Pearl Jam

Songwriter: Stone Gossard Mike McCready Jeff Ament Eddie Vedder

[Verse 1]
Last stop on the west coast line
South of the northern border
One small corner of my mind
Everybody they know me there
Don't get any second glances
Chances are that they don't care

[Chorus]
The world has come undone
Like to change it everyday
Change don't come at once
There's a wave, building before it breaks

[Verse 2]
Can't wait for election day
Witness the occupation
Corporations rule the day
Well you know the pendulum throws
Farther out to the one side swinging
Has to sweep back the other way

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
All this hope and nowhere to go
This is how I used to feel but no more

[Chorus]

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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