The Resume

(July 20, 1964-May 17, 2017)
Lead singer of Audioslave
Former lead singer of Soundgarden
Recorded 'Black Hole Sun,' 'The Day I Tried to Live,' 'Spoonman,' 'Fell on Black Days' and 'Pretty Noose' with Soundgarden
Recorded 'Cochise,' 'Like a Stone,' 'Set It Off,' 'What You Are' and 'Gasoline' with Audioslave
Recorded a solo album 'Euphoria Morning'

Why he might be annoying:

He doesn't know what 'Black Hole Sun' is about and he wrote it.
He liked to shave his moustache very thin.
He smoked.
He wrote 'Jesus Christ Pose' as a parody of Perry Farell from Jane's Addiction.
He had a small tattoo on his right shoulder.
He divorced Susan (2002).

Why he might not be annoying:

He's down to earth.
He was a cook.
He was married to his wife since 1990.
Adam Carolla said that rock singers shouldn't have a voice as good as Chris does.
He ranked #12 on MTV2 and Blender Magazine's 22 Greatest Voices.

Credit: Night

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Annoyatorium's Least Annoying [2017] (Ranked: 21)
• Audioslave
• Blender Magazine's 22 Greatest Voices [MTV2] (Ranked: 12)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [July] (Ranked: 7201964)
• Chris Cornell Covered My Song
• Drummers
• Drummers Who Sing
• Featured in AudioSlave's 'Original Fire' Video
• Gigwise's Worse 50 Albums of the Decade [2000's] (Ranked: 6)
• Goatees
• Grain Names
• Grammy for Best Rock Performance (Ranked: 2019)
• Grunge
• Hit Parader's Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time (Ranked: 4)
• Hudson Valley NY - Times Herald-Record's 5 Worst Rock/Pop Singles [2008] (Ranked: 1)
• I Became a Dad in 2000
• I Became a Dad in 2004
• I Became a Dad in 2005
• I Died in 2017 (Ranked: 52)
• I Married in 2004
• I Performed at Live Earth [July 7, 2007]
• I Performed with Slash
• I'm Buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Calif]
• James Bond Themes (Ranked: 2006)
• Jesus Hair
• Look at Me, I'm #1 [Extended Index Finger]
• Metal Hammer Albums [1999] (Ranked: 1)
• MuchMoreMusic Listed: Top 20 Studliest Musicians Over 40 [2007] (Ranked: 8)
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Hits Chart [2010's] (Ranked: 2015)
• Night's Profiles
• Playgirl Magazine's 10 Sexiest Rock Stars [1994]
• Profiles 7251-7500 (Ranked: 7439)
• Rate Your Music Top 100 Singles [2006] (Ranked: 52)
• Rock the Vote - Spokespeople
• Rocky's Least Annoying (Ranked: 10)
• Rolling Stone’s 200 Greatest Singers of All Time [1-100] (Ranked: 80)
• Rolling Stone's Top 10 Passive-Aggresive Moments in Rock [April 2, 2009]
• Soundgarden
• Spin's 50 Greatest Frontmen of All Time [2004] (Ranked: 40)
• Temple of the Dog
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2003] (Ranked: 86)
• VH-1's 100 Hottest Hotties [2003] (Ranked: 53)
• Weird Al's Polka

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 376 Votes: 46.54% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 15.79% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 242 Votes: 45.87% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1196 Votes: 46.91% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1943 Votes: 44.11% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 48 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 1576 Votes: 51.84% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 91 Votes: 47.25% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 411 Votes: 51.82% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 97 Votes: 43.30% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 75 Votes: 38.67% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 151 Votes: 45.03% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 561 Votes: 45.63% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 1757 Votes: 44.17% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 940 Votes: 41.17% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 1229 Votes: 42.64% Annoying