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Yo, Kira! (🫂): Yes. I believe one would most effectively describe: Temple Of The Dog as, primarily, "a Chris Cornell project" ...however: it would be unfair to diminish or set aside the roles of the other members or to misunderstand why they were there (in the first place). Both Stone Gossard (guitar, primarily rhythm) and Jeff Ament (bass) had been members of Mother Love Bone with Andrew Wood and were, easily and clearly AS intimately associated with/as closely tied to Andrew Wood as Cornell was (if not: moreso, to many degrees!). Andrew Wood died in early 1990 and the Temple Of The Dog project was recorded in late fall of that, same, year. ...but the album wasn't released until a year (or slightly more) later, at which point, both Pearl Jam and Soundgarden were "known quantities" (with Pearl Jam having become superbly successful and Soundgarden not yet in, quite, the same echelon, but widely respected and much better-known than either of them (or any individual member of theirs was) were when Temple Of The Dog was created!). At the time that Cornell, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Cameron were writing/recording this album, Pearl Jam didn't, really, "exist," yet. Mother Love Bone was still having "its corpse retired" and Ament, Gossard, Krusen ...were, still, looking for/trying out new players (who would go on to create Pearl Jam with them). Mike McCready was "the new guy," but reflected many common tenets with the primary influences of Mother Love Bone and with the aforementioned players. The "even newer guy" was a young vocalist named Eddie Vedder, who had yet to do any professional recording and had, literally, just arrived in Seattle for the first time. His appearance on: Temple Of The Dog is, essentially, an accident. Chris Cornell was having trouble getting the lower parts the way he heard them in his head, for the song "Hunger Strike" ...Vedder heard him being disappointed with what he was getting [or one of the other future P.J. members did -- It is a mite unclear, exactly] and, quietly, offered to assist (knowing his range would fit the lower-register part more easily and deftly). He contrasted Cornell's soaring, yowling cries and from there, what later became "a '90s classic" was born. "Hunger Strike" is, actually, Eddie Vedder's first professional, recorded vocal performance (prior to all of the Pearl Jam albums). The Temple Of The Dog album (as mentioned, I believe ) was released a bit after Ten and during the interim between Soundgarden's: Louder Than Love and Badmotorfinger; so: both vocalists and their, respective, bands had a bigger profile and rapidly expanding fan-base. Temple Of The Dog, both, latched onto that as well as: helped to expand it. ====Oh: B.T.B.: Matt Cameron was a founding member of Soundgarden. He, later (after Soundgarden dissolved/"went on hiatus" (if you prefer to see it that way -- which isn't, really, correct, but 🤷♀ --- )) joined a latter-day line-up of: Pearl Jam [post Soundgarden's split, after the release of: Down On the Upside] and (I believe🤷) became their longest-standing regular drummer, as well. ...He returned to Soundgarden when Thayil and Cornell rebooted said band with Ben Shepard --- which, *I believe* was in: 2010 (after a more-than-decade long break-up). 👍 ...so: the cat is a superb drummer.👍👍 [ @kirawasareactor ]
.... F.Y.I.: Engineer/co-Producer: Rick Parashar plays piano on: "Times Of Trouble" (and "Call Me A Dog") as well as: organ and piano on "All Night Thing" 🤘🤘 He often would play key parts for Pearl Jam on albums (and for others he worked with, as well). In fact, Rick plays piano and Fender Rhodes on YOUR fav. P.J. track: "Black", as well as on: "Jeremy" (just for example). [Sadly, Rick is, also, now gone. 😭😢] ---- Rick [Rakesh] and his brother, Raj, founded London Bridge Studios, who hosted many of the great '90s bands and continued to produce well-regarded albums into the 2000s, 2010s and even beyond. (As I recall, Rick passed-on, unexpectedly, in 2014. 😢😢)
@oscarrios6048 music being subjective and opinions changing over time, there are times that I don't agree with my own statement! Having said that, living through the era and loving it all, Temple of the Dog is one of the few albums that never falls out of my car's CD rotation (Siamese Dream, Superunknown, The Real Thing, and Undertow also warrant consideration)
At the time this was recorded, Chris and Matt were in Soundgarden, Stone and Jeff were from Mother Love Bone, and Mike and Eddie were in this new group that Stone and Jeff were doing called Mookie Blalock. It's only Pearl Jam with Chris in retrospect.
What you may not know was that the instrumentalists for Pearl Jam were in Mother Lovev Bone with Andrew Wood, so it is a tribute to their fallen band mate. This album was before Pearl Jam started. Eddie Vedder guest stared on the album, and they were looking for a replacement vocalist. Chris Cornell had already done 2 albums with Soundgarden at the time, so they asked Eddie Vedder and the rest in history. You should also try Mad Season, a grunge supergroup with Layne of AIC on vocals. Hunger Strike is one of the best grunge songs of all time. 2 of the greatest rock vocalists on one song. The reason this album does not sound like the commercial grunge you may be used to, is that Soundgarden and Mother Love Bone had a more normal rock sound in the 80s. Soundgarden were less grunge and more hard rock, before changing their sound in the 90s. Pearl Jam have never sounded very grungy to me. If you want Grunge Soundgarden then try the album Superunknown. If you want a more hard rock and metal album then try Badmotorfinger. It is Chris at his best vocaly on Badmotorfinger. The song Slaves and Bulldozers gives me chills listening to Chris's voice. He has the voice of a angel. Your Saviour is very Soundgarden sounding to me.
And plus ALL of that there's Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, who was invited to Pearl Jam Years later. And now I Know why. Tranks for that react. Never Heard the total álbum, and now I love it.
Such a phenomenal album and tribute. Another Cornell album that I love which I don't see mentioned much is Euphoria Morning. It was his first truly "solo" album. So many great tunes. When I'm Down, Disappearing One, and Pillow of Your Bones are some of my favorites on it.
Matt Cameron was the original and only drummer SG had (unless you count Chris who played drums too). When SG disbanded, PJ brought Matt into the band as their new full time drummer. Back in 1998!
@@SwedishSonna Correct, Kinda. He never recorded on any of their official albums. Chris was the original like I mentioned. Matt is/was the drummer on all of the official albums.
I've always wondered how much of an enigma it is that Chris Cornell had this much raw soul at the age of 27. This is imo an underrated blues masterpiece.
I think a lot of commenters are misremembering the timeline of this album’s cultural impact. It’s true that this album was recorded before Pearl Jam existed and the song Hunger Strike is the first recording to feature Eddie Vedder on vocals. And the album was released in 1991 but it was not successful at that time. It didn’t even chart. However, in 1992 Soundgarden released Badmotorfinger and Pearl Jam released Ten. Those albums were huge and that prompted the label to rerelease the Temple of the Dog album and this time they made a music video for Hunger Strike. That’s when it became popular. So for 99% of people, this was not actually their introduction to any members of the group. It was just a cool collaboration between two newly popular bands.
I'm so glad you're doing this album. I've recommended it to countless reactors and none of them have bothered with it. Thank you for giving it a chance when others wouldn't.
The “Hunger Strike” video was a huge introduction of grunge to a lot of people at the time. The Mother Love Bone guys lost their singer Andrew Wood. Chris got together with them and put together this set of songs. And invited their brand new singer (Eddie) to join in on Hunger Strike (before “Ten” came out).
There is another great Grunge Supergroup album. Mad Season "Above" featuring Layne Staley from Alice in Chains, Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, and guys from Screaming Trees. Worth checking out for sure, I prever it over Temple of the Dog.
temple of the dog and mad season-above. the two most underrated 'grunge' records of the era. listened to them both to death back in the day. if ya know ya know......🥀🖤🥀🖤🥀☝️
Chris got Pearl Jam on this record because Stone & Jeff where in Mother Love Bone with Andrew Wood. Stone & Jeff at the time were forming a new band called Mookie Blaylock which went on to be Pearl Jam, this record was before Pearl Jam released their first album. Eddie does vocals on Hunger Strike(and others) & Matt Cameron the Drummer was in Soundgarden first but became PJ"s drummer after SG broke up in 1998. Also Alice in Chains Would? is a tribute to Andrew Wood(hence the Would). Mike McCreedy was also part of another Grunge supergroup called Mad Season with AIC's Layne Staley.
Hey, Kira!: F.Y.I.: Engineer/co-Producer: Rick Parashar plays piano on: "Times Of Trouble" (and "Call Me A Dog") as well as: organ and piano on "All Night Thing" 🤘🤘 He often would play key parts for Pearl Jam on albums (and for others he worked with, as well). In fact, Rick plays piano and Fender Rhodes on YOUR fav. P.J. track: "Black", as well as on: "Jeremy" (just for example). [Sadly, Rick is, also, now gone. 😭😢] ---- Rick [Rakesh] and his brother, Raj, founded London Bridge Studios, who hosted many of the great '90s bands and continued to produce well-regarded albums into the 2000s, 2010s and even beyond. (As I recall, Rick passed-on, unexpectedly, in 2014. 😢😢)
Mother Love Bone was the Seattle rock band that recorded 1 album ('Apple') in 1990 w/ the line-up of: Andrew Wood (vocals), Greg Gilmore (drums), Jeff Ament (bass), Stone Gossard & Bruce Fairweather (guitars)... Andrew Wood died in March 1990 from an OD, before it was released and the band was over... Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains wrote the song 'Would?' about the late singer w/ the message - don't judge him for a mistake he made without walking in his steps. Chris Cornell (lead singer of Soundgarden) was devastated by the death of his friend Andrew Wood and he wrote the songs on Temple of the Dog as a tribute to the late singer... which were separate from the songs that made it onto the Soundgarden album 'Badmotorfinger' in 1991. The project was recorded w/ Jeff Ament (bass) & Stone Gossard (guitar) of Mother Love Bone, who had just started a new band called Pearl Jam w/ Eddie Vedder (vocals) and Mike McCready (guitar) ... Soundgarden (and later, Pearl Jam) drummer Matt Cameron provided the beats. 'Temple of the Dog' was released in 1991, preceding the releases of both 'Badmotorfinger' by Soundgarden and 'Ten' by Pearl Jam... and it sold modestly initially (70K copies) and got some good reviews and press. A year after the release of 'Temple of the Dog'... Nirvana's explosive success brought attention to the Seattle rock scene w/ both Pearl Jam and Soundgarden scoring platinum records in 1992... Soundgarden's record label A&M Records decided to re-release 'Temple of the Dog' in '92 w/ a music video for 'Hunger strike' (feat. Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam) ... it became a hit on MTV and charted at #5 in the US and sold platinum. The sound of the record was very much aligned w/ the 'grunge' rock sound from Seattle.
Yo, Kira! (🫂): Yes. I believe one would most effectively describe: Temple Of The Dog as, primarily, "a Chris Cornell project" ...however: it would be unfair to diminish or set aside the roles of the other members or to misunderstand why they were there (in the first place). Both Stone Gossard (guitar, primarily rhythm) and Jeff Ament (bass) had been members of Mother Love Bone with Andrew Wood and were, easily and clearly AS intimately associated with/as closely tied to Andrew Wood as Cornell was (if not: moreso, to many degrees!). Andrew Wood died in early 1990 and the Temple Of The Dog project was recorded in late fall of that, same, year. ...but the album wasn't released until a year (or slightly more) later, at which point, both Pearl Jam and Soundgarden were "known quantities" (with Pearl Jam having become superbly successful and Soundgarden not yet in, quite, the same echelon, but widely respected and much better-known than either of them (or any individual member of theirs was) were when Temple Of The Dog was created!). At the time that Cornell, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Cameron were writing/recording this album, Pearl Jam didn't, really, "exist," yet. Mother Love Bone was still having "its corpse retired" and Ament, Gossard, Krusen ...were, still, looking for/trying out new players (who would go on to create Pearl Jam with them). Mike McCready was "the new guy," but reflected many common tenets with the primary influences of Mother Love Bone and with the aforementioned players. The "even newer guy" was a young vocalist named Eddie Vedder, who had yet to do any professional recording and had, literally, just arrived in Seattle for the first time. His appearance on: Temple Of The Dog is, essentially, an accident. Chris Cornell was having trouble getting the lower parts the way he heard them in his head, for the song "Hunger Strike" ...Vedder heard him being disappointed with what he was getting [or one of the other future P.J. members did -- It is a mite unclear, exactly] and, quietly, offered to assist (knowing his range would fit the lower-register part more easily and deftly). He contrasted Cornell's soaring, yowling cries and from there, what later became "a '90s classic" was born. "Hunger Strike" is, actually, Eddie Vedder's first professional, recorded vocal performance (prior to all of the Pearl Jam albums). The Temple Of The Dog album (as mentioned, I believe ) was released a bit after Ten and during the interim between Soundgarden's: Louder Than Love and Badmotorfinger; so: both vocalists and their, respective, bands had a bigger profile and rapidly expanding fan-base. Temple Of The Dog, both, latched onto that as well as: helped to expand it. ====Oh: B.T.B.: Matt Cameron was a member of Soundgarden and their primary skinsman (although 2 drummers: Cornell himself and Scott Sundquist -who retired from music to spend time with his family- did pre-date him, literally; but as far as I am aware: neither of them, ever, recorded anything with Soundgarden [and I don't really care if they did.]. 🤷). He, later (after Soundgarden dissolved/"went on hiatus" (if you prefer to see it that way -- which isn't, really, correct, but 🤷♀ --- )) joined a latter-day line-up of: Pearl Jam [post Soundgarden's split, after the release of: Down On the Upside] and (I believe🤷) became their longest-standing regular drummer, as well. ...He returned to Soundgarden when Thayil and Cornell rebooted said band with Ben Shepard --- which, *I believe* was in: 2010 (after a more-than-decade long break-up). 👍 ...so: the cat is a superb drummer.👍👍 [ @kirawasareactor ]
I always believed that: Regan Hagar (and perhaps a few other associated Seattle area musicians), also, contributed to the Temple Of The Dog album ...🤷🤷 but, apparently, that is, just, speculation or suppositional (unprovable) "guesstimation."🤷
Matt Cameron was NOT a founding member of Soundgarden. The founding members were Chris Cornell, Kim Thayill, and Hiro Yamamoto. Cornell played drums and sang, originally. They hired a drummer in ‘85 so Cornell could concentrate on singing. Matt Cameron was the 3rd drummer. He joined in 1986.
@indycarcomplainer2304 🤦🤦 o.k. That is SO "knowable" and "important." ...My apologies. 🙄🤦 [Yeah: I don't list Cornell or Scott Sundquist by name because I don't even think there are any recordings with either of them playing the instrument. 🤷🤷] ...slight misstatement. ...but: I DO believe in: letting people understand actuality. ... so: I appreciate your effort here and that this felt extremely relevant to you.
You can't expect an uplifting mood all the way through a tribute album for a person that died from a heroin overdose. Four Walled World and All night thing are beautiful. You need to be in the mood and read more about what they are written for to understand these.All songs from this album are a high solid 10. In my opinion the best grunge album. And to mention 2 facts: the drummer is from Soundgarden (later joined Pearl Jam). In Hunger Strike it is both Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell singing. This was a good and honest review. Congratulations for choosing this album! :)
I’m sure someone has mentioned it already, but if you listen to the B side of Pearl Jam’s Jeremy single, you will find the song “Footsteps” that sounds a lot like “Times of Trouble” off this album. They both use the same few main riffs. 😎
I'm old to remember a very brief time Chris Cornell was rumored to tour with/front a Led Zepplin reunion tour. I was immensely disappointed when he said no, but that was just a college aged guy who didn't have context about appreciating the legacies of separate things for what they were. He was right not to take the gig, and what he did later with Audioslave and solo projects was wonderful.
KIRA! Brutal death metal time. here are my suggestions Suffocation: Liege of Inveracity or Thrones of Blood Nile: Annihilation of the Wicked Cryptopsy: Slit Your Guts Cannibal Corpse: Kill or Become You'll love this stuff if you liked the regular old school death metal!!!!
Great reaction, Kira! Very few people give this album the respect it deserves, it’s a great grunge era gem. Pro tip though… it’s typically pronounced PEARL jam, not pearl JAM. Emphasis on the first part. Not gonna lie though, I giggled a bunch every time you said it the other way and seriously considered not mentioning it so I could have the chance for more giggles on future reactions. But that would be kinda douchey to do to a fellow music lover, so here I am. 😝
Think of this group as soundgarden meets mother love bone or pre Pearl Jam. Eddie Vedder became the new singer after temple of the dog broke up. Then pearl jam came to be. Temple of the dog and Soundgarden were basically the first introduction to grunge. Mother Love Bone would have been the second grunge band to be signed after Soundgarden, but singer Andrew Wood of Mother love Bone died just days after they got signed. He was also Chris Cornell's best friend. So the entire Temple of the dog album is dedicated to Andrew Wood.
Phenomenal album and one of Chris' best vocal performances imho. You can hear how personal this was for everyone involved and how everybody gave it their all. Also, the way you experience music is so infectious. If I stood next to you at a show, I'd probably ask you to marry me. 😂
Andrew Wood died from a heroin od. Chris Cornell died of suicide by hanging. There are theories that Chris Was murdered though. I've always loved this album.
You need to checkout Mother Love Bone for sure I enjoy seeing a younger generations reaction to my generations music and is hands down the best no beast just fact.
Waiting your reaction on Black Sabbath 7th album called 'Technical Ecstacy' from 1976 that was first really grungie album ever, in my pesonal point of view.
@@kirawasareactor Black Sabbath classic first 8 albums surprisingly accurately predicted all periods and their chronological sequence of development of almost all types of not only metal but also extreme music in general, including punk, noise rock and grunge! Their eighth album 'Never Say Die' from 1978 anticipates the eclectic type of 90s alternative metal embodied by the legendary band from SF - Faith No More. Highly rec' you all three of Faith No More albums were released in the 90s - thair album from 1992, 1995 and 1997, that was most iconic alt' metal classic masterpieces!
@@kirawasareactor Great! Love BS debut! First s/t song from it sounds just like... Sonic Youth, or something like that, and that was cool! Actually, am I the only one who thinks that the cover of BS’s debut album from 1970 looks just like a frame from the 'Ring' movie? Actually, the place I'm from looks almost all year round almost exactly like that album cover... and it's incredibly beautiful, I think!
Grunge isn't really a music style. It describes how the many bands in the scene at the time dressed and carried themselves. The music had a lot of variety. Nirvana's first album was completely punk rock. AIC and Soundgarden were closer to metal than anything else.
I think it's well overdue that you react to some Australian punk. The Saints were simply fantastic. th-cam.com/video/JhJ2jhhtmvI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZQAmJopW2U5ubeHm
I'm pretty sure every song isn't about Andrew Wood. Call me a dog is obviously about a relationship. It's funny to me that the only video for this album is for Hunger Strike. I think that is the lamest song in the record. I know it was just to introduce Eddie Vedder.
Andrew Wood was the singer of Mother Love Bone, when he passed the rest of the band along with Eddie Vedder formed Pearl Jam. That's why all the members of Pearl Jam are on this album to pay tribute to their friend and bandmate along with Chris Cornell. Alice In Chains also wrote a tribute song to Andrew Wood on their Dirt album. "Would?"
Not true. Producer / mixer Rick Parashar played organ and piano on the Temple of the Dog album. (Rick Parashar also owned the studio where the album was recorded: London Bridge Studios.) Brendan O'Brien had nothing whatsoever to do with that 1991 album. However, Brendan O'Brien did remix the album in 2016 from the original multi-track tapes, because the album's 1991 stereo master had been destroyed in the Universal Studio fire in 2008 which destroyed countless master recordings. So remixing the songs anew ws the only option for a "remastered" 25hth anniversary version.
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Yo, Kira! (🫂):
Yes. I believe one would most effectively describe: Temple Of The Dog as, primarily, "a Chris Cornell project" ...however: it would be unfair to diminish or set aside the roles of the other members or to misunderstand why they were there (in the first place).
Both Stone Gossard (guitar, primarily rhythm) and Jeff Ament (bass) had been members of Mother Love Bone with Andrew Wood and were, easily and clearly AS intimately associated with/as closely tied to Andrew Wood as Cornell was (if not: moreso, to many degrees!).
Andrew Wood died in early 1990 and the Temple Of The Dog project was recorded in late fall of that, same, year. ...but the album wasn't released until a year (or slightly more) later, at which point, both Pearl Jam and Soundgarden were "known quantities" (with Pearl Jam having become superbly successful and Soundgarden not yet in, quite, the same echelon, but widely respected and much better-known than either of them (or any individual member of theirs was) were when Temple Of The Dog was created!).
At the time that Cornell, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Cameron were writing/recording this album, Pearl Jam didn't, really, "exist," yet. Mother Love Bone was still having "its corpse retired" and Ament, Gossard, Krusen ...were, still, looking for/trying out new players (who would go on to create Pearl Jam with them).
Mike McCready was "the new guy," but reflected many common tenets with the primary influences of Mother Love Bone and with the aforementioned players.
The "even newer guy" was a young vocalist named Eddie Vedder, who had yet to do any professional recording and had, literally, just arrived in Seattle for the first time.
His appearance on: Temple Of The Dog is, essentially, an accident.
Chris Cornell was having trouble getting the lower parts the way he heard them in his head, for the song "Hunger Strike" ...Vedder heard him being disappointed with what he was getting [or one of the other future P.J. members did -- It is a mite unclear, exactly] and, quietly, offered to assist (knowing his range would fit the lower-register part more easily and deftly).
He contrasted Cornell's soaring, yowling cries and from there, what later became "a '90s classic" was born.
"Hunger Strike" is, actually, Eddie Vedder's first professional, recorded vocal performance (prior to all of the Pearl Jam albums).
The Temple Of The Dog album (as mentioned, I believe ) was released a bit after Ten and during the interim between Soundgarden's: Louder Than Love and Badmotorfinger; so: both vocalists and their, respective, bands had a bigger profile and rapidly expanding fan-base.
Temple Of The Dog, both, latched onto that as well as: helped to expand it.
====Oh: B.T.B.: Matt Cameron was a founding member of Soundgarden.
He, later (after Soundgarden dissolved/"went on hiatus" (if you prefer to see it that way -- which isn't, really, correct, but 🤷♀ --- )) joined a latter-day line-up of: Pearl Jam [post Soundgarden's split, after the release of: Down On the Upside]
and (I believe🤷) became their longest-standing regular drummer, as well.
...He returned to Soundgarden when Thayil and Cornell rebooted said band with Ben Shepard --- which, *I believe* was in: 2010 (after a more-than-decade long break-up). 👍
...so: the cat is a superb drummer.👍👍
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.... F.Y.I.: Engineer/co-Producer: Rick Parashar plays piano on:
"Times Of Trouble" (and "Call Me A Dog")
as well as: organ and piano on "All Night Thing" 🤘🤘
He often would play key parts for Pearl Jam on albums (and for others he worked with, as well). In fact, Rick plays piano and Fender Rhodes on YOUR fav. P.J. track: "Black", as well as on: "Jeremy" (just for example).
[Sadly, Rick is, also, now gone. 😭😢]
---- Rick [Rakesh] and his brother, Raj, founded London Bridge Studios, who hosted many of the great '90s bands and continued to produce well-regarded albums into the 2000s, 2010s and even beyond.
(As I recall, Rick passed-on, unexpectedly, in 2014. 😢😢)
Mother Love Bone's: Apple and Shine [E.P.] are necessary listens.
🤘🤘
phenomenal request!
Congratulations, seriously. No one listens to this album (more than one or two songs) and it's THE BEST album of the grunge era.
There’s no doubt this album is amazing but to say it’s the best of the grunge era I highly disagree.
@oscarrios6048 music being subjective and opinions changing over time, there are times that I don't agree with my own statement! Having said that, living through the era and loving it all, Temple of the Dog is one of the few albums that never falls out of my car's CD rotation (Siamese Dream, Superunknown, The Real Thing, and Undertow also warrant consideration)
At the time this was recorded, Chris and Matt were in Soundgarden, Stone and Jeff were from Mother Love Bone, and Mike and Eddie were in this new group that Stone and Jeff were doing called Mookie Blalock. It's only Pearl Jam with Chris in retrospect.
@@antitypical1807 Facts.
One of the greatest albums ever, I forgot I loved this many songs on this album
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam is 2nd voice on Hunger strike
What you may not know was that the instrumentalists for Pearl Jam were in Mother Lovev Bone with Andrew Wood, so it is a tribute to their fallen band mate. This album was before Pearl Jam started. Eddie Vedder guest stared on the album, and they were looking for a replacement vocalist. Chris Cornell had already done 2 albums with Soundgarden at the time, so they asked Eddie Vedder and the rest in history. You should also try Mad Season, a grunge supergroup with Layne of AIC on vocals. Hunger Strike is one of the best grunge songs of all time. 2 of the greatest rock vocalists on one song. The reason this album does not sound like the commercial grunge you may be used to, is that Soundgarden and Mother Love Bone had a more normal rock sound in the 80s. Soundgarden were less grunge and more hard rock, before changing their sound in the 90s. Pearl Jam have never sounded very grungy to me. If you want Grunge Soundgarden then try the album Superunknown. If you want a more hard rock and metal album then try Badmotorfinger. It is Chris at his best vocaly on Badmotorfinger. The song Slaves and Bulldozers gives me chills listening to Chris's voice. He has the voice of a angel. Your Saviour is very Soundgarden sounding to me.
Mother Love Bone and Mad Season would make great reactions.
And plus ALL of that there's Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, who was invited to Pearl Jam Years later. And now I Know why.
Tranks for that react. Never Heard the total álbum, and now I love it.
One of my top 5 albums of all time.
Favorite grunge era album.
I've always looked at this as a blues album. Chris's vocals make this album great.
Such a phenomenal album and tribute. Another Cornell album that I love which I don't see mentioned much is Euphoria Morning. It was his first truly "solo" album. So many great tunes. When I'm Down, Disappearing One, and Pillow of Your Bones are some of my favorites on it.
Matt Cameron was the original and only drummer SG had (unless you count Chris who played drums too). When SG disbanded, PJ brought Matt into the band as their new full time drummer. Back in 1998!
And probably This álbum was what made them Call him. Sounds sooo smooth.
You forgot about the brief window in which Scott Sundquist was drummer for the band in 1985 before they got Cameron
Incorrect - Scott Sundquist
@@SwedishSonna Correct, Kinda. He never recorded on any of their official albums. Chris was the original like I mentioned. Matt is/was the drummer on all of the official albums.
I've always wondered how much of an enigma it is that Chris Cornell had this much raw soul at the age of 27. This is imo an underrated blues masterpiece.
This album is almost as important in my life as my father or my mother.
Well, not that much.
But almost 😄
The greatest soul-rock album of all time.
Surprised by your reaction to "Four Walled World". One of my favorite songs of all time and that slide guitar is sublime.
I think a lot of commenters are misremembering the timeline of this album’s cultural impact. It’s true that this album was recorded before Pearl Jam existed and the song Hunger Strike is the first recording to feature Eddie Vedder on vocals. And the album was released in 1991 but it was not successful at that time. It didn’t even chart.
However, in 1992 Soundgarden released Badmotorfinger and Pearl Jam released Ten. Those albums were huge and that prompted the label to rerelease the Temple of the Dog album and this time they made a music video for Hunger Strike. That’s when it became popular. So for 99% of people, this was not actually their introduction to any members of the group. It was just a cool collaboration between two newly popular bands.
4/16/1991 Temple of the Dog
8/27/1991 Ten
10/8/1991 Badmotorfinger
@ What point are you trying to make?
@@wheatthicksI think it means he can’t read.
I'm so glad you're doing this album. I've recommended it to countless reactors and none of them have bothered with it. Thank you for giving it a chance when others wouldn't.
The “Hunger Strike” video was a huge introduction of grunge to a lot of people at the time.
The Mother Love Bone guys lost their singer Andrew Wood. Chris got together with them and put together this set of songs. And invited their brand new singer (Eddie) to join in on Hunger Strike (before “Ten” came out).
There is another great Grunge Supergroup album. Mad Season "Above" featuring Layne Staley from Alice in Chains, Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, and guys from Screaming Trees. Worth checking out for sure, I prever it over Temple of the Dog.
Temple of the Dog was a band and album before Perm Jam was ever a thing. Matt Cameron was Soundgardens drummer.
Mmm Perm Jam 😋
Sperm Jam
Try "Badmotorfinger" from Soundgarden next, you gonna love
Pushing Forward Back made you uneasy because it’s got a 7/4 time signature. It makes the listener anxious ’cause it feels like something is missing.
temple of the dog and mad season-above. the two most underrated 'grunge' records of the era. listened to them both to death back in the day. if ya know ya know......🥀🖤🥀🖤🥀☝️
This is one of the 12 tapes I ordered for a penny from Columbia house. If you know you know LOL
Chris got Pearl Jam on this record because Stone & Jeff where in Mother Love Bone with Andrew Wood. Stone & Jeff at the time were forming a new band called Mookie Blaylock which went on to be Pearl Jam, this record was before Pearl Jam released their first album. Eddie does vocals on Hunger Strike(and others) & Matt Cameron the Drummer was in Soundgarden first but became PJ"s drummer after SG broke up in 1998. Also Alice in Chains Would? is a tribute to Andrew Wood(hence the Would). Mike McCreedy was also part of another Grunge supergroup called Mad Season with AIC's Layne Staley.
Waiting your reaction on PJ Harvey 'Is This Desire?' 1998 album - perfect combination of grungie alt' rock with rudy moody 90s downtempo electronic!
I've only ever heard a few radio singles from this not the full album. This will be an introduction for me as well
Chris is the voice of Rock.
His solo acoustic performances are out of this world. “Call Me a Dog” is my favorite of this album
Chris's vocals in Reach Down are incredible.
Hey, Kira!: F.Y.I.: Engineer/co-Producer: Rick Parashar plays piano on:
"Times Of Trouble" (and "Call Me A Dog")
as well as: organ and piano on "All Night Thing" 🤘🤘
He often would play key parts for Pearl Jam on albums (and for others he worked with, as well). In fact, Rick plays piano and Fender Rhodes on YOUR fav. P.J. track: "Black", as well as on: "Jeremy" (just for example).
[Sadly, Rick is, also, now gone. 😭😢]
---- Rick [Rakesh] and his brother, Raj, founded London Bridge Studios, who hosted many of the great '90s bands and continued to produce well-regarded albums into the 2000s, 2010s and even beyond.
(As I recall, Rick passed-on, unexpectedly, in 2014. 😢😢)
One of my favorite albums EVER. heart wrenching and somehouw just dead sultry.
Pushin is in 7 , which isperfect for that pushing anziety.
My second favorite 90s album, behind Mother Love Bone "Apple".
Mother Love Bone was the Seattle rock band that recorded 1 album ('Apple') in 1990 w/ the line-up of: Andrew Wood (vocals), Greg Gilmore (drums), Jeff Ament (bass), Stone Gossard & Bruce Fairweather (guitars)... Andrew Wood died in March 1990 from an OD, before it was released and the band was over... Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains wrote the song 'Would?' about the late singer w/ the message - don't judge him for a mistake he made without walking in his steps.
Chris Cornell (lead singer of Soundgarden) was devastated by the death of his friend Andrew Wood and he wrote the songs on Temple of the Dog as a tribute to the late singer... which were separate from the songs that made it onto the Soundgarden album 'Badmotorfinger' in 1991.
The project was recorded w/ Jeff Ament (bass) & Stone Gossard (guitar) of Mother Love Bone, who had just started a new band called Pearl Jam w/ Eddie Vedder (vocals) and Mike McCready (guitar) ... Soundgarden (and later, Pearl Jam) drummer Matt Cameron provided the beats.
'Temple of the Dog' was released in 1991, preceding the releases of both 'Badmotorfinger' by Soundgarden and 'Ten' by Pearl Jam... and it sold modestly initially (70K copies) and got some good reviews and press.
A year after the release of 'Temple of the Dog'... Nirvana's explosive success brought attention to the Seattle rock scene w/ both Pearl Jam and Soundgarden scoring platinum records in 1992... Soundgarden's record label A&M Records decided to re-release 'Temple of the Dog' in '92 w/ a music video for 'Hunger strike' (feat. Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam) ... it became a hit on MTV and charted at #5 in the US and sold platinum. The sound of the record was very much aligned w/ the 'grunge' rock sound from Seattle.
Yo, Kira! (🫂):
Yes. I believe one would most effectively describe: Temple Of The Dog as, primarily, "a Chris Cornell project" ...however: it would be unfair to diminish or set aside the roles of the other members or to misunderstand why they were there (in the first place).
Both Stone Gossard (guitar, primarily rhythm) and Jeff Ament (bass) had been members of Mother Love Bone with Andrew Wood and were, easily and clearly AS intimately associated with/as closely tied to Andrew Wood as Cornell was (if not: moreso, to many degrees!).
Andrew Wood died in early 1990 and the Temple Of The Dog project was recorded in late fall of that, same, year. ...but the album wasn't released until a year (or slightly more) later, at which point, both Pearl Jam and Soundgarden were "known quantities" (with Pearl Jam having become superbly successful and Soundgarden not yet in, quite, the same echelon, but widely respected and much better-known than either of them (or any individual member of theirs was) were when Temple Of The Dog was created!).
At the time that Cornell, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Cameron were writing/recording this album, Pearl Jam didn't, really, "exist," yet. Mother Love Bone was still having "its corpse retired" and Ament, Gossard, Krusen ...were, still, looking for/trying out new players (who would go on to create Pearl Jam with them).
Mike McCready was "the new guy," but reflected many common tenets with the primary influences of Mother Love Bone and with the aforementioned players.
The "even newer guy" was a young vocalist named Eddie Vedder, who had yet to do any professional recording and had, literally, just arrived in Seattle for the first time.
His appearance on: Temple Of The Dog is, essentially, an accident.
Chris Cornell was having trouble getting the lower parts the way he heard them in his head, for the song "Hunger Strike" ...Vedder heard him being disappointed with what he was getting [or one of the other future P.J. members did -- It is a mite unclear, exactly] and, quietly, offered to assist (knowing his range would fit the lower-register part more easily and deftly).
He contrasted Cornell's soaring, yowling cries and from there, what later became "a '90s classic" was born.
"Hunger Strike" is, actually, Eddie Vedder's first professional, recorded vocal performance (prior to all of the Pearl Jam albums).
The Temple Of The Dog album (as mentioned, I believe ) was released a bit after Ten and during the interim between Soundgarden's: Louder Than Love and Badmotorfinger; so: both vocalists and their, respective, bands had a bigger profile and rapidly expanding fan-base.
Temple Of The Dog, both, latched onto that as well as: helped to expand it.
====Oh: B.T.B.: Matt Cameron was a member of Soundgarden
and their primary skinsman
(although 2 drummers: Cornell himself and Scott Sundquist -who retired from music to spend time with his family- did pre-date him, literally; but as far as I am aware: neither of them, ever, recorded anything with Soundgarden [and I don't really care if they did.]. 🤷).
He, later (after Soundgarden dissolved/"went on hiatus" (if you prefer to see it that way -- which isn't, really, correct, but 🤷♀ --- )) joined a latter-day line-up of: Pearl Jam [post Soundgarden's split, after the release of: Down On the Upside]
and (I believe🤷) became their longest-standing regular drummer, as well.
...He returned to Soundgarden when Thayil and Cornell rebooted said band with Ben Shepard --- which, *I believe* was in: 2010 (after a more-than-decade long break-up). 👍
...so: the cat is a superb drummer.👍👍
[ @kirawasareactor ]
I always believed that: Regan Hagar (and perhaps a few other associated Seattle area musicians), also, contributed to the Temple Of The Dog album ...🤷🤷 but, apparently, that is, just, speculation or suppositional (unprovable) "guesstimation."🤷
Matt Cameron was NOT a founding member of Soundgarden. The founding members were Chris Cornell, Kim Thayill, and Hiro Yamamoto. Cornell played drums and sang, originally. They hired a drummer in ‘85 so Cornell could concentrate on singing. Matt Cameron was the 3rd drummer. He joined in 1986.
@indycarcomplainer2304 🤦🤦 o.k.
That is SO "knowable" and "important."
...My apologies. 🙄🤦
[Yeah: I don't list Cornell or Scott Sundquist by name because I don't even think there are any recordings with either of them playing the instrument. 🤷🤷]
...slight misstatement.
...but: I DO believe in: letting people understand actuality.
...
so: I appreciate your effort here and that this felt extremely relevant to you.
You can't expect an uplifting mood all the way through a tribute album for a person that died from a heroin overdose. Four Walled World and All night thing are beautiful. You need to be in the mood and read more about what they are written for to understand these.All songs from this album are a high solid 10. In my opinion the best grunge album. And to mention 2 facts: the drummer is from Soundgarden (later joined Pearl Jam). In Hunger Strike it is both Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell singing. This was a good and honest review. Congratulations for choosing this album! :)
Haven't heard this in years, but the one that's jumping out at me here is Wooden Jesus. That banjo is fire!
Piano player was Rick Parishar. He was also the producer.
I’m sure someone has mentioned it already, but if you listen to the B side of Pearl Jam’s Jeremy single, you will find the song “Footsteps” that sounds a lot like “Times of Trouble” off this album. They both use the same few main riffs. 😎
I'm old to remember a very brief time Chris Cornell was rumored to tour with/front a Led Zepplin reunion tour. I was immensely disappointed when he said no, but that was just a college aged guy who didn't have context about appreciating the legacies of separate things for what they were. He was right not to take the gig, and what he did later with Audioslave and solo projects was wonderful.
KIRA! Brutal death metal time. here are my suggestions
Suffocation: Liege of Inveracity or Thrones of Blood
Nile: Annihilation of the Wicked
Cryptopsy: Slit Your Guts
Cannibal Corpse: Kill or Become
You'll love this stuff if you liked the regular old school death metal!!!!
I will defs get around to suffocation and more cc:)
@ thanks for replying! seeing suffo live in a few days. love your energy, you always make me smile
Great reaction, Kira! Very few people give this album the respect it deserves, it’s a great grunge era gem.
Pro tip though… it’s typically pronounced PEARL jam, not pearl JAM. Emphasis on the first part.
Not gonna lie though, I giggled a bunch every time you said it the other way and seriously considered not mentioning it so I could have the chance for more giggles on future reactions. But that would be kinda douchey to do to a fellow music lover, so here I am. 😝
Great album!!!!! Totally underrated
Reach Down is one of my Absolute Favorite songs of all time!
It's one of the best blues albums of all time.
Matt Cameron was from Soundgarden. Later on he started playing with Pearl Jam
Awesome underrated album 💿 🎉
Bit of a nice chill moment after all of the recent hectic metal listens! 😅 (Has been a great Vinyl purchase of mine because you can just let it play.)
Thank you for listened to the whole album.
Hunger Strike was the first song that the masses heard Eddie Vedder as Temple of The Dog was released prior to Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten.
“He’s pretty good at going high…” 🤘😂
Think of this group as soundgarden meets mother love bone or pre Pearl Jam. Eddie Vedder became the new singer after temple of the dog broke up. Then pearl jam came to be.
Temple of the dog and Soundgarden were basically the first introduction to grunge. Mother Love Bone would have been the second grunge band to be signed after Soundgarden, but singer Andrew Wood of Mother love Bone died just days after they got signed. He was also Chris Cornell's best friend. So the entire Temple of the dog album is dedicated to Andrew Wood.
Phenomenal album and one of Chris' best vocal performances imho. You can hear how personal this was for everyone involved and how everybody gave it their all.
Also, the way you experience music is so infectious. If I stood next to you at a show, I'd probably ask you to marry me. 😂
Mother Love Bone's: Apple and Shine [E.P.] are necessary listens.
🤘🤘
I haven't listened to this in a while. Such an amazing album. Say Hello to Heaven is a hard listen since we lost Chris, though.
Temple of the dog consisting of chris Cornell, pearl jam and the singer of OPETH ! ENJOY 😉
This is the ONCE AND FUTURE SEATTLE ALBUM
Matt Cameron is from Soundgarden 😅 not pearl jam. He did join pearl jam after Soundgarden broke up in 1997 tho.
Agora só falta reagir ao Above do Mad Season
Hunger Strike is Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell singing
His prettiest song is "Seasons" please give it a listen
Andrew Wood died from a heroin od. Chris Cornell died of suicide by hanging. There are theories that Chris Was murdered though. I've always loved this album.
Check out some Mother Love Bone next!
You need to checkout Mother Love Bone for sure I enjoy seeing a younger generations reaction to my generations music and is hands down the best no beast just fact.
Matt was the drummer for Soundgarden and later joined Pearl Jam.
Matt Cameron was Soundgarden at the time, I believe
It would be cool to see you do a reaction to Acid Bath. Considering they have recently announced they are making a come back. 🤙
you should check french brutal death metal band named "Benighted"
Please do Mad Season next!!
I need to listen to this band again, not big grunge rock fan tbh, post hardcore wins 😆. Saaludos Kira, i cannot sleep hehe.
hiii Dario, hope you can get to sleep soon???
@kirawasareactor thank youu 🤣
Waiting your reaction on Black Sabbath 7th album called 'Technical Ecstacy' from 1976 that was first really grungie album ever, in my pesonal point of view.
Nooo way! I will be doing their debut very soon actually
@@kirawasareactor Black Sabbath classic first 8 albums surprisingly accurately predicted all periods and their chronological sequence
of development of almost all types of not only metal but also extreme music in general, including punk, noise rock and grunge!
Their eighth album 'Never Say Die' from 1978 anticipates the eclectic type of 90s alternative metal embodied by the legendary band from SF - Faith No More.
Highly rec' you all three of Faith No More albums were released in the 90s - thair album from 1992, 1995 and 1997, that was most iconic alt' metal classic masterpieces!
@@kirawasareactor Great! Love BS debut! First s/t song from it sounds just like... Sonic Youth, or something like that, and that was cool!
Actually, am I the only one who thinks that the cover of BS’s debut album from 1970 looks just like a frame from the 'Ring' movie?
Actually, the place I'm from looks almost all year round almost exactly like that album cover... and it's incredibly beautiful, I think!
Grunge isn't really a music style. It describes how the many bands in the scene at the time dressed and carried themselves. The music had a lot of variety. Nirvana's first album was completely punk rock. AIC and Soundgarden were closer to metal than anything else.
korn's first album
I think reach is too long a jam for most. I love every note.
Black is one of your favorite songs of all time but you didn't recognize Eddie in Hunger Strike?
Mad Season next
Just discovered your channel. I'm from Texas. So I guess we are cousins of the opposite.
Please react to The Damned - Strawberries. It is so good but so differentr to the 2 albums by them you have reacted to, I think it'll shock you.
It's really blues rock. Not too different than what you'd find in the 70s. A lot of 90s rock bands tapped into that.
Wonderful eyes
Thank you!
Please do something on kirawasadiver.
Pearl Jam didn't exist before this album.
😍
I think it's well overdue that you react to some Australian punk. The Saints were simply fantastic. th-cam.com/video/JhJ2jhhtmvI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZQAmJopW2U5ubeHm
Aussies just sound cooler saying regular things.
I appreciate that 😂
Now do yourself a favor and react to Mother Love Bone❤
I'm pretty sure every song isn't about Andrew Wood. Call me a dog is obviously about a relationship. It's funny to me that the only video for this album is for Hunger Strike. I think that is the lamest song in the record. I know it was just to introduce Eddie Vedder.
react Tittle Fight! please
Why does it matter what genre it is? Reacting doesn't have to mean blabbing over the songs
Andrew Wood was the singer of Mother Love Bone, when he passed the rest of the band along with Eddie Vedder formed Pearl Jam. That's why all the members of Pearl Jam are on this album to pay tribute to their friend and bandmate along with Chris Cornell. Alice In Chains also wrote a tribute song to Andrew Wood on their Dirt album. "Would?"
Brendon Obrien the producer of this album plays piano and keys on this album
Not true. Producer / mixer Rick Parashar played organ and piano on the Temple of the Dog album. (Rick Parashar also owned the studio where the album was recorded: London Bridge Studios.)
Brendan O'Brien had nothing whatsoever to do with that 1991 album. However, Brendan O'Brien did remix the album in 2016 from the original multi-track tapes, because the album's 1991 stereo master had been destroyed in the Universal Studio fire in 2008 which destroyed countless master recordings. So remixing the songs anew ws the only option for a "remastered" 25hth anniversary version.
Nah, he produced PJ’s Vs in 1993.