GIVE ME A GUITAR!! - Temple Of The Dog - 'Hunger Strike'
Temple Of The Dog - 'Hunger Strike' (1991)
I first heard of Temple Of The Dog long after I was a fan of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and was already in love with Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder's unique rock voices. My now husband(his romancing tactics cleary worked) brought over the album in a obvious bid to woo me with his music expertise and it really knocked me for six! Take heed you ladies out there, it will make you go weak at the knees in parts! Chris Cornell wrote the album as a tribute to the late Andrew Wood, the former lead singer of band Mother Love Bone. Its hard to believe that this album was released before Pearl Jam's 'Ten'!
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What I loved about the album and especially the song Hunger Strike, was that it had a rock sound but was slower and less angry. Vedder and Cornell's voices compliment each other well with Vedder having the smooth low warble and Cornell's perfectly placed high pitched rock scream! There is no other man that can make Musketeer chic look sexy! As my own tribute, I have included a Mother Love Bone track straight from the well loved "Singles" sound track. Chloe Dancer/ Crown of Thorns is a splice of two songs but to me, can only ever be heard as one. Prepare for goosebumps!
Mother Love Bone - 'Choe Dancer/Crown of Thorns'
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Comments
I really like this song, in fact the whole album is great, probably in my Top Ten albums ever.
Whilst trawling through Wikipedia recently I came across another track that may interest fans of Temple Of The Dog, it's the only song by a rock supergroup called M.A.C.C (The initials of the four members.....answers on a postcard please) The song is a cover of Jimi Hendrix's Hey Baby (The Land of The New Rising Sun) from a 1993 Jimi tribute album called Stone Free. It is really good and definitely worth a listen people.