Temple of the Dog

Temple of the Dog was an American rock band 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 line-up included Stone Gossard on rhythm guitar, Jeff Ament on bass guitar (both ex-members of Mother Love Bone), Mike McCready on lead guitar, Matt Cameron on drums, and Eddie Vedder providing 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 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.

History

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 got back from touring.

Temple of the Dog (album)

Temple of the Dog is the only studio album by the American rock band Temple of the Dog, released on April 16, 1991 through A&M Records. The album is a tribute to Andrew Wood, the former lead singer of Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone, who died on March 19, 1990 of a heroin overdose. The album has been certified platinum by the RIAA in the United States.

Background

Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who had been Mother Love Bone vocalist Andrew Wood's roommate, approached former Mother Love Bone members Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament about working on material he had written when he was on tour with Soundgarden in Europe. The line-up eventually included Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and newcomers Mike McCready (lead guitar) and Eddie Vedder (background vocals). McCready and Vedder were featured on the album due to their involvement with Ament and Gossard's next project, which became Pearl Jam. The name Temple of the Dog is derived from the opening lyrics of the Mother Love Bone song Man of Golden Words, "I want to show you something, like joy inside my heart, seems I been living in the temple of the dog".

The Dog

The Dog or The Dogs may refer to:

People

  • Cynic philosopher Diogenes of Sinope
  • Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian top tennis player
  • Places

  • The Dogs, Wincanton, house in Wincanton, Somerset, England
  • The Dog in the Pond, often referred to as "The Dog", a public house from British soap opera Hollyoaks
  • Dog Islands, an island group in the British Virgin Islands
  • Sports

  • Greyhound racing
  • "The Dogs" or "The Doggies", nickname for Bulldogs Rugby League Football Club, an Australian football club
  • Art

  • The Dog (Goya), a painting by Francisco Goya
  • Film and TV

  • The Dogs (film), a 1979 French film
  • "The Dog" (Seinfeld), an episode of the television series Seinfeld
  • The main character in the comic strip Footrot Flats
  • A minor character in the television show Red Dwarf (see Red Dwarf characters)
  • Music

  • The nickname of rapper DMX
  • The Dogs (Finnish band) Ile Kallio
  • Dogs (French band), 1970's French punk band
  • The Dogs, American hiphop band
  • The Dogs (Detroit band), a Detroit band in the 1960s and 1970s
  • The Dog (Goya)

    The Dog is the name usually given to a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. It shows the head of a small black dog gazing upwards. The dog itself is almost lost in the vastness of the rest of the image, which is empty except for a dark sloping area near the bottom of the picture: an unidentifiable mass which conceals the animal's body.

    The Dog is one of the Black Paintings Goya painted directly onto the walls of his house sometime between 1819 and 1823. He did not intend the paintings for public exhibition (they were not removed from the house until 50 years after Goya had left), so it is unlikely that he gave them titles.

    Background

    In 1819, Goya purchased a house named "Quinta del Sordo" ("Villa of the Deaf Man") on the banks of the Manzanares near Madrid. It was a small two-story house which was named after a previous occupant who had been deaf, though Goya also happened to be functionally deaf, as a result of an illness he had contracted (probably lead poisoning) in 1792. Between 1819 and 1823, when he moved to Bordeaux, Goya produced a series of 14 works, which he painted with oils directly onto the walls of the house. At the age of 73, and having survived two life-threatening illnesses, Goya was likely to have been concerned with his own mortality, and was increasingly embittered by the conflicts that had engulfed Spain in the decade preceding his move to the Quinta del Sordo, and the developing civil strife–indeed, Goya was completing the plates that formed his series The Disasters of War during this period. Although he initially decorated the rooms of the house with more inspiring images, in time he overpainted all of them with the intense haunting pictures known today as the Black Paintings. Uncommissioned and never meant for public display, these pictures reflect his darkening mood, with their depictions of intense scenes of malevolence, conflict and despair.

    The Dog (Seinfeld)

    "The Dog" is the 21st episode of Seinfeld. The episode was the fourth episode of the show's third season. It aired on October 9, 1991.

    Plot

    Jerry is on a plane returning to New York City when a drunk man, Gavin Polone (played by Joseph Maher), seated next to him falls sick and asks Jerry to take care of his dog while he is taken to the hospital. He promises to call Jerry and reclaim the dog when he comes to New York. The dog, Farfel (although it is frequently heard barking, the dog is never seen), irritates Jerry with its barking and making messes, and Jerry feels as though he does not dare leave his apartment, for fear of what Farfel might do. He resents the animal: "I like dogs. I'm not sure this is a dog."

    Jerry, George and Elaine had a date to see the movie Prognosis Negative, but Jerry asks them to go without him.

    George and Elaine realize they don't have much in common without Jerry around; they begin to have a good conversation only when they start making fun of Jerry.

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    Four Walled World

    by: Temple Of The Dog

    Well she cried, and she cried
    All night to the sound of the freeway hum
    And she swears she'll be gone when the sun hits the ground
    And she ain't coming back to my cell, to my cell
    Well she's tired and she's tired
    Of this life she's been leading too long
    And the times turns around through the walls that surround
    To the chimes of a jailer's song
    Oh but in my four, in my four, in my four, my four walled world
    In my four, in my four, in my four, my four walled world
    Yeah she tries and she tries
    But my feet just won't leave the ground
    And I'm tired and I'm tired of this prisoners life
    And these chains that drag me down
    Oh but in my four, in my four, in my four, my four walled world
    Yeah in my four, in my four, in my four, my four walled world
    Well she cried, and she cried
    All night to the sound of the freeway hum
    She swears she'll be gone when the sun hits the ground
    And she ain't, no she ain't coming back to my cell
    And now the sun is low
    And these walls try to break my soul
    And now the moon is full
    And I won't see nothing tonight but the tears in her eyes and
    In my four, yeah in my four walled world
    Yeah in my four walled world
    Yeah in my four, oh my four, yeah, my four oh my four walled world
    Yeah in my four walled world, yeah
    In my four, in my four walled world, yeah
    In my four, my four, my four walled world, yeah yeah
    In my four walled world
    oh in my four, in my four walled world
    Four, in my four, in my four walled world, yeah




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