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Seattle, United States (1990 – 1992)
Temple of the Dog was formed in 1990 by Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell as a tribute to the late Andrew Wood, frontman of Seattle, Washington rock group Mother Love Bone after Wood died of a heroin overdose. Cornell, Wood’s close friend and roommate, helmed the project, which took its name from a lyric in the Mother Love Bone song, “Man Of Golden Words.
” The band would also include Soundgarden’s drummer Matt Cameron, Wood’s former bandmates Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, and lead guitarist Mike McCready . Eddie Vedder, at the time auditioning for the position of vocalist in Pearl Jam, also provided co-lead and background vocals on several songs. One song Vedder provided co-lead vocals on was Hunger Strike, which became the band’s biggest hit. Ament, Gossard, McCready, and Vedder would go on later to form Pearl Jam, not long after recording for Temple of the Dog. Interestingly, Cameron went on to become Pearl Jam’s drummer over half a decade later.
The album was originally released on April 16, 1991 to little fanfare, only selling around 70,000 copies, but in the summer of 1992, the album received new attention. Though the album had been released more than a year earlier, A&M Records realized that they had in their catalog what was essentially a collaboration between Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, who had both risen to mainstream attention in the months since the album’s release due to the growing popularity of grunge music, which both bands were associated.
Man Of Golden Words.
” The band would also include Soundgarden’s drummer Matt Cameron, Wood’s former bandmates Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, and lead guitarist Mike McCready . Eddie Vedder, at the time auditioning for the position of vocalist in Pearl Jam, also provided co-lead and background vocals on several songs. One song Vedder provided co-lead vocals on was Hunger Strike, which became the band’s biggest hit. Ament, Gossard, McCready, and Vedder would go on later to form Pearl Jam, not long after recording for Temple of the Dog. Interestingly, Cameron went on to become Pearl Jam’s drummer over half a decade later.The album was originally released on April 16, 1991 to little fanfare, only selling around 70,000 copies, but in the summer of 1992, the album received new attention. Though the album had been released more than a year earlier, A&M Records realized that they had in their catalog what was essentially a collaboration between Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, who had both risen to mainstream attention in the months since the album’s release due to the growing popularity of grunge music, which both bands were associated.
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Spriteh wrote:
Vê-los juntos no PJ 20 de novo não teve preço.
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okmarianna wrote:
Eddie Vedder + Chris Cornell = PERFEIÇÃO! [2]
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matriccs wrote:
One of the best bands ever...
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turboloverxdseh wrote:
Hunger Strike It's So Fucking Perfect [1]
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MariRitzel wrote:
Eddie Vedder + Chris Cornell = PERFEIÇÃO!
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EvilMathew wrote:
Best male vocal parts in rock music. [2]
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whysouchato wrote:
dava pra sair muita coisa boa desses caras
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cabeludoinferno wrote:
dead
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B-eatchSkin wrote:
Someone that wanna help change the awful chards in this group? http://www.lastfm.se/group/Holli+Would
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ReachDown wrote:
C'mon and thumb up this one http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Temple+of+the+Dog/+images/3749623 or this one http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Temple+of+the+Dog/+images/31098055
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XTRMN8 wrote:
Prefer Soundgarden and Audio Slave, can't bring myself to download this.
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shivaki07 wrote:
can't stop listening to this album!! incredible!
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EduRocker12 wrote:
Say Hello To Heaven<<33
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BJCz wrote:
Not bad.
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shivaki07 wrote:
i don't mind stealing bread from the mouth of decadence...
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priedits wrote:
Best male vocal parts in rock music.
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Alexmiller26 wrote:
Hunger Strike It's So Fucking Perfect
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akminarrah wrote:
É sempre bom ouvir grunge bem "tirado".
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Kyanksye wrote:
Awesome!!! *.*
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ReachDown wrote:
Cornell's vocals are beautiful and perfect in this album. Hunger Strike isn't bad, but I have to admit that it's not as good as the nine other tracks... Now I've got room to spread my wings and my messages of love, Love was my drug, but that's not what I died of... So much strong lyrics... Best friends ever : http://s3.noelshack.com/upload/10431626603013_temple_of_the_dog_4.gif
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