Your American Idol goes '90s update

As we previously reported here, American Idol winner David Cook has been working with an all-star cast of alt-rock luminaries, including members of Collective Soul, the Nixons, and Our Lady Peace. The first single, "Light On," was co-written with Chris Cornell. The album is out in two weeks, and while the complete list of songwriting credits isn't available, we do know that one track, "Avalanche," was co-written with Kevin Griffin of Better than Ezra.

Also wanting to get in on the action is AI runner-up David Archuleta; he's got a cover of Robbie Williams' "Angels" on his album, out next week. It's a little treacly.

I have managed to ignore every American Idol alum thus far (though the missus likes Carrie Underwood, and I enjoy Butch Walker's take on "Since U Been Gone"). I might have to buy this David Cook album, though.

More new Chris Cornell, and David Cook's first grunge single

Here's another track from the Timbaland / Chris Cornell collaboration, "Scream":


The comments at Idolator likened it to a God Lives Underwater b-side. Now THAT's an obscure '90s reference!

And in other Chris Cornell news, David Cook's first single, "Light On," was co-written by Cornell. See if you like it better than the Cornell solo stuff here.

9/24 UPDATE: Apparently, Cornell performed with Pussycat Dolls, Timbaland, and OneRepublic on Fashion Rocks a couple of weeks ago (video on the Squib Central site). ARGH.

Expect a very post-grunge album from David Cook

American Idol winner David Cook tells LiveDaily he's been working with Ed Roland from Collective Soul, Raine Maida from Our Lady Peace and Zac Maloy of Nixons fame.
The album (due this fall) will be produced by Rob Cavallo, who has done a lot of work with Green Day, the Goo Goo Dolls, and L7, among others.
If the American Idol winner were to put out an album that sounded like the KROQ playlist in 1995, would that be a good thing or a bad thing? I mean, for me it would be a good thing, but what about the music industry as a whole?