Mad Season was an American rock supergroup formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1994, featuring guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, vocalist Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, drummer Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees, and bassist John Baker Saunders. The band combined members of the Seattle grunge scene and released a single studio album, "Above", in March 1995. The album included the single "River of Deceit", which achieved radio success, and was certified gold by the RIAA in June 1995.
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Mad Season was an American rock supergroup formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1994, featuring guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, vocalist Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, drummer Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees, and bassist John Baker Saunders. The band combined members of the Seattle grunge scene and released a single studio album, "Above", in March 1995. The album included the single "River of Deceit", which achieved radio success, and was certified gold by the RIAA in June 1995. The band originated when McCready and Saunders met during rehab in Minnesota and returned to Seattle to form a side project with Martin. They wrote early material including "Wake Up" and "River of Deceit" and recruited Staley to complete the lineup. The band performed several unannounced shows in late 1994 under the name The Gacy Bunch. In early 1995, they appeared on Pearl Jam's "Self-Pollution" satellite radio broadcast before recording "Above" at Bad Animals Studio with co-production by Brett Eliason. The album featured contributions from Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan and reached number 24 on the Billboard 200. Following the album's release and a series of live performances, the band went on hiatus in 1996 due to members returning to their primary bands and Staley’s struggles with substance abuse. In the late 1990s, McCready, Martin, and Saunders attempted to revive the project with Lanegan as vocalist under the name Disinformation, but scheduling conflicts and Saunders' death from a drug overdose in 1999 led to the project’s dissolution. Staley died from an overdose in 2002. McCready and Martin have since reunited on several occasions. In 2012, they performed at a benefit concert in Seattle and began revisiting unreleased Mad Season material with Lanegan contributing vocals. Legacy Recordings released an expanded box set of "Above" in 2013, including remastered tracks, live recordings, and unreleased material from the unfinished second album. Mad Season reunited again in 2015 for the concert "Sonic Evolution" with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, featuring Chris Cornell on vocals and Duff McKagan on bass. The performance was released as the live album "Mad Season & The Seattle Symphony – Sonic Evolution / January 30, 2015 / Benaroya Hall". Following this, Martin, McCready, and McKagan collaborated on new material through the project The Levee Walkers, releasing the songs "Freedom Song" and "Tears for the West" in 2016 and "All Things Fade Away" in 2017. Studio albums Above (1995)
