Mad Season was an American rock supergroup [3] formed in 1994 as a side project of members of other bands in the Seattle grunge scene. [4] The band's principal members included guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, lead singer Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, drummer Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees, and bassist John Baker Saunders.

Apr 13, 2021 · A Seattle supergroup stitched together from members of Alice In Chains, Screaming Trees and Pearl Jam, Mad Season lasted for six months, six shows and one album before floating off into the ether. Within 10 years, half of the band would be dead, essentially sealing Mad Season’s fate forever. But a funny thing happened on the way to oblivion.

Jan 18, 2025 · There’s a restraint and airiness to Mad Season’s music that you just didn’t usually get with grunge bands that makes these songs – River Of Deceit and the title track, for example – sound even more beautifully minimalist. The coming-together prompted a creative purple patch, as remembered by McCready in the Pearl Jam book Twenty ...

After Mad Season, Saunders continued his career in music but tragically passed away in 1999, shortly after the band’s disbandment. His untimely death was a significant loss to the Seattle music community, and his contributions to Mad Season remain an essential part of the band’s sound. Layne Staley

Mad Season was an American rock supergroup formed in 1994 as a side project of members of other bands in the Seattle grunge scene. The band's principal members ...

Mar 13, 2024 · Mad Season’s one and only album, Above, will have its 30th birthday next year. The record was released at the apex of the Seattle scene, in March 1995, and it presents a mesmerising snapshot of the nihilistic grunge age.

Changing their name to Mad Season, the quartet set up shop at Seattle's Bad Animals recording studio, co-producing the subsequent sessions themselves along with Pearl Jam's sound engineer, Brett Eliason.

May 3, 2023 · Mad Season was formed in 1994 after Pearl Jam's Mike McCready sought rehabilitation for his substance abuse and met veteran blues bassist John Baker Saunders. Read more about how Mad Season experimented with different genres.