Monday 18 July 2011

Mother Love Bone - Stardog Champion


Up in northern Sweden, where everything is quiet, cozy, absolutely no stress, no subways or people who will push them self forward, absolutely wonderful a summer evening like this, the only thing that destroys the peace is the those damned mosquitoes, you can not just have everything .

Dig around bit in the attic and discovered that I have a lot of albums left here, found among other things, an old classic with "Mother Love Bone" that we should take a closer look at tonight.





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 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, most notably Pearl Jam.

On April 14, 2010, the four surviving members of Mother Love Bone reunited for the first time (with friend/fellow Seattle musician Shawn Smith serving as frontman for the night) as part of a sold-out "Brad and Friends" evening at Seattle's Showbox. The songs featured were part of the band's core repertoire from their early days, including "Stardog Champion," "Holy Roller," "Gentle Groove" and a cover of the Argent song "Hold Your Head Up," a favorite encore from the band's early club days around Seattle.

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.



Todays tune ”Stardog Champion" is from their debut album ”Apple” released back in July 19, 1990



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