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My Take
Andrew Wood is one of those figures whose story I find genuinely haunting. As the frontman of Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone, he was building something flamboyant and theatrical, performing as his Landrew the Love Child persona, right as Seattle was about to detonate into a global phenomenon. His death in 1990, at just 24, came before that wave fully crested, and you can't help wondering what he might have become. I think of him as a bridge figure whose influence rippled through everything that followed in that scene. The fact that his legacy outlived him so powerfully says everything about his presence.
Overview
Andrew Patrick Wood (January 8, 1966 – March 19, 1990) was an American musician who was the lead singer and lyricist for the alternative rock bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone. He formed Malfunkshun in 1980 with his older brother Kevin Wood on guitar and Regan Hagar on drums. The band used alter ego personas onstage; Wood performed as Landrew the Love Child.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Andrew Wood
- Name (Japanese)
- アンドリュー・ウッド
- Reading
- あんどりゅー・うっど
- Born
- January 8, 1966 – March 19, 1990
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Horse
- Origin
- Columbus, Mississippi, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / singer / vocalist / keyboardist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Bainbridge High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.