To answer your question, probably not, ... The fans, as well as ex-Soundgarden members, should feel the songs are a tribute and that's all.

Tom and Brad and Tim were huge fans of Soundgarden before I ever met them. The (Soundgarden) songs we have played they play incredibly well, they take very seriously and they love,

It wouldn't [have been] a plus, it would [have been] a minus. That story is that story, and the members of Audioslave appearing in whatever form would only take away from how amazing the story is.

The only thing he's likely to say any different would be during the question- and-answer phase -- and that probably won't amount to a whole heck of a lot.

Probably before that record comes out we'll be out playing shows again. The idea is just to break down what has been the normal cycle of a year and a half on the road, a year and a half making a record, not get so far away from one world or the other world. I think that that makes better music, I think it makes for a better live show, I think it makes a better band.

We want to have the next record filled up with songs that were performed for people before they were done in studio.