Pearl Jam
Biography
Pearl Jam rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone to become the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s. After vocalist Andrew Wood overdosed on heroin in 1990, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament assembled a new band, bringing in Mike McCready on lead guitar and recording a demo with Soundgarden's Matt Cameron on drums. Thanks to future Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons, the demo found its way to a 25-year-old San Diego surfer named Eddie Vedder, who overdubbed vocals and original lyrics and was subsequently invited to join the band (then christened Mookie Blaylock after the NBA player). Dave Krusen was hired as the full-time drummer shortly thereafter, completing the original lineup. Renaming themselves Pearl Jam, the band recorded their debut album, Ten, in the beginning of 1991, although it wasn't released until August; in the meantime, the majority of the band appeared on the Andrew Wood tribute project Temple of the Dog. Krusen left the band shortly after the release of Ten; he was replaced by Dave Abbruzzese.
Ten didn't begin selling in significant numbers until early 1992, after Nirvana made mainstream rock radio receptive to alternative rock acts.
Selected Discography
Pearl Jam
2006
Live At Benaroya Hall October 22nd 2003
2004
Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991-2003)
2004
State College Pennsylvania May 3rd 2003 (Live)
2003
Lost Dogs
2003
Tokyo, Japan (March 3, 2003)
2003
Riot Act
2002
Binaural
2000
Live On Two Legs (Live)
1998
Yield
1998
Vedder's political rants tie politics to this f**king band, along with others. In fact, Vedder's politics almost ruined the band for good so he had to calm down.
Moomoo, that is f**king great. I'm going to have to copy-paste that into email and send it to people! |
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sadrock....
have you not visisted other pages? some of the s**t on them makes youu want to slap your mom so politics is atleast rational. so of the s**t makes no damn sense. and by the way most bands have a political root to them take disturbed and Rage against the machines. both have a heavy political agenda. so whatever |
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Oh my gosh. Politically loaded posts are stupid especially when they are so DOGMATIC.... *Cough cough* Moomoo007.
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The Pope and Obama are on the same stage in front of a huge crowd.
The Pope leans towards Obama and says, "Do you know that with one little wave of my hand I can make every person in this crowd go wild with joy? This joy will not just be a momentary display, like that of your followers, but go deep into their hearts and they'll forever speak of this day and rejoice!" Obama replied, "I seriously doubt that. With one little wave of your hand? Show me." So the Pope slapped him. |
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Okay, politics and music does work sometimes, but bringing politics onto the boards is a waste of everybody's time.
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Guys: Unless Vedder is personally going around killing new-born babies then there's no need to bring politics into this discussion. Maybe Freddie Mercury was right to believe that music and politics should stay seperate. Anyway, the band: I've heard about half of Ten, and that's awesome. "Daughter" and "Off He Goes" are beautiful songs, the "Love Reign O'er Me" cover is awesome, and Vedder's an awesome singer. I still have much more to explore by them though. Where should I start?
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good shephard, you're so right, bush was WAY better....he y why isn't PJ's new band on Pandora? The Backspacer?
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jeremy smoking grass today, best album yield, vitalogy blows donkey d**k
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What a f**king fraud this band turned out to be. Remember all the douche Liberal Arts majors wearing their cutsie t shirts with their f**king moccassins and s**t? F**king little p**sy a** Fish fans thought they were the s**t listening to Pearl Jam when they should have been down with the Pearl Tongue, but they were too into their Marx and Engels to even look at the chicks so they are in Govt now working for Obama. Great. Just f**king great!
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Speaking of s**t, I've tried PJ several times after Ten, and the only good song after VS is the cover of Last Kiss.
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Well, I'm glad there's one more woman out there that I know of that would give a crap about the father. I've met too many that say "woman's body, woman's choice" and can't figure out why men think they're pieces of s**t.
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hey cow. im eatin a muffin. jealous much? ha!
please quit incorporatin g me into ur wild fantasies. never gonna happen. |
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Actually he wrote "Choice" on his arm in a music video.
Holy doesn't have to worry about babies. She could walk around naked downtown with a sign around her neck that said "free poo-C" and no one would hit that. Some may try, but the stench of that nasty grilled cheese snatch would make them vomit. Ohhh snap! |
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Vedder's a pro-lifer? What a schmuck
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haha! back for more eh? actually i would give a damn about the fathers perspective if i were in said position. u think that whether to keep a child or abort would be a light decision? come on now. no s**t both potential parents should make this decision together. sheesh ...
but i am still pro choice. so if any of u ever met eddie vedder face to face, what would u say? |
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why would you want to piss someone off on such a sensetive subject? and leaving that "Penis" comment makes me doubt that you give a damn about the fathers perspective. pick a damn side and stick with it. do they "have no right to be yappin' on the subject." or "yes , it should b th decision of both involved..."
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and for those of u living in the old days, fyi, people dont just have sex to create babies. they do it for pleasure as well. and even if contraceptiv e s are used nothin is 100% preventative (unless ur abstinent).
everyones situation is different. hate me if u want for my stance on this subject but thats where i stand. and ten was the only decent album from this band. muahahaha |
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in my opinion, if someone actualy took the time to listen to every album past vitalogy by this group, they would find at least one song on every album that they like...would anyone do that for a band that they have a prejudice against? Course not. I myself wouldn't either...
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kelly, corporate sellout comment not directed at you (if you actually read there is an explicit statement as such BEFORE yours)... never thought a political debate would take place where comments are supposed to be posted about music... As for the music of this group, I like MOST of it, because they change and don't remain the same on any single album. Liked Nickelback for about a day until i realized that everything is just about the same...
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verbal,when did i ever post that i had sex without protection?n o ive nvr had an abortion.yes , i t should b th decision of both involved...i made th other cmnt 2 piss moomoo off(& then subsequent cmnts 2 piss schemes off and it sure worked! ha!).of course it should be the decision of both parties involved.wha t im saying is that if neither of them are gonna want the kid then they should have the option of a safe abortion within the first trimester.bl a h ! q u i t gettin all ur f**kin panties in a twist.
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Haven't liked anything I've heard off of Vitalogy. Vs had a few good songs on it, but Ten is a listen-strai g h t - t h r o u g h CD. Last Kiss is the only song after Vs that I like.
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What political crap? I honestly don't know what you guys are talking about. Everyone says they only like Ten, but I think Vitalogy might have been better. I love 90's Pearl Jam; can't speak for the 00's cause I really don't know anything from the past decade. But seriously, they had AT LEAST three AMAZING albums!
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I like maybe 3 songs after Ten. It has been downhill ever since, and the political crap doesn't help.
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If you have the kid, the guy has to pay for it for 18 years, but if you abort he has no say? WTF? If that's not what you meant, then say so, but you're looking really bad on this one. That kind of double standard thinking is why racism and sexism keeps hanging around. How can you expect men to take you seriously if you post that they mean nothing, their opinions don't matter?
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Holy water, all we know about you is what you post, and that's what you posted. I don't want to get into the choice/life argument, but you posted that the father has no say (the if-you-have- a - p e n i s comment). Half that kid is the father's, and you decided to have sex without protection. It should be a decision for both people involved, since both people made the decision to have sex.
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u really dont know anything about me. shows in ur rant. lol. wow, u really do stereotype dont u?
i believe in freedom of choice. thats it. u dont have to like it. get over it. didnt read ur whole rant but im curious as to how many unwanted babies u have saved/adopte d today? let me know ... agree w/ kelly. lol |
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and this new stuff is pretty, well, bad actually...I still like Target though.
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something oh no? "bucketlist" this is not a joke. God are you that f**king heartless? “Oh your pregnant? Just abort it. No big deal.”
seriously abortion is f**ked up. you just dont terminate a baby that is just getting its chance at life. god amighty! abortion is f**king sick! ABORTION=MUR D E R ! ! ! ! ! yes people have rights like the right to LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. see right there written by our forefathers. the right to LIFE! the babies life is being taken away by abortion!!! |
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f**king river. You going to straighten up you act and take care of the child that is growing inside of you. Now that you have crossed that line you are going to put that child first.
This abortion bullshit is just that BULLSHIT!!! Yes you did piss me off. I hate people who yell about the rights of “their body” then want to KILL an innocent baby. Which is exactly what you do when you abort a baby. You kill them! Why is it ok for you to spout you s**t, and i do mean S**T, but when Moomoo say |
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Ok so let me get this straight, people have the right to do what they want to do with their bodies right? I highly doubt that the baby you aborted wanted that for THEIR body! Second, you need to step the f**k off! my brother died and now I'm raising his son. There was no way he was going to the state. He calls me uncle but I'm like his dad now. so wtf? Im not out partying, f**king everything with legs and not thinking of the consequences . “oh no im pregnant! What am I going to do?!?!” cry me a
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good for u. big day for u eh? standing up for unborn fetuses, coming out of the closet, ... whats next on ur bucket list?
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I won't be a pregnant lady, but I don't care about hoes. I care about innocent fetus. And at one time I was a fetus, that wasn't aborted so I'm standing up for them.
Yeeeeehawwww w ! :D |
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