Temple of the Dog
The grunge project Temple of the Dog was founded in Seattle in 1990 by Chris Cornell and also dissolved in the same year.
Band History
After the death of his former roommate and friend Andy Wood ( Mother Love Bone), the heroin died on 19 March 1990 of an overdose, Cornell wrote two songs (Say Hello 2 Heaven and Reach Down) that did not fit to the music, for which his actual band Soundgarden was, but he did not want to discard.
Along with Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and the Mother- Love Bone members Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard ( with Mike McCready Pearl Jam were doing to shape ), he went into the studio to record two songs as a single. This created a number of new songs, so that you ultimately decided to record a full album under the name and so to commemorate Andy Woods. Since the recordings to Temple of the Dog overlapped with those of Pearl Jam's Ten, was involved with Hunger Strike Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam ) on the song. To this end, there is also a video. The similarity between the song Times of Trouble and Pearl Jam's Footsteps can also be justified by the simultaneous production of both albums. They are the same chords, only the text is different. Actually, the song came over the songwriting for the Pearl Jam LP. However, Chris Cornell was so impressed by the music that he wrote his own lyrics for this purpose.
The name Temple Of The Dog derives from a text passage by Andy Wood from ( Man of Golden Words ).
Your first live appearance completed Temple Of The Dog November 13, 1990 in Off Ramp Cafe in Seattle, the same should also remain the only complete gig of the band. The date last known live performance took place as part of the 20-year anniversary of Pearl Jam in East Troy, Wisconsin on September 3rd and 4th, 2011. The band played ' Hunger Strike', 'Call Me a Dog', ' All Night Thing ', ' Say Hello to Heaven', 'Reach Down' and the Mother- Love Bone song ' Stardog Champion'.