Temple of the Dog
LP by Temple of the Dog
Released	April 16, 1991
Recorded	November-December, 1990
Genre	Grunge
Length	54:59
Label	A&M
Producer(s)	Rick Parashar, Temple of the Dog
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4.5/5) link Rate Your Music (4/5) link
Temple of the Dog chronology
Temple of the Dog (1991)

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Temple of the Dog was started by Chris Cornell. After the death of his former roommate, Mother Love Bone singer Andrew Wood, Cornell wrote two songs in tribute: "Say Hello 2 Heaven" and "Reach Down". Cornell approached Wood's former bandmates, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, with the intention of releasing the songs as a single. Chris Cornell Christopher Cornell (born July 20, 1964) is a guitarist/singer-songwriter most well-known for being the lead singer of Soundgarden and Audioslave. ... Mother Love Bone, was established in 1989 in the Seattle area by ex-Green River members Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament and Bruce Fairweather. ... Andrew Wood (January 8, 1966 – March 19, 1990) was the lead singer of the band Mother Love Bone and earlier of Malfunkshun. ...

With the band completed following the addition of Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron (who would later join Pearl Jam after the breakup of Soundgarden in April 1997) and Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready, the band started rehearsing the songs, as well as re-working some existing material, such as Pearl Jam's "Footsteps", which would become "Times of Trouble". The rehearsals soon led to several new songs, and the single soon became an album. Matt Cameron Matthew Cameron (born November 28, 1962) is an American musician renowned for playing drums in the hard rock band Soundgarden from 1986 until the bands 1997 break-up. ... Michael Mike McCready (born April 5, 1966) is the lead guitarist of the American rock band Pearl Jam. ...

Eddie Vedder, who had flown to Seattle to audition to be Pearl Jam's singer, ended up providing backing vocals. "Hunger Strike" became a duet between Cornell and Vedder. Cornell was having trouble with the vocals at practice, when Vedder stepped in. Cornell later said that "he sang half of that song not even knowing that I'd wanted the part to be there and he sang it exactly the way I was thinking about doing it, just instinctively". Eddie Vedder, circa 1992 Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Seversen III on 23 December 1964) is the lead singer and lyricist for the band Pearl Jam. ...

Vedder's role on the album, and appearance in the video released to accompany "Hunger Strike", confused and angered several people. Pearl Jam fans, who were not aware of the background of the project, saw Vedder's lesser role as a slight; while fans of Soundgarden and Mother Love Bone presumed that Vedder's appearance on the album was due to record company machinations.

Aside from a show the band played in Seattle, at the Off Ramp Café, on November 13, 1990, while rehearsing and writing the material for the album, the band had two opportunities to perform the material live. In October 1991, both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam appeared at the Foundations Forum showcase, and in 1992 the band played at the last show of that year's Lollapalooza festival. November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... Lollapalooza is an American travelling music festival featuring alternative rock, rap, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. ...

In 2003, there was a third live appearance of Temple of the Dog. At a Pearl Jam show on October 28, 2003, Pearl Jam was joined on stage by Chris Cornell and they played "Hunger Strike" and "Reach Down". "Reach Down" later appeared on Pearl Jam's annual Ten Club Christmas Single that year.

"All Night Thing" (as well as Soundgarden's "Loud Love") appears on the soundtrack of Wayne's World, though not on the soundtrack album. Waynes World is a 1992 comedy film starring Mike Myers as Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey as Garth Algar, hosts of a cable access television show (called Waynes World) from Aurora, Illinois. ...

Cornell's post-Soundgarden band, Audioslave, have begun to incorporate "Call Me A Dog, "All Night Thing" and "Hunger Strike" into their live set as of 2005. Audioslave is an alternative rock supergroup consisting of Chris Cornell (formerly of Soundgarden) and the instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine. ...

Track listing

1. "Say Hello 2 Heaven" (Cornell) - 4:22
2. "Reach Down" (Cornell) - 5:11
3. "Hunger Strike" (Cornell) - 4:03
4. "Pushin Forward Back" (Ament/Cornell/Gossard) - 3:44
5. "Call Me a Dog" (Cornell) - 5:02
6. "Times of Trouble" (Cornell/Gossard) - 5:41
7. "Wooden Jesus" (Cornell) - 4:09
8. "Your Saviour" (Cornell) - 4:02
9. "Four Walled World" (Cornell/Gossard) - 3:53
10. "All Night Thing" (Cornell) - 3:52

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Charting singles

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Singles - Billboard (North America)

Personnel

• Jeff Ament - Bass
• Matt Cameron - Drums
• Chris Cornell - Banjo, Harmonica, Vocals
• Stone Gossard - Guitar
• Mike McCready - Guitar
• Rick Parashar - Organ, Piano, Producer
• Temple Of The Dog - Producer
• Eddie Vedder - Backing Vocals, Vocals on "Hunger Strike"

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References

• Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Temple of the Dog". All Music Guide. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
• Temple of the Dog interview ("he sang half...")
• Temple of the Dog history (live appearances)

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External links

• http://www.reachdown.com
• Temple of the Dog Archive