Soundgarden's surviving members — guitarist Kim Thayil, drummer Matt Cameron and bassist Ben Shepherd — have launched new social media accounts on Instagram and Twitter under the name Nude.Dragons.
The name — an anagram of Soundgarden — was a moniker the band used for a surprise live performance around 10 years ago in Seattle after they first reunited. The Instagram and Twitter accounts so far just feature a couple of selfies taken by the trio.
It's unclear whether the new accounts have anything to do with the group's current legal battle with singer Chris Cornell's widow, part of which has revolved around her access to the official Soundgarden social media accounts and the way she has used them.
The larger battle is over a series of recordings that Cornell made before his death in May 2017. The band members claim that the recordings were vocal tracks intended for a new Soundgarden album, but Cornell's widow has refused to turn them over, claiming that the band has withheld substantial royalty payments as a way to bully her.
So far the Nude.Dragons accounts have been followed by Lily Silver Cornell, the singer's daughter with his first wife, as well as Pearl Jam, Duff McKagan, Taylor Momsen, Eddie Vedder's wife Jill and other figures who are close to the band.
