Chris Cornell says he wasn't getting along with audioslave

Former Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell told RollingStone.com on Friday (February 16th) that he wasn't getting along particularly well with the other members of the band during the latter stages of their time together, saying, "Getting along as people is one thing. Getting along as a group of people that can work together in a band situation...We weren't particularly getting along well, no. Bands work in a way where everyone at some point has to have a similar idea of how you do things...Three albums into it, it started to seem like our interests weren't as conjoined anymore."

Cornell admitted that he hadn't spoken to the rest of the band in a few months, and that they heard about his departure from the group on Thursday (February 15th), the same day he announced it publicly.

The singer said in a statement that "irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences" led him to leave Audioslave after three studio albums, although his departure had been rumored since last summer.

Cornell will release his second solo album, titled Carry On, on May 1st.

The other members of Audioslave -- guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk -- recently announced that their previous band, Rage Against The Machine, will reunite to perform at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in April.