Friday, December 12, 2008
Screaming Trees Album Art
We couldn't get enough of them. Their songs were our soundtrack, and we laughed, danced, cried and loved along with them. They flashed across our radio and TV burning brightly ... but where have they been lately? As you'll find out in this regular feature, sometimes the stories behind your favorite songs are more interesting than the hits themselves.
Bust out the flannel, three-quarter thermal underwear and Doc Martens, because it's time to look back at the 15th anniversary of the grunge explosion. Though for a time it felt like the buzzed-out, grimy sound would never fade away, the only prominent group that survived the genre's rapid rise and fall intact are Pearl Jam, who recoiled from their initial fame so far that it might just have saved their career ... and, given the list of casualties, even their lives.
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Monday, August 11, 2008
Screaming Trees Live on Planet Earth: Dollar Bill
Dollar Bill Lyrics
Torn like an old dollar bill
Girl let them say what they will
That no one should hurt you
And thats all I seem to do
That no one should desert you
And thats all I seem to do
I got to tell you, goodbye mama
Weve taken this too far
Been trying to tell you whats going on
Trying to make it easy on you
Trying to make it better
Make it easier on you
Its all I came to do
Its all I came to do
Now Im down in the light
And I must be dreaming it
Cause I see clearly, I see angels here
Bringing something to me, mother mercy
I told a lie, I didnt mean it
Goodbye mama, Ive taken this too far
Been gone a while
Been gone a long way, oh yeah
I dont want to hurt you
Its all I seem to do
Dont want to desert you
Its all I seem to do
I got to tell you, goodbye mama
Ive taken this too far
Been down a while
Been down a long way
Trying to make it easy on you
Trying to make it better
Make it easier on you
Its all I came to do
Its all I came to do
Its all I came to do
Thats all... been down a long
Been down a long, long way
Torn like an old dollar bill
Screaming Trees Live on Planet Earth: All I know
All I Know Lyrics
Gotta get away
Gotta get away
Get away
Gotta get away
fore the lord gonna make me stay
All that I know
Shoulda been
Coulda been
Mine
I killed the last way out of this
Persuaded by a deceitful kiss
That said you better stay
Said you better stay
Better stay
Said you better stay
fore its all gone
Gone away
All that I know...(repeat)
Bite the thorn that pierce the skin
Come back down to earth again
The cold is creeping deep inside
You disconnect the telephone line
Gotta get away....
fore I lose my mind
Said you better stay...
fore its all gone
Gone away
All that I know...(repeat)
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Screaming Trees Live on Planet Earth: How it Started
Screaming Trees
Mark Lanegan and brothers Gary Lee and Van Conner grew up and attended the same high school together in Ellensburg, 90 miles outside of Seattle. After a few years apart, the trio settled their differences and invited Mark Pickeral to join them on drums, finalizing the band.
Screaming Trees took their name from a guitar distortion pedal. They recorded their first EP demo in 1985, and their first full-length, Clairvoyance, in 1986, both on Velvetone Records. Subsequent albums appeared on SST Records, Sub Pop and by the end of 1990, they signed a major label deal with Epic Records.
Prior to signing with Epic, the band members spent 1990 working on their own solo projects. Mark Lanegan recorded his solo "The Winding Sheet" with the help of Nirvana members Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic. By the end of the year, with their Epic contract in hand, the band came back together and with Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, recorded their first major label release, "Uncle Anesthesia". Following that project, which was released in 1991, Mark Pickerel left the band and Barrett Martin was brought in as their new drummer.
The first song that Barrett Martin joined the band on, Nearly Lost You, was also their first, and most well known hit, appearing on both the "Singles" soundtrack and their next album, 1992's "Sweet Oblivion". After that project, the band once again took a hiatus from each other. During that period, Lanegan recorded his second solo album, "Whiskey for the Holy Ghost ", released in 1994. As Lanegan was doing that, Barrett Martin played drums with the side project of Layne Staley and Mike McCready called Mad Season, of which Lanegan also lended vocals on two tracks of that one-shot album.
Screaming Trees continued their on/off hiatus and tour syndrome, until after a Summer 2000 concert for the opening Seattle's Experience Music Project, they officially announced their breakup.
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Top 200 1990s Alternative Rock Songs
No. | Grunge Song | Artist | Album | Year | Last Rank |
1 | Karma Police | Radiohead | OK Computer | 1997 | 1 |
2 | No Excuses | Alice in Chains | Jar of Flies | 1994 | 2 |
3 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana | Nevermind | 1991 | N/A |
4 | Bittersweet Symphony | The Verve | Urban Hymns | 1997 | 9 |
5 | Heaven Beside You | Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains | 1995 | 3 |
6 | One Headlight | The Wallflowers | Bringing Down the Horse | 1996 | 4 |
7 | Jesus Christ Pose | Soundgarden | Badmotorfinger | 1991 | N/A |
8 | Bullet With Butterfly Wings | Smashing Pumpkins | Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness | 1995 | N/A |
9 | Lithium | Nirvana | Nevermind | 1991 | N/A |
10 | 1979 | Smashing Pumpkins | Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness | 1995 | 5 |
11 | Paranoid Android | Radiohead | OK Computer | 1997 | 12 |
12 | Down in a Hole | Alice in Chains | Dirt | 1992 | 8 |
13 | Nutshell | Alice in Chains | Jar of Flies | 1994 | 7 |
14 | Otherside | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication | 1999 | 6 |
15 | Losing My Religion | REM | Out of Time | 1991 | 10 |
16 | Everlong | Foo Fighters | The Colour and the Shape | 1997 | N/A |
17 | Cherub Rock | Smashing Pumpkins | Siamese Dream | 1993 | N/A |
18 | Come As You Are | Nirvana | Nevermind | 1991 | N/A |
19 | Wonderwall | Oasis | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | 1995 | 13 |
20 | The Way | Fastball | All the Pain Money Can Buy | 1998 | 14 |
21 | I Stay Away | Alice in Chains | Jar of Flies | 1994 | N/A |
22 | Brain Stew | Green Day | Insomniac | 1995 | N/A |
23 | Creep | Stone Temple Pilots | Core | 1992 | 15 |
24 | In Bloom | Nirvana | Nevermind | 1991 | N/A |
25 | Rotten Apple | Alice in Chains | Jar of Flies | 1994 | 16 |
26 | Heart Shaped Box | Nirvana | In Utero | 1993 | N/A |
27 | Plush | Stone Temple Pilots | Core | 1992 | N/A |
28 | The Man Who Sold The World (Cover) | Nirvana | MTV Unplugged in New York | 1994 | 17 |
29 | Californication | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication | 1999 | 24 |
30 | Ænima | Tool | Ænima | 1996 | N/A |
31 | Grind | Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains | 1995 | N/A |
32 | Mr. Jones | Counting Crows | August and Everything After | 1993 | 19 |
33 | Personal Jesus | Depeche Mode | Violator | 1990 | N/A |
34 | Under The Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Blood Sugar Sex Magik | 1991 | 18 |
35 | Bound for the Floor | Local H | As Good As Dead | 1996 | N/A |
36 | Touch, Peel and Stand | Days of the New | Days of the New | 1997 | N/A |
37 | Man In The Box | Alice in Chains | Facelift | 1990 | N/A |
38 | Your Woman | White Town | Women In Technology | 1997 | N/A |
39 | No Shelter | Rage Against the Machine | The Battle of Los Angeles | 1999 | N/A |
40 | All The Small Things | Blink-182 | Enema of the State | 1999 | N/A |
41 | Would? | Alice in Chains | Dirt | 1992 | N/A |
42 | In The Meantime | Spacehog | Resident Alien | 1995 | 20 |
43 | Dumb | Nirvana | In Utero | 1993 | 25 |
44 | You Ought to Know | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | 1995 | N/A |
45 | All I Want | Toad the Wet Sprocket | Fear | 1991 | 21 |
46 | December | Collective Soul | Collective Soul | 1995 | 23 |
47 | Dirt | Alice in Chains | Dirt | 1992 | N/A |
48 | Mayonaise | Smashing Pumpkins | Siamese Dream | 1993 | N/A |
49 | Song 2 | Blur | Blur | 1997 | N/A |
50 | A Long December | Counting Crows | Recovering the Satellites | 1996 | 27 |
51 | Santa Monica | Everclear | Sparkle & Fade | 1995 | 30 |
52 | Rooster | Alice in Chains | Dirt | 1992 | N/A |
53 | Counting Blue Cars | Dishwalla | Pet Your Friends | 1995 | 29 |
54 | Buddy Holly | Weezer | Blue Album | 1994 | N/A |
55 | Burden In My Hand | Soundgarden | Down on the Upside | 1996 | 34 |
56 | Soma | Smashing Pumpkins | Siamese Dream | 1993 | 40 |
57 | Junkhead | Alice in Chains | Dirt | 1992 | N/A |
58 | Flagpole Sitta | Harvey Danger | Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone? | 1998 | N/A |
59 | Enter Sandman | Metallica | Metallica | 1991 | N/A |
60 | I Alone | Live | Throwing Copper | 1994 | 26 |
61 | Run | Collective Soul | Dosage | 1999 | 32 |
62 | Find The River | REM | Automatic for the People | 1992 | 47 |
63 | A Tout Le Monde | Megadeth | Youthanasia | 1994 | N/A |
64 | Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm | Crash Test Dummies | God Shuffled his Feet | 1993 | 31 |
65 | Unglued | Stone Temple Pilots | Purple | 1994 | N/A |
66 | Low | Cracker | Kerosene Hat | 1993 | 33 |
67 | Streets of Philadelphia | Bruce Springsteen | Soundtrack: Philadelphia | 1993 | 35 |
68 | Interstate Love Song | Stone Temple Pilots | Purple | 1994 | 41 |
69 | Self Esteem | The Offspring | Smash | 1994 | N/A |
70 | Sex and Candy | Marcy Playground | Marcy Playground | 1997 | 36 |
71 | Lucky Man | The Verve | Urban Hymns | 1997 | 37 |
72 | Semi Charmed Life | Third Eye Blind | Third Eye Blind | 1997 | 39 |
73 | Thief | Our Lady Peace | Happiness... Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch | 1999 | 28 |
74 | Possum Kingdom | Toadies | Rubberneck | 1994 | N/A |
75 | Rape Me | Nirvana | In Utero | 1993 | N/A |
76 | Zero | Smashing Pumpkins | Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness | 1995 | N/A |
77 | Tyler | Toadies | Rubberneck | 1994 | N/A |
78 | Lucky | Radiohead | OK Computer | 1997 | 46 |
79 | Blow up the Outside World | Soundgarden | Down on the Upside | 1996 | N/A |
80 | Drive | REM | Automatic for the People | 1992 | 49 |
81 | Iris | Goo Goo Dolls | Dizzy Up the Girl | 1998 | 38 |
82 | Today | Smashing Pumpkins | Siamese Dream | 1993 | N/A |
83 | Big Empty | Stone Temple Pilots | Purple | 1994 | 54 |
84 | Hate To Feel | Alice in Chains | Dirt | 1992 | N/A |
85 | Mary Jane's Last Dance | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Greatest Hits | 1993 | 43 |
86 | Why I'm Here | Oleander | February Son | 1999 | N/A |
87 | Sour Girl | Stone Temple Pilots | No. 4 | 1999 | 45 |
88 | Closing Time | Semisonic | Feeling Strangely Fine | 1998 | 62 |
89 | Nearly Lost You | Screaming Trees | Sweet Oblivion | 1992 | N/A |
90 | Say It Ain't So | Weezer | Blue Album | 1994 | N/A |
91 | What's The Frequency, Kenneth? | REM | Monster | 1994 | 51 |
92 | Carnival | Natalie Merchant | Tigerlily | 1995 | 87 |
93 | Crazy Life | Toad the Wet Sprocket | Coil | 1997 | 71 |
94 | Never Let You Go | Third Eye Blind | Blue | 1999 | 63 |
95 | Linger | The Cranberries | Everybody Else is Doing It | 1993 | 91 |
96 | Losing A Whole Year | Third Eye Blind | Third Eye Blind | 1997 | N/A |
97 | You Learn | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | 1995 | 76 |
98 | Runaway Train | Soul Asylum | Grave Dancer's Union | 1992 | 68 |
99 | All My Friends | Counting Crows | This Desert Life | 1999 | 67 |
100 | Don't Look Back In Anger | Oasis | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | 1995 | 44 |
101 | Rhinoceros | Smashing Pumpkins | Gish | 1991 | 52 |
102 | Hand In My Pocket | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | 1995 | 55 |
103 | Ava Adore | Smashing Pumpkins | Adore | 1998 | N/A |
104 | Rain When I Die | Alice in Chains | Dirt | 1992 | N/A |
105 | Tighter & Tighter | Soundgarden | Down on the Upside | 1996 | 58 |
106 | Only in Dreams | Weezer | Blue Album | 1994 | N/A |
107 | Killing in the Name of | Rage Against the Machine | Rage Against the Machine | 1992 | N/A |
108 | Outshined | Soundgarden | Badmotorfinger | 1991 | N/A |
109 | One of Us | Joan Osborne | Relish | 1995 | 90 |
110 | Tonight, Tonight | Smashing Pumpkins | Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness | 1995 | 69 |
111 | Zombie | The Cranberries | No Need To Argue | 1994 | 85 |
112 | Saint Joe on the School Bus | Marcy Playground | Marcy Playground | 1997 | N/A |
113 | Bittersweet Me | REM | New Adventures in Hi-Fi | 1996 | 74 |
114 | Good Morning Baby | Bic Runga and Dan Wilson | Soundtrack: American Pie | 1999 | N/A |
115 | Good | Better than Ezra | Deluxe | 1995 | 78 |
116 | Take a Picture | Filter | Title of Record | 1999 | 95 |
117 | The Chemicals Between Us | Bush | The Science of Things | 1999 | N/A |
118 | The Good Life | Weezer | Pinkerton | 1996 | N/A |
119 | We Are | Vertical Horizon | Everything You Want | 1999 | 70 |
120 | Whats My Age Again? | Blink-182 | Enema of the State | 1999 | N/A |
121 | Don't Follow | Alice in Chains | Jar of Flies | 1994 | 81 |
122 | Selling The Drama | Live | Throwing Copper | 1994 | 80 |
123 | On a Plain | Nirvana | Nevermind | 1991 | N/A |
124 | Bulls on Parade | Rage Against the Machine | Evil Empire | 1996 | N/A |
125 | Ironic | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | 1995 | N/A |
126 | Drive | Incubus | Make Yourself | 1999 | N/A |
127 | Stranger By the Day | Shades Apart | Eyewitness | 1999 | N/A |
128 | Love Spreads | Stone Roses | Second Coming | 1994 | 83 |
129 | Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth | Primitive Radio Gods | Rocket | 1996 | 77 |
130 | Cuts You Up | Peter Murphy | Deep | 1990 | N/A |
131 | Enjoy The Silence | Depeche Mode | Violator | 1990 | N/A |
132 | Fake Plastic Trees | Radiohead | The Bends | 1995 | N/A |
133 | Weapon and the Wound | Days of the New | Days of the New | 1997 | N/A |
134 | Over Now | Alice in Chains | Alice in Chains | 1995 | N/A |
135 | Prophecy | Remy Zero | Villa Elaine | 1998 | 59 |
136 | Fell On Black Days | Soundgarden | Superunknown | 1994 | 84 |
137 | Headache | Frank Black | Teenager of the Year | 1994 | N/A |
138 | High | Feeder | Polythene | 1998 | N/A |
139 | Compliment | Collective Soul | Dosage | 1999 | N/A |
140 | Woodburning | Toad the Wet Sprocket | Dulcinea | 1994 | 96 |
141 | About A Girl (Live) | Nirvana | MTV Unplugged in New York | 1994 | N/A |
142 | Creep | Radiohead | Pablo Honey | 1993 | 72 |
143 | In the Garage | Weezer | Blue Album | 1994 | N/A |
144 | Gotta Get Away | The Offspring | Smash | 1994 | N/A |
145 | Nothing Else Matters | Metallica | Metallica | 1991 | N/A |
146 | Shine | Collective Soul | Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid | 1993 | N/A |
147 | Breed | Nirvana | Nevermind | 1991 | N/A |
148 | Casual Affair | Tonic | Lemon Parade | 1996 | N/A |
149 | Fade Into You | Mazzy Star | So Tonight That I Might See | 1993 | 93 |
150 | My Friends | Red Hot Chili Peppers | One Hot Minute | 1995 | 54 |
151 | Black Hole Sun | Soundgarden | Superunknown | 1994 | 48 |
152 | My Name is Jonas | Weezer | Blue Album | 1994 | N/A |
153 | Out of My Head | Fastball | All the Pain Money Can Buy | 1998 | N/A |
154 | Beautiful Disaster | 311 | Transistor | 1997 | N/A |
155 | Champagne Supernova | Oasis | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | 1995 | 94 |
156 | All I Know | Screaming Trees | Dust | 1996 | N/A |
157 | Gone Away | The Offspring | Ixnay on the Hombre | 1997 | N/A |
158 | Santeria | Sublime | Sublime | 1996 | N/A |
159 | Columbia | Oasis | Definitely Maybe | 1994 | N/A |
160 | The Freshman | Verve Pipe | Villains | 1996 | 42 |
161 | All Over You | Live | Throwing Copper | 1994 | 65 |
162 | The Unforgiven | Metallica | Metallica | 1991 | N/A |
163 | Jeremy | Pearl Jam | Ten | 1991 | N/A |
164 | Hold Her Down | Toad the Wet Sprocket | Fear | 1991 | N/A |
165 | Piece Of Pie | Stone Temple Pilots | Core | 1992 | N/A |
166 | Silvergun Superman | Stone Temple Pilots | Purple | 1994 | N/A |
167 | Black | Pearl Jam | Ten | 1991 | 50 |
168 | Warm Machine | Bush | The Science of Things | 1999 | N/A |
169 | Rocket | Smashing Pumpkins | Siamese Dream | 1993 | N/A |
170 | Whiskey In The Jar (Cover) | Metallica | Garage Inc. | 1998 | N/A |
171 | Closer | Nine Inch Nails | Downward Spiral | 1994 | N/A |
172 | Just | Radiohead | The Bends | 1995 | 89 |
173 | Hows It Gonna Be | Third Eye Blind | Third Eye Blind | 1997 | N/A |
174 | Jumper | Third Eye Blind | Third Eye Blind | 1997 | N/A |
175 | Mysterious Ways | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | N/A |
176 | Army Ants | Stone Temple Pilots | Purple | 1994 | N/A |
177 | Uno | Muse | Showbiz | 1999 | N/A |
178 | Everything You Want | Vertical Horizon | Everything You Want | 1999 | N/A |
179 | My Iron Lung | Radiohead | The Bends | 1995 | 64 |
180 | Desperately Wanting | Better than Ezra | Friction, Baby | 1996 | N/A |
181 | What The Hell Have I? | Alice in Chains | Nothing Safe | 1999 | N/A |
182 | Hello Kitty Kat | Smashing Pumpkins | Pisces Iscariot | 1994 | N/A |
183 | Walk On The Ocean | Toad the Wet Sprocket | Fear | 1991 | N/A |
184 | Break It Down Again | Tears for Fears | Elemental | 1993 | N/A |
185 | Laid | James | Laid | 1993 | N/A |
186 | Morning Glory | Oasis | (What's the Story) Morning Glory? | 1995 | 86 |
187 | Head Over Feet | Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | 1995 | N/A |
188 | Quiet | Smashing Pumpkins | Siamese Dream | 1993 | N/A |
189 | The Day I Tried to Live | Soundgarden | Superunknown | 1994 | N/A |
190 | Far Behind | Candlebox | Candlebox | 1993 | 100 |
191 | King Nothing | Metallica | Load | 1996 | N/A |
192 | Lake Of Fire (Cover) | Nirvana | MTV Unplugged in New York | 1994 | N/A |
193 | Scar Tissue | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication | 1999 | N/A |
194 | The Difference | The Wallflowers | Bringing Down the Horse | 1996 | 92 |
195 | Muscle Museum (Live) | Muse | Showbiz | 1999 | N/A |
196 | The Bends | Radiohead | The Bends | 1995 | 66 |
197 | Sweet 69 | Babes In Toyland | Nemesisters | 1995 | N/A |
198 | Pepper | Butthole Surfers | Electriclarryland | 1996 | 73 |
199 | Underneath the Sky | Oasis | The Masterplan | 1998 | N/A |
200 | Disarm | Smashing Pumpkins |