NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Mad Season

Mad Season was a grunge supergroup formed in late 1994 by members of three popular Seattle based bands, as well as a friend of one of the members. Mad Season only released one album, Above, and is best known for the single "River of Deceit". Mad Season - Above album cover File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Mad Season - Above album cover File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is a genre of alternative rock inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock. ... In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe music groups comprising members who had already achieved fame or respect in other groups or as individual artists. ... Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: ) 47Â°36â€²N 122Â°19â€²W Country State County United States Washington King County Incorporated December 2, 1869 Mayor Greg Nickels Area - City 369. ... Above is the album by Mad Season, released March 15, 1995 (see 1995 in music) on Columbia Records. ... River of Deceit is the first and only official single by grunge band Mad Season off their only album Above. ...

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Immediately the trio wrote two songs, 'Wake Up' and 'River of Deceit', which would later appear on their album Above. McCready called Staley and proposed that he join as the lead singer; Staley accepted. River of Deceit is the first and only official single by grunge band Mad Season off their only album Above. ... Above is the album by Mad Season, released March 15, 1995 (see 1995 in music) on Columbia Records. ...

Despite not having a single song completely prepared (only beginnings of songs, according to Martin) and not even having a name for the band, McCready scheduled an unannounced show at the Crocodile Cafe in October 1994, which turned out to be a big success. In fact, the song 'Artificial Red', which was also to appear on the album, actually came together during the show itself.

Two more gigs were scheduled at the same venue, with the band calling themselves the Gacy Bunch, after both the notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy of Chicago and a sitcom from the 1970s called The Brady Bunch. John Wayne Gacys 1968 mugshot after being arrested on charges of child molestation John Wayne Gacy, Jr. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois Counties Cook, DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area - City 606. ... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ...

On January 8 of 1995, the band made an appearance on Pearl Jam's Self-Pollution Radio worldwide broadcast, performing "Lifeless Dead" and "I Don't Know Anything". January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

After gaining more popularity, the band recorded their only album and changed their name to Mad Season, which is an English term for the time of the year when psilocybin mushrooms are in full bloom. Magic mushrooms are also known as sacred mushrooms, psychedelic mushrooms, and, more generally, hallucinogenic mushrooms. ...

The album, Above, which was recorded in Seattle at Bad Animals Studio (co-owned by Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart) and co-produced by the band and Pearl Jam sound engineer Brett Eliason, featured 10 songs. The album was released on March 15, 1995 on Columbia Records to critical acclaim. Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: ) 47Â°36â€²N 122Â°19â€²W Country State County United States Washington King County Incorporated December 2, 1869 Mayor Greg Nickels Area - City 369. ... Bad Animals is a music and media recording studio on 4th Avenue in downtown Seattle. ... Ann (left) and Nancy Wilson, 1993 Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1950 in San Diego, California) is the lead singer of Heart. ... Ann (left) and Nancy Wilson, 1993 Nancy Wilson (born March 16, 1954) is an American singer and guitarist who, with her older sister Ann, became a part of the Seattle band Heart. ... Heart is an American band formed in Seattle, Washington. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ...

Vocalist Staley mentions "pink cloud has turned to grey" in the lyrics of the Alice in Chains song "Angry Chair" and again on Mad Season's Artificial Red as "on a cloud of pink has turned to grey." Angry Chair by grunge band Alice in Chains was the 4th single off their 1992 album Dirt. ...

Mad Season also appears on the John Lennon Tribute CD, Working Class Hero, performing the song "I Don't Want to Be a Soldier."

Staley died on April 5, 2002 in his condominium from an apparent overdose of cocaine and heroin, exactly 8 years after Nirvana's Kurt Cobain's death. Lanegan has gone on to have a successful solo career as well as working with Queens of the Stone Age among others. McCready continues to play with his band Pearl Jam. April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nirvana was a popular American rock band from Aberdeen, Washington. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 â€“ c. ... Queens of the Stone Age (QOTSA) is a rock band from the Palm Desert, California area in the United States, formed in 1997. ...

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