Audioslave

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That was Chris' suggestion that sort of came to him in a vision. We're all on the two-way pagers, and Chris one night said, "I got it. It's Audioslave." We were all, like, "All right, fantastic."... To paraphrase Elvis Costello, talking about band names is like dancing about architecture—there's just no point in it because the band name becomes the music and the people.

After the name was announced, it emerged that it was already being used by an unsigned band from Liverpool. The two bands worked out a settlement, with Audioslave paying $30,000 in a deal that allowed each band to use the name.

The name was mocked by critics due to its uninspired nature, []

During the time of the second album's release several politically-charged Rage Against the Machine songs resurfaced in Audioslave's live set. Although the members committed to not making political statements during their Cuba tour, Commerford stated in an interview that the concert made Audioslave more politically active than Rage Against the Machine ever was. [cite news|title=Audioslave Get Political In Their Own Way|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=42885|accessdate=2007-08-25|date=2005-10-14] While in Cuba, Cornell said that he takes "every aspect of human life" into consideration, when it comes to writing lyrics, and that he would write about the experience in a song, or more songs. This culminated in the political influences on "Revelations", although he did not write about Cuba specifically. He asserted that he felt Audioslave can be a band like U2, which is "not overtly political, but Bono gets a lot done". That year, the band played at two more concerts organized to raise political awareness: Live 8, which aimed to end global poverty, and the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert, .

Audioslave was prominently involved in the Axis of Justice, a non-profit organization formed by Tom Morello and System of a Down's Serj Tankian to "bring together musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations to fight for social justice". [cite web|title=Mission|publisher=Axis of Justice|url=http://www.axisofjustice.org/mission.htm|accessdate=2007-08-25] Axis of Justice tents were set up at almost every Audioslave show, and with the exception of Commerford all band members appeared on the "Concert Series Volume 1" CD/DVD charity album released in 2004.

Discography

*"Audioslave" (2002)
*"Out of Exile" (2005)
*"Revelations" (2006)

References

External links

* [http://www.audioslave.com Official site]
*MySpace|audioslave|Audioslave
*last.fm
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