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. To date, the band has sold over 30 million records in the U.S, and an estimated 60 million worldwide. In 2006, Rolling Stone described the band as having 'spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame.' 2004's greatest hits album - rearviewmirror - has a few Ten tracks remastered and showed promise of what would come one day if/when the band released the rest of the remastered tracks. It is a brilliant album, but has always sounded a bit hollow to me.

However, 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. Last November when I read about Pearl Jam's debut album - Ten - being remastered and released, I knew I HAD to have it. 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. The band's current drummer is Matt Cameron, also of Soundgarden, who has been with the band since 1998.įormed after the demise of Ament and Gossard's previous band, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut album, Ten. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guitar), Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), and Mike McCready (lead guitar). Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Pearl Jam - Discography 1991-2009 TNT Village

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