Editing Mother Love Bone (section)

==History==
Mother Love Bone was established in 1987 by ex-[[Green River (band)|Green River]] members [[Jeff Ament]], [[Bruce Fairweather]] and [[Stone Gossard]], ex-[[Malfunkshun]] frontman [[Andrew Wood (singer)|Andrew Wood]] and ex-[[10 Minute Warning|Ten Minute Warning]] and The Living drummer [[Greg Gilmore]]. The group was formed in 1987 out of the cover band Lords of the Wasteland which featured Wood, Gossard, Ament and Malfunkshun drummer [[Regan Hagar]]. By early 1988 the band had added Fairweather, replaced Hagar with drummer Greg Gilmore and changed its name to Mother Love Bone.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Prato|first=Greg|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTg4whS9ClUC&q=Mother+love+bone|title=Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music|date=December 15, 2010|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55490-347-4|language=en|access-date=December 1, 2020|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422214357/https://books.google.com/books?id=eTg4whS9ClUC&q=Mother+love+bone|url-status=live}}</ref>

This new line-up quickly set about recording and playing shows and by late 1988 had become one of Seattle's more promising bands.<ref name="Prato">{{cite web|last=Prato|first=Greg|title=Mother Love Bone {{!}} Biography & History|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mother-love-bone-mn0000502269/biography|access-date=August 23, 2020|website=[[AllMusic]]|archive-date=September 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130913012106/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mother-love-bone-mn0000502269/biography|url-status=live}}</ref> Wood's exuberant on-stage personality, outlandish clothes and dreamy lyrics helped bring attention to the band. In the 1996 grunge documentary ''[[Hype!]]'' Seattle engineer [[Jack Endino]] called Wood "the only stand-up comedian frontman in Seattle", a reference to Wood's playful style of interacting with fans.<ref>Pray, D., Helvey-Pray Productions (1996). ''[[Hype!]]'' Republic Pictures.</ref>

In November 1988, the band signed to [[PolyGram]] subsidiary [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]/Stardog and recorded their debut EP. As part of their contract, PolyGram created the Stardog Records imprint exclusively for the band.<ref name="Prato"/> In March 1989, the group issued its debut EP ''[[Shine (Mother Love Bone album)|Shine]]'', becoming one of the first of the new crop of Seattle bands to have a release on a major label. The record sold well and rapidly increased the profile of the band. John Book of [[AllMusic]] said the "record contributed to the buzz about the Seattle music scene."<ref>Book, John. [{{AllMusic|class=song|id=t9863454|pure_url=yes}} "Shine"]. ''[[AllMusic]]''</ref>

In late 1989 the band entered a studio in [[Sausalito, California]] to record its debut album ''[[Apple (Mother Love Bone album)|Apple]]''. Despite some initial difficulties, the record was on time for its projected March 1990 release. Only days before ''Apple'' was slated to be released, frontman Andrew Wood, who had a long history with drug problems, overdosed on [[heroin]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Friend | first = Lonn M. | url = http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/rip_7-92.shtml | title = Heroes... and Heroin | website = [[RIP (magazine)|RIP]] | date = July 1992 | access-date = June 22, 2007 | archive-date = March 3, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232201/http://web.stargate.net/soundgarden/articles/rip_7-92.shtml | url-status = live }}</ref> Unresponsive and without signs of brain activity, he was in the hospital on life support for two days to allow friends and family to say goodbye. Wood's death effectively brought the group to an end.<ref name="Prato"/> The album would see release later that year on July 19, 1990. Kim Neely of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' said that the album "succeeds where countless other [[hard rock]] albums have failed, capturing the essence of what made [[Led Zeppelin|Zep]] immortal&nbsp;– dynamics, kids!&nbsp;– and giving it a unique Nineties spin."<ref>Neely, Kim. [https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/motherlovebone/albums/album/205968/review/5943703/apple "Mother Love Bone: ''Apple''"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210222746/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/motherlovebone/albums/album/205968/review/5943703/apple |date=February 10, 2008 }}. ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. October 4, 1990.</ref>