“Mother Love Bone… Mama Papa Talkin’ to Me”
In the late ‘80s, rocker Andrew Wood hopped around Seattle in colorful scarves, oversized glasses, and sporting long strands of dirty blond hair. Flamboyant and larger than life, Wood suffused his conversations with sarcasm, jokes, and a refreshingly effortless air. He had just broken up with his previous band, Malnfunshkun, and was preparing to take the world by storm with his new group, Mother Love Bone (MLB).
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While his roommate, Chris Cornell, was doing his best to deglamorize the rock ‘n’ roll frontman image, Andrew Wood wasn’t afraid to glorify his presence, drawing inspiration from his musical heroes from the previous decade like Freddie Mercury and Paul Stanley.
At the crack of the ‘90s dawn, MLB released their debut album, Apple. Sadly, Wood didn’t live to see it take off.