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     I've been meaning to right about these dudes butI haven't had time.
    They are AWESOME!!! Just good old down-n-dirty rock-n-roll. The bad
    news is the singer OD'd on smack so they're no longer together, but
    defininatly pick this one up, it's great.
    
    
    								R.C.
    

    
    When did that happen?
    
    Flip

    Did he die from it, or just quit playing?
    
    gh

    
    RE: -2
    
        I'm not sure how long ago.
    
    RE: -1
    
        Ya, he died from it. 
    
    								R.C.
    

	Taken from December 90's RIP Magazine without permission
    	for those who might be interested.
    
    	tigga~~


	ANDY WOOD:  The Last Interview

	Some readers may consider the following interview depressing,
	exploitive, and even tasteless.  We here at RIP feel it is an
	important and, yes, tragic piece of 1990's music history.
	To deny it to the fans of Mother Love Bone would be an injustice.

	It was late '88 when the world first took notice of Seattle's
	Mother Love Bone, formed by members of two superb local acts,
	Green River and Malfunkshun.  After an unexpected bidding war,
	MLB signed to PolyGram and released a five-song EP, "Shine."
	They earned their first taste of nationwide attention after a
	very successful club tour with the Dogs D'Amour.  It was the
	beginning of a very promising career.

	On Thursday, March 15, 1990, writer Michael Browning and Mother
	Love Bone's talented and troubled songwriter Andrew Wood conducted
	the following interview.  MLB were scheduled to be a part of
	a RIP-sponsored three-band tour, and their superb debut album,
	"Apple", was ready to be released.  It was agreed that the duo
	would speak again the following week at the Northwest Area Music
	Association conference, where Wood was scheduled to serve on the
	songwriters panel.  That meeting would never occur.

	Twenty-six hours later, about 10:30pm Friday, Wood's fiancee,
	Xana, found Andy face down, unconscious, on their bed.  After
	completing a month-long rehabilitation program and remaining
	clean for 116 days, Wood succumbed to the incredible cravings
	known only to heroin users.  Paramedics rushed Wood to Harborview
	Hospital, where he was immediately hooked up to life-support
	systems.  Wood had slipped into a coma.  His family was informed
	that he had suffered considerable damage from lack of oxygen,
	and even if he recovered from the coma, he would very likely
	remain brain dead.  On Monday, March 19th, when no improvement
	in Wood's condition was noted, he was taken off life support.
	Wood's heart slowly came to a stop as he lay in the arms of
	the woman he loved.

RIP:	Mother Love Bone recorded "Shine" in five days, as compared
	to over three months for "Apple."  Is there a very noticeable
	difference?
AW:	Yes, definitely.  There were some mixes that were sent to us
	and we sent them back to be remixed; and there was still, like,
	four or five songs that still had to be remixed again.  Now it's
	all settled and ready to be pressed.  "Apple" is nearly an hour
	long.  It may not even fit on one side of a cassette, so beware,
	kids, when taping at home [laughs].

RIP:	Did MLB lose any of its grunge?
AW:	I don't know.  Did we have any grunge in the first place?  I
	guess there's still a little grunge in the guitars from the
	Green River days.  We didn't lose any of the grunge we needed, but
	we may be right in throwing some of the ugly grunge away.  It's
	called stale grunge.

RIP:	Do you wish there was more funk in MLB?
AW:	I'm pretty content with the sound right now.  I thin I'm a bit 
	more mellow than anybody else in teh band.  The whole set is 
	pretty mid-tempo.  We're not like a real "head-swinging" type
	of band.  When time off from MLB allows, I might make a record,
	and my brother Kevin [who played with Andy in Malfunkshun] will
	be my guitar player.

RIP:	Andy Wood goes solo?
AW:	No, it won't be called "Andy Wood" or anything.  It'll have some
	weird name, so it'll be kinda disguised.

RIP:	Let's talk about some of the songs on "Apple."
AW:	"Stardog Champion" is a kinda...fake, kinda patriotic rock 
	anthem of sorts.  That's gonna be the first single and video.
	When I wrote "Holy Roller," I didn't even know what a holy
	roller was.  I just thought it was a cool term.  Actually, I 
	was thinking of a Paul McCartney and Wings song, "Let Me Roll
	It."  I don't know why it made me think of holy rollers.
	"Captain High-Top" is just a total rock propaganda kinda thing.
	I kinda see "Heartshine" as our "Achilles' Last Stand" of the
	album.  It's long and real powerful.  I was kinda depressed
	about leaving Malfunkshun for a long time.  Still am, kinda.
	I feel like, you know, I left them stranded.  I've got a 
	brother besides Kevin who, ah, is kinda insane in a way, 
	and he makes the whole family woory about him, so "Heartshine"
	is a little about both of my brothers.

RIP:	"Mr. Danny Boy" is obviously a slam on Danny Thomas.
AW:	Yeah, I don't know why we decided to do such a mean thing to 
	Danny.

RIP:	But you did.
AW:	That's right.  No offense to Marlo.  I still like her from
	"That Girl." [laughs]

RIP:	"Come Bite the Apple," is there any significance to that?
AW:	That's a meaningful song.  It's a "Crown of Thorns" type of
	song.  The lyrics are personal, whereas some of the songs have
	absolutely nothing to do with me.  "Apple" and "Crown of Thorns"
	are probably mostly about me.  It's kind of a synopsis of the
	whole past year.  I'm lucky to be sitting here.

RIP:	Do you write all the lyrics?
AW:	Yeah.  Nobody else has really brought any in.  I think I'd find
	it hard to sing someone else's lyrics.  I've got a guitar, but
	I've written most of my songs with keyboards as of late.  I
	wrote "Stargazer" on guitar.  I don't really consider myself a 
	songwriter but, rather, a guy who makes up music.  I don't know
	chords.  I don't know notes.  I can' teven tell the guys in
	my band what I'm playing.  I can't say, "Well, it's G-A-C-D,"
	or whatever.  They have to come and watch me and figure it out.

RIP:	You taught yourself how to play guitar and keyboards?
AW:	Yeah, just kinda making up my own method of playing.  That's
	been my whole thing.  It seems as of late -- I'm not going to
	name names or anything -- but there seems to be some people who 
	are real concerned about who their fans are, which doesn't 
	make any sense to me, because they're all basically rock fans.
	We want them to be our fans.  We don't want to draw any kind
	of lines.

RIP:	Are those the only two instruments you play, guitar and keybaords?
AW:	I play wrinkle-neck trouser snake, guitar and keyboards...I also
	play Nintendo.

RIP:	Do you ever worry about hitting writer's block?
AW:	I'm not too worried about it, though it definitely happens.
	Writer's block...I've never had that problem.  When I have my
	keyboards around, I could definitely write a song a day.  I've
	got so many old songs, I could go find an old one that I like
	if I can't write a new one.

RIP:	There are a lot of rerences to the group Queen in your lyrics.
AW:	Queen's probably my favorite band.  Queen, Kiss and Elton John.
	I'm kind of a hybrid of all those things that influenced me
	the most when I was growing up.

RIP:	How old are y ou?
AW:	24.

RIP:	You just got out of rehab.
AW:	The old 28-day business.  I have a weekly follow-up every
	Monday night.

RIP:	Obviously you feel a lot better now that you're clean.
AW:	Yeah.  Still, though, it's a total struggle.  When you first get
	out, you're on this pink cloud, and it's pretty easy.  After
	awhile, things start getting more real, and you have to just
	stay straight a second at a time.

RIP:	Do the other guys in MLB still get stoned?
AW:	No!  That's one lucky thing about this band.  I was the druggy
	until I went in for treatment.   We've got some people in the
	band that I don't doubt are alcoholics.  The day Bruce quits
	drinking will be the day monkeys fly out of my butt, like on
	"Wayne's World."  Luckily no one was into the drugs as much as
	I was, so I don't have to worry about them staying stoned,
	even though I'm not doing it anymore.  Ever since I've known 
	Stoney, and that's been years, he's never smoked pot.

RIP:	Stoney?
AW:	I know, with a name like Stoney.  It's just his normal name:
	Stone.  THey all enjoy their beer.  God, that's the thing:
	Back when I was taking all those drugs and everything, I 
	thought the other guys were so damn boring.  I thought, "What
	do these guys do for fun?"

RIP:	Will this upcoming tour present any problems for you, like
	temptation?
AW:	We all decided that on the upcoming tour there will be no
	alcohol at all on the bus.  If they want to drink, they'll have
	to do it in the clubs.

RIP:	Is there any particular member of MLB you seem to connect with
	the best?
AW:	It's weird, 'cause it fluctuates.  Sometimes I feel like me and
	Stoney are a team, partners in crime.  And then me and Jeff have
	a lot of the same musical interests too.  We're both kinda jocks
	in a way.  I'm a video jock, whereas he's an actual jock.  Then
	me and Greg are both Capricorns, so we get along well.  Besides
	practicing five times a week, none of us spend that much time
	together.

RIP:	Maybe it's better that way.
AW:	Yeah.  I mean, we'll be spending a lot of time together soon.

    Yes, They are totally bad-a*s!!!
    -Too bad @ Andy thow.  I really like thier stuff alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Anyone else?????????
    April

    Geez, nearly a year and a half later.  
    
    I was greatly impressed when obtained MTB's "Apple". Couldn't get
    enough of it.  Then I found out the band was no more.  I'm still
    looking for the EP-"Shine" anyone know where I can get a copy? (Order
    it?!)
    
    HMRatt
    

    Wasn't it the rest of the guys from MLB that went on to form Pearl Jam
    after their singer ODed?
    
    gh

	The Temple of the Dogs disc had a family tree for this, I won't
	even try to recall who came from where....I do think the current 
	Peal Jam vocalist was on one track from the Temple... album.

	- Jim

    I heard also that Pearl Jam stemmed from Mother Love Bone.
    

     
       Well 2 members of Mother Love Bone are in Pearl Jam, the guitarist
    and bass player.  You can hear some guitar style on the 'ten' album
    that was greatly used on 'apple'.  Now i just gotta get this Temple of
    the Dog...
    
    KR
    

    
    ...and one or two of the ex-MLB are in Soundgarden.....they have regrouped
    to do a tribute.  Is this Temple of the Dog?
    
    

    Temple of the dog was BEFORE Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.
     They did the album in 8 weeks or something....
    I'm pretty sure it was some sort of a tribute to Andrew Wood.
    
           Friz
    

    You sure Friz??   I thought it was after.....  But I have no idea to
    tell you the truth.
    
    
    For somebody that doesn't like the Seattle music scene, you sure know
    a lot about it!    :')
    
    |KS|
    

    I was just guessin'... My roommate tells me alot of thing I don't wanna
    know. 8)
    
      Friz
    

The Temple of the Dog CD was just re-released, after the success of Pearl Jam
and Soundgarden. But it was definitely recorded and released long before 
either of those band's were together.

alan

    See....HA!HA!HA!  I knew it...
    
           Friz
    

    
    Soundgarden has been around on a major label since '89
    Mother Love Bone 'Apple' was released in spring '90
    'Temple' came out in winter '90 (just recently dressed up with pretty
    stickers about Soundgarden and Pearl Jam)
    Pearl Jam released Ten in fall '91
    

    To add a little more...
    
    Soundgarden released their Sub Pop debut in 86 or 87 and it was
    called "Screaming Life" it was later reissed with the EP "FOPP"
    added to it.
    
    Pearl Jam formed in 1991 originally using the name Mookie Blaylock
    (some sports hero of theirs) but later changed their name to
    Pearl Jam but kept Mookie's jersey number as an album title
    Hence, TEN.
    
    Temple of the Dog was a short lived union of Jeff Ament and
    Stone Gossard of Mother Love Bone and Chris Cornell and the
    drummer (whose name escapes me) of Soundgarden. Eddie Vedder
    (Pearl Jam) sings guest lead on "Hunger Strike" and backing
    vocals on a couple of other tracks.
    
    The first two songs on the album are the only ones about
    Andrew Wood, one is called "Reach Down" and the other I can't
    remember. The rest of the album is just some beautiful song
    writing on Chris Cornell's part. The album was indeed released
    in 1990 and rereleased this year following the success of both
    Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.
    
    There for it came before Pearl Jam but during Soundgarden, and
    for the record I was pretty pissed of when they didn't play one
    lousy song off this album at Lollapalooza.
    
    -Bill
    

    re: -1
    
    The other song you couldn't think of is Say Hello 2 Heaven.
    
    This album is great!  Friz, I think you would like this if you are
    beginning to like Pearl Jam.  That song Hunger Strike is not one of the
    better songs on the album IMO.
    
    Times Of Trouble is the best I think.  That's the one the radio
    stations should be playing.
    
    
    |KS|

    Thanks for the assist, I also forgot to mention that Mike McCready
    in in Temple of the Dog and that the drummer's name is Matt Cameron.
    
    -Bill
    

    There is a great song on the "Singles" CD  called "Chloe/Crown Of
    Thorns"... Don't know if it's an older song since it's the first I
    have heard from them.  This Movie "Singles" is supposed to have lots
    of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden music in it.  I heard today the movie
    will be out in October.  Can't wait!
    
    
    Patti
    }{

     
     Crown of Thorns is off of Mother Love Bone's Apple, (which is one of
    my top 10 all time fave albums...)
    
     There are a few other good songs along the same type as Crown of
    Thorns on it..
    
     

    Wow, really... Is the CD hard to find?  I'd like to get it ASAP!
    
    
    Patti
    
    }{

    I've seen the MLB "Apple" CD several times in national chain record
    stores, it shouldn't be too hard to find.
    
    gh

    Good!  Thanks... I will be searching for it today after work, and
    probably listening non-stop all weekend.
    
    
    Patti
    
    }{

     
      The re-released it because the 'seattle' scene is in, so to speak.. 
    Its all over in all big record stores..
    
    Ratt
    

    Well, got the only *Apple* Cd in the store!!!  The clerk had never
    heard any of their music and was wondering what they were like... She
    said they had recieved a free MLB promo tape earlier that week, but 
    another employee took it home.  
    I loved it!  My favourite song definatly being *Man Of Golden Words*,
    but really I like every song on this.  Thanks again for the
    recommendations!!!!!
    
    
    Patti
    
    }{

    I know how Pearl Jam = Ex-MLB, but I still don't understand the
    Soundgarden = MLB connection ... anyone with a CLEAR explanation
    about it??

    At the Center of the Early Atlanta(G0_BRAVES)Movement back in it's 
    earliest days was"Green_River",who's Mid_Eighties recordins for
    Sub_Pop helped establish the label(Sub_Pop eventually signed Nirvana)
    
    Green_River foundin members Stone Gossard(Guitar)and Jeff Ament(Bass)
    joined with singer Andrew Wood(Lost_Soul),then the Room_Mate of
    SoundGardens Chris Cornell,to for Mother_Love_Bone,who followed
    up their EP"Shine"with but one Major label album(Apple),released
    mere weeks after Wood Died of an Drug_Over_Dose.    :_(
    
    
            Crazy_A_Scene_That_Made_IT_Alr
                                                                         

    Anyone else notice "Stardog Champion" in *heavy* rotation on 'AAF of
    late??
    
    I mean, it's way cool they're playing it, but sort of out of the blue.
    I wonder why??

    
    Of course they're playing it. It's Grunge. They play everything that's
    'in'
    
    IMO it sux. (Stardog champion)
    
    

    I heard it on AAF once... so I don't know if it's on heavy rotation or
    not.  I also heard it on a CT station a week or two ago, so I guess
    it's starting to get airplay.  Maybe Mother Love Bone are starting to
    get some recognition!
    
    |KS|
    

    I hear it everytime I flip AAF on, which is pretty frequently.  It was
    on the radio when my alarm when off this am.

    
    Woke up with wood?  No, no, no... That's a ZZ Top song!
    

    I think it started getting airplay 'cause it was used on some movie
    soundtrack (Singles?) and is still popular from that.
    
    gh

    Hi,in 1992(ish) you wrote down the last ANDY WOOD interview (mother
    love bone,section 65) I dont suppose you have anything else about him
    as im finding it increasingly hard to get mother love bone stuff,I had
    to send off for the half ass monkey boy t-shirt from america,so any
    info would be greatful.
    Other people I would love to talk to are:
                                             APRIL
                                             JIM
                                             FRIZ
                                             ALAN
                                             BILL
                                             PATTI
                                         AND RATT
    Thanx
    -Simon.

    
    TIGGA - gone
    APRIL - gone
    JIM - here, but "not all there" if you know what I mean.  8^)
    FRIZ - gone
    ALAN - gone
    

    bummer!!!!,who are u?

    You can send mail to Tig.  She's got an Internet account:
    
           [email protected]
    
    

>    Other people I would love to talk to are:
>                                             APRIL   *
>                                             JIM
>                                             FRIZ    *
>                                             ALAN    *
>                                             BILL
>                                             PATTI   ??
>                                         AND RATT    *
    
    Wow... does that tell us anything or what!?
    
    

    you never know !?!?
    
    max_
    

    max?
    

    
    >bummer!!!!,who are u?
    
    
    	Who am I?  None of your business.  8^)
    
    	Who are you??
    

    Im just someone trying to get mother love bone information,judgeing
    from your attitude your obviously someone who likes groups like
    pantera!,im not saying all people who like that music have obvious bad
    attiudes,just you.
    -who am I?

    
    	If you ignore me, I might go away.
    
    	But don't count on it ... it hasn't worked for the last 7
    	years and it probably won't work now either.
    

    Whatz wrong with Pantera?

    Who are you?
    nothings really wrong with pantera,in fact i loved their cover of
    planet caravan I just used them as an example!
    im Simon.

    Deja Vu.. Am I in Colorado Springs?  ;)
    
    SueJ

    
    RE: GTI
    
    Go home, your blow-up doll is waiting for you... 
    
    
    RE: New guy.. 
    
    Yup, I'm still here (Jim, Whit, Whitpose, Whitferbrains, etc..).  I
    like to keep an open mind musically, but one thing.. I REALLY like 
    Pantera! 
    
    Whit-

    
    
    rubbish with your "open mind" shite...ye didn't like Therapy! and
    they're brilliant! ;^)
    
    
    
    now get a haircut and a proper job! 8)
    
    
    						ian

    
    
    I was open to it, I listened to it, then came to the conclusion it was
    shite! 
    
    Like I said.. music was cool, lyrics were cheese-city..
    
    like most of the bloody-shite you listen to! ya blouse! 
    

    
    a blouse...are ye calling me a BLOUSE?????Thats fighting talk where I
    come from.....
    
    
    
    
    ...but you're lucky I moved! ;^)
    
    
    						ian

    Dont you ever think that pantera is just a big bloke screaming alot?,do
    you ever understand what he's going on about?,or do you just read the
    lyric sheet?

    MOTHER LOVE BONE RULES
    R.I.P ANDREW WOOD
          1966
        - 1990
    

    I moved this whole string to the MLB topic, since it started out 
    asking about 'em.
    
    jc (Wearin' the mod-hat)
    

    i dont suppose you (the one with the mod-hat,or Suej)knows anything
    about where i can get mother love bone stuff from??
    

    
    
    
    Pantera = bunch of pissed of guys... 
    
    
    

    Umm, at a Mother Love Bone Live-in???
    
    Hell - I don't even know who Mother Love Bone
    is, but I like the name.  :-)

    Mother love bone were the band that had Stone Gossard ans Jeff Amet in
    them before they joined pearl jam,the singers name was Andrew Wood but
    he died in 1990. If you read through all the other notes in this
    section you find out all you want to know.
    R.I.P Andrew Wood.

    Just a small question,are there any mother love bone fans lest in the
    world?
    

    Count me in!
    
    Ken
    

    Do you know of any places were I can get mlb stuff from?,what mld stuff
    have you got?

    I have the only album I know of by them.  The self-titled one.  If
    you're talking about fan-club stuff, I couldn't tell ya.  But that info
    is probably listed in the liner notes if you have their album.
    
    Ken
    

    Yeah I got their album a while ago,I also have two bootlegs of them and
    a t-shirt!,im just looking for more,im also trying to get into contact
    with Bruce Fairweather on mosaic,but im having a few difficulties!

    If I could i'd send you a vms mail or something like that but I dont
    know how!,if you send me a mail to my address,or give me your
    address,i'll send you a track listing of the bootleg,or tell you where
    you can get a copy from,i'd put it out on this,but it's a little place
    that not many people know about,it's also a wee bit dodgy!
    Simon.

    Just send mail to the address up there on the left below the note
    number.
    
    Who's Fairweather?
    
    Ken
    

I thought MLB only released one actual album - Apple, and then released the 
"compilation" afterwards.  The comilation has stuff from Apple plus EP stuff, 
and un-released.

You won't find any other studia work by them, because Andrew Wood died before 
the first (and only) album was released.

hth,
matt.