i'll avoid listening. I've always liked Soundgarden, i liked his first solo album, and i liked Audioslave until the 2nd album came out then i found them too miserable and boring.
Down on the upside was good too infact, given what CC has done since i really do admire them for spliting then rather than to carry on with Sg and fade away.
sounds about right. Plus as he's got older his vocals have got more and more mellow so he's had to change his style accordingly. I don't begrudge seeing Audioslave live a few years ago though as they played a fair few SG (& RATM) classics.