Frogtoon Musik

Hunger Strike by Temple Of The Dog

Künstlerbiographie Temple Of The Dog

Das Grunge-Projekt Temple Of The Dog Wurde 1990 Von Chris Cornell In Seattle Gegründet. Bandgeschichte Nach Dem Tod Seines Ehemaligen Mitbewohners Und Freundes Andy Wood Mother Love Bone Der Am 19. März 1990 An Einer Überdosis Heroin Starb Schrieb Cornell Zwei Songs Say Hello 2 Heaven Und Reach Down Die Nicht Zu Der Musik Passten Für Die Seine Eigentliche Band Soundgarden Stand Die Er Jedoch Auch Nicht Verwerfen Wollte. Zusammen Mit Dem Soundgarden-Schlagzeuger Matt Cameron Und Den Mother Love Bone Mitgliedern Jeff Ament Und Stone Gossard Die Zusammem Mit Mike McCready Dabei Waren Pearl Jam Zu Formen Ging Er Ins Studio Um Die Beiden Songs Als Single Aufzunehmen. Hierbei Entstanden Eine Reihe Neuer Songs So Dass Man Sich Letztendlich Entschloss Ein Komplettes Album Unter Dem Namen Temple Of The Dog Aufzunehmen Und So Andy Wood Zu Gedenken. Da Sich Die Aufnahmen Zu Temple Of The Dog Mit Denen Von Pearl Jams Ten Überschnitten Wurde Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam Bei Dem Song Hunger Strike Mit Eingebunden. Hierzu Existiert Auch Ein Video. Die Ähnlichkeit Zwischen Dem Song Times Of Trouble Und Pearl Jams Footsteps Lässt Sich Ebenfalls Mit Der Zeitgleichen Produktion Der Beiden Alben Begründen. Es Sind Dieselben Akkorde Nur Der Text Unterscheidet Sich. Eigentlich Entstand Der Song Im Laufe Des Songwritings Für Die Pearl-Jam-LP. Chris Cornell War Jedoch So Begeistert Von Der Musik Dass Er Einen Eigenen Text Hierzu Schrieb. Der Name Temple Of The Dog Leitet Sich Aus Einer Textpassage Von Andy Wood Ab Man Of Golden Words . Ihren Ersten Live-Auftritt Absolvierten Temple Of The Dog Am 13. November 1990 Im Off Ramp Cafe In Seattle Welcher Gleichzeitig Auch Der Einzige Komplette Gig Der Band Bleiben Sollte. Die Bislang Letzte Bekannte Live-Performance Fand Am 28. Oktober 2003 Im Rahmen Eines Pearl-Jam-Konzerts In Santa Barbara Statt. Die Band Spielte In Originalbesetzung Die Beiden Songs 'Hunger Strike' Und 'Reach Down'. Quelle Http //de.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Temple_Of_The_Dog

Frogtoon Musik - Song-Info: Hunger Strike

"Hunger Strike" Is A Song By The American Rock Band Temple Of The Dog. Written By Vocalist Chris Cornell "Hunger Strike" Was Released In 1991 As The First Single From The Band's Sole Studio Album Temple Of The Dog 1991 . It Was Temple Of The Dog's Most Popular Song. The Song Peaked At Number Four On The Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart. "Hunger Strike" Was Written By Vocalist Chris Cornell. It Features A Duet Between Cornell And Vocalist Eddie 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." Cornell On The Song When We Started Rehearsing The Songs I Had Pulled Out "Hunger Strike" And I Had This Feeling It Was Just Kind Of Gonna Be Filler It Didn't Feel Like A Real Song. Eddie Was Sitting There Kind Of Waiting For A Mookie Blaylock Rehearsal And I Was Singing Parts And He Kind Of Humbly—but With Some Balls—walked Up To The Mic And Started Singing The Low Parts For Me Because He Saw It Was Kind Of Hard. We Got Through A Couple Choruses Of Him Doing That And Suddenly The Light Bulb Came On In My Head This Guy's Voice Is Amazing For These Low Parts. History Wrote Itself After That That Became The Single. Guitarist Mike McCready On The Song I Remember Thinking That This Was A Really Beautiful Song When I Heard It. Chris Cornell Soundgarden Showed Me The Riff. I Had A '62 Reissue Strat And I Wanted To Use The Fourth-Position Tone Setting—between The Bridge And Middle Pickups—for The Beginning Of The Song Because I Like That Softer Sound. Then I Kicked It To The Front Pickup For The Heavier Part Of The Song. This Is One Of Many Amazing Songs Written By Chris. Cornell Stated That The Lyrics For "Hunger Strike" Express "somewhat Of A Political Socialist Statement." The Song Puts Forth The Theme Of Stealing Bread To Give To The Poor And Protesting In Solidarity With Them Via A Hunger Strike After Witnessing Injustice In Food Distribution. 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. "Hunger Strike" Became The Most Successful Song From Temple Of The Dog On The American Rock Charts. The Song Peaked At Number Four On The Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart And Number Seven On The Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart. Jim Guerinot A&M's Senior VP Of Marketing At The Time Said "I Don't Think That Anyone Would Have Paid Attention If "Hunger Strike" Wasn't A Great Song." It Still Receives Regular Radio Play On Many Hard Rock Radio Stations. Outside The United States The Single Was Released In Australia Canada Germany And The United Kingdom. In Canada The Song Reached The Top 50 On The Canadian Singles Chart. "Hunger Strike" Reached The Top 60 In The UK. David Fricke Of Rolling Stone Said "Cornell And Vedder...Turn Its Four Minutes Into A Veritable Opera Of Rock-Star Guilt...Cornell Turns On The Robert Plant-Style Napalm Full Blast But It Is Vedder's Scorched Introspection That Brings The Conscience In The Song To A Full Boil. "Hunger Strike" Was His First Starring Vocal On Record It Is Still One Of His Best." The Music Video For "Hunger Strike" Was Directed By Paul Rachman Who Also Directed The 2006 Punk Documentary American Hardcore. A&M Decided To Reissue The Album And Promote "Hunger Strike" As A Single With An Accompanying Music Video. The Video Features The Band Performing The Song On A Beach And In A Forest. The Video Was Filmed At Discovery Park In Seattle Washington. The West Point Lighthouse Is Featured In The Video. There Are Two Different Versions Of The Video For The Track. "Hunger Strike" Was First Performed Live At The Band's November 13 1990 Concert In Seattle Washington At The Off Ramp Café. In The Time Since The Album's Release The Band Reformed For Short Live Performances On Four Occasions Where Both Soundgarden And Pearl Jam Were Performing. Temple Of The Dog Performed "Hunger Strike" On October 3 1991 At The Foundations Forum In Los Angeles California October 6 1991 At The Hollywood Palladium In Hollywood For The RIP Magazine 5th Anniversary Party August 14 1992 At Lake Fairfax Park In Reston Virginia And September 13 1992 At Irvine Meadows Amphitheater In Irvine California Both Shows Were Part Of The Lollapalooza Festival Series In 1992 . Temple Of The Dog Reunited To Perform The Song During A Pearl Jam Show At The Santa Barbara Bowl In Santa Barbara California On October 28 2003. Vedder And Corin Tucker Of Sleater-Kinney Performed A Rendition Of "Hunger Strike" That Is Viewable As An Easter Egg On Disc 1 Of The Pearl Jam Live At The Garden DVD. Pearl Jam Also Performed The Song In Antwerp And Barcelona In 2006 With Andrew Stockdale Of Wolfmother Singing Cornell's Parts. Cornell Added "Hunger Strike" To His Solo Live Set In 2007. Cornell Also Performed The Song On Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution Tour Singing Vedder's Part With Linkin Park Frontman Chester Bennington Joining In To Sing Cornell's Part. On October 6 2009 Pearl Jam Played In Los Angeles California At The Gibson Amphitheatre. They Were Joined Onstage By Cornell To Perform The Song.

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