T h e b
a n d m e m b
e r s
Layne Staley: vocals, guitar
Mike McCready: Electric and acoustic guitars
John Baker Saunders: electric bass
Barrett Martin: drums, percussion, upright bass, cello,
marimba, vibes
"This is a nice band. It's loose, but there's a lot of thought
put into it, too. And room to put in pure feeling and emotion." |
| Layne Staley |
S p e c i
a l g u
e s t s
Mark Lanegan: Vocals on "I'm Above" and "Long Gone Day"
Nalgas Sin Carne: Saxophone on "Long Gone Day"
T h e M u s
i c
 |
Columbia - CK 67057 - 1995
Produced by: Mad Season and Brett Eliason |
• Lyrics
& info •
So far, Above is the only record released
by Mad Season
n e w m a d
s e a s o n ?
Mike McCready of Pearl Jam has completed
the music for the upcoming Mad Season
album, but the word has it that Layne Staley and Mark
Lanegan (Screaming Trees lead man)
are out of the project. Due to a dramatic change in the supergroup's
lineup, the band may undergo
a name change under completion of the rumoured double album with
new personnel.
One disc was rumoured to have Layne on vocals while the second
one would have featured Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees fame.
However, Mike recently
spoke with Barett Martin and Mark Lanegan and
confirmed that the Mad Season project as we know it is now
defunct. 97.03.30
• UPDATE:
After Layne Staley and Mark Lanegan's departure of Mad
Season,
Brian Wood (brother of Andrew Wood) is rumoured to be the
new singer for
Mike McCready's project. Brian has been in Hater
and Devilhead before. 97.05.03
LINKS OF INTEREST:
Sworn
And Broken
Men
In A Box
LINKS TO RELATED BANDS:
Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion
The best Screaming Trees page around, run by Elcurte and the Mighty
Ann
http://www.proaxis.com/~elcurte/oblivion
Pearl Jam Synergy
The official Pearl Jam site, maintained by Sony
http://www.music.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/PearlJam
The Alice In Chains Nuthsell
Without a doubt the best source of Alice info on the net ;-)
http://www.mtl.net/solidarite/pio/aic.htm
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s.o.u.n.d.c.l.i.p.s
River
Of Deceit • I
Don't Know Anything
Each are 30 second excerpts in 22 Khz 8-bit .wav
format (approx. 600k)
w.a.n.t.m.o.r.e.?
Visit the l.i.t.t.l.e Mad
Season Homepage from Sony.
Here's a link to another
Mad Season site.
The
River of Deceit, another fan-made Mad Season site.
Know of any others? Tell me!
g.u.i.t.a.r.t.a.b.s.
Grab a few cool Mad
Season bass & guitar tabs!
T h e b e g
i n n i n g
The group began when Pearl Jam's guitarist Mike McCready set
up some informal jam sessions for himself and two friends: Screaming
Trees drummer Barrett Martin, and bassist John Baker Saunders of the
Lamont Cranston blues band. McCready later gave Layne Staley, Alice
In Chains' lead singer, a call and asked him to join in the fun. Layne
arrived, with guitar in hand and a head-full of lyric ideas, and the new
band's musical mix got even hotter.
Mad Season's music is a powerful blend of blues and heavy
rock, a potent combination of Staley's lyrics and the band's musical creations.
Above,
the band's first and only album to date, was realized in a whirlwind ten
day recording session! It also features Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees
on two tracks as well as Nalgas Sin Carne on saxophone.
What does
mean?
Mad Season is an English term for the time of
the year when psilocybin mushrooms are in full bloom.
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