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New Band Boasts Current + Former Members of Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees + Guns N' Roses

Chad Childers — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:27:52 +0000

Mad Season were one of the '90s more interesting supergroups, but the deaths of frontman Layne Staley and bassist John Baker Saunders stalled the release of the band's planned second album. However, drummer Barrett Martin and guitarist Mike McCready spent a good portion of the last year finishing off some of their unreleased material for a special expanded reissued of their 1995 debut 'Above' and that reignited friendship may lead to even more recordings.

Mad Season Debut Lost Song 'Locomotive' With Mark Lanegan

Chad Childers — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:17:01 +0000

In the midst of the '90s, the grunge rock supergroup Mad Season emerged, led by Alice in Chains' Layne Staley with Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, Screaming Trees' Barrett Martin and the Walkabouts' John Baker Saunders completing the lineup. The band released one album, 'Above,' and were working on a second disc of music that was never finished before both Saunders and Staley passed away. However, just last year McCready and Martin decided to revisit their Mad Season work and see if they could complete what was started.

Mark Lanegan to Handle Vocals on Unfinished Mad Season Album

Tree Riddle — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:30:08 +0000

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready recently revealed that there is roughly an album's worth of songs that the mid-90's side project, Mad Season, never got to record with vocalist Layne Staley before his return to Alice in Chains and eventual death. Now it appears that Screaming Trees singer Mark Lanegan will lend his voice to the project that may be out as early as this year.

Mike McCready Drafting Singers for Unreleased Mad Season Album

Tree Riddle — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:24:23 +0000

The Layne Staley-fronted band Mad Season were one of the most under-the-radar side projects of the ’90s, and now guitarist Mike McCready reveals that there is an unreleased album on the way, as well as a reissue of their debut album ‘Above’ and a live release.