Soundgarden along with Pearl Jam, Meat Puppets, Blind Melon and other such bands of the 90's and later Audioslave were the soundtrack to my teens. They were the bands that started me going to gigs and festivals. I made lifelong friends through a shared love of this stuff. Gutted.
I turned 40...
It seems be true but reports it's a hoax from earlier in the week?
Probably the best rock voice of my generation. Loved nearly everything he did. Very sad.