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Members:
Layne Staley
Mike McCready
Barrett Martin

Formed: 1995

iSound Site: www.isound.com/mad_season

Biography

Sounds Like

Artists:
Jerry Cantrell
Foo Fighters
Bush
Sponge
Our Lady Peace
Wool
Nirvana
Everclear
Temple of the Dog
Soundgarden
Candlebox
Genres:
Alternative Rock

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Featured Album

	Above Released: 2007

Albums
Click on one of the albums below for more info.
	Above Released: 2007
	River of Deceit Released: 2006
	Above Released: 1995
	Above Released: 1995
	Above Released: 1995

Biography

Mad Season began in 1994. The band consisted of Layne Staley from Alice In Chains, Mike McCready from Pearl Jam, and Screaming Trees Martin Barret, and "Baker". Layne was the Vocalist, Mike played guitar, Martin played drums, and "Baker" played bass. Mark Lanegan did some singing on the album as well. He also was from Screaming Trees. The tracks he appeared on was"I'm Above and "Long Gone Day" (co-writing lyrics on the later number). The Band got their start at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe, where they played, without a name, to audiences who were surprised to see members of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, ans Screaming Trees on stage together. They were originally called the Gacy Bunch(paying simultaneous homage to John Wayne Gacy, The "Killer Clown" of Chicago, and a beloved sitcome from the 1970s), Mad Season released one album, called Above. It was a quick day recording session at Seattle's Bad Animals studio (co-owned buy Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart) resulted in the 11 songs on Above, co-produced by the band and Pearl Jam sound engineer Brett Eliason. The album was released in March 1995. Their music is a powerful blend of blues and heavy rock. Reportedly, songs were penned for another Mad Season album, which ultimatley went unrecorded. Mad Season then supposedly thought about replacing Staley with Lanegan (and changing their anme to Disinformation), but no songs were recorded-resulting in the musicians going their separate ways for good. Sadly, this proved to be the final word on Mad Season As both Saunders and Staley would eventually die from drug overdoses.

Bio written by: riff_master

Artist Forum


Discussion Topic	Creator
fav. mad season song my fav is long gone day , who sings with layne? does anyone know?	hells_angel

Replys	Listener
The person that sings with Layne on Long Gone Day is Mark Lanegan. He was the lead singer for the Screaming Trees. But the Screaming Trees are no longer together.	riff_master
Long Gone Day and I'm Above. Mark really helps LGD, and its one of the most natural instances of laynes voice I've heard yet.	big-k
Above (the album) is breathtaking, I'm actually lotsening to it right now. My favorite songs are River of Deciet and November Hotel.	AIC4LIFE
thanx riff, i would've looked up the credits but i have a burned copy of the cd, anyway yea it is an amazing album	hells_angel
Do any of you guys have live at the moore?	AIC4LIFE
I asked for it for x-mas, but if noone got it for me i'll probably order it off amazon.com. What all is on it? Is it just the entire Above album?	big-k
Almost, it doesnt have Artifical Red, Wake up and Above i think...I dont feel like tracking it down to find out for sure. It also has the river of the deciet music video on it	AIC4LIFE
Dang, I'm Above is one of the best songs.	big-k
Yeah it is a good song	AIC4LIFE
"Long gone day" is definitly my favorite as well. But My favorite song lyricly would have to be "wake up"...very honest...it kinda gave us all a glimpse into Layne's Life and his struggles...Lifeless Dead is Also a great song...the harmonies are perfect.	LifelessDead
I seriously do consider Long Gone Day to be my favorite song by any band yet. I'm Above competes for that spot well. Wake Up is pretty good both musically and lyricly, but I also consider the lyrics to LGD to be pretty damn good. The vocal harmonies of Layne and Lanegan were better than Layne's duets with Jerry Cantrell.	big-k
I don't know if id go that far with it but its a great song, i have live at the moore on dvd	Hells_Angel
They have a dvd of it? I thought it was vhs only, which is what I have.	big-k
It is only available on VSH...	AIC4LIFE
I downloaded it online and burned it on a dvd	Hells_Angel
yea live at the moore was an amazing show, and it is on dvd. wish this band made more music. and whats the deal with their song, 'i dont wanna be a soldier'....it wasnt on the album...where can i find it???	LifelessDead
I can't remember where I got it, but I have a copy of the song. Email me for it.	big-k
My favorite is I'm Above	Soulcollect13
I've never heard of this "I don't want to be soldier". Whats it like, any good? I guess thats a dumb question, anything they do is bound to be great.	AIC4LIFE
1.Wake Up 2.River of Deceit 3.I Don't Know Anything 4.I'm Above 5.Lifeless Dead ^^^ My faves	L1th1um
Right on, a new fan.	AIC4LIFE
River of Deceit	hardrocker23
"wake up" gives me chills. one of the best vocal performences of all time in my opinion. R.I.P. Layne	CrazyGNRfan
I'm Above I Don't Know Anything	Sick_of_Life