Mad Season
| Mad Season | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Grunge , alternative rock |
| founding | 1994 |
| Founding members | |
| Layne Staley († 2002) | |
| Mike McCready | |
| Barrett Martin | |
| John "Baker" Saunders († 1999) | |
Mad Season was a project by musicians Mike McCready (guitar, Pearl Jam ), Layne Staley (vocals, Alice in Chains ), Barrett Martin (drums, Screaming Trees ) and John "Baker" Saunders (bass, The Walkabouts ).
Band history
Mad Season originated on October 16, 1994 from a jam session in the Seattle Crocodile Café and only recorded one album, Above . On this album you can also hear as a guest Mark Lanegan , then singer of the Screaming Trees and later also guest singer of the Queens of the Stone Age . He contributed vocals to the songs I'm Above and Long Gone Day . Their first band name was The Gacy Bunch.
John "Baker" Saunders died in 1999 of a heroin overdose.
Layne Staley died of a heroin and cocaine (known as speedball) overdose in 2002 .
Discography
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Albums
- 1995: Above ( Columbia Records )
Singles and EPs
- 1995: River of Deceit (Columbia Records)
- 1995: I Don't Know Anything (Columbia Records)
- 1995: Long Gone Day ( feat.Mark Lanegan ) (Columbia Records)
Videos
- 1995: Live at the Moore (Columbia Records)
Compilation Contributions
- 1995: I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier on Working Class Hero: A Tribute to John Lennon ( Hollywood Records )
- 1996: River of Deceit (Live) on Bite Back: Live at the Crocodile Cafe (PopLlama Records)