Above by Mad Season

Pros: Best vocals of all time, perfect lyrics, amazing guitars
Cons: It won't really cheer you up, but I don't think that was ever its intent

As an A lice in Chains maniac of a little over a year, I've noticed (and learned) a number of things. One of the most striking things I've been introduced to came in the form of a friend's personal ...

Pros: Classic early '90s rock sound mixed with jazz and blues
Cons: We'll never get a follow-up album.

Fans of '90s rock, imagine for a second what it would be like if we had a band that featured Pearl Jam's guitar virtuoso Mike McCready alongside the beautifully tortured vocals of Alice In Chains frontman Layne Staley. What? That has happened? ...

Pros: great songs, amazing guitars, emotional
Cons: repetitive at times, depressing

The untimely, although not totally unexpected, death of Alice In Chains figurehead Layne Staley is a good reason in which to write and publish a review of his final really viable contribution to music. Now seven years old, Mad Season...

Pros: it's one of the best albums of the 1990s
Cons: half the band is now deceased

Back in 1995, anything that even remotely related to Pearl Jam had to be in my hands. This r ...

Pros: Collective talent that produces an edgy sound.
Cons: Layne Staley passed away this April.

This is dedicated to the Memory of Layne Staley, without his music I may not be the person I am today. May he finally find peace, even in death.

Most knew Layne Staley as the lead singer of Alice in Chains. He was also part of...

Pros: Innovative and courageous during its time for a few predictable grunge artists. Atmospheric and diverse.
Cons: Repetitive and slow at moments

Ever imagine your favorite artists getting together over a few beverages (alcoholic preferably) and forming the ultimate super group? Lets have some fun with this real quickly, shall we? Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin Vocals) ...

Pros: a solid album pretty much throughout
Cons: one song i don't like

I’m always thrilled when musicians I admire and enjoy participate in side projects. It gives you a fresh perspective not only in their talent and range, but of their personality. How they put together songs with a different group of musicians reflects ...

Pros: All of Mad Season on one disc
Cons: The only Mad Season record

To British people, the term "mad season" is used to describe the time of the year when psilocybin mushrooms are in full bloom. For rock fans, it means a breath of fresh air in the mid-90s. About a year after the end of Nirvana, the alternative movement ...

Pros: Great lineup, Great music, Able to shift moods, Contains lyrics.
Cons: Depressing,this is their only studio album. Staley is no longer with us.

Mad season is Alice in Chains late Layne Staley on vocals. Pearl Jams Mike McCready on guitars. The Screaming Trees Barrett Martin on drums and a lesser known musician John Baker on bass. Not only is this a Seattle super group it is done perfect. We also...

Pros: Good for chilling out, well-crafted and beautiful.
Cons: Doesn't offer anything in the way of hard rock.

Mad Season Perspective from an AIC fan To start, this album really isn't at all what I expected it to be. Not even SLIGHTLY. Others may or may not disagree, but as far as I'm concerned this album doesn't have any musical connection to the sound ...

Pros: Layne and co. at their best.
Cons: Only one album came out of this band.

It's hard to explain why I love this album as much as I do, because I have so many reasons. First of all, the group of musicians together on one cd is insane. Mike McCready, Layne Staley, Barrett Martin, Saunders, and Mark Lanegan. That's just not...

Pros: Awesome song-writing, Awesome display of talent
Cons: Not for those who dislike great music

When I first picked up this album, I was expecting to hear a mix of Pearl Jam and Alice In Chains, two of my all-time favorites... Great, but that's where I was wrong, it turned out to be much more than that. It was *gasp* like a totally new band....

Pros: collaboration of seattles finest
Cons: only album released by this version of mad season

after meeting in rehab for alcoholism, Mike McCready and john saunders decided that when they get back to seattle they should form a new side band and make an album. So while they were at it they picked a great drummer in barret martin and also one of...