Chris Cornell begründete seine Ausstieg bei AUDIOSLAVE mit "irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences" gemäß Quellen der New York Post ging es jedoch um finanzielle Beweggründe. Die Quelle hatte folgendes zu sagen:
"Chris was unhappy with the financial arrangement within the group - he wrote all the music, yet the other three bandmates took an equal share in the multimillion-dollar publishing rights"
