Name | Mother Love Bone |
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Caption | Mother Love Bone, clockwise from left: Bruce Fairweather, Stone Gossard, Greg Gilmore, Jeff Ament and Andrew Wood |
Background | group_or_band |
Origin | Seattle, Washington, USA| |
Genre | Alternative rock, grunge, heavy metal, hard rock |
Years active | 1988–1990 |
Label | Stardog, Mercury |
Associated acts | Malfunkshun, Ten Minute Warning, Green River, Skin Yard, Love Battery, Temple of the Dog, Pearl Jam, Brad, Three Fish |
Current members | Jeff AmentBruce FairweatherGreg GilmoreStone GossardAndrew Wood |
This new line-up quickly set about recording and playing area shows and by late 1988 had become one of Seattle's more promising bands. Wood's exuberant on-stage personality, outlandish clothes and dreamy lyrics helped bring attention to the band. In the 1996 grunge documentary, Hype!, Seattle engineer Jack Endino called Wood "the only stand-up comedian frontman in Seattle," a reference to Wood's playful style of interacting with Mother Love Bone fans.
In early 1989, the band signed to PolyGram subsidiary Mercury Records. As part of its contract PolyGram also created the Stardog Records imprint exclusively for the band. In March 1989, the group issued its debut EP, Shine, becoming the first of the new crop of Seattle bands to have a release on a major label. The record sold well and rapidly increased the hype surrounding the band. John Book of Allmusic said the "record contributed to the buzz about the Seattle music scene."
In late 1989, the group returned to the studio (this time in San Francisco, California) to record its debut album, Apple. Despite some initial difficulties, the record was on-time for its projected March 1990 release. By this point interest in the band had hit a fever pitch and it seemed destined that the band were going to make it big. Only days before Apple was slated to be released, however, frontman Andrew Wood, who had a long history with drug problems, overdosed on heroin. After spending a few days in the hospital in a coma, Wood died, effectively bringing the group to an end. The album would see release later that year on July 19, 1990. Kim Neely of Rolling Stone said that the album "succeeds where countless other hard rock albums have failed, capturing the essence of what made Zep immortal – dynamics, kids! – and giving it a unique Nineties spin."
Although the information is very limited, there was another compilation album that was recorded between 1988 - 89 entitled Mother Love Bone; Rhapsody in Chartreuse. It was pressed in Australia in 1994 under Pitchfork Records and is 72:35 in length. It contains 16 songs - some previously unreleased such as "Country Shad and the Fist", "Sub Wah Fare Slide", "Dream Come True", "Rhapsody in Chartreuse" and the Argent cover "Hold Your Head Up" as well as early versions of their greatest songs such as "Chloe Dancer", "Gentle Groove", etc. This album has a very gritty and un-edited garage / club feel to it.
Fairweather initially remained inactive but later joined Seattle based psychedelic rock band Love Battery, replacing Tommy Simpson on bass in 1992. He played on two of the band's albums and many of its tours before leaving that band as well and dropping off the radar. In 2006, he resurfaced in The Press Corps, with Garret Shavlik (The Fluid) and Dan Peters (Mudhoney).
Gilmore's profile also dropped significantly following Mother Love Bone's demise. Between 1992 and 1994, he drummed with the band Chubby Children, reuniting with former bandmates from 1982–1985, Brian Fox and Garth Brandenburg. Out of the band came a handful of shows and unreleased recordings. He also participated in the reunion of his former band Ten Minute Warning in 1998, and was credited with providing 'inspiration' for the song "Never the Machine Forever" (credited as being written by Kim Thayil) on Soundgarden's studio album, 1996's Down on the Upside. The song initially came out of a jam session Thayil had with Gilmore.
In April 2011, Kevin Wood (Andrew Wood's brother) teamed up with hard rock band Lace Weeper to record Mother Love Bone's Crown Of Thorns as a tribute to Andy's 21 years passing. The single was released on Kevin's Wammybox Records.
{| class ="wikitable" border="1" |- !Year !width="185"|Album details |- |1994 |Rhapsody in Chartreuse / Studio Sessions 1988 - 89
!Year | Single | !Album |
"Stardog Champion" | ||
"This Is Shangrila" | ||
"Stargazer" | ||
"Stardog Champion" | ||
"Capricorn Sister" |
Category:Rock music groups from Washington (state) Category:Alternative rock groups from Washington (state) Category:Grunge musical groups Category:Heavy metal musical groups from Washington (state) Category:Mercury Records artists Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1990 Category:Musical groups established in 1988 Category:Musical groups from Seattle, Washington Category:Musical quintets
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