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Pearl Jam burst onto the scene in 1991 as part of the Seattle "grunge" revolution with their debut album Ten.  Formed in Seattle by former members of the band Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam's first lineup included lead singer Eddie Vedder, guitarists Mike McCready and Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament, and drummer Dave Krusen.  In addition to Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, Dave Abbruzzese, and ex-Red Hot Chili Pepper drummer Jack Irons have also drummed for the band.  Since 1998, former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron has filled that role.

The band followed up Ten with Vs. in 1993 and Vitalogy in 1994.  At the height of their success, they took on ticketing giant Ticketmaster, accusing them of acting as a monopoly.  This would not be the band's last foray into the world of activism.  They would participate in the 2004 Vote For Change tour, a tour aimed at galvanizing support to oust U.S. President George W. Bush in favor of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry (Bush defeated Kerry in the '04 election).

When the grunge movement died out, Pearl Jam continued to make records and tour.  Their commercial successes were fewer than early in their career, but the loyal following they built largely remained in tact.  The band's subsequent studio albums included No Code, Yield, Binaural, Riot Act, and Pearl Jam.  They also released a greatest hits package rearviewmirror and a B-sides compilation Lost Dogs. 

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  • Upcoming Pearl Jam Album Close to Completion


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    Pearl Jam’s upcoming album, a follow-up to 2009’s Backspacer , has been a long journey. While work on the release began two years ago, guitarist Mike McCready revealed in a February 2013 Billboard interview, they took some time off in 2012. In 2013, Pearl Jam returned to the studio to continue recording, ...
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  • Watch a Live Video of Stone Gossard Performing ‘Your Flames’


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    Stone Gossard has already released quite a bit of material from his upcoming solo record Moonlander – and now he’s unveiled a live video to boot. Below, watch a performance clip of the Pearl Jam guitarist and various musicians playing the song Your Flames , which was released earlier this week : In ...
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  • Toadcast #268 – The Schoolcast


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     Welcome to The Schoolcast wherein I acknowledge a few of the people who have educated my music taste more than most.  Without a Musical Big Brother figure in my life I have relied on a motley crew of people from all over to get me into music to which I might otherwise never have been exposed, and the process ...
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  • Emotional Perfection


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    When I die I hope there will be A tiny space In heaven for me. Where Pearl Jam will play The set list you see, Over and over For an eternity. I will worship the Christ But let the angels decree, That the true voice of God Sounds just like Eddie! The above picture is the set list ...
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  • New from Stone Gossard: Here’s ‘Your Flames’


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    Another week, another new jam from Pearl Jam ‘s Stone Gossard . Here’s Your Flames , the latest song from his upcoming solo LP Moonlander Said Stone of Your Flames : “There is a lyric in the song about a dream (nightmare) in which I hit my nephew (which I’d never do).  He responds in the dream ...
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  • Rudyard Kiplings message to Eddie Vedder


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     Eddie tripped and fell in Italy and elegantly stood up and kept going. "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same:" If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch, if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all ...
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  • Five For Friday – 3rd May 2013


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    Today is dreich – one of those great Scottish words I will never truly be able to use properly because of my accent. I can write it down though, and you can all imagine I said it right, if you wouldn’t mind. It’s really hard not to pick up the slang when you’ve lived somewhere as long as I have, even if you ...
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  • Your Weekend Justice #193: Wheres My Mojito, Jelly Bean?


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    Its Weekend Justice: the Internets #1 audio trainwreck--the podcast that extends to its total length only when moist. Download audio file (wjustice050313.mp3) Agenda: The generators keep getting smaller (and Leons getting larger) Florida will not stand on ceremony The bounce to the ounce Clap for Aaron. ...
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  • Daily Detour :: Pearl Jam


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    Pearl Jam “Footsteps” live (My favorite song in their catalog.)
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  • $5 MP3 Album Deal: Pearl Jam ‘Vs.’


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    Pearl Jam s Vs. is on sale for only $5.00 this month as part of Amazons monthly $5 MP3 album deals . If you would like a physical copy of Vs. , the CD is available for only $6.96 and comes with a FREE MP3 download of the entire album. Also, right now, if you purchase the CD, you’ll also get a $1 ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Top 20 Pearl Jam Songs Since Vitalogy


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    Man this isnt easy but I setup to do it so I had to finish. Re-listening to all these great albums made me change my mind a hundred different times. I was listening to Yield and skiped Given to Fly because it was a good single for the band and I hoped this list could give old PJ fans a list/reason to checkout ...
    4 weeks ago

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