Corbin Reiff
@corbinreiff.bsky.social
Writer / Photographer
Seattle Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Outside Magazine
Author: Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography Of Chris Cornell
corbinreiff@gmail.com
Seattle Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Outside Magazine
Author: Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography Of Chris Cornell
corbinreiff@gmail.com
My interview with the surviving members of Soundgarden just before their Rock Hall induction is live in the LA Times
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Soundgarden reflect on 'bittersweet' Rock Hall induction and final recordings with Chris Cornell
Soundgarden entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Saturday, nearly three decades after disbanding and eight years after frontman Chris Cornell's passing.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
My interview with the surviving members of Soundgarden just before their Rock Hall induction is live in the LA Times
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Soundgarden are officially in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and it’s about time! One of the most innovative bands of their generation and some truly fantastic people. A night I’ll never forget. Chris Cornell forever 🤘
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Soundgarden are officially in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and it’s about time! One of the most innovative bands of their generation and some truly fantastic people. A night I’ll never forget. Chris Cornell forever 🤘
Out here tonight to watch Soundgarden finally get their due 🤘
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Out here tonight to watch Soundgarden finally get their due 🤘
Hall of Justice Recording Studio in Seattle. Where Soundgarden recorded their debut SCREAMING LIFE. Where Nirvana recorded their debut BLEACH.
Where Sleater-Kinney made DIG ME OUT and ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE
Where Modest Mouse made THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST
Where Sleater-Kinney made DIG ME OUT and ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE
Where Modest Mouse made THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST
November 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hall of Justice Recording Studio in Seattle. Where Soundgarden recorded their debut SCREAMING LIFE. Where Nirvana recorded their debut BLEACH.
Where Sleater-Kinney made DIG ME OUT and ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE
Where Modest Mouse made THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST
Where Sleater-Kinney made DIG ME OUT and ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE
Where Modest Mouse made THE LONESOME CROWDED WEST
Happy Soundgarden Hall of Fame induction week everyone! I swung by the Museum of Popular Culture today in Seattle and signed about a dozen copies of Total F*cking Godhead. Get ‘em while you can!
Chris Cornell Forever 🤘
Chris Cornell Forever 🤘
November 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Happy Soundgarden Hall of Fame induction week everyone! I swung by the Museum of Popular Culture today in Seattle and signed about a dozen copies of Total F*cking Godhead. Get ‘em while you can!
Chris Cornell Forever 🤘
Chris Cornell Forever 🤘
- Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History by Moudhy Al-Rashid
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback by Seth Wickersham
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Outrageous, Definitive & Untold History by Craig J. Inciardi
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback by Seth Wickersham
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Outrageous, Definitive & Untold History by Craig J. Inciardi
What are some of the books that you read that you really liked?
October 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
- Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History by Moudhy Al-Rashid
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback by Seth Wickersham
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Outrageous, Definitive & Untold History by Craig J. Inciardi
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback by Seth Wickersham
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Outrageous, Definitive & Untold History by Craig J. Inciardi
The internet, across the board and in every conceivable way, has never been worse in my lifetime. On the plus side, I'm reading more books than ever.
Over 50 on the year so far and still cooking.
Over 50 on the year so far and still cooking.
October 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The internet, across the board and in every conceivable way, has never been worse in my lifetime. On the plus side, I'm reading more books than ever.
Over 50 on the year so far and still cooking.
Over 50 on the year so far and still cooking.
I'll never forget the week that 'Black Messiah' dropped. 14 years of build-up and expectation, and D'Angelo knocks it out of the galaxy with one of the most mind-bending albums I've personally ever heard. Still nothing like it to this day.
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'll never forget the week that 'Black Messiah' dropped. 14 years of build-up and expectation, and D'Angelo knocks it out of the galaxy with one of the most mind-bending albums I've personally ever heard. Still nothing like it to this day.
I recently went on a Grizzly Bear viewing expedition with the Homalco First Nations people in BC, Canada. It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life.
We spotted 11 different grizzlies filling up on salmon along the Orford River before bunking down for their long winter hibernation.
We spotted 11 different grizzlies filling up on salmon along the Orford River before bunking down for their long winter hibernation.
October 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I recently went on a Grizzly Bear viewing expedition with the Homalco First Nations people in BC, Canada. It was one of the most incredible experiences of my life.
We spotted 11 different grizzlies filling up on salmon along the Orford River before bunking down for their long winter hibernation.
We spotted 11 different grizzlies filling up on salmon along the Orford River before bunking down for their long winter hibernation.
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One of the best pieces by Kaleb Horton ever is no longer easily available, because of course MTV wouldn't maintain actual good music writing done for its site once. Thankfully I found it again via some digging: his 2016 memorial to Merle Haggard on his passing. Link here, screencaps to follow.
Merle Haggard, Son Of Bakersfield
Kaleb Horton reflects on the passing of his hometown hero
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September 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
One of the best pieces by Kaleb Horton ever is no longer easily available, because of course MTV wouldn't maintain actual good music writing done for its site once. Thankfully I found it again via some digging: his 2016 memorial to Merle Haggard on his passing. Link here, screencaps to follow.
Kaleb Horton was a fantastic writer. One of the best and most compelling of our generation. Few captured the real California like he did. I really can’t believe he’s gone.
September 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Kaleb Horton was a fantastic writer. One of the best and most compelling of our generation. Few captured the real California like he did. I really can’t believe he’s gone.
Neil Young in Woodinville last night. Unreal show! Was beginning to think I’d never get to see the man onstage again and couldn’t have been more impressed. Rust Never Sleeps indeed 🤘
September 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Neil Young in Woodinville last night. Unreal show! Was beginning to think I’d never get to see the man onstage again and couldn’t have been more impressed. Rust Never Sleeps indeed 🤘
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"Terrible lime!"
—Trent Reznor frustrated by the quality of organic sliced limes backstage
—Trent Reznor frustrated by the quality of organic sliced limes backstage
August 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"Terrible lime!"
—Trent Reznor frustrated by the quality of organic sliced limes backstage
—Trent Reznor frustrated by the quality of organic sliced limes backstage
Caught Nine Inch Nails in Seattle last night. Absolutely ripper! Almost 20 years exactly since the first time I saw them on the ‘With Teeth’ Tour in ‘05🤘
August 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Caught Nine Inch Nails in Seattle last night. Absolutely ripper! Almost 20 years exactly since the first time I saw them on the ‘With Teeth’ Tour in ‘05🤘
Sturgill Simpson is back on Nugs and just uploaded his 2025 live tour 🚨
Hold all my calls for a week!
Hold all my calls for a week!
July 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Sturgill Simpson is back on Nugs and just uploaded his 2025 live tour 🚨
Hold all my calls for a week!
Hold all my calls for a week!
One of the greatest Track one / Side one’s of all-time. A bone-chilling statement of ill-intent. It was all there from the very beginning.
youtu.be/0lVdMbUx1_k?...
youtu.be/0lVdMbUx1_k?...
BLACK SABBATH - "Black Sabbath" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Black Sabbath
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July 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
One of the greatest Track one / Side one’s of all-time. A bone-chilling statement of ill-intent. It was all there from the very beginning.
youtu.be/0lVdMbUx1_k?...
youtu.be/0lVdMbUx1_k?...
Another act to the epic. I'm genuinely in awe.
July 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Another act to the epic. I'm genuinely in awe.
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All venues should always provide all attendees free water always, and especially in the summer. Really screwed up that this isn't standard procedure universally
June 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
All venues should always provide all attendees free water always, and especially in the summer. Really screwed up that this isn't standard procedure universally
Still holding out hope for the “Watch Johnny Marr reunite with Modest Mouse” headline someday…
Watch Johnny Marr reunite with The The for the first time in 35 years at Forever Now
Johnny Marr Plays With The The For The First Time In 35 Years: Watch
The The aren’t exactly the most famous group Johnny Marr ever performed in, but the guitarist played a key role in it once primary member Matt Johnson decided to expand it from his solo project into a...
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June 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Still holding out hope for the “Watch Johnny Marr reunite with Modest Mouse” headline someday…
RIP Brian Wilson. American Genius.
June 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
RIP Brian Wilson. American Genius.
Genius. Visionary. But most of all: Original.
There’ll never be another Sly Stone.
RIP.
There’ll never be another Sly Stone.
RIP.
June 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Genius. Visionary. But most of all: Original.
There’ll never be another Sly Stone.
RIP.
There’ll never be another Sly Stone.
RIP.
Congratulations to Soundgarden!!
Ultramega news, and beyond well-deserved!
Ultramega news, and beyond well-deserved!
April 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Congratulations to Soundgarden!!
Ultramega news, and beyond well-deserved!
Ultramega news, and beyond well-deserved!
Every track off WHAT’S GOIN ON, but especially “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)”
Without saying Let's Get It On, fav Marvin Gaye song?
April 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Every track off WHAT’S GOIN ON, but especially “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)”