Temple of the Dog: Temple of the Dog
and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam, and Mark
Arm of Mudhoney. With just one listen and
you can hear the parts of their future bands
coming into place, fusing ‘70s hard rock and
early underground punk. Those parts would
also kill the band just as it was getting
noticed; Ament and Gossard wanted to
sign to a major label, but Arm wanted to
remain independent. The band honored
its commitment to recording its debut LP
Rehab Doll, but the band would split right
after, an early victim of the Seattle scene’s
ambivalence to mainstream success. The
1990 re-release combined Rehab Doll with
the Dry As A Bone EP (the latter recorded
during better days within the band).
artistic differences, it was tragedy. When
Mother Love Bone frontman Andrew
Wood died of a drug overdose (making
the band themselves a one album wonder
with their debut Apple), Soundgarden
frontman Chris Cornell formed a tribute
project with Mother Love Bone’s remaining
members, all of whom went on to form
Pearl Jam, including singer Eddie Vedder,
who collaborated with Cornell on the
single “Hunger Strike.” Less a proper
band, it was more about healing from loss
between all the members. Temple of the
Dog’s lone LP was still a success, going
platinum and become a uniting point for
the great potential the Seattle scene had
to show the world at large, with all involved
looking back on the record with bittersweet
fondness.
STANDOUT TRACKS: “Hunger Strike”,
“Say Hello 2 Heaven”
STANDOUT TRACKS: ”Unwind”, “Queen
Bitch”
TEMPLE OF THE
DOG
Temple of the Dog (1991)
If the Seattle scene wasn’t beset with
Operation Ivy: Operation Ivy
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