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35 Years Ago Today, ‘Temple of the Dog’ Proved What Good Artists Could Do Without Pressure From Record Labels
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35 Years Ago Today, ‘Temple of the Dog’ Proved What Good Artists Could Do Without Pressure From Record Labels
On April 16, 1991, the one-off supergroup Temple of the Dog released its self-titled album, a memorial to former Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood. MLB disbanded months before they were scheduled to debut, after Wood’s fatal overdose in March 1990. With prompting from Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, Temple of the Dog was born. The group consisted of Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, formerly of MLB, whom Cornell approached about the concept. S…
The whole world would later meet them as members of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. However, in the autumn of 1990, Seattle musicians who composed Temple of the Dog were united by pain instead of stardom, and leaned on each other to pay homage to a fallen friend the best they knew. The project originated in the weeks after the death in 1990 of Mother Love Bone leader Andrew Wood. His heroin overdose had an impact on the entire Seattle music community.
‘Temple Of The Dog’: How Grunge’s Mt. Olympus Flew Under The Radar
In 1991, what began as a rock’n’roll tribute to a fallen friend ended up being the sleeper start of the Seattle sound explosion heard around the world. It was only in retrospect that Temple of the Dog was recognized as the grunge era’s greatest supergroup, whose members went on to change the course of music.
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