Pearl Jam
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| Pearl Jam | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Mookie Blaylock |
| Origin | Seattle, Washington, US |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock, grunge, rock, hard rock |
| Years active | 1990 - Present |
| Label(s) | Monkeywrench, Universal Music Group, J, Epic |
| Associated acts | Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green River, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, Skin Yard, Brad, Hovercraft, Three Fish, Wellwater Conspiracy, Mad Season, Neil Young |
| Members | |
| Eddie Vedder Mike McCready Stone Gossard Jeff Ament Matt Cameron | |
Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder (vocals), Stone Gossard (guitar), Jeff Ament (bass), and Mike McCready (guitar). The band's current drummer is Matt Cameron, also of Soundgarden, who has been with the band since 1998.
Formed after the demise of Gossard and Ament's previous band, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut album, Ten. One of the key bands of the grunge movement in the early 1990s, Pearl Jam was criticized early on as being a corporate cash-in on the alternative rock explosion; however, Gossard and Ament had been members of seminal grunge band Green River. Over the course of the band's career, its members became noted for their refusal to adhere to traditional music industry practices, including refusing to make music videos and engaging in a much-publicised boycott of Ticketmaster. In 2006, Rolling Stone described the band as having "spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame."[1]
To date, the band has sold over 31.5 million records in the U.S,[2] and an estimated 60 million worldwide.[3][4] Pearl Jam has outlasted many of its contemporaries from the alternative rock breakthrough of the early 1990s, and is considered one of the most influential bands of the decade.[5] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic referred to Pearl Jam as "the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s."[6] Pearl Jam will be eligible to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.[7]
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Label(s)
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Genre(s)
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RIYL
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Band Members
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- Eddie Vedder
- Stone Gossard
- Jeff Ament
- Mike McCready
- Matt Cameron
- Dave Krusen
- Matt Chamberlain
- Dave Abbruzzese
- Jack Irons
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- Green River
- March Of Crimes
- The Ducky Boys
- Deranged Diction
- Mother Love Bone
- Shadow
- Temple Of The Dog
- Soundgarden
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Bad Radio
- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
- Green Romance Orchestra
- HairyApesBMX
- Candlebox
Band Biography
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One of the most popular and most influential of the original Grunge acts, and about the only one still going today. They've just released their new album Pearl Jam, which has been doing pretty well on the rock airplay charts and is currently on the verge of going gold.
Discography
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Albums
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Live Albums
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DVDs
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EPs
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- Alive
- Even Flow
- Jeremy
- Oceans
- Go
- Animal
- Daughter
- Dissident
- Spin The Black Circle
- Immortality
- Not For You
- Merkin Ball (with Neil Young)
- Who You Are
- Off He Goes
- Hail, Hail
- Given To Fly
- Wishlist
- Last Kiss
- Nothing As It Seems
- Light Years
- Bu$hleaguer
- I Am Mine
- Save You
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- Mirror Ball (with Neil Young)
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