![]() ![]() So there were huge waves that a band could kind of just ride on then. ![]() Whichever Seattle band it was, from Trees to Pearl Jam to Alice In Chains, we could just go down the list.Soundgarden. Screaming Trees would be on MTV and, they'd go out and play on the Lollapalooza Tour and anything Seattle, at that point in '92, '93, if a Seattle band was coming through your town, those gigs were sold out. It's flip-flopped from where Guns N' Roses and Screaming Trees were twenty years ago. So it's not like we sat out there in the ether and plucked certain guys like, "Let's make this supergroup." Of course, with Walking Papers, I have a history of playing in a few bands and so did Barrett, but Screaming Trees was twenty years ago.ĭM: Well, right, that's a whole 'nother story, isn't it? Obviously, it's completely changed. Scott's doing this thing with us I've been friends with him for a while, and Slash and I, of course, play like mad together. Some writer said, "supergroup," and we said, "Well, s**t, we're just guys." We're musicians and Stone Temple Pilots isn't happening now. Do you remember the band Asia who were guys from Yes and whatever else? I remember MTV started and they were playing the crap out of Asia and every time they'd say "Asia," it was "Supergroup Asia." "Supergroup, supergroup." It was being marketed that way. This happened with Velvet Revolver, too-we were called a "supergroup." I kind of cringe a little bit, and maybe that's not the right word. It was challenging for me, I think it challenges all of us, and that really helps a musician strive to get a little better.ĭM: The term "Supergroup" is really bizarre for me, only because the time I grew up in was when MTV started. Ben Anderson, the guy who plays keyboard and all those kind of sounds you hear on the record, he's a really talented dude who gets a lot of really cool influences from Dr. Sometimes the mixture of three guys won't necessarily work right off the bat, but it really did. I had played with Barrett before and it was good and I had played with Jeff before. Jeff called me last summer and said, "Hey, Barrett and I put together two things, would you have time to come and play bass on some of this? I really think you would add something to this." I went down and listened to the songs, they were great as I knew they would be, and the chemistry was really good. So Jeff had written some pieces and he and Barrett got into the studio down in Georgetown, Seattle, and recorded some of these things. I'm not saying that lightly, he's a really talented songwriter. DM: In Seattle, everybody knows that Jeff Angell's one of the best songwriters that has come out of here. ![]()
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