10 Legendary Albums That Will Make You Love Grunge

Once grunge reached the '90s, there wasn't really much of a reason to celebrate. Though the rest of the world was starting to catch on to the kind of music that all of these local bands were making, the innocence seemed to be lost once Andy Wood passed away from a drug overdose just before Mother Love Bone hit it big. No one dealt with it harder than Chris Cornell though, and he poured his heart into every one of the songs for Temple of the Dog.

Being Wood's roommate a few months prior, Cornell wears his heart on his sleeve as he tries to make peace with Andy's loss, bringing in some of the surviving members of Mother Love Bone to flesh out the rest of the songs. Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament appreciated the gesture, but they were already looking to move past their tragic loss, bringing in Eddie Vedder from San Diego for a new project called Pearl Jam. At the time of its release, this was a supergroup of musicians that weren't super yet, all bouncing off each other trying to collectively grieve over the loss of their friend.

Although there is definitely a lot of emotions tied up in this album for both the band and their audience, there's never a moment on the record where it starts feeling cynical or anything. These were just young musicians that were still trying to figure out what to do, and a loss like this only helped their bond grow even deeper.