Total F*cking Godhead

The Biography of Chris Cornell

By: Corbin Reiff

Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray

The first comprehensive biography of iconic singer-songwriter Chris Cornell.

Total F*cking Godhead is the complete story of the complex and enigmatic artist, Chris Cornell. It's the riveting account of a blue collar, high-school dropout emerging from Seattle, Washington, to become one of the greatest singer-songwriters and voices of his generation. With input from people who knew and worked with him - together with Cornell's own words - the book recounts in great detail the rise of his immortal band Soundgarden as they emerged from the 1980s post-punk underground to dominate popular culture in the '90s alongside other Seattle bands like Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, and Nirvana.

Long-time Seattle resident and rock writer Corbin Reiff examines Cornell's dynamic solo career as well as his time in Audioslave. He delves into his hard-fought battle with addiction, as well as the supercharged reunion with the band that made him famous before everything ended tragically.

This is the story of an artist who channeled his own inner turmoil into songs that touched the hearts of millions around the world and turned Chris Cornell into one of music's greatest icons.

©2020 Corbin Reiff (P)2020 Tantor

Very interesting and also moving

Thoroughly enjoyed this book! It gave great information on Chris’ life and career and introduced me to a lot of great material that I hadn’t listened to yet. Is well written and gets very emotional towards the end. Seems like the author did his homework. The narrated did a good job as well. He spoke in a way that conveyed emotion (not just monotone) so that it kind of felt like he was the one whose story it was. Loved the accents too. Gave me a bit of a chuckle. Anyway awesome story definitely give it a listen if you are into sound garden (and if you’re not, still listen to it and let it get you into sound garden).

tragic loss

still my all time favorite singer who ever lived . Gone but never forgotten.

A Generational Singer and Entertainer

I enjoyed the backstory about his family and how he grew up in Seattle.

The development of his grunge family network is fascinating. Many of them impacting the world musical presence.

An ok performance to a fantastic book

As good as this book is, I can't get away from the deadpan sounding narrator.

Total F**king pleasure!

I’m a music fanatic and I’ve checked out a lot of these biographies on Audible. I knew very little about Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, or Audioslave. I didn’t even realize how popular they were, it seems like a Stone video has close to 1 billion views. It was great to hear the sequence of album is being released and to listen to them in conjunction with the book. The narrator was fine but whoever told him to talk with an English accent needs their head examined. Ha ha I recommend the book.

Great book,poor narrator.

No excuse for changing pronunciations of key members and places. Especially for a paralegal. Kind of ruined it for me.

Still can’t believe it

Only recently been able to listen to any of Chris’s music. Simply too painful. This book came at the right time. Though I sobbed through many sections and the last chapter truly heart wrenching, it was a solid, informative listen. Thank you Corbin and of course, thank you Chris.

FUCKING OUTSTANDING!!

it is hard to believe that he pieced this book together by making a timeline out of quotes and interviews. very impressed very thorough job putting it together.

Really well done!

Loved it. Of course a sad ending. But very well researched. I highly recommend it.

A must read for anyone that appreciates talent.

An incredible story and journey of an individual with immense talent from the point of childhood to his unfortunate death. Understanding more about him now than I did before brings tears to my eyes and sorrow to my heart that he is still not around to share the beauty of what he was able to create. An absolute must read for anybody that wants to understand the history of Seattle music and the journey that Chris went through.