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GRUNGE SUPERGROUP JJJJAMMz OF THE DIZZAY

  • Kip Wingerschmidt
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Temple of the Dog coverWhat an exciting pairing of bands at the time — Pearl Jam and Soundgarden — and while I would not specifically call out Temple of the Dog‘s self-titled (and only) 1990 album as having an extremely grungy sound, obviously it had the proper ingredients, and comprises a pretty fine collection of songs.

Everyone surely remembers the hit off this album, “Hunger Strike” (with Dr. Vedder himself joining Chris Cornell on alternating verse vocals), but here’s a few other winning tracks from said album:

TEMPLE OF THE DOG – “Say Hello To Heaven”

TEMPLE OF THE DOG – “Wooden Jesus”

TEMPLE OF THE DOG – “All Night Thing”

And for good measure, a list of some other (often short-lived) grunge supergroups (after the jump):

  • Alice Mudgarden contained
    • all of the members of Alice in Chains
    • Chris Cornell of Soundgarden
    • Mark Arm of Mudhoney
  • Army of Anyone contained
    • Richard Patrick of Filter
    • Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots
    • Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots
    • Ray Luzier of David Lee Roth’s band
  • Audioslave contained
    • Chris Cornell of Soundgarden
    • Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine
    • Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine
    • Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine
  • Class of ’99 contained
    • Layne Staley of Alice in Chains
    • Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
    • Martyn LeNoble of Porno for Pyros
    • Stephen Perkins of Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros
  • Eyes Adrift contained
    • Krist Novoselic of Nirvana
    • Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets
    • Bud Gaugh of Sublime
  • Hater contained
    • Matt Cameron of Soundgarden and later Pearl Jam
    • Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden
    • John McBain of Monster Magnet
    • Alan Davis
  • Mad Season, also called Gacy Bunch, contained
    • Layne Staley of Alice in Chains
    • Mike McCready of Pearl Jam
    • Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees
    • Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees
  • No WTO Combo contained
    • Jello Biafra, formerly of the Dead Kennedys
    • Kim Thayil of Soundgarden
    • Krist Novoselic of Nirvana
    • Gina Mainwal of Sweet 75
  • Temple of the Dog contained
    • Chris Cornell of Soundgarden
    • Stone Gossard of Mother Love Bone and Pearl Jam
    • Jeff Ament of Mother Love Bone and Pearl Jam
    • Matt Cameron of Soundgarden (and, later, Pearl Jam)
    • Mike McCready of Pearl Jam
    • With contributions by Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam
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