Hunger Strike, by Temple of the Dog.
Supergroup. The word gets tossed around a lot. The Wikipedia page is a joke. The definition is slippery. Is Temple of the Dog a supergroup? A Soundgarden-Pearl Jam mashup in tribute to the deceased Andrew Wood, singer of Mother Love Bone, who, legend has it, might’ve been the best songwriter and the biggest star to come out of the Seattle Grunge movement, if he had survived long enough to see it break.
Seems pretty super to me.
And it sure seemed super when I was a teenage fan of all those things. Plus, there’s the video for this song. Honestly, revisiting it now, this whole album is amazing? This might be my favorite Chris Cornell work, plus Seasons, the solo acoustic thing from the Singles soundtrack. Say Hello 2 Heaven? Banger. Pushin’ Forward Back? Pearl Jam calling the shots, tbqh. Call Me A Dog? Classic. All Night Thing? Grunge ballad that swings. And TIL, this was all recorded before Ten and Badmotorfinger, and predates lots of things; I only heard it when it was released again after both bands had made it big, albeit in Nirvana’s wake.
Anyway, the year is winding down.