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
Pearl jam is right up there w/ AC-DC, Aerosmith, guns n' roses, and Rage against the machine! wooooooooooo o o o !
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Truthfully, I don't understand the lyrics when listening to, and no, I don't mean I don't know what he means with them, I mean I just can't understand them. ^^; Either way, the music is simply mesmerizing.
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Eddie's vocals on the soundtrack from 'Into The Wild' are haunting and mesmerizing. I've always admired his talent coupled with lack of ego, as he demonstrated during a grammy presentation in which his band was honored with an award. 'Rockers' and their bands make me ill with their over-the-top self importance hiding mediocre talent. Go Eddie.
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Pearl Jam is OK but Alice in Chains they will never be!!! Layne's voice blows Eddie's away period.
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"Someone give eddie some nasal spray, that voice is awful"
ARE YOU CRAZY! IT IS AWESOME, I LOVE IT!!!!! |
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Someone give eddie some nasal spray, that voice is awful.
His lyrics are meaningless drivel and the music is a carbon copy of every other "alternative " band to come out, ever. Neil Young sucks too. When I go to a show, there's nothing I hate more than everyone singing along to every single word to every song. On second thought if it was pearl jam, maybe the crowd would sing it better. |
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I will always love Pearl Jam. I won't forget how powerful live they sound, everyone single person sang along to every word and "ohh ah ha ha" when I saw them in concert. Hard core fans. Such a rockin moving bonding concert
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Yea will do there Spaceboy. Pearl Jam is nothing but a bunch of washed up wanna bes who had one semi-good song like 17 years ago. They're not the f**king Beatles or Nirvana here, its Pearl Jam. Eddie Vedder sounds like he's had an upper viral infection that never went away. How do you guys listen to this garbage? besides listening to it, what is this like the Pearl Jam cult following or something? IF YOU WANT TO ME TO STOP COMMING HERE, THEN START MESSAGING MY PAGE AND WE'LL AGRUE THERE....
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Quit feeding the trolls. And Pearl Jam rocks. The little kids should stick to their Simple Plan and Fall Out Boy and leave the grown up music to the grown ups...
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Jay porks i coudln't care less that there still together. so there not makings stuff as good as on Ten Vs. and Vitology but its better than this other shity bubblegum pop and you know that
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I usually don't respond to such clearly ignorant bloggers, but in this case I can't restrain myself. Vs. and Vitalogy "wretched' ? Need I say more ? No. but I will... Check out " Big Wave", or "Severed Hand" off latest disk, or " You Are" or "Love Boat Captain" off Riot Act... These disks did not sell as much as ten and the rest, but they are rceived very well by mucic critics across the board. Don't let all the live work and " best of" type work block you from listening to their studio work.
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Riot Act (2002) and Pearl Jam (2006) are indeed new powerful disks that sound nothing like Jeremy... Powerful singing backed upby powerful cords, and a dead on backbone og bass and drums. granted, lots of live work released, but that is what these guys do best.
I for one like the new studio work... Is it the same as 10 or Vitalogy? No, but these are different times.... these guys still rock.... |
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Eddie Vedder? An old soul in a young universe? Gimme a f**king break! What kind of
new age crystal-kiss i n g bullshit is that?? He sells you a bunch of recycled crap over and over and over again and you all keep buying!How many versions of frigging "Jeremy" (retch retch gag) do you need? Look at the discography above! A shitload of "live" (have you all NEVER heard of cleaning it up in the studio?)cds and COLLECTIONS and a RADIO SINGLE!! Wake up!! |
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And it amuses me to hear that STP rips off Alice in Chains. Thats funny because when Jerry Cantrell debuted "Got me Wrong" in some small club the band he played along with was the STONE TEMPLE PILOTS! He's quoted to saying "These guys kick a** or what?" i mean i dont know , if you guys think Pearl Jam and Soundgarden are better then STP then i believe it is you who are the mindless drones not me. EDdie Vedder is an old soul in a young universe that wished he would just GO AWAY!!
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Okay, heres how this is gonna go since im not gonna call you all names like im 7 years old. PEARL JAM BLOWS. They should just go away. You all think they're good because they're still together. That does not set the bar. And STP are Pearl Jam and Soundgarden ripp offs??? are we listening to the same music? you people may be the biggest group of uninformed and uneduated music listners i'll ever ran into. I love the fact that all of you would drop to your knees for Eddie Vedder.
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and 6 albums were compalations or live recordings? So a band that is still together and still capable of writng new(yet s**tty) music chooses to put out live discs and greatest hits?explain to me how that makes sense.Just put out a new album. or in Pearl Jam's case please dont im beggin you.Pearl Jam is second only to the Foo Fighters in the "benifit off the death of Cobain and Staley" era of rock music. and if you want to curse me out and s**t just do it on my page you idiots thats what its 4!!
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eddie vedder is an old soul in a young universe that is still learning how to live, love, blossom and think for and from themselves. he really gets how life is and how it should be. his songs make you feel, think, live what he experiences. he's the best!
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Jay Porks you are the biggest idiot ever Pearl Jam is Great So is Soundgarden but The Stone Temple Pilots completley ripped off Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, And Alice In Chains, they had some half decent music but they were the drones you stupid f**k. Just because they made 15 albums in 17 yrs doesn't mean its not quality it means there able to make good music alot plus 6 of them were live or compilations you a** you just think STP was good because you think Pearl Jam ripped them but you are just fu
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hay f**k you jay porks pearl jam is the s**t why would you be on he if thay sucked a** man, wise up.
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And when a band puts out 15 albums in 17 years, i start to question the quality of the music. They're not good just because they're still together. Thats not how it works. Longevity isn't the bar measurement in how good a band is. Like I said before if any lead singer of a popular band should've overdosed and died, its Eddie Vedder. But the good ones go and the s**tty ones live on to continue to make s**tty music. ALL PRAISE PEARL JAM!! YOU UNINFORMED, MUSICALLY RETARDED, MINDLESS DRONES!!!!!! !
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So you guys are just going to use spellcheck to get at my opinion? okay, so i type fast. Hey azdave, im a f**king A hole? YOUR LISTENING TO PEARL JAM!!! THATS ,MAKES YOUR THE BIGGEST A HOLE ON THE PLANET!!! and clair collins what are you related to Phil or something? why dont you explain your statements, instead of just leaving them. Yes,STP is better then Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden so why dont you people go back and listen to the f**king music instead of this sad excuse for it.PEARL JAM..LOL!!
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Hey,didn't anyone tell you people that when the "alternative " becomes the "mainstream" it's not an alternative anymore? You listen to "alternative " music on commercial radio stations and wear "alternative " band clothing with factory labels in them!
Trendy bastards! |
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Who knew STP was a "great BANG?" Your retard!! If you are going to try to put someone/some t h i n g down, maybe learn how to spell first. A Hole!
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I would not have put STP as a better alternative and leave out Soundgarden as one of the best of the decade. For the Seattle grunge scene at least!!
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THEY ARE FRICKING HORRIBLE I JUST WANT THEM TO GO AWAY. THEY GIVE GREAT BANGS LIKE STONE TEMPLE PILOTS A BAND NAME. I WISH I COULD RETURN THAT RECORD TO THE STORE ON JUST THE REASON THAT IT SUCKED TOTAL A**. IF YOU WANNA DISCUSS THIS FURTHER HIT MY PAGE BECAUSE IM DONT WITH MESSAGE BOARD BEEF. HIT ME ON THE COMMENT AND CURSE ME OUT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. THEY F**KING SUCK!!!!! IF I SAW EDDIE VEDDER I'LL SLAP HIM IN HIS FACE FOR NOT GOING AWAY.F**K HIM.
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YOUR NOT SERIOUS RIGHT PEARL JAM BETTER THEN NIRVANA? YOU MUST BE F**KING CRAZY. IF THERE NO NIRVANA THERE IS NO S**TTY A** PEARL JAM. AND 86753092, WHAT DO YOU FOLLOW ME AROUND ALL THE MESSAGE BOARDS WHERE IM RANKIN ON YOUR S**TTY BANDS. EDDIE VEDDER SHOULD JUST GO AWAY. PEARL JAM IS THE MOST OVER-RATED BAND EVER!!! I DONT CARE WHAT YOU GUYS THINK, I BOUGHT THE ALBUM "tEN" WHEN IT CAME OUT, I HAD MY AUNT BY IT FOR ME AND BESIDES "JEREMY", THAT WAS THE BIGGIST WASTE OF MONEY EVER
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5 favorite pearl jam songs: rats, break her fall, driftin, you, leavin here.
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Hey Jay, Pearl Jam is ten times better than Nirvana ever thought about being. And also, Mike Mcready plays better guitar than Slash in his sleep. I don't give a flying f**k if any of that came up in conversation or not.
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Jay Porks, your mom didn't hug you enough. Either that or you fell off of your bike at a young age and tragically hit your tiny, tiny head. Eddie Vedder is quite possibly one of the sharpest, most valliant and most talented guys in this business. This band never sold out and they've delivered knock-your-d i c k in the dirt shows since the early 90's when you and your friends were probably listening to milli-vanill i . Bet.
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