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~Reveiw from Lollapalooza show, Friday, July 4th, in Noblesville, Indiana~
Absolutely nothing seemed in need of breaking in for Audioslave, whose recent time in Europe seems to have finally gelled them into less of a convenient collaboration and more of a genuine band. Chris Cornell, his pipes sounding stronger than ever, struck an appropriate balance between earnest and playful while Morello, alternately, ably proved why he's one of the true guitar heroes still playing in venues that big.
Like Farrell, Cornell saw something vaguely spiritual about the weather. "I like the fireworks with all the thunder and lightning and the God sh--," he said, as lightning periodically flashed nearby. "I like that."
Dressed in a wife-beater and camouflage shorts, the former Soundgarden singer was visibly pleased by the response delivered for Audioslave album tracks like "Gasoline," the sing-along-heavy "Set It Off" and "I Am the Highway," which he tackled two-thirds of the way alone onstage with an acoustic guitar.
"We're gonna make lots and lots of records, and come back many, many times," Cornell assured the crowd before the dual bombast of "Show Me How to Live" and the most Rage Against the Machine-like of the band's songs, "Cochise." Judging by the constant roar of the crowd, which unlike the responses for other performers persisted during the band's songs as well as between them, and the amount of people who left after their set concluded, Audioslave likely could have headlined the Verizon Wireless amphitheater by their lonesome.
~reveiw from VH1~
~Review from Lollapalooza show, August, 23 2003. Auburn Washington~
Audioslave came on, and they just blew my mind. It was all dark and stuff and you could see them perfectly on the big screens. The drummer had the words "I love Manyard" on his back. They just kicked ass; it was amazing to see Rage minus Zack + another great singer (aka the lovely Chris Cornell) just rocking out. I love Tom Morello; he just rocked up there. Chris rocked as well. Anyway, the drummer was sitting with his back to the crowd and played into a mirror, which was cool looking. During one of the songs they showed Chris signing someone's paper for an autograph. It was awesome, they had a guy in a wheelchair on the stage-he just got to sit there and rocked out. During "Like a Stone," several lighters went on and it looked really cool. They also played "One Nation Army," by the White Stripes and I knew I recognized that song, but it didn't occurred to me that, that was the song until I heard it again later. Chris brought out this tape recorder and recorded us yelling, "slave" as he yelled "audio." So it went, him: "audio." Us "slave." It was pretty cool, and the guys behind us were yelling "yeah Tom!!!" Because I suppose they liked him? Who doesn't he rocks! They get two thumbs up, a 10, and a fan for life!
~review from Noëlle~
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