Temple of the Dog

[DPmaster]

Originally posted by: UNCjigga
Temple of the Dog vs. Audioslave - who would win?

I really like both bands but I'd have to say Temple of the Dog simply due to the REASON that they came together. They formed Temple of the Dog as a tribute to Andrew Wood (lead singer of Mother Love Bone who died of a drug overdose).

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: ZOOYUKA

Originally posted by: DPmaster

Originally posted by: Excelsior
I had known about this CD for a lttle while but I finally decided to get it. It is awesome! If you like Soundgarden or Pearl Jam, listen to it if you haven't already.

Link.

Yep. A nice thing with the Seattle scene in the early 90s was that everyone knew each other or were good friends. Most of them were a close-knit group of people. For example, members of Pearl Jam were also members of Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Red Hot Chili Peppers (not from Seattle but worth mentioning),Mad Season, Mother Love Bone, Brad, etc.

Anyone that does not have this one must get it

I was just about to say that!!

 

[aircooled]

I miss soundgarden soooo bad

mid-90's Chris Cornell is some of the best male vocals ever.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Vic
Good stuff, but whoa welcome to 1991.

edit: Temple of the Dog bio

Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard played bass and guitar (respectively) for the band Mother Love Bone, which would have been the biggest band to break out of the Seattle "grunge" scene except that singer and music genius Andrew Wood died of a heroin overdose in 1990. Ament and Gossard decided to form a new band, and hired Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron to form Temple of the Dog. They made only one album, which did not become popular until a couple of years after its release, but during the course of the project discovered Eddie Vedder. The direct result was Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, both of which came right after and subsequently went big.

Yes, many of the Seattle scene bands were tight (Sub Pop Records had a lot to do with this), and Eddie was friends with RHCP, but Nirvana were always the hated outsiders, and AiC originally considered themselves a heavy metal band before joining the "grunge" scene.

Thanks...but I was 5 in 1991. Around that age..maybe not even that young, I was listening to The Beatles on vinyl. I probably listened to Sgt Peppers 1000 times.

 

[nater]

just ordered the CD from half for ~$5. I remember the "I'm going hungry" song but that's all I ever heard. I like Soundgarden and Pearl Jam though

 

[dartworth]

Mother Love Bone > anything else seattle

Andrew Wood

 

[dartworth]

Mother Love Bone > anything else seattle

Andrew Wood

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: nater
just ordered the CD from half for ~$5. I remember the "I'm going hungry" song but that's all I ever heard. I like Soundgarden and Pearl Jam though

You should enjoy most of the album then, cause I do.

 

[ZOOYUKA]

Originally posted by: Vic
Good stuff, but whoa welcome to 1991.

edit: Temple of the Dog bio

Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard played bass and guitar (respectively) for the band Mother Love Bone, which would have been the biggest band to break out of the Seattle "grunge" scene except that singer and music genius Andrew Wood died of a heroin overdose in 1990. Ament and Gossard decided to form a new band, and hired Chris Cornell and Matt Cameron to form Temple of the Dog. They made only one album, which did not become popular until a couple of years after its release, but during the course of the project discovered Eddie Vedder. The direct result was Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, both of which came right after and subsequently went big.
Yes, many of the Seattle scene bands were tight (Sub Pop Records had a lot to do with this), and Eddie was friends with RHCP, but Nirvana were always the hated outsiders, and AiC originally considered themselves a heavy metal band before joining the "grunge" scene.

Soundgarden was around long before Temple of the Dog. This was only intended to be one album. It was a tribute to Andrew Wood.