The remaining members of Soundgarden are dropping counterclaims against the widow of late frontman Chris Cornell regarding a benefit concert organized in his memory amid threats of sanctions from her legal team.
Vicky Cornell in December 2019 sued Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Hunter Benedict Shepherd — along with the band’s business manager Rit Venerus — claiming they were trying to "strong-arm" her into giving them seven unreleased sound recordings her husband had made prior to his death by withholding royalties.
Cornell died by suicide in May 2017 and his wife, who controls his estate, wanted input on who would produce the unreleased tracks and how the album would be marketed.
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