Pearl Jam

Released: August 29, 1996

Songwriter: Eddie Vedder

Producer: Brendan O’Brien

[Verse]
Sailing on my every step
Inching off of the earth
Is magnified by the things I've done
The thing that I've become

Every lift of my hand
Coffee cup up and back
Is magnified by the things I've done
The things I've seen
The things I've caused
I'm a dead man walking

The hammer that I once brought down
Now hovers over me
Cast a shadow across onto me

The hallways are all mocking me
What I've become, they're all mocking me
I'm a dead man walking
A dead man walking
A dead man walking

I'm a dead man walking
A dead man walking
A dead man walking

Founded in 1990 in Seattle, Pearl Jam is one of the most successful bands out of the grunge movement, if not of the whole alternative rock scene from the early 90s. The group started with Stone Gossard (guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass), veterans of the proto-grunge scene, recording a demo along with local guitarist Mike McCready. Once the tape passed along, it attracted a San Diego-based singer, Eddie Vedder. Along with drummer Dave Krusen, they signed with Epic Records and released Ten in 1991, which by the following year was becoming one of the most successful debut albums ever.

Growing uncomfortable with success, the following albums went for a more anguished and experimental sound, and the band’s notorious activism had its most prominent case once they boycotted Ticketmaster, accusing them of price-gouging fans. In the meantime, various drummers passed through the band, with percussion only settling once Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron joined them in the tour for 1998’s Yield.

With 10 studio albums and various live recordings (including “Official Bootlegs” of basically every concert the band performed since 2000), Pearl Jam has sold nearly 32 million records in the U.S. and an estimated 60 million worldwide.

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