In a contentious legal battle, the surviving members of Soundgarden—Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd—have responded to a lawsuit filed against them by Vicky Cornell, widow of singer Chris Cornell, back in December 2019.
The bandmembers claim that they own seven recordings made before the late singer's death in 2017, while Vicky Cornell claims that her husband made those seven recordings at his personal studio in Florida in 2017, and therefore they're owned by the Cornell Estate.
In this new filing, members of Soundgarden claim that the unreleased recordings stemmed from writing and recording sessions that date back as far as 2015. In a statement, the band insisted, “We don’t have possession of our own creative work.”
Vicky Cornell has accused the band of withholding royalties from the Cornell family to force her to turn over the recordings, and further claimed that she had agreed to share the unreleased recordings with Soundgarden, as long as they used one of Cornell’s “trusted producers,” and kept her informed about a possible album marketing strategy.
Meanwhile, the key points from the band's filing are:
Marty Singer, attorney for Vicky Cornell at the Cornell Estate, said, “The issue in this case is not who wrote the songs but rather who owns the specific recordings made solely by Chris while he resided in Florida. We are very confident that the Court will vindicate the rights of Chris’ Estate, and that the case will properly remain in Florida, where Chris resided and recorded the songs that are now the lawful property of his Estate.”
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