes Alice in Chains singer William DuVall, Mastodon guitarist Invoice Kelliher, and Anthrax/Pantera drummer Charlie Benante, together with the mission’s driving drive, Mark Menghi (Metallic Allegiance), on bass.
Future singles within the sequence will function totally different musicians, amongst them Joe Satriani, Alissa White-Gluz, Kenny Aronoff, and Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil. The songs will span Cornell’s complete profession, together with Soundgarden, Audioslave, and his solo work, every elevating funds and consciousness for MusiCares.
The duvet of “Rusty Cage” is a devoted rendition of the one from Soundgarden’s 1991 album Badmotorfinger. It was truly recorded in the course of the pandemic and posted on social media in October 2020, and is now being formally launched for the primary time together with a brand new music video.
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“I simply leaned into my love for the track and my immense respect for Chris,” acknowledged DuVall of masking the track. “Because the instrumental monitor Invoice, Charlie, and Mark despatched hewed so intently to the unique, I assumed it greatest for me to remain in that ballpark as properly.”
He added, “Once more, my cause for taking part was merely taking up an fascinating problem when a lot of the world was shut down. I had no ideas or ambitions for this past our posting it on social media 5 years in the past. But when this launch might help additional the great work performed by MusiCares, then I’m all for it.”
In talking about his inspiration for placing collectively the collective, Menghi stated, “There’s not a singular second in time that led to this mission. It was a path of occasions that led to the formation of King Ultramega and the evolving creation to pay tribute to the voice of a technology.”
Thayil, who as talked about will seem on an upcoming monitor, remarked, “I’m tremendous honored to file alongside all of the wonderful musicians showing on the King Ultramega mission. I’m equally proud that it celebrates Soundgarden on this tribute to the songwriting of Chris. Extremely-admirably, everybody’s participation is supporting the work of the MusiCares Basis.”
Watch the official music video for the King Ultramega cowl of “Rusty Cage” under, and obtain or stream the monitor in any respect main digital platforms.
