It's a shame he passed away. He had all the attributes of a star: he was handsome, charming and articulate. A real tragedy and one can only wonder what could have been.
@@helloskinny510 Yes, MLB were a unique band, definitely - they captured the sense of musical dynamics that's eluded so many hard rock bands wanting to emulate Zeppelin. Two very good guitar players who were both able to play lead and duel, an awesome, tight rhythm section - and a charismatic, funny frontman with a xoulful voice - they made great use of all of this, and it shows on the album. At that point they were a better hard rock/glam rock act than both INXS and G'n'R. They were not a grunge band, so it's hard to say how they would have adapted if they'd survived and had to make their follow-up album at a time when grunge was exploding all around them in their hometown.
Grew up, play music and still live in Seattle. Andrew was 8 months older than me. Grunge still hadn't been given a "label" then. We all just thought of it as hard rock, we were sick of the L.A. pop music that grew out of the early 80's. To this day Andrew's death deeply affects a lot of people. There were a lot of bands but lots of moving band to band. It felt like a pretty small family. It was fun, there was no feeling of competition just that we wanted to play loud and hard. I talked to an ex local DJ recently from a local famous station KISW and she was finally hanging a picture of Mother Love Bone after all of these years and she's still not sure if she can leave it up. Had they stayed together MLB would have been really big and Pearl Jam wouldn't have existed and that would have been fine with me.
You know this band made me feel like I was a superwoman, it made me feel so much emotion and love. If only I had the chance to have seen them... My older sister Andrea (Andy) Gonzales was a photographer for so many big names in the industry...and I was her shadow... Now Im 37 and still remember the days of love and rock and ministry...Days to remember and days I wont get back or forget but the fact that I was a part of the late 80's and partying through the 90's makes it all worth wile. They cannot be recreated....
Had a friend take me and another friend to a MLB show back in 1990 when we visited in Seattle. They were unbelievable. I don't remember the other guys (who I only later found out were Stone and Jeff from Pearl Jam) but I definitely remember Andy as front man and he was star all the way. You couldn't help but just stand in awe of him. And funniest guy I ever saw lead a band.... And when my friend called me a year later and told me 'remember that guy? He's dead" I wept. This reopened all that.
I didn't discover MLB until after PJ came out and I became a fan of them. I bought the CD and couldn't stop playign it for weeks. I might have to breka it out and listen again, it's been a LOOOOONG time.
The song far behind brought me here! Wanted to know the man behind that song now I got the feels! I was only 4 when he passed and I'm just discovering his music. If Andrew was alive today I can image his creation impacting 3day festivals we have today
I found that Glen Campbell reference so endearing...my Father and Mother, who have both Died, sadly, adored Glen Campbell. Their favorite song of his was "Honey, Come Back." I've listened to it so many times. Very comforting in my pain. Andrew seemed to be an interesting character.
My dad liked Glen Cambell so much. So weird! He liked Ricky Nelson and Willie Nelson as well. His love for those bands was displaced to me. Not even talking about the Doors and the Stones. Great to see this video.
I used to have a copy of the Motherlovebone tribute album on tape. This was before all the deaths. I was very young, and shocked that this up and coming star died before he made it.
Amen to that! I know some people in their late 30's early 40's who listen to 'Grunge' and they have no clue who Mother Love Bone is. I could talk about Mother love Bone all day along with Pearl jam (Who some didn't know who they were either) and i'm 13!! I find it sad that people have lost the idea in this world of what good music is.... it's just sad. MLB Should be more well more known. They we're a great band and always will be. R.I.P Andy
Andy was like Elton John and David Bowie in single person !!! Amazing guy give whole MLB total impact ,funny and significant thing is they plays more like heavy T.Rex than other Seattle bands!!! That's makes them unbelievably individual and special.Farewell Mr.Wood
@Rotties9292 that interview doesnt sound familiar.. im intrigued ...thought i had seen every MLB/Andrew Wood video that was out there.... can you post a link for me. I would be ever so grateful..lol
Layne as well. From what Chris said, Layne broke down in front of the other guys after Wood past away. I believe Chris would be giving him that hug he said he wished they would have then.
I could listen to him talk and sing forever. Andy’s been gone so long but his story is still a tragedy of Seattle . Miss you Andy!!!! RIP Andy, Layne and Chris. May you 3 be rocking together in heaven
I feel just exactly the same way. I still break down into tears every so often. And I never knew him or ever saw them live. I feel like I am connected to him and knew him very close for some reason I cannot explain.
sam Jackowski there wasn't one distinctive "seattle sound". Grunge was really just some label that the industry liked to bunch bands from there. MLB was glam-ish rock, Alice in Chains were bluesy inspired metal that evolved to alternative metal, Soundgarden at the start had influences of punk and metal, the Melvins and Mudhoney blended the punk rock sensibilities that influenced Nirvana. There wasn't one distinctive sound.
I was curious how charismatic Andrew Wood was, considering that the record company signed Mother Love Bone and had high expectations in the band just because of him, to the point that they dropped the band immediately after his death without giving them any chance. I thought, wow, how can a single person create that kind of impact on people? Well, all I can say after 5 and a half minutes of interview, is that he was a powerful and very creative soul. I imagine him gathering so many people around him. He had very good vibes. Without a doubt, a great loss for all the people who knew him and for the alternative rock scene.
Although Andy did do heroin, its unfair to remark that "Andrew died of an overdose of heroin". Boom end of story. Kurt Louder of MTV did say "complications of a heroin overdose" which wasn't entirely true either. I've seen everything that can be viewed on this and I'm sure alto of people think this is merely "splitting hairs", but the fact of the matter is, Andy got a "bad dose" that over a dozen users had taken & were all in the ER because of this. My information is that the majority of these others survived, in spite of it and Andy didn't pass away for several days even becoming conscious at one point, briefly, then slipping into a coma before being declared brain dead & life support stopped. Maybe its not important to some, but to me, a talented, loving person, who loved life, music, his mates & his fiance, the circumstances should be accurate. He was far from perfect, did heroin, rehab, twice, but he was a perfection in music. My .02 cents to a man who inspired so many.
robin mcrae "splitting hairs", but the fact of the matter is, Andy got a "bad dose" That just about sums up a skag overdose. Not so much a 'bad' dose, ironically more like a 'good' dose; much purer than you're used to.... game over. It's a sad shame.
Maybe. I've only done it twice & dry. But, the fact that a lot of others were treated in the ER that night, for the same reason, apparently under the same circumstances as Andy, his consciousness and that he survived for 2-3 days, well u know, ur right. It's sad and such a waste of a talented young almost national star, the end just doesn't justify the means. My only point was that it didn't appear to be just 'another OD by a f'ing junkie'. I'll continue to miss him as will the rest of his fans. That's all. :(
+robin mcrae You are absolutely correct, Andy was said to die of a brain aneurysm several days after having "overdosed." Don't ever stay in the hospital alone. It is absolutely terrifying to an extremely sick awake person, let alone a sleeping loner. A comatose loner. A dead loner, with missing nurses notes from the last ten hours of his life. Apparently, he had pupil response upon testing yet not upon the time of the missing medical info. Don't think that just what you heard in this interview didn't or couldn't have hit a nerve somewhere. Perhaps the competing bands, record companies, friends who really were not friends, god knows who felt threatened by what would happen when Mother Love Bone hit the charts. It was a long time coming. They could and should have been signed earlier. In my personal opinion, as a singer, Andy had an extremely unique voice, great range, ability to sing different notes than were playing in the background, an ability to reach into your heart and touch your soul, and more CHARISMA than just about any band front man ever! He loved his audiences. He loved the people, and they loved him. In my opinion, Geffen, who approached them first and strung them along, made a mistake by not signing them sooner, probably unsure of how much money they could shave off the top of the contract for their Big Name and association with bigger bands. Mother Love Bone had a sound that was so unique, everyone at Geffen must have seen them in a very interesting light when compared to G'N'R and their other bands. Andy talks about being strung along, and about waiting to sign with Geffen so long that they were approached by several other labels, signed, and finally were ready to unleash "Love Rock" on the world. I have no idea what happened, but think the circumstances of his death are weird. The band was supposed to release "Apple" right after he passed away- how odd he should die just as the LONG awaited album was due to be released. Could be a coincidence, could be more nefarious. Seems so strange. Why at that very time? It was before the world at large met Andrew and MLB. The records would have sold like hotcakes. MLB would have been a main player in the bridge from hair bands to Grunge/alternative. It was too perfect. Something had to go wrong. Maybe it was not a coincidence, as they say, money talks, bullshit walks. . Never stay alone in the hospital. Make your wishes known. Go to the best hospital you can because they are all corporate machines today and if you go to one, at least give yourself a fighting chance. Trust me. It can be scary scary as a fully grown adult and hospitals are creepy anyway, with sick people all over the place in agony, screaming, crying and dying. it is hell being an inpatient. I can't imagine being comatose and in the care of total strangers without my family around. We will know one day just what happened with Andy, just not quite yet, but one day when we are all "Stargazers"...till then, Love you Andy, miss the impact you had on music and wish there was another like you but you were just so special and unique...RIP L'andrew, 1966-1990.
Music has so many 'what ifs' and tragedies, but this is the only one that truly hits deep. And I honestly don't know why. I have spent a lot of time reading about Andy, leading me to just sit and feel genuine sadness for him. Just that 'what if'.
@@RyanPelley1 Very well put this is the same way I felt. Especially after reading the biography Scott Barbour wrote about Andy. Tragic story he couldn’t overcome the disease. He was going to be a huge star
That is not the case where I am from. I knew Andy - we went to school together on Bainbridge Island across the water from Seattle. We know him well still here. Mother Love Bone wasn't actually "Grunge", not yet. And he was an addict. He'd relapsed before. But no one wants to be. I don't think the "facts" are entirely correct about that night. But anyway, I don't know about Cobain but Chris and Eddie have done justice to his memory and are passionate musicians. Andy would've loved Eddie.
1:27 That’s a point that doesn’t get made often enough. How insanely different are all these bands? Nirvana, Green River, Melvins, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone…precisely *none* of these groups sound anything alike aside from distorted guitars and weird chord progressions.
Saw them with the Dogs D'Amour at this tiny club on the northside of Chicago in 88....virtually no one was there....40 people tops. Had no clue who they were at all.....but I remember Andy just owning the crowd....He truly acted like he was playing in front of thousands at the Garden. The band were good....they didn't blow me away...I think they probably became much tighter as a result of this tour and they were still fleshing out their sound to some degree but I am so happy I got to see them. Was a totally random thing....a friend asked me to go just to get out and see some music and BOOM.....I got to see MLB. Chatted with everyone in the band for a few minutes. We talked about the rigor of touring in a van (which SUCKS for any of you who haven't done it) and wished them well. They weren't really used to the cold midwest winters and I remember talking to them about that stuff. Jeff, Andy and Greg were the ones I spoke to the most. Really solid down to earth guys. Great memories. Man....What could have been if things just didn't play out the way they did.
'Well i've been around the world, wrote a million songs, its all a bore to me, well ive slept in the gutter, lied with the dogs, it never bothered me...'
Sorry to be so 'blonde' here... seriously just realized I have the POWER OF VETO~! I have removed all the negativity... Loverock awaits you people~ Andrew Wood
Andy was in my dream on 1/10/23. He was so beautiful and I recognized him right a way. Still has that personality. We went to a cafe. He was so chill and we just talked life. He was so happy and doing well. 🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️
fair enough..anger is a common part of death & loss. A. He WASNT a junkie...he had been clean for over 18 mo. and something caused him to relapse that night. it was a bad batch & two others were taken to the hospital that night from using it..but the difference is.. they werent alone & someone was able to get them medical attention faster. Andy didnt want to be an addict...he was an empath..ultra sensitive to emotional pain..thats the biggest reason people turn to drugs.
My dad played in a band with Kevin Wood and contrary to popular belief Andy didn't get a bad batch, he had an aneurysm that had been in the works for some time. Prior to his death he had fevers and migraines and when he shot up that night, the change in his blood pressure led to the aneurysm bursting
Bubber Ducky He survived a few days in a coma I believe from complications from the dose - and yes, in the hospital he died of an aneurism -the heroin dose caused his blood pressure to be off.
Is funny the story he tells about Geffen. It's exactly what happened to the Nirvana guys. Kurt always remembered that winter 1990-1991 after signing Geffen as the worst, so much so that after returning from the Nevermind recording sessions in LA Kurt was evicted.
andrew was truly the face of grunge music. he was the pioneer. i still remember the first time i heard mother love bone crown of thorns, to this day it remains, to me,one of the most beautiful rock songs ever done. had he not passed so young, who knows how far he would have gone. they dont make musicians like andrew anymore ,or music that came out of the nineties. without a doubt, the best decade of my life.
All things for a reason. Apple is one of my all time favorite albums. I heard Andrew was a funny dude on stage, would have loved to seen them in concert...
First thing I thought just hearing them. I can’t believe I had never heard of Mother Lovebone, living on the west coast at the time. Thought maybe it was a new band when it played on Apple Music, so googled it and saw he had died😢. Too bad. Can only imagine how far they might have gone.
@lilyofthevalley5586 I developed an ear for good music being married to a musician 32 years. Andrew caught my attention within seconds. My husband was a master of the stage as well. He passed in March '22 of undiagnosed cancer,. He fought a 20 year battle against Lyme Disease (had 3 false negative tests the first decade, so they refused to treat him for it). He finagled a spinal tap that proved it had gone neurological, into his spinal fluid and brain. At that point, it was too late. It affected every aspect of his life. Doctors (and there were many) used him as a guinea pig, dismissed his constant complaints and symptoms as hypochondria, and neglected to diagnose the cancer...even 2 weeks before he died. He was so incredibly handsome, kind, funny, charismatic and was great at interviews. He was also one of the best bassists in the world. He was playing for Foghat during the same years as Mother Lovebone, then he played for The Outlaws in the early 90's. I never tired of hearing him play. Sadly, I can't listen to or watch him play anymore...at least for now. I miss him.
@@jefflindahowell2447 Oh my goodness! I am so sorry for your loss! Yes, Jeff Howell. He was a master of the stage, talented, and handsome indeed. I was a big fan of Foghat and Outlaws. Just believe that you will definitely see him again one day. I am so sure of this. In the meantime, if you listen and see him in the records and live footage; you'll keep him alive in your heart, in your memories. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤎
he kind of had that Shannon Hoon thing about him. Another tragic lose. Hard to compare to Vedder and Cobain cause the music was still different then. Sometimes they sound a bit like Candlebox
@nineball26 Thats awesome.. I will pass this message along to her.. and I agree... I see alot of Andrew in her too...I cant quite put my finger on exactly 'what' it is.. but you can really see the similarities in the Malfunkshun documentary ~ :) Peace & Loverock
Fuck this goofy looking guy...bring Layne Staley back god...this guy was lame compared to a real rock god like Layne...I'll trade this guy, Justin Bieber and Bernie Mac for Layne, Ryan Dunn and Paul Walker...Sounds fair right?
Sean Ryan no, considering Bernie Mac and This guy are both dead. Also Paul walker is so overrated. He is known for one series of movies and they arent even that good.
its ironic you say that.. almost every M.L.B. fan says they feel like they are a member of a secret club...hmm... anyway Its never too late my friend... Love Rock awaits you~! Go check out the Documentary Malfunkshun The Andrew Wood Story.. (that will get you started) and fyi I 'get' the strange attraction thing.. for me it turned into an obsession..lol feel free to ask any questions.. Im here to assist. :)
So I read he was sober for 160 days, relapsed on a small amount, but a bad batch was going around as others OD'd that same evening. He had a brain aneurysm and that would have caused a stroke and the drugs made happen while he was out..and possibly later he had a bad reaction to the drugs at the hospital but he was brain dead for so long that once they got his heart going it was too late. Anyway, he seemed like a hell of a character. Props to him for accomplishing so much in just 24 years and helping create such an amazing genre
Glen Campbell was an exceptional guitarist and had amazing range as a vocalist. He was a session musician for many huge acts like the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Merle Haggard, Elvis and many more. I can understand why he was a huge early influence on Andrew.
Brett OBerry saw a clip of Buffalo Springfield playing (a TV appearance, Ed Sullivan maybe?) with a guy on guitar sitting in, back to the audience, off to the right. It was GC).
@Rotties9292 ok I know which video your talking about now.. its not an interview ..just a clip from the baby photoshoot. but yeah, that was the guitar player. they were all exhausted and it seems like stoney was pissed off about something. whatever either way you cant read too much into a 'bond' between bandmembers..unless you've been in a band you wouldnt understand. theyre like brothers..
bentleyabc by the way I love your art & videos- lots of love to you- I'm a singer/ musician/ artist from , Woodstock, NY-- just curious if you ever heard of, Juma Sultan? Are you into, Levon Helm? He was a mentor and great friend from here I love & miss. I wonderful man & musician. I also was really into that old NRBQ band from the 60's -70's -80's basically-I have a lot of bootlegs of them live. Say hello sometime. 🌹
Andrew Wood seems like such a nice guy who really needed to get all his music to the people. he just seemed like the kinda guy who doesnt have an ego but really needs to be famous. :) i wish he wasn't taken away so soon :(
I'm a grunge fan but what I don't understand is the fact people are so forgiving to Andy, Kurt, Layne, etc about their drug use/suicides. But when it comes to rappers, deaths normally through violence it's all negative BS! Both some rappers and grunge musicians have problems. Think about that truth!
there's a little bit of a difference between accidentally killing yourself by overdosing, or taking your own life from depression, and killing someone else or getting killed by someone else because you are involved in violent gang activities...
@Rotties9292 No he wasn`t. He had a girlfriend. That was just him; that’s just his personality and charisma. That`s what made him huge in the grunge scene.
fuck man...these guys rock.......if only the train kept a rolling in a non pearl jam way....just my opinion. these guys had some swagger and danger to them that pearl jam didn't.....I still listen to there lp and e.p. and it stands the test of time for sure.........peace......\m/ \m/
@Rotties9292 actually Xana was his fiancee, but more than that... she was his 'obsession'..I think that says it all...lol listen to all the malfunkshun songs and MLB songs and see how many times he mentions Xana or Stargazer
You're right, it would have been awesome to see whatever Andrew could have done, but in the other hand, I cannot imagine my life without Pearl Jam, so I have some contradictory feelings on relation to how the things went and how they could have gone.
+Alfonso Gomez Same here. I think too how music world would look without Alice In Chains - Would? (Jerry Cantrell wrote it after Wood's death, it was AiC tribute to him, because they were friends for such a long time). "Would?" is my favorite song of all time & I can't imagine how music industry would look without that. Of course I think too about Pearl Jam, maybe we wouldn't ever heard Eddie Vedder if Mother Love Bone would have been playing to today. But I'm pissed too about Andrew's death. Shit, every way is so fuckin' bad. :P Greets! ;)
+Jarek S (Heremis) most likely the song would would still exist just different lyrics. As far as Pearl jam Goes Vedder was a driven human being and I'm sure he would've found success without kind of sliding into Andys spot
Correct. Chloe Dancer 'was' written for Xana (his fiancee), but she didnt die..shes a friend of mine, she is very much alive and currently living in Seattle.. ;) you might be thinking Layne's (lead singer of AIC) his girlfriend Demri 'did' die before him..and that was what triggered his downspiral
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It's a shame he passed away. He had all the attributes of a star: he was handsome, charming and articulate. A real tragedy and one can only wonder what could have been.
Maybe they would have been of the size of Pearl Jam, and Pearl Jam would have never exists.
@@helloskinny510 Yes, MLB were a unique band, definitely - they captured the sense of musical dynamics that's eluded so many hard rock bands wanting to emulate Zeppelin. Two very good guitar players who were both able to play lead and duel, an awesome, tight rhythm section - and a charismatic, funny frontman with a xoulful voice - they made great use of all of this, and it shows on the album.
At that point they were a better hard rock/glam rock act than both INXS and G'n'R. They were not a grunge band, so it's hard to say how they would have adapted if they'd survived and had to make their follow-up album at a time when grunge was exploding all around them in their hometown.
Melodies and Dreams is a studio album recorded by Rockstar Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone. Add this recording to his channel.
Any chance he was gay? Bisexual? Transgender?
@@marisaschmutz9034I don’t think so
Grew up, play music and still live in Seattle. Andrew was 8 months older than me. Grunge still hadn't been given a "label" then. We all just thought of it as hard rock, we were sick of the L.A. pop music that grew out of the early 80's. To this day Andrew's death deeply affects a lot of people. There were a lot of bands but lots of moving band to band. It felt like a pretty small family. It was fun, there was no feeling of competition just that we wanted to play loud and hard. I talked to an ex local DJ recently from a local famous station KISW and she was finally hanging a picture of Mother Love Bone after all of these years and she's still not sure if she can leave it up. Had they stayed together MLB would have been really big and Pearl Jam wouldn't have existed and that would have been fine with me.
Man, we could sure use more artists like Andy to look and listen to in these days of such societal unrest. This modern world is severely lacking soul
Damn right brother, just recorded an EP check it out!
You know this band made me feel like I was a superwoman, it made me feel so much emotion and love. If only I had the chance to have seen them... My older sister Andrea (Andy) Gonzales was a photographer for so many big names in the industry...and I was her shadow... Now Im 37 and still remember the days of love and rock and ministry...Days to remember and days I wont get back or forget but the fact that I was a part of the late 80's and partying through the 90's makes it all worth wile. They cannot be recreated....
Andrew such a loss
What a time to be alive, and what a time to live through! Count your lucky stars you lived when you did. You truly lived in a great time!
Amazing times!!!
How's life at 46 ?
He was so good and so original, it's a shame he wasn't here today.
Had a friend take me and another friend to a MLB show back in 1990 when we visited in Seattle. They were unbelievable. I don't remember the other guys (who I only later found out were Stone and Jeff from Pearl Jam) but I definitely remember Andy as front man and he was star all the way. You couldn't help but just stand in awe of him. And funniest guy I ever saw lead a band.... And when my friend called me a year later and told me 'remember that guy? He's dead" I wept. This reopened all that.
Melodies and Dreams is a studio album recorded by Rockstar Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone. Add this recording to his channel.
What a guy ,.....even in High school everyone knew Andrew was going places,...Damm it still hurts even now
So talented. And he was such a beautiful man.
I didn't discover MLB until after PJ came out and I became a fan of them. I bought the CD and couldn't stop playign it for weeks. I might have to breka it out and listen again, it's been a LOOOOONG time.
The song far behind brought me here! Wanted to know the man behind that song now I got the feels! I was only 4 when he passed and I'm just discovering his music. If Andrew was alive today I can image his creation impacting 3day festivals we have today
I found that Glen Campbell reference so endearing...my Father and Mother, who have both Died, sadly, adored Glen Campbell. Their favorite song of his was "Honey, Come Back." I've listened to it so many times. Very comforting in my pain. Andrew seemed to be an interesting character.
My dad liked Glen Cambell so much. So weird! He liked Ricky Nelson and Willie Nelson as well. His love for those bands was displaced to me. Not even talking about the Doors and the Stones. Great to see this video.
I used to have a copy of the Motherlovebone tribute album on tape. This was before all the deaths. I was very young, and shocked that this up and coming star died before he made it.
Was in Seattle in ninety met him at a pub out with friends he was so sweet we maintained the friendship until he died
Amen to that! I know some people in their late 30's early 40's who listen to 'Grunge' and they have no clue who Mother Love Bone is. I could talk about Mother love Bone all day along with Pearl jam (Who some didn't know who they were either) and i'm 13!! I find it sad that people have lost the idea in this world of what good music is.... it's just sad.
MLB Should be more well more known. They we're a great band and always will be.
R.I.P Andy
Andy was like Elton John and David Bowie in single person !!! Amazing guy give whole MLB total impact ,funny and significant thing is they plays more like heavy T.Rex than other Seattle bands!!! That's makes them unbelievably individual and special.Farewell Mr.Wood
the greatest seattle band
Gruntruck is my personal favorite
@Rotties9292 that interview doesnt sound familiar.. im intrigued ...thought i had seen every MLB/Andrew Wood video that was out there.... can you post a link for me. I would be ever so grateful..lol
Andrew why?😭😭
Just a little too cute & cheeky for me.
Andy Wood created Pearl Jam! Long live Andy!
He seemed way too innocent for fame. Love Andrew though. Only person I can listen to and feel sad about. Despite not knowing you.
i miss the fuck out of Andy,he was different,,but great
I can just see Andy greeting Chris with his sunglasses, top-hat & glitter in his hair offering him a drink ❤
rest in the clouds, angel singers.
Oh my God...your comment made me cry. I was picturing a very similar reunion.❤
Andrew righting 5 songs to Chris's 1
Layne as well. From what Chris said, Layne broke down in front of the other guys after Wood past away. I believe Chris would be giving him that hug he said he wished they would have then.
Together again… forever young!!!
Shannon Hoon
I could listen to him talk and sing forever. Andy’s been gone so long but his story is still a tragedy of Seattle . Miss you Andy!!!! RIP Andy, Layne and Chris. May you 3 be rocking together in heaven
I feel just exactly the same way. I still break down into tears every so often. And I never knew him or ever saw them live. I feel like I am connected to him and knew him very close for some reason I cannot explain.
Melodies and Dreams is a studio album recorded by Rockstar Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone. Add this recording to his channel.
"I don't think it's a seattle sound" Man, only if he could see the fire he started.
Oh he can see alright
sam Jackowski there wasn't one distinctive "seattle sound". Grunge was really just some label that the industry liked to bunch bands from there. MLB was glam-ish rock, Alice in Chains were bluesy inspired metal that evolved to alternative metal, Soundgarden at the start had influences of punk and metal, the Melvins and Mudhoney blended the punk rock sensibilities that influenced Nirvana. There wasn't one distinctive sound.
EJ Taylor yah I can hear alot of Alice too and Layne's singing I can hear in alot of people.
@EJT6503Stone Temple Pilots were capitalists from California.
@EJT2000 stp are poseurs
I was curious how charismatic Andrew Wood was, considering that the record company signed Mother Love Bone and had high expectations in the band just because of him, to the point that they dropped the band immediately after his death without giving them any chance. I thought, wow, how can a single person create that kind of impact on people? Well, all I can say after 5 and a half minutes of interview, is that he was a powerful and very creative soul. I imagine him gathering so many people around him. He had very good vibes. Without a doubt, a great loss for all the people who knew him and for the alternative rock scene.
Although Andy did do heroin, its unfair to remark that "Andrew died of an overdose of heroin". Boom end of story. Kurt Louder of MTV did say "complications of a heroin overdose" which wasn't entirely true either. I've seen everything that can be viewed on this and I'm sure alto of people think this is merely "splitting hairs", but the fact of the matter is, Andy got a "bad dose" that over a dozen users had taken & were all in the ER because of this. My information is that the majority of these others survived, in spite of it and Andy didn't pass away for several days even becoming conscious at one point, briefly, then slipping into a coma before being declared brain dead & life support stopped. Maybe its not important to some, but to me, a talented, loving person, who loved life, music, his mates & his fiance, the circumstances should be accurate. He was far from perfect, did heroin, rehab, twice, but he was a perfection in music. My .02 cents to a man who inspired so many.
robin mcrae "splitting hairs", but the fact of the matter is, Andy got a "bad dose" That just about sums up a skag overdose. Not so much a 'bad' dose, ironically more like a 'good' dose; much purer than you're used to.... game over. It's a sad shame.
Maybe. I've only done it twice & dry. But, the fact that a lot of others were treated in the ER that night, for the same reason, apparently under the same circumstances as Andy, his consciousness and that he survived for 2-3 days, well u know, ur right. It's sad and such a waste of a talented young almost national star, the end just doesn't justify the means. My only point was that it didn't appear to be just 'another OD by a f'ing junkie'. I'll continue to miss him as will the rest of his fans. That's all. :(
+robin mcrae You are absolutely correct, Andy was said to die of a brain aneurysm several days after having "overdosed." Don't ever stay in the hospital alone. It is absolutely terrifying to an extremely sick awake person, let alone a sleeping loner. A comatose loner. A dead loner, with missing nurses notes from the last ten hours of his life. Apparently, he had pupil response upon testing yet not upon the time of the missing medical info. Don't think that just what you heard in this interview didn't or couldn't have hit a nerve somewhere. Perhaps the competing bands, record companies, friends who really were not friends, god knows who felt threatened by what would happen when Mother Love Bone hit the charts. It was a long time coming. They could and should have been signed earlier. In my personal opinion, as a singer, Andy had an extremely unique voice, great range, ability to sing different notes than were playing in the background, an ability to reach into your heart and touch your soul, and more CHARISMA than just about any band front man ever! He loved his audiences. He loved the people, and they loved him. In my opinion, Geffen, who approached them first and strung them along, made a mistake by not signing them sooner, probably unsure of how much money they could shave off the top of the contract for their Big Name and association with bigger bands. Mother Love Bone had a sound that was so unique, everyone at Geffen must have seen them in a very interesting light when compared to G'N'R and their other bands. Andy talks about being strung along, and about waiting to sign with Geffen so long that they were approached by several other labels, signed, and finally were ready to unleash "Love Rock" on the world. I have no idea what happened, but think the circumstances of his death are weird. The band was supposed to release "Apple" right after he passed away- how odd he should die just as the LONG awaited album was due to be released. Could be a coincidence, could be more nefarious. Seems so strange. Why at that very time? It was before the world at large met Andrew and MLB. The records would have sold like hotcakes. MLB would have been a main player in the bridge from hair bands to Grunge/alternative. It was too perfect. Something had to go wrong. Maybe it was not a coincidence, as they say, money talks, bullshit walks.
. Never stay alone in the hospital. Make your wishes known. Go to the best hospital you can because they are all corporate machines today and if you go to one, at least give yourself a fighting chance. Trust me. It can be scary scary as a fully grown adult and hospitals are creepy anyway, with sick people all over the place in agony, screaming, crying and dying. it is hell being an inpatient. I can't imagine being comatose and in the care of total strangers without my family around.
We will know one day just what happened with Andy, just not quite yet, but one day when we are all "Stargazers"...till then, Love you Andy, miss the impact you had on music and wish there was another like you but you were just so special and unique...RIP L'andrew, 1966-1990.
Tiffany Houchin What a load of total bollocks.
well put.
"Mother Love Bone is coming to take over the world." - Damn....
Music has so many 'what ifs' and tragedies, but this is the only one that truly hits deep. And I honestly don't know why. I have spent a lot of time reading about Andy, leading me to just sit and feel genuine sadness for him. Just that 'what if'.
The world would have been better
What if? .... 😢😓😓
@@RyanPelley1 Very well put this is the same way I felt. Especially after reading the biography Scott Barbour wrote about Andy. Tragic story he couldn’t overcome the disease. He was going to be a huge star
love u andy..u are missed..2015..u still rockin in heaven..rip stargazer
Aw Jesus, I nearly started crying when Stargazer started plating.
Should have been bigger than ANYONE who came out of Seattle. Cobain included. Andrew was destined to be a star!Such a tragic loss.
Man I wonder if Andy knew what he was apart of and that he was the bright light of Seattle,
God! what a charismatic guy he was with a great voice 😢 so talented frontman but we lose him to drugs
That is not the case where I am from. I knew Andy - we went to school together on Bainbridge Island across the water from Seattle. We know him well still here. Mother Love Bone wasn't actually "Grunge", not yet. And he was an addict. He'd relapsed before. But no one wants to be. I don't think the "facts" are entirely correct about that night. But anyway, I don't know about Cobain but Chris and Eddie have done justice to his memory and are passionate musicians. Andy would've loved Eddie.
I would love to talk with you. Love and respect from Australia mate
1:27
That’s a point that doesn’t get made often enough. How insanely different are all these bands? Nirvana, Green River, Melvins, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone…precisely *none* of these groups sound anything alike aside from distorted guitars and weird chord progressions.
What a likable guy. Down to earth. Makes me glad that I'm finally learning to play some of songs from my youth!
The more potent and stronger the drugs the better the music, but shorter the life in most cases RIP
Saw them with the Dogs D'Amour at this tiny club on the northside of Chicago in 88....virtually no one was there....40 people tops. Had no clue who they were at all.....but I remember Andy just owning the crowd....He truly acted like he was playing in front of thousands at the Garden. The band were good....they didn't blow me away...I think they probably became much tighter as a result of this tour and they were still fleshing out their sound to some degree but I am so happy I got to see them. Was a totally random thing....a friend asked me to go just to get out and see some music and BOOM.....I got to see MLB. Chatted with everyone in the band for a few minutes. We talked about the rigor of touring in a van (which SUCKS for any of you who haven't done it) and wished them well. They weren't really used to the cold midwest winters and I remember talking to them about that stuff. Jeff, Andy and Greg were the ones I spoke to the most. Really solid down to earth guys. Great memories. Man....What could have been if things just didn't play out the way they did.
'Well i've been around the world, wrote a million songs, its all a bore to me, well ive slept in the gutter, lied with the dogs, it never bothered me...'
Sorry to be so 'blonde' here... seriously just realized I have the POWER OF VETO~! I have removed all the negativity... Loverock awaits you people~ Andrew Wood
2:01 he had such a beautiful smile. Rip Andy
Andy was in my dream on 1/10/23. He was so beautiful and I recognized him right a way. Still has that personality. We went to a cafe. He was so chill and we just talked life. He was so happy and doing well.
🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️
fair enough..anger is a common part of death & loss. A. He WASNT a junkie...he had been clean for over 18 mo. and something caused him to relapse that night. it was a bad batch & two others were taken to the hospital that night from using it..but the difference is.. they werent alone & someone was able to get them medical attention faster. Andy didnt want to be an addict...he was an empath..ultra sensitive to emotional pain..thats the biggest reason people turn to drugs.
My dad played in a band with Kevin Wood and contrary to popular belief Andy didn't get a bad batch, he had an aneurysm that had been in the works for some time. Prior to his death he had fevers and migraines and when he shot up that night, the change in his blood pressure led to the aneurysm bursting
bentleyabc blah
Bubber Ducky He survived a few days in a coma I believe from complications from the dose - and yes, in the hospital he died of an aneurism -the heroin dose caused his blood pressure to be off.
Is funny the story he tells about Geffen. It's exactly what happened to the Nirvana guys. Kurt always remembered that winter 1990-1991 after signing Geffen as the worst, so much so that after returning from the Nevermind recording sessions in LA Kurt was evicted.
RIP Kid. Crown of Thorns is it. A complitation of what hurts and what heals.....
He really was cherubic. What a dude
In 'his' mind.. He was famous WAY before anyone even knew who he was...LOL he did the same amazing show for 7 people as he did for 700 people...
bentleyabc that's the spirit of all real artists ❤️
andrew was truly the face of grunge music. he was the pioneer. i still remember the first time i heard mother love bone crown of thorns, to this day it remains, to me,one of the most beautiful rock songs ever done. had he not passed so young, who knows how far he would have gone. they dont make musicians like andrew anymore ,or music that came out of the nineties. without a doubt, the best decade of my life.
All things for a reason. Apple is one of my all time favorite albums. I heard Andrew was a funny dude on stage, would have loved to seen them in concert...
He had done so much in his 24.
heroin sux
I don’t know how anyone could not like this guy. His mom said they would throw stuff at him on stage but he would win them over anyway 😂
Andrew sounds like my distant blood cousin Robert Plant a bit. Fabulous singer. I miss him much. ❤
First thing I thought just hearing them. I can’t believe I had never heard of Mother Lovebone, living on the west coast at the time. Thought maybe it was a new band when it played on Apple Music, so googled it and saw he had died😢. Too bad. Can only imagine how far they might have gone.
@@jefflindahowell2447 very sad indeed. He would have gone far with his talent and personality. He was master of the stage.
@lilyofthevalley5586 I developed an ear for good music being married to a musician 32 years. Andrew caught my attention within seconds. My husband was a master of the stage as well. He passed in March '22 of undiagnosed cancer,. He fought a 20 year battle against Lyme Disease (had 3 false negative tests the first decade, so they refused to treat him for it). He finagled a spinal tap that proved it had gone neurological, into his spinal fluid and brain. At that point, it was too late. It affected every aspect of his life. Doctors (and there were many) used him as a guinea pig, dismissed his constant complaints and symptoms as hypochondria, and neglected to diagnose the cancer...even 2 weeks before he died. He was so incredibly handsome, kind, funny, charismatic and was great at interviews. He was also one of the best bassists in the world. He was playing for Foghat during the same years as Mother Lovebone, then he played for The Outlaws in the early 90's. I never tired of hearing him play. Sadly, I can't listen to or watch him play anymore...at least for now. I miss him.
@@jefflindahowell2447 Oh my goodness! I am so sorry for your loss! Yes, Jeff Howell. He was a master of the stage, talented, and handsome indeed. I was a big fan of Foghat and Outlaws. Just believe that you will definitely see him again one day. I am so sure of this. In the meantime, if you listen and see him in the records and live footage; you'll keep him alive in your heart, in your memories. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤎
Happy Birthday Dear Andrew Wood!! May you rest in peace!! xoxox
Do me.
he seems like such a nice guy. i wish i knew him.
no hate in this mans mind...
I love you Andy you did take over the world buddy it's the mother that gave birth to music.....
he kind of had that Shannon Hoon thing about him. Another tragic lose. Hard to compare to Vedder and Cobain cause the music was still different then. Sometimes they sound a bit like Candlebox
Miss you Andy.... You've been gone 25 years today.... Sucks to lose such a wonderful soul to drugs.
That voice ❤️❤️❤️
Still makes me sad he’s gone
@nineball26 Thats awesome.. I will pass this message along to her.. and I agree... I see alot of Andrew in her too...I cant quite put my finger on exactly 'what' it is.. but you can really see the similarities in the Malfunkshun documentary ~ :) Peace & Loverock
Man if I had the power to bring Andrew Wood back to us God knows I would!!!! Miss him insanely!!!!
That would be something great if we could bring him back!!!!! Ooooh he was so sweet
Fuck this goofy looking guy...bring Layne Staley back god...this guy was lame compared to a real rock god like Layne...I'll trade this guy, Justin Bieber and Bernie Mac for Layne, Ryan Dunn and Paul Walker...Sounds fair right?
Sean Ryan no, considering Bernie Mac and This guy are both dead. Also Paul walker is so overrated. He is known for one series of movies and they arent even that good.
I love you so much angel!
Chloe Dancer call your dad, oddball.
This beautiful person makes me want to pick up my guitar and just play...and do kind things to make people's day! That's a great legacy!!
its ironic you say that.. almost every M.L.B. fan says they feel like they are a member of a secret club...hmm... anyway Its never too late my friend... Love Rock awaits you~! Go check out the Documentary Malfunkshun The Andrew Wood Story.. (that will get you started) and fyi I 'get' the strange attraction thing.. for me it turned into an obsession..lol feel free to ask any questions.. Im here to assist. :)
I would love to talk with you. Love and respect from Australia
So I read he was sober for 160 days, relapsed on a small amount, but a bad batch was going around as others OD'd that same evening. He had a brain aneurysm and that would have caused a stroke and the drugs made happen while he was out..and possibly later he had a bad reaction to the drugs at the hospital but he was brain dead for so long that once they got his heart going it was too late. Anyway, he seemed like a hell of a character. Props to him for accomplishing so much in just 24 years and helping create such an amazing genre
Can you imagine if Andrew sang those Pearl jam songs? It would have been magic.
Glen Campbell was an exceptional guitarist and had amazing range as a vocalist. He was a session musician for many huge acts like the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Merle Haggard, Elvis and many more. I can understand why he was a huge early influence on Andrew.
Brett OBerry saw a clip of Buffalo Springfield playing (a TV appearance, Ed Sullivan maybe?) with a guy on guitar sitting in, back to the audience, off to the right. It was GC).
@Rotties9292 ok I know which video your talking about now.. its not an interview ..just a clip from the baby photoshoot. but yeah, that was the guitar player. they were all exhausted and it seems like stoney was pissed off about something. whatever either way you cant read too much into a 'bond' between bandmembers..unless you've been in a band you wouldnt understand. theyre like brothers..
bentleyabc exactly- it's a family- ❤️
bentleyabc by the way I love your art & videos- lots of love to you- I'm a singer/ musician/ artist from , Woodstock, NY-- just curious if you ever heard of, Juma Sultan? Are you into, Levon Helm? He was a mentor and great friend from here I love & miss. I wonderful man & musician. I also was really into that old NRBQ band from the 60's -70's -80's basically-I have a lot of bootlegs of them live. Say hello sometime. 🌹
man, Andy seemed like a really cool guy. i often wonder what it would have been like to sit in a room and talk with him...
What might have been? Such a talent, you will be missed Andrew……..
Can I still get him a bus!
@joshdamsma If you want to know more about Andrew... go watch Malfunkshun The Andrew Wood Story. recently released on DVD
What a loss. Still onecof mt favorite bands.
5:02 - Yeah that's what everybody says - before they do something stupid and end up dyin from an overdose.
Andrew Wood seems like such a nice guy who really needed to get all his music to the people. he just seemed like the kinda guy who doesnt have an ego but really needs to be famous. :) i wish he wasn't taken away so soon :(
Andy ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This guy seemed so cool. though he's dead I've been a fan for a while/
Things that should have been...
I'm a grunge fan but what I don't understand is the fact people are so forgiving to Andy, Kurt, Layne, etc about their drug use/suicides. But when it comes to rappers, deaths normally through violence it's all negative BS! Both some rappers and grunge musicians have problems. Think about that truth!
@USA POWER HONOR DOMINATION but rappers are musicians. They make music. Tf.
there's a little bit of a difference between accidentally killing yourself by overdosing, or taking your own life from depression, and killing someone else or getting killed by someone else because you are involved in violent gang activities...
@Rotties9292 No he wasn`t. He had a girlfriend. That was just him; that’s just his personality and charisma. That`s what made him huge in the grunge scene.
He's really likeable.
fuck man...these guys rock.......if only the train kept a rolling in a non pearl jam way....just my opinion. these guys had some swagger and danger to them that pearl jam didn't.....I still listen to there lp and e.p. and it stands the test of time for sure.........peace......\m/ \m/
@Rotties9292 actually Xana was his fiancee, but more than that... she was his 'obsession'..I think that says it all...lol listen to all the malfunkshun songs and MLB songs and see how many times he mentions Xana or Stargazer
I loved this band, Andy WAS the band. Yet one more devoted amazing artist gone too too soon. RIP Andy
Dude was only 5ft 5inches tall, it bugged him more then anything
I seriously love Andy's talking voice more than anything ever. What is his accent? The way he says "Mother Love Bone" is the best thing in the world.
RetroForMe do you think thats the reason for his accent? cuz it sounds pretty unique idk maybe its just his voice?
Born in Mississippi
Southern born and southern bred.
man, too bad. He sounded like a cool guy
How are you doing today Andrew. ?? Bet Your Family is So Proud of you
Such a well spoken person. So sad. We all miss you Andy
@RaVexChainz why are you so rude and judgmental? what difference does it make what 'anyone' believes.. how does it effect 'you'?
what a beautiful soul
Andrew Wood was like the David Lee Roth of grunge. Smart, witty, a showman,, but a lot more down-to-earth and relatable.
So Sad! I would have loved to see what all they would have brought if Andrew was still alive! Thats all i can say really.
You're right, it would have been awesome to see whatever Andrew could have done, but in the other hand, I cannot imagine my life without Pearl Jam, so I have some contradictory feelings on relation to how the things went and how they could have gone.
+Alfonso Gomez
Same here. I think too how music world would look without Alice In Chains - Would? (Jerry Cantrell wrote it after Wood's death, it was AiC tribute to him, because they were friends for such a long time).
"Would?" is my favorite song of all time & I can't imagine how music industry would look without that. Of course I think too about Pearl Jam, maybe we wouldn't ever heard Eddie Vedder if Mother Love Bone would have been playing to today. But I'm pissed too about Andrew's death.
Shit, every way is so fuckin' bad. :P
Greets! ;)
+Jarek S (Heremis) most likely the song would would still exist just different lyrics. As far as Pearl jam Goes Vedder was a driven human being and I'm sure he would've found success without kind of sliding into Andys spot
Im a firm believer in reincarnation.. I think he will be back.. he's probably already here.. :)
hahaha thats a true saying, but Eddie said just recently he never touched heroin.
Correct. Chloe Dancer 'was' written for Xana (his fiancee), but she didnt die..shes a friend of mine, she is very much alive and currently living in Seattle.. ;) you might be thinking Layne's (lead singer of AIC) his girlfriend Demri 'did' die before him..and that was what triggered his downspiral
He sounded similar to Mark Slaughter to me sometimes.
Not me almost crying over This.