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Temple of the Dog was a Grunge Supergroup formed by Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and ex-members of Mother Love Bone . The group released its only album, the self-titled '' Temple Of The Dog '', in December 1990 through A&M Records . {Link without Title} FORMATION Temple of the Dog was started by and Jeff Ament , with the intention of releasing the songs as a single. The band's lineup was completed by the addition of Soundgarden (and later Pearl Jam) drummer Matt Cameron and future Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready . The band started rehearsing the songs, as well as re-working some existing material from demos written by Gossard, Ament, and Cameron. One such demo became a song for two bands, recorded as " Footsteps " for Pearl Jam and as "Times of Trouble" for Temple of the Dog. These rehearsals soon led to several new songs, and the planned single soon became a full album. The album and group became known as Temple of the Dog, after a lyric in the Mother Love Bone song, "Man of Golden Words". . April 14 , 1991 . In the summer of 1992, the album received new attention. Though the album had been released more than a year earlier, A&M Records realized that they had in their catalog what was essentially a collaboration between Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, who had both risen to mainstream attention in the months since the album's release. A&M decided to re-issue the album and promote "Hunger Strike" as a single, with the video subsequently entering heavy rotation on MTV and MuchMusic . The attention allowed both the album and single to chart on Billboard . While rehearsing and writing the material for the album, the band played a full show in Seattle at the Off Ramp Café on November 13 , 1990 . In the time since the album's release, the band reformed for short live performances on two occasions where both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam were performing. In October 1991, the band performed "Hunger Strike" at the Foundations Forum showcase. In September 1992, the band performed "Hunger Strike" and "Reach Down" at the last show of that year's Lollapalooza festival in Fairfax, Virginia . "All Night Thing" (as well as Soundgarden's "Loud Love") appeared in the 1992 film '' Wayne's World '', though not on the soundtrack album. "Pushin' Forward Back" appeared in the 1993 film " Benny & Joon ", though not on the soundtrack album. At a Pearl Jam show on October 28, 2003, Chris Cornell joined them on-stage effectively re-uniting the band (Matt Cameron had been the drummer of Pearl Jam since 1998) for renditions of "Hunger Strike" and "Reach Down". The version of "Reach Down" recorded that night later appeared on Pearl Jam's annual Ten Club Christmas Single that year. Pearl Jam has also been known to perform "Hunger Strike" live without Cornell on rare occasion. Cornell's post-Soundgarden band, Audioslave , added "Call Me A Dog", "All Night Thing", and "Hunger Strike" to their live set in 2005. Additionally, Cornell added "Say Hello 2 Heaven" to his live set in 2007. Two Temple of the Dog songs exist that are not on the eponymous album: Black Cat and '''Angel On Fire'''. REFERENCES
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