I don't know too much of their music but what I've heard I've liked. Last summer I saw Five for Fighting in Bethlehem, PA. A smaller venue. The studio lead guitarist just blew me away to the point I stayed and asked the sound guy about him then did some research on him. His name is Peter Thorn from Canada and he played with Soundgarden.Huge. My ringtone is the guitar from Rusty Cage. I miss that there will be no more new Soundgarden and Chris Cornell music terribly.
His final solo album, Higher Truth, pretty much was writing on the wall of what was to come.
He explained that the lyric "Looking California, feeling Minnesota" is supposed to mean he was looking bad and feeling bad.