Mother Love Bone (1992)
EVERY-thing Seattle to the music stores at once! Yes, they did it, Nirvana debuted on Headbanger’s Ball and delivered the killing blow to an already quite-ill collection of music dubbed “80’s hair pop/metal”! Now let’s rush out and sign EVERY Seattle band we can get our hands on! What’s that you say? MLB had Pearl Jam’s bassist AND lead guitarist??!! Release it, you fool, release it NOW, before it’s too late!
No, there’s no need to listen to it first. It’s certified gold upon release!
Grade: D-
3/5/13: Slight overreaction caused by HUGE disappointment. As you can probably tell by all the caps. I mean, I was expecting Pearl Jam, or Temple of the Dog…and no offense to the guy, I know all his friends loved him and all (and he did inspire some GREAT music) but Andrew Wood was no Eddie Vedder. Or Chris Cornell. When I’m in
the right mood, though, “Stardog Champion” can blow me away given all the layers of historical context and the energy, gone with Andrew’s death.
Grade: D