To be honest, most modern rock bores the tears out of me. So much of it follows the same old tired formula that it is reduced to nothing more than heavy pop. Soundgarden was one band in the genre that always managed to overcome this and caputure my attention. So Audioslave comes along...it sounds like Soungarden minus the latter bands uniqueness, and so it comes of as just another dull mordern rock album...well played, nothing terrible, Chris Cornell's voice is still wonderful...but if I want to listen to Soundgarden I'll listen to Soundgarden, thank you. This must be the year of failed supergroups as Zwan (aka, the new Smashing Pumpkins)'s debut is a likewise decent yet dull modern rock album.