Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Screaming Trees’ Barrett Martin (and three mystery guests) will join forces to pay tribute to their former supergroup, Mad Season.
Mad Season's tenure was short, but it's no less of a fond memory for drummer Barrett Martin. The musician, who was probably better known for his work behind the kit with Screaming Trees back in their '90s heyday, offers up a few remembrances of his late Mad Season bandmate Layne Staley in a new video posted at Diffuser.fm.
While the idea of getting a bunch of established musicians together to form a 'supergroup' sounds promising, more often than not, I'm disappointed when I hear the end result. Writing music is all about feeling and being in your element and the chemistry artists have with their better known bands is natural and most of the time, 'supergroup' music sounds forced to me...
‘Grassroots’ is a new film based on the true story of two Seattle music journalist who look to shake up the political scene. But for Alice in Chains fans, the bigger news is that the movie will feature two never-before-released songs from late frontman Layne Staley.