Screaming Trees

wow

yeah yeah that was uh that was a pretty pretty big deal and then as you know at that time uh before that point years prior um nirvana had you know been signed by major record labels uh Screaming Trees, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden.

And which was so, you know, there was a lot of like, I think some of the interests that caused these labels to come to Seattle and check out bands like us had to do with the legacy that the bands before us, you know, really helped set up.

Um, and even a seven year bitch around the same time, um, before us, I I'm pretty sure also, uh, had some success with the label.

My pick that time around was Mad Season Above from 1995.

That had members of Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Screaming Trees, Layne Staley, and Mike McCready.

Some of the members met in rehab, and it was kind of like a comedown from the big bands and something that they could do to explore their feelings after therapy and all that stuff.

Yeah.

Kevin Calabro calling Eddie Vedder on the basketball court.

Screaming Trees would come because I think one guy was from Eastern Washington, the lead singer, who was just terrific.

And I'm sorry, but I'm spacing on names now.

Mark Lennigan? Soundgarden would come.

Yeah.

So this is a quote from Susan Silver, who was at various times manager for Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Screaming Trees.

And if I'm not mistaken, married to Chris Cornell.

I don't know if they eventually got divorced and he remarried, but...

And that came and that came and that came out right around vitality, obviously, with Lane Staley.

And you get the guys from Screaming Trees like that was like the but I'll tell you right now.

if you're listening to this episode, you probably, you know, who mad sees, if you think dirt by Alison chains is a downer of an album, go listen to above by mad season.

And you, you yourself will end up in therapy.

Hilarious.

All right, on the list, men at work, who can it be now for the questionable lady? Parkway Drive, Rob Zombie, Godsmack, Danzig, Authority Zero, Mexican Radio for the missing Jew, Van Halen, Soul Asylum, Runaway for the missing Jew, STP, Rammstein, Ghost, Iron Maiden, GNR, Double Talk and Jive for Paris, Nevada, and Screaming Trees.

Yeah, that coach was sitting there just shaking in his boots, listening to the parents behind him going, Jesus Christ, we need Ted Lasso.

One of us needs a lasso.

It's sort of like a desert island disc kind of thing, not particularly scary, etc.

The Screaming Trees and also The Trees.

Thinking about,

sorry, but it was with you, you said about the Chameleons, View from a Hill.

Personal best is the record on Chainsaw Candy Ass Records 1995.

According to Rolling Stone, Donna Dresh played guitar in Dinosaur Jr. and the Screaming Trees brand.

Well, we had her on the show and we talked about that, so...

yeah but i'm pretty sure she played bass oh and uh and before before stating this that she played guitar and dinosaur jr and the trees they say that this is a quote lesbian all-star diy crew that's what they call team dresh what a lazy writer for me anyways From Olympia, Washington, Team Dresh is.

Sorry to confuse you.

okay that was really confusing um but yeah river throat just again for me on this track track two of this record this band does not get its due and each of the individual players in this band i'm i don't think ever really got their due i mean obviously they went on to other things jack gets his due as a producer but not enough as a guitarist barrett went on to the screaming trees you know but like barrett martin as a drummer like there are tracks on this record where barrett's drumming is just crazy man and he's and he's following you know matt cameron yeah but he's totally holding his own

big time man okay words on bone is next this is a super wicked heavy northwest rocker Easy to see why this would have been their biggest seller, especially considering when it came out.

Funny for me to think of how often Greg Ginn was shitting on grunge, like he frequently did around this time or afterwards, because he definitely would have benefited from it.

Head Swill is next.

Pretty straightforward, a bit psychedelic.

This is almost more like a Screaming Trees song.

It's just okay.