A 1995 side project with Layne Staley and Mike McCready that left a heavy, bluesy album called 'Above.'
If you're going to listen to one thing, make it 'River of Deceit.' For something with a different feel, 'Long Gone Day' shows the band stretching out into more spacious, brooding territory.
They only made one studio album, but 'Above' is a document of a specific moment when Seattle's biggest players stepped outside their main bands. 'River of Deceit' is the track most people know, with Staley's worn-out voice floating over McCready's clean guitar lines. It's heavier and more atmospheric than a lot of the straightforward grunge coming out at the time.
The band formed in 1994 with members from Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, and the Walkabouts. They recorded and released 'Above' in 1995, and that was it for studio work, it was always a side project, and they never made a second album.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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