This Full Band Friday, the CME House Band had an appetite for the sounds of Seattle’s early ‘90s grunge rock! Before two of the era’s biggest singers became household names with their bands Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, respectively, Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell joined forces as dual lead vocalists under the moniker Temple Of The Dog for their recording of this song, “Hunger Strike.” While the injustices this song protests may have been all-too-real, then, as they are today, it’s safe to say that neither singer could be called a “starving artist” for long, after their respective bands hit the world stage!
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More About "Hunger Strike"
"Hunger Strike" was written by vocalist Chris Cornell. It features a duet between Cornell and vocalist Eddie Vedder. Cornell was having trouble with the vocals at practice, when Vedder stepped in. Cornell later said "he sang half of that song not even knowing that I'd wanted the part to be there and he sang it exactly the way I was thinking about doing it, just instinctively." "Hunger Strike" became Temple of the Dog's breakout single; it was also Vedder's first featured vocal on a record.
Cornell on the song:
When we started rehearsing the songs, I had pulled out "Hunger Strike" and I had this feeling it was just kind of gonna be filler, it didn't feel like a real song. Eddie was sitting there kind of waiting for a (Mookie Blaylock) rehearsal and I was singing parts, and he kind of humbly—but with some balls—walked up to the mic and started singing the low parts for me because he saw it was kind of hard. We got through a couple choruses of him doing that and suddenly the light bulb came on in my head, this guy's voice is amazing for these low parts. History wrote itself after that, that became the single.
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Gear Used:
1954 Fender Telecaster
Vox AC15C1X
Catalinbread Dirty Little Secret
1960 Gibson ES-335
1969 Marshall 1930 Popular Combo
Klon Centar
Fender Custom Shop 1968 Jazz Bass
Ampeg B-15R Portaflex
Ludwig Classic Oak Kit
Ludwig Pewter Over Copper Snare
Recording Gear Used:
Universal Audio Apollo X8
AEA R88 MkII Stereo Ribbon Microphone
Shure Beta 52A Supercardioid Dynamic Kick Drum Microphone
AEA N22 Active Ribbon Microphone
Shure SM58
Shure SM57
Featuring
Elizabeth Moen - Vocals
Wrenn Schneider - Vocals
Tanner Peterson - Guitar
John Paul Moser - Drums
Mike Larson - Bass
Ben Ringhofer - Guitar
Songs Played:
00:00 - 04:02 "Hunger Strike" Temple Of The Dog
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