Pearl Jam

Released: November 12, 2002

Songwriter: Jeff Ament Matt Cameron Mike McCready Adam Kasper Eddie Vedder Stone Gossard

Producer: Pearl Jam Adam Kasper

[Verse 1]
It's a hopeless situation
And I'm starting to believe
That this hopeless situation
Is what I'm trying to achieve

[Chorus]
But I try
To run on
Towards
All or none, all or none

[Verse 2]
Here's the selfless confession
Leading me back to war
Can we help that our destinations
Are the ones we've been before

[Chorus]
I still try
To run on towards all
Or none, all or none
To myself I surrender
To the one I'll never please
I still try to run on
But I still try to run on
But it's
All or none [x2]

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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