Mad Season

Layne Staley, Vocals
Mike McCready, Guitar
Barrett Martin, Drums
John Baker Saunders, Bass
Mark Lanegan, Guest Vocalist
Sherik (Eric Walton), Touring Saxophonist/Percussion

Formed in 1994, Seattle

 Mad Season came together in 1994, led by Mike McCready, Barrett Martin and John Baker Saunders. McCready met Saunders while in a Minneapolis rehab center to battle a drinking and substance problem.  McCready was already well known in Seattle for his contributions with Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog and Martin with the Screaming Trees and Skin Yard.  McCready then brought in his friend, and Alice in Chains frontman, Layne Staley to fill out the band.  Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan provided guest vocals including the haunting song he sang with Layne Staley, "Long Gone Day".  Above peaked at #24 in Billboard's album chart and also contained the cross-format Top 10 hit "River Of Deceit". 
Both Staley and Saunders died of drug overdoses.
Above

    • Released in 1995

      Certified gold in June 1995, with "River Of Deceit" a Top Ten hit and "I Don't Know Anything" achieving Top 20.  Click To Buy It!
    • Wake Up
    • X-Ray Mind
    • River of Deceit
    • I'm Above
    • Artificial Red
    • Lifeless Dead
    • I Don't Know Anything
    • Long Gone Day
    • November Hotel
    • All Alone



Live At The Moore  (VHS)

    • Released in 1995

      This is an incredible live performance recorded at Seattle's Moore Theatre on April 29, 1995.                 Click To Buy It!
    • Lifeless Dead
    • River Of Deceit
    • I Don't Know Anything
    • Long Gone Day
    • X-Ray Mind
    • All Alone
    • November Hotel
    • Lifeless Dead  (Self-Pollution Radio)
    • River of Deceit  (Produced Music Video)