TEMPLE OF THE DOG BAND PAGE
 TEMPLE OF THE DOG
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CURRENT NAME
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Temple Of The Dog |
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FORMER NAMES
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ORIGIN
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USA |
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STATUS
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Disbanded |
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FORMED IN
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GENRE
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Grunge |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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BAND ADDED
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2004-04-05, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2008-04-03, 07:11 |
Temple of the Dog was a one-album project conceived in 1990.
The purpose of Temple of the Dog was to pay tribute to the late Andrew
Wood, the lead singer of Mother Love Bone in 1989, who died of a heroin
overdose in 1990. Following his death, Mother Love Bone broke up, but
Wood's bandmates Jeff Ament (bass) and Stone Gossard (guitar) decided to
continue working together. Before Ament and Gossard formed a new band,
they assembled Temple of the Dog, recruiting Chris Cornell (vocals) and
Matt Cameron (drums) from Soundgarden to form the core of the group.
Temple of the Dog also featured contributions from then-unknown vocalist
Eddie Vedder and guitarist Mike McCready.
Temple of the Dog recorded their eponymous album in 1990, releasing it
at the end of the year on A&M Records. The album received positive
reviews upon its release, but 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 after the completion of the Temple of the Dog
album — had a Top Ten album with their debut record, Ten. Following the
success of Ten, A&M re-released "Hunger Strike" — a duet between Vedder
and Cornell — as a video and single, and the album quickly scaled the
charts, reaching the Top Ten and going platinum before the end of 1992.
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