Temple of the Dog : Say Hello 2 Heaven [ purchase ] Chris Cornell of Soundgarden wrote this song months before "grunge" alternative rock exploded onto the national music scene. He wrote it in memory of his close friend and roommate, Andrew Wood, lead singer of the Seattle band Mother Love Bone. Wood, a long time drug addict, overdosed on heroin in early-1990 while Cornell and Soundgarden were on tour. After writing two songs, Cornell approached the surviving members of Mother Love Bone about recording them. [...]
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Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive , Q + A Press Here Most people will always associate singer Chris Cornell with the hard rock sound he made with his band Soundgarden . But over the years, Cornell has incorporated different styles in his own solo work -- such as pop and hip-hop elements -- while still maintaining his distinctive gritty and stirring vocals. [...]
This past weekend, Pearl Jam celebrated their 20th year together as a band by headlining their own Pearl Jam Twenty festival at the Wisconsin ski resort town of East Troy. Festival attendees had to endure a whole ton of rain, but they also got some big one-night-only collaborations. The biggest of those was almost certainly a reunion of Temple Of The Dog, the collaborative PJ/Soundgarden project responsible for the classic yell-along "Hunger Strike." Chris Cornell joined the band onstage during the encores and sang "Hunger Strike," "Call Me A Dog,"" "All Night Thing," and the Mother Love Bone track "Reach [...]
The world of music blogging is a 24/7 job, even on a holiday weekend. Don't believe us? Just check out what went down in the last 76 hours. Pearl Jam held the greatest birthday party ever, Madonna announced a new album, Wilco released more tour dates, and the Langerado Music Festival scrapped its 2011 plans. And that's just scratching the surface; your complete post-Labor Day recap is posted below. News - Wilco announced a new batch of U.S. tour dates. - Madonna plans to release a new [...]
"So, welcome to Pearl Jam 20, Queens of the Stone Age 14, The Strokes 12, Liam Finn 14, Mudhoney 23, and John Doe 34," a breathless, sweat-soaked Eddie Vedder regaled late Saturday night. Under a thick mop of hair, the acclaimed Pearl Jam frontman smiled humbly, staring at his thousands of die hard fans, as he clenched his bottle of wine in celebration. From floating atop a surfboard in the Pacific Ocean to rolling through 30+ songs at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI, Vedder has lived an envious dream [...]
Nel concerto per festeggiare il ventennale dei Pearl Jam , tenutosi lo scorso 3 settembre nel Wisconsin, Eddie Vedder e soci hanno voluto al loro fianco vecchi amici e ospiti a sorpresa vari. Oltre a Josh Homme dei Queens of The Stone Age, Julian Casablancas dei The Strokes, Dhani Harrison (il figlio di George Harrison dei Beatles) e Liam Finn , i Pearl Jam sono stati omaggiati anche da Chris Cornell dei Soundgarden, riformando per una mezzoretta il leggendario "supergroup" Temple of The Dog, che ha all'attivo [...]
Pearl Jam celebrated 20 years together this weekend at Alpine Valley in East Troy, Wisconsin by busting our rarities, welcoming a slew of special guests and all around kicking ass through two lengthy headlining sets. [youtube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =zAMSP6vb_F8[/youtube] Pearl Jam - Love Reign O'er Me Among the guests the Seattle grunge pioneers welcomed to the stage were Dhani Harrison, Josh Homme, Julian Casablancas, Liam Finn and Soundgarden's Chris Cornell for a Temple of the Dog reunion of sorts. Here's a look at the setlists thanks to our friends at [...]
It happened again! Another night of celebration as Pearl Jam gathered the teeming masses to Alpine Valley theater in Wisconsin for the second night of their 20th anniversary bash. Like the first night , there was another reunion of Temple of the Dog as well as a bunch of collaborations for the diehard PJ fans to take in. Down below, you can see video of Temple performing "Call Me A Dog," PJ frontman Eddie Vedder hitting the stage with Queens of the Stone Age rocking a cowbell on "Little Sister," QOTSA frontman Josh Homme [...]
Kurt Cobain didn't rise from the dead, but the second and final night of Pearl Jam's 20th anniversary music festival still managed to be as spectacular as the first . Temple of the Dog reunited again , The Strokes' Julian Casablancas guested on "Red Mosquito", The Swell Season's Glen Hansard joined the band for "Smile", Dhani Harrison appeared for "Elderly Woman Behind The Counter A Small Town", Mudhoney played along to "Sonic Reducer", and Eddie Vedder debuted a new song, And that was just Pearl Jam's headlining set. Earlier in the day, Casablancas joined [...]
This weekend isn't just Labor Day weekend but it's also the weekend we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pearl Jam's existence. The band is doing so by holding their own festival at the Alpine Valley theater in East Troy, Wisconsin. Night one took place on Saturday night and it was a buffet of goodness for all the diehard PJ fans that made the trip to help the band celebrate. Up top, you can check out a Temple of the Dog reunion that took place as Chris Cornell hit the stage to perform "Hunger Strike" alongside Eddie Vedder. [...]
During the first night of Pearl Jam's 20th anniversary music festival in Alpine Valley, Temple of the Dog reunited, Chris Cornell aided in covers of Mother Love Bone, The Strokes' Julian Casablancas lent his vocals for "Not For You", Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme guested on "In The Moonlight", and Liam Finn, The Swell Season's Glen Hansard, and Mudhoney's Dan Peters joined the band for "Who Are You". Night two better feature the resurrection of Kurt Cobain or I'm going to be disappointed. Our complete recap of Pearl Jam 20 is forthcoming, but we [...]
Welp, it's time once again for that glorious event we (and by we, I mean me...and by me I mean I) like to call the Countdown! I'm probably not going to be posting a lot other than podcasts on here for a bit (my computer still registers "podcasts" as a misspelled word...get with the times, computer!) because I just got a gig writing album reviews for Listen Before You Buy ! I'm very excited about it. But I'm going to need to focus all my bloggy energy on getting going on that. But I'll get all squared [...]
No, I'm not endorsing this American indie flick that just opened last week: Nor am I hyping this Chilean movie from a couple years ago: I do think if y'all haven't seen Super Size Me (starring Burley O), you should check it out: But c'mon people, this is a MUSIC blog........... And thus I would [...]
evening! not sure the origins of this soundgarden compilation/bootleg entitled stolen prayers but its got some pretty cool stuff on it. assuming youre a soundgarden fan, that is. tis all i gots for today. holla at y'all tomorrow. tracks 1-4 superunknown demos tracks 5-7 "songs for ozzy" tracks 8-10 temple of the dog demos Tracks 11-12 Live 5-29-94 bremerton wa 1. nowhere but you 2. spoonman 3. fluttergirl 4. missing 5. stolen prayer [...]
Good drummers are everywhere, but great drummers are a rare breed. Unfortunately, though, for bands that have been around the longest, it's that position that is often the most interchanged. It's this preconceived expandability that keeps drummers out of the spotlight when the greats of music are discussed. For whatever reason, the rhythm section is just not as important in the eyes of the general public. This a shame, because the drummer is arguably the most important element to any band. Consider this for a moment: What would a great band be like without an outstanding drummer? More than likely, [...]
Happy birthday, Eddie Vedder! We got you some sweet covers.
During their years of touring, Guster has taken on many cover songs with both their sensitive and playful dispositions (but mostly the latter).
Define "epic." For classic literature fans, this can represent something like Dante's Divine Comedy or Homer's Odyssey ; for rock music fans, the term is much less absolute. To us, one person might use "epic" as the go-to compliment for anything that makes them want to crank the volume knob to its most extreme clockwise position and go crazy. Whereas others may consider "epic" solely on the length of the song or its storytelling subject matter, particularly when discussing progressive rock, jazz fusion, jam bands, avant garde , black metal, or the like. There are [...]
OK, so July 20th is the legendary Carlos Santana's birthday too. I've written about both of these artists in different capacities in the past so I chose Christopher John Boyle, better known as Chris Cornell, for today's post. I'll get back to Carlos a year from now. 1964 was the year. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was the number one song that year, but for perspective sake, here's a couple of other chart toppers to jog your memory; "Baby Love" by Diana Ross & The Supremes, "Leader of The Pack" by The Shangri-Las, "House of The Rising Sun" by The Animals, [...]
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