In the middle of nowhere in the state of Washington, on the edge of a cliff, I stood smashed against a barricade with my hand outstretched toward Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell as he sang "Outshined" a few feet from my face.
2009: the last year of the first decade of the new millennium. It proved to be a year rife with innovation, comebacks, breakthroughs, and goodbyes in rock music.
