What an exciting pairing of bands at the time — Pearl Jam and Soundgarden — and while I would not specifically call out Temple of the Dog‘s self-titled (and only) 1990 album as having an extremely grungy sound, obviously it had the proper ingredients, and comprises a pretty fine collection of songs.

Everyone surely remembers the hit off this album, “Hunger Strike” (with Dr. Vedder himself joining Chris Cornell on alternating verse vocals), but here’s a few other winning tracks from said album:

TEMPLE OF THE DOG - “Say Hello To Heaven”

TEMPLE OF THE DOG – “Wooden Jesus”

TEMPLE OF THE DOG - “All Night Thing”

And for good measure, a list of some other (often short-lived) grunge supergroups (after the jump):

• Alice Mudgarden contained
  • all of the members of Alice in Chains
  • Chris Cornell of Soundgarden
  • Mark Arm of Mudhoney

• Army of Anyone contained
  • Richard Patrick of Filter
  • Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots
  • Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots
  • Ray Luzier of David Lee Roth’s band
• Audioslave contained
  • Chris Cornell of Soundgarden
  • Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine
  • Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine
  • Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine

• Class of ’99 contained
  • Layne Staley of Alice in Chains
  • Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
  • Martyn LeNoble of Porno for Pyros
  • Stephen Perkins of Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros

• Eyes Adrift contained
  • Krist Novoselic of Nirvana
  • Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets
  • Bud Gaugh of Sublime

• Hater contained
  • Matt Cameron of Soundgarden and later Pearl Jam
  • Ben Shepherd of Soundgarden
  • John McBain of Monster Magnet
  • Alan Davis
• Mad Season, also called Gacy Bunch, contained
  • Layne Staley of Alice in Chains
  • Mike McCready of Pearl Jam
  • Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees
  • Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees

• No WTO Combo contained
  • Jello Biafra, formerly of the Dead Kennedys
  • Kim Thayil of Soundgarden
  • Krist Novoselic of Nirvana
  • Gina Mainwal of Sweet 75

• Temple of the Dog contained
  • Chris Cornell of Soundgarden
  • Stone Gossard of Mother Love Bone and Pearl Jam
  • Jeff Ament of Mother Love Bone and Pearl Jam
  • Matt Cameron of Soundgarden (and, later, Pearl Jam)
  • Mike McCready of Pearl Jam
  • With contributions by Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam