Roads We Choose/Angels in a Cage: Timeline
1964
July 20th – Christopher John Boyle is born (2nd youngest of 6)
1980
October 3rd – Alyssa Anne Morgan is born (only child)
1983
August 29th – Alyssa begins school at St Mary Magdalen in Everett, WA
1984
Soundgarden forms
April – Emilie begins hitting Alyssa
1985
February 24th – Soundgarden open for Husker Du (their second show together)
April 16th – Howard leaves Emilie
May 23rd – Howard’s divorce from Emilie is final
June – Soundgarden record three tracks for Deep Six compilation
1986
February – Alyssa is pulled from St Mary Magdalen and enrolled in St Anne in Seattle, WA
April 1st – Deep Six release party, Soundgarden plays
June 20th – Howard and Marilyn wed
September – Matt Cameron replaces Scott Sundquist as the drummer for SG; Susan becomes their manager
December – SG records “Hunted Down”
December 24th – Judith Noelle Morgan is born
1987
March – Chris & Susan go to New York to “check it out”
April – Emilie loses her appeal and is sentenced to five years in prison
June – Soundgarden releases “Hunted Down” on Subpop; undertake first national tour
October – Screaming Life EP released (talks start with A&M and SST, including demos for A&M)
1988
August – FOPP EP released
September – SG signs to SST, play Bumbershoot
October 31st – Ultramega OK released
December – SG signs with A&M and begins to work on Louder than Love
1989
Soundgarden tours in support of Ultramega OK, their first visit to Europe
September 5th – Louder than Love released
Yammamoto leaves band, Jason Everman joins
1990
January – Soundgarden begins tour with Voivod and Faith No More
March 19th – Andy Wood dies, Chris returns to Seattle from Loud Love tour
summer – writes songs for Andy while on tour
Ben Shepherd joins SG
August – SG returns to the road, opening for Danzig
October 22nd – Chris and Susan marry, attend the first PJ concert afterwards
November 13th – Temple of the Dog performs their only full set at the Off Ramp Cafe
1991
Badmotorfinger is recorded in the spring
April 16th – Temple of the Dog released
October – Alyssa starts her period
October 8th – Badmotorfinger released
December – tour with Guns N’ Roses begins
1992
February – SG tours opening for Skid Row
March – SG plays two shows at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre which are filmed for Motorvision video
April – SG starts its first headlining tour
June – SG supports GnR in Europe
July – SG tours with Lollapalooza
September – SG takes a long break from touring
1993
SG records Superunknown (July – November)
August – SG takes a break to play eight dates with Neil Young
December – SG tours Australia, Japan, and New Zealand
1994
March 8th – Superunknown released
March 10th – Chris meets Jeff Buckley backstage in London
April 5th – Kurt Cobain dies
May – SG begin American tour
August – SG completes tour in Seattle
August 28th – Alyssa starts at Ballard High School and meets David in class
September 8th – Chris and Kim attend MTV’s Video Awards & present
1995
January – SG appear on Pearl Jam’s ‘Self Pollution Radio’
March 1st – SG wins two Grammys
June 15th – Alyssa starts a part-time job at a coffeehouse
October 3rd – Alyssa gets a car for her birthday
October 21st – Shannon Hoon dies
November – SG starts to work on DotU; Alyssa meets Zack at work
1996
February – SG finished DotU
April 26th – Chris and Alyssa meet at coffee shop (where she’s working)
May 21st – Down on the Upside released
June 14th – SG has a secret gig at the Showbox; Alyssa meets Eddie Vedder at gig
June 27th – Aug 4th – SG tours with Lollapalooza
Nov 6th – Dec 17th – SG tours for DotU
1997
Jan 16th – Feb 6th – SG finished DotU tour (New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii)
Feb 26th – SG loses the Grammy to Rage Against the Machine
April 9th – SG disbands
May 29th – Jeff Buckley dies (later Chris records a song in his honor)
1998
June 5th – Alyssa graduates from Ballard High School
Alyssa attends a Pearl Jam concert in the summer
August 27th – Alyssa begins classes at UCLA
Sept 12th – Alyssa meets Jonathon at a party
Sept 15th – Alyssa meets Andrew at a Critics Corner meeting
1999
February 17th – Alyssa breaks up with Jonathon
September 21st – Chris releases Euphoria Morning
2000
February – Alyssa organizes MLK Day with Tom Morello as speaker (begins to work on Axis of Justice after this)
June 28th – Lillian Jean Cornell is born
November 17th – Alyssa’s mother dies
2001
February – Alyssa learns of mother’s death
Chris jams with Rage guys, Civilian forms
July – Chris separates from Susan
October – Chris divorces Susan
2002
April – Civilian dissolves
April 5th – Layne Staley dies
May – Audioslave forms
June – Alyssa graduates UCLA (BA, Design|Media Studies; minor, Linguistics)
August – September – Chris is in rehab for drug and alcohol abuse
November 19th – self-titled Audioslave album released
November 25th – AS appears on Letterman, their first live show together
2003
Audioslave tours
Chris meets Vicky early in tour
2004
March – Chris marries Vicky in civil ceremony in LA
May 13th – Chris and Vicky marry in more traditional ceremony in Paris
July – Audioslave begin to work on next album
September 18th – Toni Cornell born
2005
January – Audioslave finish recording Out of Exile
April – Vicky leaves Chris; Chris files for divorce & custody Roads We Choose begins here
May 6th – Audioslave perform in Cuba; Alyssa attends with Chris
May 23rd – Out of Exile released
April 14th – July 10th – Audioslave tours Europe & US for OoE
September – November – Audioslave tours arenas in US
October – some of the next Audioslave album is recorded in Atlanta, GA
December 5th – Christopher Nicholas born
2006
January – Audioslave finish recording Revelations
July – Chris starts to toy with the idea of solo stuff
September 5th – Revelations released
September 7th – Chris performs solo, acoustically in Stockholm, Sweden
September 20th – Chris’s Bond song is leaked (“You Know My Name”)
October – Chris is in motorcycle accident while recording solo album
November 14th – Casino Royale premieres, Chris and Alyssa attend
2007
February 15th – Chris formally quits Audioslave
June 5th – Carry On released
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