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Hunger Strike by Temple Of The Dog
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Artist Biography For Temple Of The Dog
Temple Of The Dog Was An American Grunge Supergroup 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 Lineup Included Stone Gossard On Rhythm Guitar Jeff Ament On Bass Guitar Both Ex-Members Of Mother Love Bone Mike McCready Pearl Jam On Lead Guitar And Matt Cameron Soundgarden And Later Pearl Jam On Drums. Eddie Vedder Appeared As A Guest To Provide 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 Rakesh "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. Cameron Would Later Join Pearl Jam Serving As Drummer Since 1998. The Band Toured In 2016 In Celebration Of The 25th Anniversary Of Their Self-Titled Album. 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. 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 Returned Home 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".
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"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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Temple Of The Dog Was An American Grunge Supergroup 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 Lineup Included Stone Gossard On Rhythm Guitar Jeff Ament On Bass Guitar Both Ex-Members Of Mother Love Bone Mike McCready Pearl Jam On Lead Guitar And Matt Cameron Soundgarden And Later Pearl Jam On Drums. Eddie Vedder Appeared As A Guest To Provide 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 Rakesh "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. Cameron Would Later Join Pearl Jam Serving As Drummer Since 1998. The Band Toured In 2016 In Celebration Of The 25th Anniversary Of Their Self-Titled Album. 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. 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 Returned Home 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".
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"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. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.