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Seattle
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Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States and the seat of King County, Washington. With an estimated 684,451 residents as of 2015, Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. In July 2013, it was the major city in the United States. The city is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound and Lake Washington, about 100 miles south of the Canada–United States border, a major gateway for trade with Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling as of 2015. The Seattle area was inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent European settlers. Arthur A. Denny and his group of travelers, subsequently known as the Denny Party, arrived from Illinois via Portland, the settlement was moved to the eastern shore of Elliott Bay and named Seattle in 1852, after Chief Siahl of the local Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. Logging was Seattles first major industry, but by the late-19th century, growth after World War II was partially due to the local Boeing company, which established Seattle as a center for aircraft manufacturing. The Seattle area developed as a technology center beginning in the 1980s, in 1994, Internet retailer Amazon was founded in Seattle. The stream of new software, biotechnology, and Internet companies led to an economic revival, Seattle has a noteworthy musical history. From 1918 to 1951, nearly two dozen jazz nightclubs existed along Jackson Street, from the current Chinatown/International District, to the Central District, the jazz scene developed the early careers of Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Ernestine Anderson, and others. Seattle is also the birthplace of rock musician Jimi Hendrix and the alternative rock subgenre grunge, archaeological excavations suggest that Native Americans have inhabited the Seattle area for at least 4,000 years. By the time the first European settlers arrived, the people occupied at least seventeen villages in the areas around Elliott Bay, the first European to visit the Seattle area was George Vancouver, in May 1792 during his 1791–95 expedition to chart the Pacific Northwest. In 1851, a party led by Luther Collins made a location on land at the mouth of the Duwamish River. Thirteen days later, members of the Collins Party on the way to their claim passed three scouts of the Denny Party, members of the Denny Party claimed land on Alki Point on September 28,1851. The rest of the Denny Party set sail from Portland, Oregon, after a difficult winter, most of the Denny Party relocated across Elliott Bay and claimed land a second time at the site of present-day Pioneer Square, naming this new settlement Duwamps. For the next few years, New York Alki and Duwamps competed for dominance, david Swinson Doc Maynard, one of the founders of Duwamps, was the primary advocate to name the settlement after Chief Sealth of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. The name Seattle appears on official Washington Territory papers dated May 23,1853, in 1855, nominal land settlements were established. On January 14,1865, the Legislature of Territorial Washington incorporated the Town of Seattle with a board of managing the city
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Washington (state)
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It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State or the State of Washington to distinguish it from Washington, Washington is the 18th largest state with an area of 71,362 square miles, and the 13th most populous state with over 7 million people. Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States, Mount Rainier, an active stratovolcano, is the states highest elevation at almost 14,411 feet and is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States. Washington is a leading lumber producer and its rugged surface is rich in stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa pine, white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar. Manufacturing industries in Washington include aircraft and missiles, shipbuilding and other equipment, lumber, food processing, metals and metal products, chemicals. Washington has over 1,000 dams, including the Grand Coulee Dam, built for a variety of purposes including irrigation, power, flood control, the Washington Territory was named after George Washington, the first President of the United States. The area was part of a region called the Columbia District after the Columbia River. The area was renamed Washington in order to avoid confusion with the District of Columbia, Washington is the only U. S. state named after a president. To distinguish it from the U. S. capital, which is named for George Washington, Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, or, in more formal contexts. Washingtonians and other residents of the Pacific Northwest refer to the state simply as Washington, calling the nations capital Washington, D. C. or, often, Washington is the northwestern-most state of the contiguous United States. Washington is bordered by Oregon to the south, with the Columbia River forming the western part, to the west of Washington lies the Pacific Ocean. The high mountains of the Cascade Range run north-south, bisecting the state, from the Cascade Mountains westward, Western Washington has a mostly marine west coast climate, with mild temperatures and wet winters, autumns and springs, and relatively dry summers. The Cascade Range contains several volcanoes, which reach altitudes significantly higher than the rest of the mountains, from the north to the south, these major volcanoes are Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams. Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in the state, is 50 miles south of the city of Seattle and it is also covered with more glacial ice than any other peak in the contiguous 48 states. Western Washington also is home of the Olympic Mountains, far west on the Olympic Peninsula and these deep forests, such as the Hoh Rainforest, are among the only temperate rainforests in the continental United States. Eastern Washington – the part of the state east of the Cascades – has a dry climate. It includes large areas of steppe and a few truly arid deserts lying in the rain shadow of the Cascades. Farther east, the climate becomes less arid, with annual rainfall increasing as one goes east to 21.2 inches in Pullman, the Okanogan Highlands and the rugged Kettle River Range and Selkirk Mountains cover much of the northeastern quadrant of the state
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Glam metal
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Glam metal is a subgenre of heavy metal which features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, and borrows from the fashion of 1970s glam rock. Glam metal can be traced back to acts like Alice Cooper, Boston, Cheap Trick, Kiss, The New York Dolls. It was popular throughout the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, bringing to prominence bands including Poison, Skid Row, Cinderella, Glam metal was associated with flashy clothing and makeup. Poison, for example, had long shaggy or backcombed hair, accessories, metal studs, leather, Glam metal lost mainstream interest in the early 1990s as the perceived excesses of glam metal created a backlash against the genre. A factor in the decline of metal was the rise of grunge in the early 1990s, which had a stripped-down aesthetic. Musically, glam metal combines a traditional metal sound with elements of hard rock and punk rock, adding pop-influenced catchy hooks. Like other heavy metal songs of the 1980s, they often feature shred guitar solos and they also include extensive use of harmonies, particularly in the characteristic power ballads – slow, emotional songs that gradually build to a strong finale. These were among the most commercially successful singles in the genre, lyrical themes often deal with love and lust, with songs often directed at a particular woman. Aesthetically glam metal draws heavily on the rock or glitter rock of the 1970s, often with very long backcombed hair, use of make-up, gaudy clothing. The visual aspects of glam metal appealed to television producers, particularly MTV. Glam metal performers became infamous for their debauched lifestyles of drugs, strippers and late-night parties, sociologist Deena Weinstein points to the large number of terms used to describe more commercial forms of heavy metal, which she groups together as lite metal. Use of the derogatory term hair metal started in the early 1990s, Music journalist Stephen Davis claims the influences of the style can be traced back to acts like Aerosmith, Kiss, Boston, Cheap Trick, and The New York Dolls. Kiss and to a lesser extent Alice Cooper, were influences on the genre. Finnish band Hanoi Rocks, heavily influenced themselves by the New York Dolls, have been credited with setting a blueprint for the look of hair metal. Van Halen has been seen as influential on the movement, emerging in 1978 from the Los Angeles music scene on Sunset Strip. He popularized a technique of two‐handed hammer‐ons and pull‐offs called tapping. This sound, and lead singer David Lee Roths stage antics, would be influential on glam metal. In the early 1980s, a number of bands from across the United States began to move towards what would become the glam metal sound
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Sanctuary (band)
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Sanctuary is an American heavy metal band founded in Seattle in 1985. They split up in 1992, but reformed 18 years later, the band consists of Warrel Dane, Lenny Rutledge, Nick Cordle, George Hernandez, and Dave Budbill. To date, they have released four albums and one live EP. They released a demo in 1986, which was received. They released their album, Refuge Denied, in the following year. It was produced by Dave Mustaine, frontman of thrash metal band Megadeth, thus followed a tour alongside Megadeth and the German band Warlock. After the tour, they entered the studio to record their studio album, Into the Mirror Black. A video clip for the song Future Tense was made and received airplay on MTVs Headbangers Ball. During the tour, the guitarist Sean Blosl left the band and was replaced by Jeff Loomis, shortly after, pressure from Epic Records to fit in with the flourishing Seattle grunge scene caused disagreements between band members regarding the bands musical direction. Epic Records was to release a live recording from this final tour. It was named Into The Mirror Live, Refuge Denied and Into the Mirror Black were re-released as a double CD set by IronBird Records on February 22,2010. After disbanding, Warrel Dane, Jim Sheppard and Jeff Loomis formed the band Nevermore in 1992, Lenny Rutledge became a musical producer, and has his own studio. Additionally, he helped Nevermore on the sessions of their 1998 album. Nevermore eventually went on hiatus in April 2011 after 19 years and 7 studio albums, in 2010, four of the founding SANCTUARY members — Warrel Dane, Jim Sheppard, Lenny Rutledge and Dave Budbill — came together for a few select reunion performances. At first, it was just going to be a handful of shows, the bands first shows after included Jeff Loomis as a second guitarist, though he departed simultaneously to his departure from Nevermore. Former Forced Entry guitarist Brad Hull, who had earlier touring experience with the band, a US appearance in 2011 took take place at ProgPower USA, Atlanta on Friday, September 16,2011. The band also played on the 70,000 Tons of Metal festival on board Royal Caribbeans Majesty of the Seas in January 2011 on the date as Nevermore. In January 2013 Sanctuary got a deal with Century Media, regarding how the reunion came about, Dane told Rock My Monkey TV, always talked to each other, but never really been friends again
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Alice N' Chains
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Alice N Chains was an American glam metal band from Seattle, Washington formed in 1986 by former members of Sleze. Towards the end of their run as Sleze, discussions arose about changing their name to Alice in Chains, however, due to concerns over the reference to female bondage, the group ultimately chose to spell it as Alice N Chains. They performed under this moniker over about a 12-month period and recorded two demos before breaking up on friendly terms in 1987 and it would say, like, Sleze, The Welcome to Wonderland Tour. That ended up turning into a discussion - we were talking about changing the band name, and we were saying, Alice in Wonderland. How about this, how about that and we could put her in bondage stuff. I liked the ring Alice in Chains - I remember I came back to the band rehearsal. The issue was the reference to bondage, which our parents would not go for, laynes mom was very hardcore Christian. So we ended up changing it to Alice N Chains, which made it more like Alice, however, Staleys mother Nancy McCallum has said she still did not approve of this at first, I had a sense of humor about the name Sleze. But when came home and said they were changing the name to Alice N Chains, I said, Honey, that is female bondage. You dont want to choose a name like that - its going to push your female audience away, I really feel strong about this. He was adamant and I was adamant, for the first time in my life, I didnt have much of a conversation with him for about two weeks, because I was concerned, and also offended. How could my child possibly choose a name like Alice N Chains, according to Staley, the reason they chose this name because they dressed in drag and played speed metal. The band performed around the Seattle area playing Slayer and Armored Saint covers, Alice N Chains recorded two demos known primarily as Demo No.1 and Demo No. Physical copies of the cassettes are extremely rare as only 100 of Demo No.1 were made, recording for these two tracks took place at London Bridge Studio with the help of its founding engineer brother Rick and Raj Parashar. A few months later, Mitchell left the band and Bacolas rejoined as their bass player and they added one more song called Lip Lock Rock to the demo before changing their name to Alice N Chains. This band rose to fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s, along with other Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam. Staley also formed the supergroup Mad Season along with Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, following the demise of Alice N Chains, Nick Pollock formed the band My Sisters Machine, taking up mostly vocal duties as their primary lyricist. He also later formed and sang with the bands Soulbender and Tanks of Zen, bergstrom became a founding member of the band Second Coming and was later joined by Bacolas, who replaced Ron Junkeye Holt on bass
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Alice in Chains
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Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987 by guitarist and songwriter Jerry Cantrell and original lead vocalist Layne Staley. The initial lineup was rounded out by drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Starr, although widely associated with grunge music, the bands sound incorporates heavy metal elements. Since its formation, Alice in Chains has released five studio albums, the band is known for its distinctive vocal style, which often included the harmonized vocals of Staley and Cantrell. Alice in Chains rose to fame as part of the grunge movement of the early 1990s, along with other Seattle bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam. The band was one of the most successful acts of the 1990s, selling over 20 million records worldwide. In 1992 the bands album, Dirt, was released to critical acclaim and was certified quadruple platinum. Their third album, Alice in Chains, was released in 1995 and has been certified double platinum and it achieved No.1 position on the Billboard 200 chart. The band has had 14 top ten songs on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, although never officially disbanding, Alice in Chains was plagued by extended inactivity from 1996 onwards due to Staleys substance abuse, which resulted in his death in 2002. The band reunited in 2005 for a benefit show, performing with a number of guest vocalists. They toured in 2006, with William DuVall taking over as lead vocalist full-time, the new line-up released the bands fourth studio album, Black Gives Way to Blue, in 2009. The album received gold certification by the RIAA, in 2013, the band released The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, its fifth studio album. The band has toured extensively and released videos in support of these albums. Alice in Chains is currently working on their studio album. Other members of this group at that time were guitarists Johnny Bacolas and Zoli Semanate, drummer James Bergstrom and this was prompted by a conversation that Bacolas had with a singer from another band about backstage passes. Staley met guitarist Jerry Cantrell while working with Alice N Chains at Music Bank rehearsal studios, the two struggling musicians became roommates, living in a rehearsal space they shared. Alice N Chains soon disbanded, and Staley joined a band that also required a guitarist at the time. Staley asked Cantrell to join as a sideman, Cantrell agreed on condition that Staley join Cantrells band, which at the time included drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Starr. Local promoter Randy Hauser became aware of the band at a concert, however, one day before the band was due to record at the Music Bank studio in Washington, police shut down the studio during the biggest cannabis raid in the history of the state
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My Sister's Machine
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My Sisters Machine was an American grunge band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1989. Its members were Nick Pollock, Owen Wright, Chris Ivanovich and this band recorded and released two albums, Diva and Wallflower, before they broke up in 1994. They reunited in 2010 to headline the Layne Staley Tribute and Benefit Concert that year as Pollock had previously played guitar in an incarnation of Alice in Chains that also included Staley. They recorded one album called Spin the World, which was released on CD in 2009 by Heart of Steel Records and this band did an extensive amount of touring before they broke up in 1988. Meanwhile, Nick Pollock played guitar in a metal band called Alice N Chains. The band recorded two demos and toured throughout the Seattle area for one year before they broke up on friendly terms in 1987. After the demise of their previous bands, Pollock joined Wright, since none of the other members had ever been a lead singer, Pollock got the job by default as he was also their primary lyricist. In 1990, My Sisters Machine received the Best New Band award from the Northwest Music Association and they continued to garner much interest from the major record labels but ultimately chose to sign with a smaller label Caroline Records. In 1992, they released their album, Diva to much critical acclaim. Steve Kurutz of Allmusic gave the four and a half stars. Still, Lonn Friend who did a segment called Friend at Large on Headbangers Ball on MTV. He also wore their shirt for two weeks on the show, the band later thanked Friend for his support in the liner notes of their next album Wallflower. Over the next year they did a tour with Pantera and White Zombie and they toured the United States and Europe. They did in-studio interviews on Headbangers Ball promoting their video on MTV for their single and they also co-headlined a tour with Pantera. In 1993, they moved to Chameleon a division of Elektra Entertainment and they toured the United States with Kings X. Just a couple months after releasing the album, Elektra Entertainment folded the Chameleon division dropping all bands that were signed leaving the album, after a string of bad luck, My Sisters Machine split up in 1994. Since the break-up of My Sisters Machine, Nick Pollock has fronted the bands Tanks of Zen and Soulbender, the latter also features longtime Queensrÿche guitarist Michael Wilton. Meanwhile, Wright has played guitar in a band called Old Lady Litterbug and Gohde has played drums for a band called Hot Rod Lunatics and Call for the Priest, the latter is a Judas Priest cover band
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Second Coming (band)
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Second Coming was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1990. They relocated to Seattle, Washington around 1992 and released their debut album L. O. V. Evil in 1994 and this band underwent several lineup changes throughout its existence with drummer James Bergstrom being the sole constant member. He and bassist Johnny Bacolas were ostensibly the nucleus of the band as they were members who appeared on every album. Initially, this band was led by singer-guitarist Jesse Holt, nicknamed Maxi, after 1995, however, Bacolas and Bergstrom reemerged with a different lineup that included vocalist Travis Bracht from Peace and Silence and guitarist Dudley Taft from Sweet Water. In 1998, they released the eponymous Second Coming, which garnered much attention, in 2001, Taft was replaced by guitarist Eric Snyder and two years later the group released a third album 13. Second Coming started as a dance band in 1990 in Los Angeles. The original lineup consisted of Jesse Maxi Holt, his brother Ron Junkeye Holt, James Bergstrom, in 1992, they relocated to Seattle, Washington. Junkeye soon left the band and was replaced by Johnny Bacolas whilst Stamatina was replaced by percussionist and keyboard player, in 1994 Second Coming independently released their debut CD L. O. V. Evil through Red Rocket Records. The album was produced by Maxi and all songs were written by Maxi except for Its Coming After and So Wired written by Junkeye, Second Coming had several most-requested songs on Seattle radio station KISW, including M. T. Your Gun, Its Coming After, and So Beautiful, there also was a music video for the song Afraid of Love. To raise funds for this album, Second Coming moonlighted as a band called FTA. The band toured heavily with such as acts as Godsmack, Kid Rock, Lenny Kravitz, VAST, Candlebox, Fuel, the band parted ways with Capitol Records in 2001, not long after President Gary Gersh, who personally signed Second Coming, parted from the label. They also replaced Dudley Taft with guitarist Eric Snyder and once again working independently on their next album. In 2002, Layne Staley died after a battle with drugs. A few months after this occurred, Second Coming headlined what would be the first annual tribute held in Staley’s honor around his birthday in August. This first tribute also featured the band Soulbender whose vocalist at that time was former Alice N’ Chains guitarist Nick Pollock. In 2003, Second Coming released their studio album 13 along with a companion EP Acoustic on their own label Timestyle Music. In 2007, Bracht began pulling double duty fronting both Second Coming and Soulbender after Nick Pollock stepped down from the latter, meanwhile, Second Coming was also said to be working on another album that was due in 2007 but also has not been released
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Nevermore
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Nevermore is an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington, United States. Formed in 1991, they are known to incorporate elements from various styles such as metal, modern hard rock. The band has been on hiatus since 2011, due to issues between the band members. In April 2015, lead singer Warrel Dane confirmed that Nevermore has not disbanded, two members of the band – vocalist Warrel Dane and bassist Jim Sheppard — did not agree with the change, and thus proceeded to create a project of their own, Nevermore. By the end of 1994, the band assumed a stable lineup, in 1995 Nevermore released its debut album through Century Media Records. This album received attention and specialized review, as its release was followed by a European tour with Blind Guardian. Second guitarist Pat OBrien joined the band prior to the release of the EP In Memory and also part in the recording of the subsequent album The Politics of Ecstasy. OBrien left Nevermore to play in Cannibal Corpse and Curran Murphy from Shatter Messiah was enlisted as a touring guitarist for the band until Tim Calvert was able to join the band, three years without releases followed, but in 1999, the album Dreaming Neon Black was released. The tracks of this album are varied in style, ranging from slow, a long tour followed with Nevermore sharing stages with bands such as Mercyful Fate, Arch Enemy, Iced Earth, and Opeth. After the end of the tour, in 2000, guitarist Tim Calvert announced his departure from the band, instead of finding a replacement, the band decided to continue as a quartet, hiring session guitarists for live appearances, such as Curran Murphy and Jag Panzers Chris Broderick. Nevermore proceeded to record Dead Heart in a Dead World, which was followed by tours with bands, most notably with In Flames and Shadows Fall in late 2000. The bands fifth album, Enemies of Reality, remained in production for over a year and this album faced much criticism for its production and was re-released in 2005, after being remixed by Andy Sneap. On tour, the band was joined by lead guitarist Steve Smyth, formerly of Vicious Rumors and Testament. A sixth album, This Godless Endeavor, was released in July 2005, Nevermore then toured on Dave Mustaines Gigantour during the summer of 2005. In 2006, they toured with Disturbed and also as direct support to In Flames on the leg of its North American tour. Warrel Dane had previously developed type 2 diabetes, and the band was forced to cancel their show in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on May 13,2006, due to an unspecified illness afflicting Dane. On September 12,2006, Nevermore was supposed to record its first full length DVD live at the Zeche club in Bochum and this event was to be captured by 7 cameras and the live recording was to be produced by Andy Sneap. Doctors insisted that he be kept at the hospital and the show was canceled that evening, apologetic to their fans, Nevermore agreed with the local venue to perform the show on October 11,2006
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Mad Season (band)
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Mad Season was an American rock supergroup formed in Seattle, Washington in 1994 by members of three popular Seattle-based bands, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees. Mad Season released only one album, Above, and is best known for the single River of Deceit, the band went on a semi-permanent hiatus in 1996 due to the band members conflicting schedules and vocalist Layne Staleys problems with substance abuse. Attempts were made in the late 1990s to revive the group without Staley, however, Staley died three years later of a drug overdose. During the production of 1994s Vitalogy, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready went into drug and alcohol rehab at the Hazelden Clinic in Minnesota, in 1994, when the two returned to Seattle, Washington, they formed a side band with drummer Barrett Martin. McCready then brought in friend and Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley to round out the line-up, McCready had hoped that being around sober musicians would push Staley to get himself sober. The song Artificial Red, which was also to appear on the album, two more gigs were scheduled at the same venue, with the band calling itself The Gacy Bunch, after both the notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy of Chicago and the 1970s sitcom The Brady Bunch. The album, Above, which was recorded in Seattle, Washington at Bad Animals Studio and co-produced by the band and Pearl Jam sound engineer Brett Eliason and it also included guest vocals and additional lyrics by Screaming Trees frontman and solo artist Mark Lanegan. McCready said, We did all the Mad Season music in seven days. It took Layne just a few days to finish his vocals. The album was released on March 14,1995 through Columbia Records to critical and commercial success, Staleys lyrics dealt with his personal troubles, with Martin saying, Layne Staley felt as though he was on a spiritual mission through his music. During the lyric writing process, Staley was reading the book The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, which was an influence on the lyrics. Over the course of 1995, Above scaled the Billboard 200, eventually peaking at No.24, above was certified gold on June 14,1995. The band continued to play shows during the spring of 1995 before going on hiatus so that the members could return to work with their main bands. During this time the band released the Live at the Moore video, also, during this time the band contributed a cover of John Lennons I Dont Wanna Be a Soldier to the 1995 John Lennon tribute album, Working Class Hero. In 1997, attempts were made by McCready, Saunders and Martin to revive Mad Season, as a result he declined to participate in the project any further, thus leaving Mad Season without a singer. With Staley now out of the picture, the band recruited vocalist Mark Lanegan, with the switch in frontmen the group also switched names adopting the Disinformation moniker in late 1997. Work reportedly began in 1998 on what would have been Disinformations debut album, over the course of the year the quartet gradually grew apart, making a Disinformation album all the more unlikely. Another critical blow was dealt to the project in January 1999 with the death of bassist John Baker Saunders from an overdose of heroin, the group was deeply saddened to hear news of his death
