Fair or unfair,
Mother Love Bone
is destined to be described as "the band
Jeff Ament
and
Stone Gossard
were in before
Pearl Jam
." But in fact,
Apple
is a solid offering that can stand on its own merits. Even if
had never come about,
would be well worth obtaining. Though
MLB
proudly declared its allegiance to Seattle in a 1990 interview with
Cash Box
,
really doesn't fall into the
alternative rock
category or inspire comparisons to bands like
Nirvana
Alice in Chains
, or
Soundgarden
. Rather,
were clearly
Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
devotees, and it's hard to miss the influence of
Zep
's
Robert Plant
Steven Tyler
when lead singer
Andrew Wood
tears into such intense yet melodic
hard rock
boogie as
"Capricorn Sister,"
"Stardog Champion,"
"Captain Hi-Top."
This was a band with great potential, but sadly, one can only speculate on what would have happened had it had a chance to develop. ~ Alex Henderson