Mad Season was a grunge supergroup formed in late 1994 by members of three popular Seattle based bands: Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees. Mad Season only released one album, Above, and is best known for the single "River of Deceit".

"Mad Season" is the title-track and third single off Matchbox Twenty's second album, Mad Season. The song peaked to #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #76 on the UK Singles Chart.

Formed in late 1994 Mad Season was a grunge supergroup, made up of members from Pearl Jam , Screaming Trees and Alice In Chains . Their one album, Above , was released in 1995. The band consisted of: Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) - vocals, guitar Mike McCready (Pearl Jam) - lead guitar John Baker Saunders - bass Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees) - drums and percussion Although not officially members of the band, Mark Lanegan of Screaming Trees performed vocals on I’m Above and Long Gone Day, a