Temple of the Dog

[theis]

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who had been Andrew Wood's roommate, approached former Mother Love Bone members Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament about working on material he had written. The line-up eventually included Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and newcomers Mike McCready (lead guitar) and Eddie Vedder (background vocals). McCready and Vedder were featured on the album due to their involvement with Ament and Gossard's next project, which became Pearl Jam.



Temple of the Dog is the only album released by Temple of the Dog. It was released on April 16, 1991 through A&M Records. The album is a tribute to Andrew Wood, the former lead singer of Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone. Wood died on March 19, 1990 of a heroin overdose.

needless to say, this album is über awesome and a must-have if you're a soundgarden/pearl jam/alice in chains fan. flawless album.

anybody else love it?

[Jacob]

yeah, one of the best albums from the whole grunge era. I grew up on this shit.

[goldpony]

agreed, a must own

[tarkil]

OK I need to download that asap then I guess....
I heard of them before but I don't think I eve gave them a listen....

[sixner]

OK I need to download that asap then I guess....
I heard of them before but I don't think I eve gave them a listen....

yeah i've heard alot about them, i've probably heard and just not realized it.

[ALightOn]

almost as good as the Mad Season album

[theis]

the Mad Season album is amazing aswell...