Look at some of his shirtless photos..OMG!!! He should have made to wear only a loin cloth and nothing else..He was beautiful Head to toe...Damn..you don't see very many guys walking around ANYWHERE looking like he did...R.I.P. Gorgeous one..
JADE GIRL Girl u got that right! He was beautiful. If I was married to him I'd never let him out of the bedroom. He was prolly the hottest man on the planet.
I love how the interview starts off fine, and as the night goes on, Chris gets progressively drunker. Like he's all shy at first, then he's hopping around behind Rikki. Too Funny
Sitting through the boring parts of this was worth it to see Chris Cornell's silly side. I love when he mocks Riki behind his back when he's talking! It's also funny when he covers his eyes and pops out from behind Riki at the end. Unfortunately, I had stopped watching Headbanger's Ball when this was on TV (after I had been annoyed by too much Riki!), so THANKS for posting this!
“Grunge” was never a real thing. It was a term foisted on the world by media. The only thing any of the bands who got labeled as “Grunge” has in common was that they were all from Seattle. None of them sounded alike. I don’t understand how people still don’t understand this...
@@kevinmurtagh4996 facts..punk rockers in seattle called it punk..metal guys called it hard rock metal..it's basically hard rock just with trashy grungy guitar sounds
The members of SG has never taken themselves too seriously and didn't allow success to get to their heads and are over all nice guys.I miss CC and hopefully the remaining (former at this time) SG members will receive the audio files w/ Chris's vocals in order to release one more studio album!!!
Rest Peacefully Chris, you're deeply missed, but your voice and music will live on, many prayers to your lovely children and wife, may God bless them with the strength to move forward, your children are the focus now
@@theseattlegreen1871 Doesn't matter to me, it's the only way I knew how to pay my last respects to a legend that made a difference in my youth.. go be a smart ass elsewhere
I loved this video , headbangers ball in seatle these guys was so cute, Ben was tall & skinny, Kim was so kool , course matt was to & Chris Cornell was adorable, long live soundgarden if C.C. is singing ,
i don't get any feeling Chris was annoyed by Riki. I think he liked him. Dunno why everyone's bashing this announcer. He is kinda cute in that munster kid way
I don’t think he’s that bad, but as someone who wasn’t there during interviews just a viewer, it seems like Riki either tries to downplay band members’s jokes (or they go over his head) either way, if you catch it, he does come off as a jerk. It’s like he’s the only one who can make jokes cuz he’s the host / the band’s shouldn’t be joking when he asks them questions. I don’t know, I’ve seen so many awkward moments like that, especially with Alice In Chains. I don’t really know what his deal is.
@@stevenconnell5628 dude i always swore he had compromising photos of some bigwig he must have blackmailed to get the cool jobs he got. Despite being the world's biggest tool!
@@BodaciousCake I like how Alice In Chains worked with him though bc Riki would be a dickhead and then they flipped the joke around to make him look stupid
What a brilliant interview. Riki is a smooth interviewer and puts everyone at ease naturally.The guys were so relaxed and funny. Kim kicked ass bowling 🤣 Loved seeing the Aussie $20 note towards the end - we haven’t had paper notes for years so it was a kick to see Chris took one home and still in his wallet. 💪🏼
Why does everyone have to hate on Riki? He seems pretty down to earth and has a way of getting along with the guys. They were having a good time. Made a good interview.
It always seemed that back in those days the guys in Soundgarden always gave interviewers a hard time. Getting information out of them was often tough....they were so standoffish but cool. I love them so very much
That story is well known now. Chris tells it all the time in his accoustic shows or with TOTD. It was a title written by Jeff Ament on a cassette sleeve on the set of the movie Singles. Chris took the titles and wrote the songs, recorded them and put it on the set like it was magic! And it sure was; the Jeff's song titles that became Chris' songs were: Season, Flutter Girl, Spoonman and Missing.
Chris waved at me on one of the back streets of Nashville in 97 after a show. He looked really wasted, will never get over the loss of such talent. He didn't stop to talk and went on in the bus but talked with Kim and Matt for about 15 minutes, down to Earth guys.
Ah, the good ole days back when Chris was alive! Although Kurt died a month later. But at least the rest of the bands were still around. The Seattle Scene!
Riki was always such a fucking poser. Whatever the "in-scene" was at a given time, he would quickly adopt the uniform and act like he'd always been hip to it. I fucking hated that twerp back in the day.
Yeah tell me about it man, he was easily the exact definition of a "poser". I'm not one to use that term so liberally either, but when it comes to a guy who slips in and out from punk to poodlehead to thrash to grunge at the exact times they were popular, then I can't think of a more perfect word to suit a tool like that. It's like find a fuckin identity and stick with it, what's the big deal.
Remember when he started wearing flannel and cut all his hair off like a month after Nevermind came out, all of sudden Grunge became the central focus of his show..
Chris is the sweetest here. He Will always be missed in our hearts. We’re lost without an direction now when he’s gone. We love you Chris wherever you might be ❤️
This was right before Kurt died. March 1994. He was just down the road at his lake washington home here. Isolated. Then off to Exodus later. Wish he didn't do that.
I realize that this interview was 23 years before his passing, and that a lot can happen in those 23 years, but he just doesn't seem like a person who would commit suicide.
I hate to be judgemental of RR, but he is kind of cringey with some of his dopey questions that no one really cares about, but there IS a raw innocence and a nostalgia for that incredible time in our lives. These guys are just adorable. I love Soundgarden and I’m gutted about the tragic passing of a legend. Rest In Peace beautiful CC. You made a difference.
Maybe he's dull or boring, but Soundguarden, Chris Cornell, seem relaxed and seem to be entertaining ... I hope that Chris Cornell's Soul feels just as good now and has peace, Love this Band (sonja brogna)
Chris has such great cheekbones. And eyes. And hair. And body. Fuck, that man is gorgeous.
Seriously. I can't get over how fucking hot he is/was especially back then. His hotness baffles me. Lol
RIP Buck Cherry. Gone too soon.
Look at some of his shirtless photos..OMG!!! He should have made to wear only a loin cloth and nothing else..He was beautiful Head to toe...Damn..you don't see very many guys walking around ANYWHERE looking like he did...R.I.P. Gorgeous one..
JADE GIRL Girl u got that right! He was beautiful. If I was married to him I'd never let him out of the bedroom. He was prolly the hottest man on the planet.
Looks matter...especially to female rock fans.
chris is genuinely one of the most gorgeous people i’ve ever seen
I love how the interview starts off fine, and as the night goes on, Chris gets progressively drunker. Like he's all shy at first, then he's hopping around behind Rikki. Too Funny
Like Phil Collins
Do you know any Japanese ?
Kim: “karate, sushi”
I've never seen Chris this happy, joyful and jokey. Nice to see.
Is it too late to enter the Pantera contest?
joe strummer lol! I know right!
Joe and Phil and dimebag wud be sick collab
You can get in on the end your dirty black summer with Danzig. That was contest summer before..
joe strummer 😂😂
LOL
Chris is adorable.
this is the most 90's thing i've ever seen
I really fucking miss Chris Cornell I remember watching this on mtv back in 1994 and thinking how funny Chris was.
I love how Chris went from jumpy to "i've only been there once it was depressing" in 28:25
Good Lord, I want him to be alive and happy:-(
podzimnice i know....such a beautiful soul
He seems like such a sweet person
You had me at want him.
I concur..
Chris Was A Good Person And Awesome Singer
Sitting through the boring parts of this was worth it to see Chris Cornell's silly side. I love when he mocks Riki behind his back when he's talking! It's also funny when he covers his eyes and pops out from behind Riki at the end. Unfortunately, I had stopped watching Headbanger's Ball when this was on TV (after I had been annoyed by too much Riki!), so THANKS for posting this!
this was really a treat!
Musical One 9
You are gay
And shut the fuck up
Kurt Cobain was still alive when this was shot. Damn.
Yep that last month. Must have been really crazy. March 94.
So was Chris
@@joelkosinski330 holy $%^&
Yeah so
@@joelkosinski330 and Sean Connery
All I wanna say is how impressive it was at the end when Chris got the two pins by going down the gutter
Grunge never went mainstream. Mainstream went grunge.
ha!
Still... grunge was mainstream,
“Grunge” was never a real thing. It was a term foisted on the world by media. The only thing any of the bands who got labeled as “Grunge” has in common was that they were all from Seattle. None of them sounded alike. I don’t understand how people still don’t understand this...
WHAT THE FUCK IS GRUNGE
@@kevinmurtagh4996 facts..punk rockers in seattle called it punk..metal guys called it hard rock metal..it's basically hard rock just with trashy grungy guitar sounds
God Chris was such an adorable, precious sweetheart ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Wow, perfect strike. Chris was a god among men. We miss you, man....
24:02 Chris is so cute lolll *covers eyes*
like your profile pic haha
Chris is so adorable....I miss him so much.😔❤
@@lindsey1840 I JUST SAW THIS, LOL.
@@lindsey1840 AYEEE
Back in the good old days when MTV wasn't all about disposable pop and fake reality shows.
Chris's smile is infectious I like it :D
The members of SG has never taken themselves too seriously and didn't allow success to get to their heads and are over all nice guys.I miss CC and hopefully the remaining (former at this time) SG members will receive the audio files w/ Chris's vocals in order to release one more studio album!!!
Joe Dazey they won’t sadly because Vicky the Greek is fucking greedy and selfish
Chris was such a Beautiful man❤️ Ricki must have been so shocked of Chris passing.
Chris had the tiniest and cutest nose I’ve ever seen on a guy. I mean he was a beautiful man..inside and out. Miss him a lot. R.I.P. Christopher.
ahhhhh, the 90s...
God what an adorable 6'3 gorgeous puppy he was...💔
Thank you for this post, I always love when people post old interviews of classic bands.
❤❤❤
The good old days...music was so fresh and powerful then...like a gift from God to help us.
They seem very cool and down to earth..especially chris.r.i.p.
Rest Peacefully Chris, you're deeply missed, but your voice and music will live on, many prayers to your lovely children and wife, may God bless them with the strength to move forward, your children are the focus now
I don't think he can hear you
there's always one smartass,it's usually me lol cornell was a genius 🤙😎👊
@@theseattlegreen1871 Doesn't matter to me, it's the only way I knew how to pay my last respects to a legend that made a difference in my youth.. go be a smart ass elsewhere
I loved this video , headbangers ball in seatle these guys was so cute, Ben was tall & skinny, Kim was so kool , course matt was to & Chris Cornell was adorable, long live soundgarden if C.C. is singing ,
i don't get any feeling Chris was annoyed by Riki. I think he liked him. Dunno why everyone's bashing this announcer. He is kinda cute in that munster kid way
Nemi Tahi Riki even told VH1 that he remembered Chris saying that this was the most fun interview he ever had
I don’t think he’s that bad, but as someone who wasn’t there during interviews just a viewer, it seems like Riki either tries to downplay band members’s jokes (or they go over his head) either way, if you catch it, he does come off as a jerk. It’s like he’s the only one who can make jokes cuz he’s the host / the band’s shouldn’t be joking when he asks them questions. I don’t know, I’ve seen so many awkward moments like that, especially with Alice In Chains. I don’t really know what his deal is.
@@BodaciousCake he was into hair metal and became butthurt when grunge took over. He only got his job because of family
@@stevenconnell5628 dude i always swore he had compromising photos of some bigwig he must have blackmailed to get the cool jobs he got. Despite being the world's biggest tool!
@@BodaciousCake I like how Alice In Chains worked with him though bc Riki would be a dickhead and then they flipped the joke around to make him look stupid
Chris cracks me up. He was silly 😜 in this.
@27:36 "How come you look so much like Eddie Munster?" hahaha
Ed L Holy shit that was funny! Ha ha!!
God. He was so ridiculously cute.
Happy Birthday Chris Cornell (July 20, 1964 - May 18, 2017).
Chris was deffo the hottest man in rock history
Wow Chris’ coat is beautiful
And he was beautiful
chris: i'm leaving now
kim: no your not
hahaha
😂
What a brilliant interview. Riki is a smooth interviewer and puts everyone at ease naturally.The guys were so relaxed and funny. Kim kicked ass bowling 🤣
Loved seeing the Aussie $20 note towards the end - we haven’t had paper notes for years so it was a kick to see Chris took one home and still in his wallet. 💪🏼
I loved when Chris mocked him.
Eddie munster lolz
Living in Seattle during the 90s was awesome
Why does everyone have to hate on Riki? He seems pretty down to earth and has a way of getting along with the guys. They were having a good time. Made a good interview.
Not really. Every member of the band should've had mics so they would've gotten a chance to speak.
It always seemed that back in those days the guys in Soundgarden always gave interviewers a hard time. Getting information out of them was often tough....they were so standoffish but cool. I love them so very much
yup - they werent going to just tell every interviewer what they wanted to hear in a purely self promotional way
dawg the interveiwer is just fucking annoying ☠
I LOVE Chris mocking him at 13.18 ha ha
I'm in love with Chris Cornell 😍
i like ben shepherd ❤❤
Mid 90’s Chris was the coolest
You couldn’t have asked for a better interviewer for Soundgarden he was great with them
2:08 "man, this dude looks like Eddie Munster"
90´s.. miss you!!!
Amazing to see this footage. I had just moved to Seattle a few weeks earlier. What a time to be up there.
You might get to see the band!
Kim is a legend!
Anyone ever seen Rikki Rachtman and Papa John in the same room?
From the mamas and papas?
@@uniqe23 No, the pizza dude!
@@TheCOZwait I don’t understand the papa John and riki joke
It looked like Chris was having fun with the dude I didn't find him that bad
Matt looked so pissed at 11:10 when Riki cut him off. 🤣
ben is chiseled, chris always adorable
Damn, I remember watching this when it aired. 22 years already???
Al X I feel so old...life has passed me bye.....
When Chris was allowed to have fun without ICKY 'S permission .
My baby rip I Love u Chris
I wanted to hear the long story about spoon man dammit
That story is well known now. Chris tells it all the time in his accoustic shows or with TOTD. It was a title written by Jeff Ament on a cassette sleeve on the set of the movie Singles. Chris took the titles and wrote the songs, recorded them and put it on the set like it was magic! And it sure was; the Jeff's song titles that became Chris' songs were: Season, Flutter Girl, Spoonman and Missing.
oh my god BROOKS HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH I did too I LOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEE SPOONMAN
I wanted to hear what Chris had to say about cutting his hair at 27:50.
Thank god for whoever recorded and uploaded this! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Chris waved at me on one of the back streets of Nashville in 97 after a show. He looked really wasted, will never get over the loss of such talent. He didn't stop to talk and went on in the bus but talked with Kim and Matt for about 15 minutes, down to Earth guys.
@@stevensosna2003 It was 96 or 97 for sure because I was a senior in high school. I still have the ticket stub, I will dig it out.
@@stevensosna2003 I will go with that, I couldn't remember for sure that far back. Was the same year I saw White Zombie and Pantera.
Kim is AMAZING!!!!!!! WHAT A MAN!!!!
Young sweet Christopher on this earth we will always grieve your loss
Matt Cameron: Hating every minute of it (4:20-6:50)
goofy Chris! luv it!
Imagine bowling next to Chris Cornell
24 yrs old when this aired...fk man where’d the time go ??
It went that way
Ah, the good ole days back when Chris was alive! Although Kurt died a month later. But at least the rest of the bands were still around. The Seattle Scene!
OMG! thank you for posting this! I still have this on tape, and I used to watch this all the time. So great.
Cornell to Rachman "you look like Eddie Munster"😂😂😂😂
Riki was always such a fucking poser. Whatever the "in-scene" was at a given time, he would quickly adopt the uniform and act like he'd always been hip to it. I fucking hated that twerp back in the day.
Yeah tell me about it man, he was easily the exact definition of a "poser". I'm not one to use that term so liberally either, but when it comes to a guy who slips in and out from punk to poodlehead to thrash to grunge at the exact times they were popular, then I can't think of a more perfect word to suit a tool like that. It's like find a fuckin identity and stick with it, what's the big deal.
Remember when he started wearing flannel and cut all his hair off like a month after Nevermind came out, all of sudden Grunge became the central focus of his show..
Because his friend Axl Rose got him the job. He was a bought bitch
primeDecomposition seemed like Chris loved everyone even the ones who were picked on maybe especially those that were picked on.
lanne71 his vocals are way better then bill baleys
18:15 Nice to hear Ben plug the Hater project, and mention Brian Wood.
Amazing that I can go back and watch interviews like this. 90’s MTV 🤘🏼
Chris is the sweetest here. He Will always be missed in our hearts. We’re lost without an direction now when he’s gone. We love you Chris wherever you might be ❤️
You based your life on Chris Cornell? lol
Kurt was still walking the earth during this video
8:45 Chris's bowling strike
Wow, this is right before Cobain died also. Wish I could go back in time and try to save all of them.
same bro😕😕
How beautiful was Chris? Fucking!
Chris is hiding his beer label then red cups magically appear
Haha noticed that too 😁
thanks for posting this!
If you showed me a pic of Ben in 1994 and told me he was a present day member of Arctic Monkeys, I would believe you.
This was right before Kurt died. March 1994. He was just down the road at his lake washington home here. Isolated. Then off to Exodus later. Wish he didn't do that.
I miss Chris.
"Headbangers Ball" made my teenage years much better.
I just love this show,and Soundgarden rocks always
Miss the old days...
28:10 if I was Richi I would say: “TOUCH ME, TOUCH ME”
This footage is gold. 🤙🏾🤙🏾
This band is life for me.
Ben "bowling is the whitest trashiest thing" hahaha agreed
cool to see how Seattle USED to look
and how Chris used to look pre-Vicky when he was not sun damaged and orange. He aged like 30 years during his marriage to Vicky
@@nicolaxoxo1 Exactly. Icky was the worst thing to happen to Chris. Btw his son looks just like her unfortunately.
This guy had THE best job!
Chris looks so cute with that bomber jacket
love this video so much. was on youtube before, but got taken down:(
I realize that this interview was 23 years before his passing, and that a lot can happen in those 23 years, but he just doesn't seem like a person who would commit suicide.
I agree 100% with you that he didn't and still doesn't seem like the kind of guy to kill himself
Thats what the majority of people say after someone commits suicide. Not everyone wears their problems on their sleeve
I hate to be judgemental of RR, but he is kind of cringey with some of his dopey questions that no one really cares about, but there IS a raw innocence and a nostalgia for that incredible time in our lives. These guys are just adorable. I love Soundgarden and I’m gutted about the tragic passing of a legend. Rest In Peace beautiful CC. You made a difference.
he is actually doing better job than any other guy in music news scene. back in the day i meant
really.
Maybe he's dull or boring, but Soundguarden, Chris Cornell, seem relaxed and seem to be entertaining ... I hope that Chris Cornell's Soul feels just as good now and has peace, Love this Band (sonja brogna)
These guys are completely bored at this interview but they’re hanging in there.
Chris said this was the most fun he had in any interview