Pearl Jam

Released: November 11, 2003

Songwriter: Mike McCready Stone Gossard Eddie Vedder

Producer: Stone Gossard Jeff Ament Mike McCready Eddie Vedder Brendan O’Brien

[Verse]
Down. Fall by the wayside no getting out
Down. Cry me a river dried up and dammed
The names can be changed but the place is still the same
I am loaded. Told that all's for naught. Holds me down
Rise. Life is in motion. I'm stuck in line
Rise. You can't be neutral on a moving train
One day the symptoms fade. Think I'll throw these pills away
And if hope could grow from dirt like me. It can be done

[Bridge]
Won't let the light escape from me
Won't let the darkness swallow me

[Outro]
So long

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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