Artist: Temple of the Dog
Genre(s):
ROck: Alternative
Discography:
Temple of the Dog
Year: 1991
Tracks: 10
Temple of the Dog was a one-album project conceived in 1990. The role of Temple of the Dog was to ante up tribute to the tardy Andrew Wood, the pb isaac M. Singer of Mother Love Bone, world Health Organization died of a heroin overdose in 1990. Following his death, Mother Love Bone stone-broke up, merely Wood's bandmates Jeff Ament (freshwater bass) and Stone Gossard (guitar) distinct to continue on the job together. Before Ament and Gossard formed a new stripe, they assembled Temple of the Dog, recruiting Chris Cornell (vocals) and Matt Cameron (drums) from Soundgarden to chassis the nucleus of the chemical group. Temple of the Dog likewise featured contributions from then-unknown singer Eddie Vedder and guitarist Mike McCready.
Temple of the Dog recorded their eponymous album in 1990, releasing it at the ending of the year on A&M Records. The album standard positive reviews upon its release, simply didn't chart until the summer of 1992, when Pearl Jam -- a band Ament, Gossard, Vedder, McCready, and drummer Dave Krusen formed in late 1990 afterwards the pass completion of the Temple of the Dog album -- had a Top Ten album with their debut record, Decade. Following the success of Ten, A&M re-released "Starve Strike" -- a duette between Vedder and Cornell -- as a video and single, and the album apace scaled the charts, reaching the Top Ten and exit pt earlier the end of 1992.
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