Former FOO FIGHTERS guitarist Franz Stahl criticized late SOUNDGARDEN and AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell (pictured) for committing suicide — in comments that Stahl later walked back. According to The Pulse Of Radio, Stahl's initial Facebook post read: "Wow…I find it very sad as a father to see all these sad eulogies for your fallen kept rockstars where the real sadness is what so selfishly was left behind… his children. They are forever now without a father… a pillar of love… safety… strength… guidance."

Stahl continued: "Now, I loved SOUNDGARDEN… but AUDIOSLAVE was fucking lamesville… but does all that really matter to his kids? They just wanted to see your face when you got home… to hear your voice… to feel your hugs… to borrow the fucking car to go to In-N-Out Burger. Thanks Dad…"

Stahl later deleted that post and sent a message to Alternative Nation in which he said: "I've been inundated with hate and harm and it cuts deep... I'm no stranger to what some of us deal with in life… a fatherless upbringing… suicide in my family and my own depression… With that said… Upon reading the news, I was initially overwhelmed with sadness, then it became anger however unwarranted. In that moment, I just blurted it out… said things and posted it."

He added: "It was, however, insensitive and wrong on many levels and since deleted. People close to me know 'not that person, and well… how can you walk that back."

Stahl was a member of FOO FIGHTERS for two years in the late 1990s, although he never appeared on any albums.

He joined the band in 1997, having previously played with FOO FIGHTERS leader Dave Grohl in the punk band SCREAM, but exited prior to Chris Shiflett joining the group in 1999.

