Mother Love Bone was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987. The band was established by ex-Green River members Jeff Ament, Bruce Fairweather and Stone Gossard, ex-Malfunkshun frontman Andrew Wood and ex-Ten Minute Warning and Skin Yard drummer Greg Gilmore. They were active from 1987 until singer Andrew Wood’s death in 1990. Wood’s personality and lyrics 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. Apple received positive reviews and it was said that Mother Love Bone could’ve been “the first of the big-league Seattle rock stars.” Following Wood’s death, Gossard and Ament approached Wood’s roommate and Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell to record a tribute song. The project turned into an entire album and the group formed Temple of the Dog, a reference to a line in the Mother Love Bone song, “Man of Golden Words.” Eddie Vedder, who had flown in from San Diego to Seattle after the band sent him a demo tape, recorded the duet “Hunger Strike” and began to share vocal duties with Cornell. Later on, Vedder, Mike McCready, Ament, and Gossard formed Pearl Jam (initially named Mookie Blaylock), and became one of the biggest alternative rock bands of the 1990s.
Mother Love Bone's first album Shine released on Mon Mar 20 1989.
The most popular album by Mother Love Bone's is On Earth as It Is: The Complete Works
The most popular song by Mother Love Bone's is Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
Mother Love Bone's first song Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns released on Mon Mar 20 1989.