Audioslave was an American rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2001. The four-piece band consisted of Chris Cornell, Soundgarden's lead singer and rhythm guitarist (pictured), and Rage Against the Machine members Tom Morello (lead guitar), Tim Commerford (bass and backing vocals), and Brad Wilk (drums). Their sound was created by blending 1970s hard rock with 1990s alternative rock, using only guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. The group released three albums, received three Grammy nominations, and became the first American rock band to perform an open-air concert in Cuba. They disbanded in February 2007 when Cornell announced he was leaving "due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences". The 2007 Rage Against the Machine reunion and tour involving the rest of the band cemented the supergroup's demise, as did the solo albums released that same year by Morello and Cornell. The group announced a reunion in January 2017, and performed together for the first time in over a decade at Prophets of Rage's Anti-Inaugural Ball. Cornell died in May 2017.
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1779:
Tekle Giyorgis I began the first of his six reigns as Emperor of Ethiopia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekle_Giyorgis_I
1807:
French brothers Claude and Nicéphore Niépce received a patent for their Pyréolophore (diagram pictured), one of the world's first internal combustion engines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9olophore
1922:
The German protectorate of Togoland was divided into the League of Nations mandates of French Togoland and British Togoland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togoland
1987:
United Nations Security Council Resolution 598 was adopted, calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Iran–Iraq War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_598
1997:
After being fully restored, the USS Constitution, one of the United States Navy's first ships, sailed for the first time in 116 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constitution
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