Mother Love Bone Make It Big

Seattle Enquirer March 16th 1990

Andrew Wood,the lead singer of local band Mother Love Bone was at the centre of a near overdose today on heroism in which he had to get revived from local health authorities. It is believed that Wood is extremly lucky in that the amount of heroism taken was only slightly shorter than what would have been enough to lead a human being into a coma. Wood is recovering in hospital and has been placed on a drug avoidance program. His family are said to be most pleased with what could have been much worse and Wood has said to express gratidude to his girlfriend in getting there in time.

Wood, is a prominent member of the local music scene and is the lead singer of hard rock band Mother Love Bone that has recently been involved the recording of an album with record label Startdog/Mercury Records. The local musical and artistic community have today every good reason to feel relieved at what could have been a situation much worse for the young rock singer.

Music Zine August 1990

Last month saw the release of Mother Love Bones anticipated album Apple and what a fantastic rock record it is. We all remember the 1970s the days of the big rock band,the days of Led Zeppelin,Pink Floyd,Motorhead and Black Sabbath among others, That decade was a fantastic time for being a rock fan, suburban Americans everywhere collected stickers,pictures and badges and displayed them prodly on school notebooks and personal belongings. However the 1980s has had less of that and has drifted much more into the realm of pure pop music and self parody. If you like Mother Love Bones epitomises the old type of rock band of our younger years, the band of Zeppeilin and Black Sabbath in that it is really a "thinking mans metal". Apple is awash with long songs particualry Crown Of Thorns which is the highlight of the album and a throwback to those days of Stairway To Heaven musical experimental exploits. The song is dazzling and deserves to be released as a single if some sort as a way to rock the musical foundations. Among other great songs in the album is Stardog Champion as well as This Is Shangrila that helps prove that Rock n Roll is not dead.Mother Love Bone have taken something that is essentially a cultural American myth of the cult of Led Zeppelin and transported it to the nineteen nineties taking along with it the memories of Reagan and eighties culture and marketing it for the modern young generation of music listeners. It is sad to hear of the recent near death of Andrew Wood but it is of course fantastic he has pulled through and is said to be "now well and looking forward to playing again". Mother Love Bone could just maybe be the next big thing but only if this dazzling frontman with great charisma can learn to ebb his hopefully remedied drug addiction that so near led to him being put into a coma. I am most looking forward to a second album for this band offers so much.This is the most excited i heve been for a band since Guns n Roses a few yaers ago.