Debut Album By HATER, Feat. SOUNDGARDEN Members, To Be Reissued

May 26, 2016

Ben Shepherd returned to his garage rock roots and assembled a group of musicians that became HATER, in Seattle, playing guitar alongside SOUNDGARDEN bandmate, drummer Matt Cameron, as well as ex-MONSTER MAGNET guitarist John McBain, DEVILHEAD vocalist Brian Wood, brother of the late pre-grunge outfit MOTHER LOVE BONE singer Andrew Wood and fellow DEVILHEAD bassist John Waterman. Their self-titled debut album was recorded in between SOUNDGARDEN's "Badmotorfinger" (1991),and their Grammy Award-winning album "Superunknown" (1994). "Hater" was released on A&M Records on September 21, 1993, and is now being reissued on CD, and for the first time digitally and on vinyl, by UMe on July 15.

Two singles, "Who Do I Kill?" and "Circles", were released from the album, which also included a cover of Cat Stevens's "Mona Bona Jakon". Shepherd, McBain and Wood wrote the majority of the songs, with Cameron co-writing "Sad McBain" with Waterman. The album also features country songwriter Billy "Edd" Wheeler's 1963 single "Blistered". Wheeler was most known for penning "Jackson", a Grammy Award winner for Johnny Cash and June Carter.

The band contributed a song to the 1995 compilation album "Hempilation: Freedom Is NORML" to support marijuana legalization, with bassist Alan Davis joining Shepherd, Cameron and McBain. HATER recorded their second album, "The 2nd", that same year following SOUNDGARDEN's tour for "Superunknown", but its release was delayed until 2005.

HATER disbanded in 1997, with Shepherd and McBain going on to play in the "Desert Sessions" with QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's Josh Homme, and Cameron becoming PEARL JAM's drummer.

"The 2nd" was released in April 2005, through indie label Burn Burn Burn. Shepherd recruited BROADCAST OBLIVION/DROO CHURCH bassist Andrew Church, VOID guitarist Bubba Dupree and Zen Guerilla drummer Andy Duvall to play shows supporting the album.

"Hater" track listing:

01. Mona Bona Jakon
02. Who Do I Kill?
03. Tot Finder
04. Lion And Lamb
05. Roadside
06. Down Undershoe
07. Circles
08. Putrid
09. Blistered
10. Sad McBain

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