Temple Of The Dog - Hunger Strike at Off Ramp

[betocrazygreen]

this is pure gold!!!!!!!!!!

[Audioslave3]

I bet all those people in the crowd didn't imagine this would go down as one of the best songs of the 90's!

[beachbum0981]

it didnt get closed down, not untill at least 2002. and, give Chris a Break. He was memorializing his roommate. We are fortunate to see the song in this form.  Temple of the Dog, nor Pearl Jam didnt eally exist

[PKTrekGirl]

This is some awesome footage, from a historical perspective. Chris is clearly having some pitch problems..and Eddie's vocals are sadly missing, of course...but it's really neat to see what I assume was the first performance of this song. Which is just an epic song by any yardstick! Thanks so much for posting this! Great stuff!

[Aceshaw]

@Blueledbetter1 hahahahaha... i just realized that i posted that comment on the wrong vid...it was supposed to be on a cover..Chris Cornell is my fav!

[templedown]

toys, yes, but the mad season album wasn't released till 1995, so it was a surprise to hear him play the intro at this show.

[Aceshaw]

The dude singing first makes me want to shoot myself in the fucking face!

[Blueledbetter1]

@Aceshaw thats funny ibet it makes alot of people wanna shoot you in the face as well

[elitec21]

I mean i respect el corazon, because of the history there, but honestly its a dive. I saw UFO there a while ago, maybe it was just that night, but the sound system sounded horrible, and it was over packed, it there was a fire everyone is pretty much dead. And they oversell shows.

[HeavyFckinMetal]

@elitec21 el corazon is the shittiest venue in seattle. The staff r complete dicks and it looks like someone tooks dumps all over the wall

[elitec21]

i like it though.

[larryjohnny]

man, bring out the auto tune @ 3:00...

[elitec21]

maybe he wanted to sing like that, or he was drunk.

[larryjohnny]

well, I heard him at the OC Fair and it was an awesome show ! incredible vocals, guitar playing, etc... but this show sucked !

[thejonhendricks]

its the sound quality of the vid. damn thing is 20 years old and probably ripped off a VHS in the first place.

[larryjohnny]

that's a good point, an old vhs tends to tweak the sound, especially if it's been sitting in the sun... props to him singing this song and screwing up and not caring ! he rocks either way! besides, as I said.. I saw him live at OC Fairgrounds in Çosta Mesa CA with a different band playing backup and he rocked!

[domrafones]

I love this song, but Chris singing live is always strange... I have never found a video with him singing like the cd! NEVER!

[jendgtrydeoosmkwq]

i would rather they sound different live.its the whole point isnt it?

[goblinob]

his live version of birth ritual on the movie "singles" is pretty close to the studio version

[rivariad]

@domrafones i had, and for the strange ones, they're probably greater than the studio ones, he always loves to hit higher on live.

[comatosejoel]

wheres ed?

[templedown]

wow. from 6 seconds to 11 seconds, mccready is playing the intro to a then unknown song called river of deceit.

[GrungeWerner]

its very similar, very very :)

[nave890]

holy shit that is it!

nice observation!

mad season and temple of the dog were the best grunge sideprojects!

[kkeidl]

wow, awesome, I also picked up on that on the river melody right away. Mad Planet wasn't formed until 4 + years after this. Pretty amazing stuff !

[CheckOutMyToys]

@templedown that song was when he was in Mad Season

[zwfwrestling]

Nirvana played one of their best gigs ever here less than 2 weeks later (and one of their first with davey g). and i think pearl jam played their first show a week or so after that. I'm pissed beyond belief this place got closed down.

[jlmanderville]

Closed down? Didn't it just change names a couple times?

"Graceland" for a while, now it's "El Corazon"

A few remodels inside but it's still pretty much a solid seattle concert venue.

[recordwater]

actually Pearl Jam played their first show 3 weeks prior to this one

[bwack34]

It did not get closed down. Just a new name. It's now El Corazon. I was there last September and it gives you chills just to be in the same room where grunge began, not to mention the one and only PJ

[slaptasticdave21]

u gotta wonder why chris doesnt raise the mic stand

[zippywaite]

well its a fact that when u are bending over u can hit higher notes. and the chorus has a very high pitched part. he still seemed to have some trouble with it though.

or maybe he didnt raise it cause he was drunk. haha ya never know ;)

[luizihoster]

and Mookie Blaylock used the Nº10, that's why the first album of PJ is called TEN

[stareyedsquirrel]

Pearl Jam (as Mookie Blaylock) played their first gig at the same venue about 3 weeks prior to this one. Eddie was very much a part of TOTD by this point, but didn't feature in this show at all, not sure why.

[pilotSSW]

No eddie was in seattle by that point because he the mookie demo had been recorded and he says on the 10/6/91 hollywood bootleg that it had been one year and a day since he went to seattle

[AmadeusD]

Thats Matt Cameron singing back up. He does the same on Reach Down from this show. Eddie hadn't arrived in Seattle at this point. Chris Cornell had control of his voice from hte mid 80's. He was classical trained, and a chorister.

[bsicchieri]

Wrong.

Eddie arrived in Seattle on Wednesday, October 17, 1990.

As Mookie Blaylock they played their first gig on October 22. And yes, Eddie was already introduced to the TOTD project by this point, but he was not part of it.

[tayejay18]

this is a Temple concert they only did one or a couple concerts for tha albim. its chris up front singing eddies in tha back he usually stands in tha back or outta sight when chris is singing.

[tenisson]

its temple with just chris no eddie, i think its fair to say that chris handt quite control of his voice at this stage! and also the recording isnt good! great vid tho

[EarlMunson]

I used to be a bouncer at the Off Ramp...haha back in 93

[Aryan72]

That is Chris for sure....not Eddie..singing the whole song.

[BigFish1023]

I can't see it very well, but I think I only see one person singing - probably Eddie. This is a duet and it looks like Eddie is singing Chris's part here too, which is out of his range. That is the big pitch problem... I think this is just a live performance by Pearl Jam and not Temple... right?

[fluttergirl1]

Eddie haven't even enjoyed TOTD when that concert happened...

[PaleMaggot]

@fluttergirl1 Yes, that's Chris, and I have to say, this is a little immature without Eddie.

[Blueledbetter1]

@BigFish1023 definitely chris with no eddie but the song definitly works better as a duet

[sbeutler]

I miss the Off Ramp Cafe, The Vogue, RKCNDY, and MOE!!! GOOD TIMES!!!

[papasalahuancaina]

Hey guys I've uploaded a performance with Chris & Eddie in 1992.

Sounds good, though the video is of bad quality.

[jbowne]

Wow, this brings back serious memories. I played at the Offramp with my band Love Brother Nine a few times in 91-92'a this is great stuff , where did you get this video?

[fluttergirl1]

Hey there

So, I got the footage from emule

I'll try to upload somewhere when I have the time and I let the link for u guys

[wiwif]

Chris cornell is and always has been a great studio singer :/

[Scousedog]

wiwif - the vocals sound ropey on this vid purely because of the quality of the sound. Listen to Slaves and Bulldozers from Badmotorfinger and take it from me that he used to do that exactly the same live. Truly a great live voice. Watch the live Outshined and Jesus Christ pose videos and you'll see what I mean.

[wiwif]

I HAVE heard some great vocal performances from this guy... but if u listen to 2:48+ in this video u can hear what I mean: WAY off pitch, and he's pitchy in way too many of his live performances for my liking. He seriously lacks concistency. I still worship him tho ;)

[LoungeAct92]

I understand what you mean, but I think quality has something do with it. It is mainly that it's louder than everything else for me.

[dhoeymans]

See the S and B video from the Pinkpop concert in the Netherlands, their best show ever i think. He sounds even better then on the record!!!!

[zookfru]

what do u kno about studio and live singers...

[Brento44]

sweetness!!!

[Goldberi]

Gonna be greedy and say I wish for better sound but omfg this rocks. Wish I ws there!

[merce06]

^ Sad, ain't it? He can still rip with AS, but it's touch and go, depending on if you get him on a good day. Meh, screaming does that, I guess.

[wdeboer0]

His voice, he makes it sound so effortless. Such a difference from what he manages to squeeze out nowadays with Audioslave.

[Vat1c]

Wow, i wonder if they knew that they would all become multi millionaires :D

[mikes6]

OMG, thank you for uploading this (these)! Pushing Forward Back is amazing! Is that Matt doing the backup vocals?