7/20 – THE BIRTH OF ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BEST ROCK VOCALISTS HAPPENED ON THIS DATE IN 1964 IN SEATTLE WASHINGTON, CHRISTOPHER JOHN BOYLE…HE AND HIS SIBLINGS ADOPTED HIS MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME AFTER THEIR PARENT’S DIVORCE WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS, THAT SURNAME…CORNELL. CHRIS CORNELL WASN’T JUST AN AMAZING VOCALIST, HE GOT HIS FIRST TASTE OF MUSIC AS A DRUMMER AND ALSO ROCKED THE RHYTHM GUITAR FOR THE BANDS SOUNDGARDEN AND AUDIOSLAVE ALONG WITH A SOLO CAREER THAT INCLUDED CONTRIBUTIONS TO NUMEROUS MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS. CORNELL WAS ALSO THE FOUNDER AND FRONTMAN OF TEMPLE OF THE DOG, A ONE OFF TRIBUTE BAND DEDICATED TO HIS LATE FRIEND MOTHER LOVE BONE FRONTMAN ANDREW WOOD.  

I CAUGHT A SOUNDGARDEN SHOW BACK IN 1994 AND IT STILL STANDS OUT AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL CONCERTS I’VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE…IT IS A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW THAT CORNELL LOST HIS MENTAL HEALTH BATTLE OVER 6 YEARS AGO WHEN HIS MUSIC HAS HELPED SO MANY, INCLUDING MYSELF, GET THROUGH THE HARD TIMES. AND EVEN MORE TOUGH TO TAKE, CORNELL’S CLOSE FRIEND ALSO LOST HIS BATTLE WITH DEPRESSION AND MENTAL HEALTH ON THIS DATE JUST A FEW MONTHS AFTER CORNELL’S DEATH.  

IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, OR SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, I KNOW IT ISN’T EASY TO SHARE WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR SO MANY REASONS, BUT YOU DESERVE TO BE GOOD TO YOURSELF AND NOT LIVE WITH A STIGMA THAT YOU ARE WEAK…YOU ARE JUST HUMAN…IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING CALL OR TEXT 988 TO CONNECT DIRECTLY WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WITH THE SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE…IT IS FREE, ANONYMOUS AND CONFIDENTIAL… 

FOR TODAY’S ROCK REWIND I CHOSE A SOUNDGARDEN SONG THAT HAS HELPED ME, AND COUNTLESS OTHERS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD…FROM THEIR 1991 ALBUM BAD MOTORFINGER, “RUSTY CAGE”…WE ARE ONLY HUMAN …PLEASE KEEP MOVING FORWARD MY FRIENDS, IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105 7 THE X ♥ ~ROXY