MAD SEASON released their only album, “Above” on this day in 1995

Full Album

Mad Season was an American rock supergroup formed in 1994 as a side project of members of other bands in the Seattle grunge scene. The band's principal members included guitarist Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, lead singer Layne Staley of Alice in Chains, drummer Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees, and bassist John Baker Saunders. Mad Season released only one album.

River Of Deceit

Mad Season is a rare entity, a side project that, for many, eclipses the output of the member’s main bands at that time.
“It was a brief lightning bolt of music that lasted six months, tops and then it was gone,” says McCready,
referring to Mad Season’s short existence; "We did a lot of stuff in that brief period. Luckily, most of it was documented.”


McCready said of Mad Season, “We did all the Mad Season music in about seven days. It took Layne just a few more days to finish his vocals, which was intense since we only rehearsed twice and did four shows. So, this has been the most spontaneous thing I’ve ever been involved in. The album was done even quicker than Temple of the Dog, which took about four weeks. With Mad Season, we just went in and started jamming on tunes, and everybody had ideas, and it just happened within three or four days.”

A “supergroup” side project rarely threatens to eclipse the brilliance of the members “regular” bands. By the time Above was released in 1995, each member of Mad Season had already produced era-defining masterworks with Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Screaming Trees. But Above stands tall alongside anything they or the ’90s had to offer.

Sorry for the long long post
Great group but sad in its ending