MOTHER LOVE BONE
''APPLE''
1990
61:48
1/This Is Shangrila/Gossard, Mother Love Bone, Wood/3:42
2/Stardog Champion/Gossard, Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:58
3/Holy Roller/Ament, Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:27
4/Bone China/Gossard, Mother Love Bone, Wood/3:44
5/Come Bite the Apple/Gossard, Mother Love Bone, Wood/5:26
6/Stargazer/Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:49
7/Heartshine/Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:36
8/Captain Hi-Top/Mother Love Bone, Wood/3:07
9/Man of Golden Words/Mother Love Bone, Wood/3:41
10/Capricorn Sister/Gossard, Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:19
11/Gentle Groove/Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:02
12/Mr. Danny Boy/Gossard, Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:50
13/Crown of Thorns/Mother Love Bone, Wood/6:18
Jeff Ament/Bass
Bruce Fairweather/Guitar
Greg Gilmore/Drums
Stone Gossard/Guitar
Andrew Wood/Vocals,Piano
REVIEW
by Alex Henderson
Fair or unfair, Mother Love Bone is destined to be described as "the band Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard were in before Pearl Jam." But in fact, Apple is a solid offering that can stand on its own merits. Even if Pearl Jam had never come about, Apple would be well worth obtaining. Though MLB proudly declared its allegiance to Seattle in a 1990 interview with Cash Box, Apple really doesn't fall into the alternative rock category or inspire comparisons to bands like Nirvana, Alice in Chains, or Soundgarden. Rather, MLB were clearly Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith devotees, and it's hard to miss the influence of Zep's Robert Plant and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler when lead singer Andrew Wood tears into such intense yet melodic hard rock boogie as "Capricorn Sister," "Stardog Champion," and "Captain Hi-Top." This was a band with great potential, but sadly, one can only speculate on what would have happened had it had a chance to develop.
BIOGRAPHY
Mother Love Bone was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988. The band was active from 1988 to 1990. Frontman Andrew Wood's personality and compositions helped to catapult the group to the top of the burgeoning late 1980s/early 1990s Seattle music scene. Wood died only days before the scheduled release of the band's debut album, Apple, thus ending the group's hopes of success. The album was finally released a few months later. Although Mother Love Bone is to this day remembered by many as a very talented band in its own right, its legacy, for some, is overshadowed by Wood's death and the bands that its former members would later form.
In the months following Wood's death, Gossard and Ament would be approached by Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell (who had been Wood's roommate), and asked if they would be interested in recording a single containing two songs he had written in tribute to Wood. The project turned into an entire album and the group took the name Temple of the Dog, a reference to a line in the lyrics of the Mother Love Bone song, "Man of Golden Words".
After Temple of the Dog, Gossard and Ament founded Pearl Jam along with Mike McCready of Shadow, Eddie Vedder of Bad Radio, and Dave Krusen.
''APPLE''
1990
61:48
1/This Is Shangrila/Gossard, Mother Love Bone, Wood/3:42
2/Stardog Champion/Gossard, Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:58
3/Holy Roller/Ament, Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:27
4/Bone China/Gossard, Mother Love Bone, Wood/3:44
5/Come Bite the Apple/Gossard, Mother Love Bone, Wood/5:26
6/Stargazer/Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:49
7/Heartshine/Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:36
8/Captain Hi-Top/Mother Love Bone, Wood/3:07
9/Man of Golden Words/Mother Love Bone, Wood/3:41
10/Capricorn Sister/Gossard, Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:19
11/Gentle Groove/Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:02
12/Mr. Danny Boy/Gossard, Mother Love Bone, Wood/4:50
13/Crown of Thorns/Mother Love Bone, Wood/6:18
Jeff Ament/Bass
Bruce Fairweather/Guitar
Greg Gilmore/Drums
Stone Gossard/Guitar
Andrew Wood/Vocals,Piano
REVIEW
by Alex Henderson
Fair or unfair, Mother Love Bone is destined to be described as "the band Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard were in before Pearl Jam." But in fact, Apple is a solid offering that can stand on its own merits. Even if Pearl Jam had never come about, Apple would be well worth obtaining. Though MLB proudly declared its allegiance to Seattle in a 1990 interview with Cash Box, Apple really doesn't fall into the alternative rock category or inspire comparisons to bands like Nirvana, Alice in Chains, or Soundgarden. Rather, MLB were clearly Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith devotees, and it's hard to miss the influence of Zep's Robert Plant and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler when lead singer Andrew Wood tears into such intense yet melodic hard rock boogie as "Capricorn Sister," "Stardog Champion," and "Captain Hi-Top." This was a band with great potential, but sadly, one can only speculate on what would have happened had it had a chance to develop.
BIOGRAPHY
Mother Love Bone was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988. The band was active from 1988 to 1990. Frontman Andrew Wood's personality and compositions helped to catapult the group to the top of the burgeoning late 1980s/early 1990s Seattle music scene. Wood died only days before the scheduled release of the band's debut album, Apple, thus ending the group's hopes of success. The album was finally released a few months later. Although Mother Love Bone is to this day remembered by many as a very talented band in its own right, its legacy, for some, is overshadowed by Wood's death and the bands that its former members would later form.
In the months following Wood's death, Gossard and Ament would be approached by Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell (who had been Wood's roommate), and asked if they would be interested in recording a single containing two songs he had written in tribute to Wood. The project turned into an entire album and the group took the name Temple of the Dog, a reference to a line in the lyrics of the Mother Love Bone song, "Man of Golden Words".
After Temple of the Dog, Gossard and Ament founded Pearl Jam along with Mike McCready of Shadow, Eddie Vedder of Bad Radio, and Dave Krusen.
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