Audioslave是2001年在洛杉矶成立的美国摇滚超级乐队。四人乐队包括Soundgarden主唱/节奏吉他手Chris Cornell和Rage Against the Machine成员Tom Morello（主音吉他），Tim Commerford（贝司/伴唱），和布拉德威尔克（鼓）。评论家们首先将Audioslave描述为Soundgarden和Rage Against the Machine的组合，但是在乐队的第二张专辑“Out of Exile”中，人们注意到他们已经建立了一个独立的身份。 Audioslave的声音是通过将20世纪70年代的硬摇滚与20世纪90年代的另类摇滚融合而成的。此外，Morello将他众所周知的非常规吉他独奏融入其中。与Rage Against the Machine一样，乐队为他们的专辑中的所有声音都只使用吉他，贝司，鼓和人声制作而自豪。

在其存在的六年中，Audioslave发行了三张专辑，获得三项格莱美奖提名，在全球销售超过八百万张唱片，成为第一支在古巴举行露天音乐会的美国摇滚乐队。 Audioslave于2007年2月解散，当时康奈尔发表声明，声称他“永远离开了乐队”是由于无法解决的人格冲突以及音乐上的分歧。 2007年Rage Against the Machine团聚和巡演涉及其他乐队，以及同年由Morello和Cornell发行的个人专辑，巩固了超级集团的永久性消亡。 2017年1月20日，在宣布重聚三天后，Audioslave十多年来第一次在Rage的Anti-Inaugural Ball预言中一起表演。在2017年5月18日凌晨，克里斯康奈尔在玩完Soundgarden表演后，在52岁的底特律酒店房间被发现死亡。

Audioslave was an American rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2001. The four-piece band consisted of Soundgarden lead singer/rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell and Rage Against the Machine members Tom Morello (lead guitar), Tim Commerford (bass/backing vocals), and Brad Wilk (drums). Critics first described Audioslave as a combination of Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine, but by the band's second album, Out of Exile, it was noted that they had established a separate identity. Audioslave's sound was created by blending 1970s hard rock with 1990s alternative rock. Moreover, Morello incorporated his well-known, unconventional guitar solos into the mix. As with Rage Against the Machine, the band prided themselves on the fact that all sounds on their albums were produced using only guitar, bass, drums, and vocals.

In its six years of existence, Audioslave released three albums, received three Grammy nominations, sold more than eight million records worldwide and became the first American rock band to perform an open-air concert in Cuba. Audioslave disbanded in February 2007 when Cornell issued a statement announcing that he was permanently leaving the band "due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences." The 2007 Rage Against the Machine reunion and tour involving the rest of the band, as well as solo albums released that same year by Morello and Cornell, cemented the supergroup's permanent demise. On January 20, 2017, three days after announcing their reunion, Audioslave performed together for the first time in over a decade at Prophets of Rage's Anti-Inaugural Ball. In the early hours of May 18, 2017, Chris Cornell was found dead in his hotel room in Detroit, at the age of 52, after playing a Soundgarden show.