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Audioslave: Astoria, London

Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 21 January 2003

TAKE THREE FORMER MEMBERS of politically correct punk-rappers Rage Against the Machine and add the singer from proto-grungists Soundgarden, and you have got the first grunge-metal supergroup. In theory, Audioslave are pure heaven for those who think metal lost its radical-left soul the day Rage Against the Machine split up. But they will be distraught to learn that Soundgarden's Chris Cornell joined only on the condition that the songs would be free of political content.

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