This Band Would Have Been BIGGER Than Nirvana
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- During the late 1980s, before we rolled into the 90s, the grunge movement was starting to take shape, and it was just going to boil over and explode onto the world. Obviously that is what happened. There's some bands that just didn't get the exposure that others did, and there's some bands due to unfortunate circumstances that didn't get to continue what could have been and iconic , Mother Love Bone is one of those bands. Mother Love Bone was short lived due to the death of lead singer Andrew Wood. Now, Andrew Wood was one of the most amazing frontman and could have easily been the spokesperson for him and his band to lead grunge into the new era. But unfortunately, due to Andrew's death, that was cut short, and obviously Nirvana stepped in and was that band, but I firmly believe had Andrew not died, Mother Love Bone would have been that band.
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Dude I know this is sacrilege, but I just don't hear it with MLB. I like a couple of their songs, but I recall being floored by how peripheral the album sounded when I finally bought it in the 2000s.
Nirvana would've still been Nirvana, and they'd have still blew the doors off all on their company.
Mother Love Bone would've needed to quietly and quickly adapt a bit of edge to their sound, a bit of that Pearl Jam'ness.
Ironically, I find all of that music has aged extremely well, EXCEPT Pearl Jam's early efforts and Mother Love Bone, especially. Mother Love Bone sounds like 25% T. Rex, 25% Warrant, 25% Crazy Horse, 25% unspecified Glam/Hair Metal, imo. Luckily, they had an incredible talent out front, and I do not doubt Wood could've assessed the musical landscape, surveyed a new, distinctly grungier course in the company of Jerry Cantrell, Chris Cornell (roommates), and his other friends on the scene, and maybe they could've put out their version of "Ten" by 1992, but "Apple," or whatever their debut is titled would not have held them up even had Wood survived. They needed a giant second record, and while Wood could've unquestionably done it, my money would've been on him fronting yet another band, possibly with Kevin Wood + another band, like guys Gruntruck, Truly, Cat Butt, Girl Trouble, U-Men, Screaming Trees, etcetera. Such a depth of talent to play with, and Andy could've taken each of them to the next level, but MLB wasn't it for him, I don't think.
Awesome comment. I really appreciate you taking the time and love the opinion you have there, in the end i still believe if Mother Love Bone got into the studio of a much bigger production company like Geffen or with a producer like Butch Vig that could have really helped them grind out another album. I think it could have been pretty big, but again, we'll never know, and we got what we got from Nirvana. In the end we got a lot of great music. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 🤙 🙏
I never bothered with the band because of their name. It just sounded stupid to me. It seemed just like "Stone Temple Pilots" who grabbed STP, these guys grabbed "Major League Baseball" and used three words that matched MLB, and ran with it. Plus, MLB's "sound" was stuck in the 80s, they sounded like Poison and every other "Going out of style 80s band" by the start of the 90s.
I agree...terrible name, and definitely a transitional band between hair metal and grunge...but let's not forget AIC started out glam, so MLB may have made the same leap.
@@northernbrother1258 Man, it's hard to imagine AIC as a "Glam Band".....I'm glad I didn't hear any of their stuff before the Facelift Album I guess.
@@northernbrother1258 Спасибо, чувак, что сказал это. AIC просто примазались к гранжу, когда он стал входить в моду, никогда не считал эту группу настоящей
I don't think MLB would be nirvana if nirvana didn't exist, they still had a hair band sound, grunge might not explode at all without smells like teen spirit
MLB was a strange brew. Their sound was on the why out, yet everyone talked about them as if they were going to be the next big thing. The talent was obviously there, but the musical direction wasn’t. Even if AW survived, I highly doubt the band would have.
Mother Love Bone wouldn't have even been known if not for Nirvana, chances are AIC, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam as well. Not to take away from the greatness of Mother Love Bone, or Andrew Wood, but he was the missing link between 80s Glam singers and the new Seattle sound. You can hear the Motley Crew Vince Neil voice in his vocals, not to mention the Big Aquanet Hair. Though Andrew made an impact on Seattle and his later Iconic grunge friends, MLB would've still drowned in Nirvana's wake.
Love the take 👍, when I do a video, it's definitely my favorite part when I get to read the comment section. Obviously, everything I say is mostly opinion with some obvious and already well-known facts sprinkled in. Take the title of the video out, I just believe Mother Love Bone was a great band and we can't rewrite history but it's always fun act like we know what would happen if we could. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 🤙 🙏
Love bone is on tour now selling out large venues I don’t think they vanished any where
Siundgarden were the first grunge band to sign to a major label, A&M Records, in 1988
Nope
Eu amo nirvana... I love nirvana
Nay I don’t think so considering mother love bone was an off shoot of glam rock of the 1980s and what Nirvana did musically was a radical departure from glam. What the youth where into at the time that band would have been left behind. They’re music showed nothing particularly interesting.
I love that comment. It's even more amazing that I get other comments that absolutely agree and love Mother Love Bone and then others who have comments like yours where they say similar things.It's amazing how differently people view music. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching and support and channel 🤙🙏
I never liked mother love bone. Vocals were way too close to the glam and hair stuff that was already going on.
Правильно, поэтому я презираю PJ и AIC, потому что это глэм-рокеры, которые притворялись гранжем ради славы и денег
Yeah, I remember when Andy Wood OD'd and the impact it had locally. I don't really agree with your take on things, MLB wasn't really the frontrunner. Soundgarden's first LP was sold really widely even before superunknown, and locally the "breakout" buzz was on Tad. I never really figured MLB or Malfunktion in under "grunge", they were a bit too on the glam side for that to really fit. Nirvana got huge because they came around when people were ready for the next thing, and MLB would have probably ended up another one hit wonder, swept away with every other glam act by the grunge juggernaut.
Love the comment and your take on it. That's the thing about music and the way we as fans see it. There will never be a universal opinion. I do believe Mother Love Bone had amazing talent and promise, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. I do get what you're saying About not wanting to really classify them as grudge kind of the same way i always felt about Pearl Jam, to me , grunge was more of a style, attitude and way of life more than it was a way music was supposed to sound. Either way, I appreciate the comment, and thanks for watching and supporting the channel 🤙 🙏
@@RockTalkWithMike Thanks for the response. It really is sad that Andy Wood died so young, he was electric.
The other Seattle bands wrote good rock songs. Nirvana wrote good pop songs masquerading as rock songs.
Woulda, coulda, shoulda....
All thanks to drugs. Producing more Darwin Award Winners than stupidity itself. Or rock music.
Given that, as far as I am concerned, Nirvana IS grunge. The only grunge band that mattered.
And I say that as someone who was too old at the time to fully appreciate grunge in general.
But I still stand by my limited analysis. Nirvana is still the only one for me.
My biggest regret is not realising this too late, though, but that Kurt never realized what it was he was really looking for.
His own bands name. Nirvana!
Or at least some peace of mind, in general. Which can only be truly achieved the drug free way.
All apologies, from me, as well, Kurt Cobain.
RIP
MLB was definitely NOT grunge. They had a totally different vibe and sound. Andy's songwriting was so badass, but he was much more loved dovey than any other band from that area.
Mother Love Bone is the cheesiest and most overrated local Seattle band ever.
Awesome man love the comment and it's crazy, that just shows the difference of opinion when it comes to music, and in the end nobody is right or wrong and I love it. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 🤙 🙏
@@RockTalkWithMike I like your attitude. I also respect your opinion. It’s nice to see someone not take different opinions personally.
@jcooloti I love talking rock music, and for me, it's pretty much all genres. But I believe disagreements and differences of opinion make the interactions more fun. Also, I know when I get a comment on a video. It shows me the content was at least interesting enough to make somebody want to speak their mind. Nothing will ever be taken personally. So far for me the engagement with all of you is my favorite part
@@RockTalkWithMike that’s a good attitude to have. Yeah, I watched the whole video. It even got me to listen to those old tracks a bit to refresh my mind. But I’ve always kind of just not been impressed with that stuff to be totally honest. I don’t hate or anything, but I did desperately want to hear whatever it is that you and a lot of people hear in the music that I’m not hearing. I know guys that freak out over Mother Love Bone… I dunno, just don’t get it haha 🤷. I don’t really think they are that “grunge”. They seem more like a sunset strip g n r type band. When I think of underrated “grunge” bands, I think of TAD.
Sometimes I think it depends on your life experiences and your abilityto relate or not to relate to a certain band or certain songs.
i don't know dude..just because a band is from Seattle doesn't necessary makes them grudge. I like MLB and I like Pearl Jam. But they were more melodic in their sound. I mean if we are going to talk about grunge roots lets talk about Jack Endino and bands like SkinYard and the Melvins. Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Screaming Trees and maybe some TAD. Just saying
Love the comment man, but I'll tell you, one thing about music that definitely always frustrated me was the classifying of bands in certain genres. I think after you watch this video you kind of obviously agree. I'm only speaking for the masses, but yes there's so many bands that when I see what genre their categorized in It blows my mind because it doesn't sound like other bands from that genre. But again that brings the question. How do we categorize bands? And who the hell's actually doing it? I believe some genres are specifically about sound and I believe some genres are way of life, in the end we will all never agree. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 🤙 🙏
Yirmama was huge
No Mother Love Bone, no Pearl Jam.
You misspelled Green River
@@yodajackson9871 Not according to what Stone told me in 1998.
@@tealmclean7167 What?
Nope
"If it wasnt for Green River" LMAO come on man, everyone takes cheap shots at Nirvana but no one can take away what they were. Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden were all better than Green River or MLB (yes, I know PJ minus EV was in GR and MLB). But Nirvana blew up, because they made an instant connection with millions, the others had their chance, even Andy Wood when he was alive, but Kurt Cobain was the chosen one!
yeh sure hehe, at best they would be regional success, definitely void of world stardom
Mother Love Bone could not be bigger than Nirvana. Nevermind sold 30 plus million.
We're not gonna debate about how great Nirvana is or is not. But Nirvana never got there until they got signed with a major record label and worked with one of the best producers in the music industry. Mother Love Bone never got a chance to do that. Had they got that chance, who knows what would have happened. Either way thanks for watching and supporting the channel 🤙 🙏
@@RockTalkWithMike Ok fair enough. And you're welcome.
@@RockTalkWithMike Yes you have a point. Maybe Mother Love Bone would become a band like Pearl Jam who knows. But it's for certain no band would have the same cultural impact as Nirvana. Smells Like Teen Spirit and Nevermind album are so iconic.
@urazsoktay5275 Look, most people will air on the side of Nirvana was one of a kind. I'll never argue with that, but when you look at their first album Bleach it did not start selling well until after the release and success of Nevermind. Most people back tracked to that album. That's why it's done as well as it has. But initially, it didn't do that well. So sometimes huge commercial success and being pushed by the music industry forces people to believe something is more than what it is. Doesn't matter because Nirvana is one of the greatest rock bands of all time. That's not debatable..
@@RockTalkWithMike I agree with everything you said.
No.
lol...okay.
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Um, no. Interesting idea but delusional. You're attributing great future accomplishments to a band that never produced any great works. Would'a, Could'a - Didn't.
I could give you 10 bands from the same era that you could swap out with the words "Mother Love Bone" and it would have the same effect. Bands who actually recorded good albums, which Lovebone never did. I lived in Dallas, and I saw Mother Love Bone in 89 or 90...somewhere around there. I had to use a fake ID, I wasn't even old enough to buy cigarettes. I knew nothing about them, never heard of any of those bands before seeing them live. They were okay, but I remember the drumming being terrible and the music was hokey & derivative of popular music of the time. This is Post-Jane's addiction we're talking about, so we thought MotherLoveBone was corny and didn't buy their album. I don't need to refresh my memory either, it was hairband-esque.
Then I saw Nirvana at Trees in 91 - cold, never heard their name before. I've never been THAT moved, that excited, that amped up from seeing a band, cold, in my entire life - STILL haven't. That show changed us, our lives were never the same again. After the show, we literally were telling each other "that band is going to be huge" - we'd never described bands like that before. Their sound was completely new, like it was "high-art" - We told each other, "It sounds iconic." - THAT is how intense they were when Nirvana was new.
Jane's Addiction had a much bigger impact on me than Nirvana did but in 1990 I wasn't going in "cold" to see them the 1st time while tripping on LSD at the Bronco Bowl. Seattle wasn't the city responsible for changing music, LA was. Jane's Addiction was the FIRST and most influential band of the 90s revolution, they deserve all credit. The Nirvana supernova would have never happened without Jane's Addiction. If you lived through that time and you had a good musical taste - you know exactly what I'm talking about. GunsNRoses broke the dam, JanesAddiction broke new ground. These are facts, not opinions.
The only other band that I moved me that I saw live, cold without knowing anything about them, was Mooney Suzuki - but that was more of a shock and pleasantly surprised, I didn't feel like I just witnessed history. The Mooney Suzuki were touring the People Get Ready album, incredible live performance. I also saw the Murder Junkies and that show changed me too, but I was well aware of GG, we went as a feat of overcoming fear - not to hear great music.
I can still smell that show.
Mother Love Bone не имеет никакого отношения к гранджу, как и Pearl Jam.
not really.
Many moon's ago,,,u know
the gits is another great band :)
Love the comment, You're the second person I've ever heard mention the band Gits, a buddy a mine that I grew up with, his older brother used to talk about them all the time he loved that band, so I do have some familiarity with them but I definitely have to look into that a little bit more, appreciate the comment. Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 🤙 🙏
LAAAAAAAWL maybe stop doing these my god
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I heard mother love bone very early in their days, they sucked and none of my friends liked them, just stop, your too young dude
Awesome love the comment 👌, I guess my hope is that you don't always try to talk negative to people that are putting they're time into doing something that they love, whether somebody's perfect at what they're doing or not at least I try to teach my kids to encourage people instead of trying to bring them down. Either way, definitely appreciate the comment.Also, thanks for watching whether you enjoyed or not you still supported the channel by doing so hopefully you will give me another chance in the future🤙🙏