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Temple of the Dog was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. It was conceived by vocalist Chris Cornell of Soundgarden as a tribute to his friend, the late Andrew Wood, lead singer of the bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone. The line-up included Stone Gossard on rhythm guitar, Jeff Ament on bass guitar (both ex-members of Mother Love Bone), Mike McCready on lead guitar, Matt Cameron on drums, and Eddie Vedder providing some lead and backing vocals. The band released its only album, the self-titled ''Temple of the Dog'', in April 1991 through A&M Records. The recording sessions took place in November and December 1990 at London Bridge Studios, in Seattle, Washington with producer Rick Parashar. Although earning praise from music critics at the time of its release, the album was not widely recognized until 1992, when Vedder, Ament, Gossard, and McCready had their breakthrough with Pearl Jam. ==History== Temple of the Dog was started by Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who had been a roommate of Andrew Wood, the lead singer of Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone.〔Turman, Katherine. "Life Rules." ''RIP''. October 1991〕 Wood died on March 19, 1990 of a heroin overdose, the day Cornell got back from a tour. As he went on to tour Europe a few days later, he started writing songs in tribute to his late friend.〔 The result was two songs, "Reach Down" and "Say Hello 2 Heaven," which he recorded as soon as he got back from touring.〔 The recorded material was slow and melodic, musically different from the aggressive rock music of Soundgarden. Cornell approached Wood's former bandmates, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament—who were still figuring out how to continue without Mother Love Bone—with the intention of releasing the songs as a single.〔 Ament described the collaboration as "a really good thing at the time" for Gossard and him that put them into a "band situation where we could play and make music."〔 The band's lineup was completed by the addition of Soundgarden (and later Pearl Jam) drummer Matt Cameron and future Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready. They named themselves Temple of the Dog, a reference to a line in the lyrics of the Mother Love Bone song "Man of Golden Words."〔 The band started rehearsing "Reach Down," "Say Hello 2 Heaven," and other songs that Cornell had written on tour prior to Wood's death, as well as re-working some existing material from demos written by Gossard, Ament, and Cameron.〔Alden, Grant. "Requiem for a Heavyweight." ''Guitar World''. July 1997〕 One such demo became a song for two bands, recorded as "Footsteps" by Pearl Jam and "Times of Trouble" by Temple of the Dog.〔Cohen, Jonathan. ("The Pearl Jam Q & A: ''Lost Dogs''" ). ''Billboard''. 2003.〕 The idea of doing covers of Wood's solo material also came up but was abandoned quickly, as they realized it would make people (including Wood's close friends and relatives〔) think the band was "exploiting his material."〔 The release of a single was soon deemed a "stupid idea" by Cornell and dropped in favor of an EP or album.〔 The album was recorded in only 15 days, produced by the band themselves.〔 Gossard described the recording process as a "non-pressure-filled" situation, as there were no expectations or pressure coming from the record company.〔 Eddie Vedder, who had flown from San Diego, California to Seattle, Washington to audition to be the singer of Mookie Blaylock (which eventually became Pearl Jam), ended up providing backing vocals. "Hunger Strike" () became a duet between Cornell and Vedder. Cornell was having trouble with the vocals at practice, when Vedder stepped in. Cornell later said, "He sang half of that song not even knowing that I'd wanted the part to be there and he sang it exactly the way I was thinking about doing it, just instinctively."〔 ''Temple of the Dog'' was released on April 16, 1991, through A&M Records and initially sold 70,000 copies in the United States.〔 Ament recalled that they requested a Pearl Jam sticker on the cover—as they had just picked their new name—because "it'll be a good thing for us," but they were refused.〔 The album received favorable reviews but failed to chart. Critic Steve Huey of AllMusic later rated the album with four-and-a-half stars out of five, stating that the "record sounds like a bridge between Mother Love Bone's theatrical '70s-rock updates and Pearl Jam's hard-rocking seriousness." David Fricke of ''Rolling Stone'' also wrote in retrospect that the album "deserves immortality." The band members were pleased with the material, as it achieved its purpose; Cornell believed that "Andy really would have liked" the songs,〔 and Gossard also asserted that he thought Wood would be "blown away by the whole thing."〔 Soon after the album's release, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam embarked on recording their next albums, and the Temple of the Dog project was brought to a close. In the summer of 1992, the album received new attention. Although it had been released more than a year earlier, A&M Records realized that they had in their catalog what was essentially a collaboration between Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, who had both risen to mainstream attention in the months since the album's release with their respective albums, ''Badmotorfinger'' and ''Ten.'' A&M decided to reissue the album and promote "Hunger Strike" as a single with an accompanying music video. The attention allowed both the album and single to chart on ''Billboard'' and resulted in a boost in album sales. The album was among the 100 top-selling albums of 1992.〔Lyons, James. ''Selling Seattle: Representing Contemporary Urban America''. Wallflower, 2004. ISBN 1-903364-96-5, pp. 136〕 ''Temple of the Dog'' ended up selling more than a million copies, achieving platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Recording Industry Association of America )〕 Ament, Cameron, Cornell, and McCready later reunited under the name M.A.C.C. to record a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Baby (Land of the New Rising Sun)" for the 1993 tribute album ''Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.'' In a 2007 interview with Ultimate Guitar Archive, Cornell stated he would be open for a Temple of the Dog reunion, or "some collaboration with any combination of those guys."〔 He also revealed that Temple of the Dog was the reason he joined Audioslave, as the experience made him "keep an open mind" about collaborations with musicians from other bands.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Temple of the Dog」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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