Pearl Jam

Released: October 19, 1993

Songwriter: Mike McCready Stone Gossard Eddie Vedder

Producer: Pearl Jam Brendan O’Connell

[Verse 1]
Troubled souls unite
We got ourselves tonight
C'mon

[Bridge]
I am fuel, you are friends
We got the means to make amends
I am lost, I'm no guide
But I'm by your side
I am right by your side

[Verse 2]
Young lover I stand
It was their idea, I proved to be a man
Take my fucking hand
It was their idea, I proved to be a man

[Pre-Chorus]
Will myself to find a home
A home within myself
We will find a way
We will find our place

[Chorus]
Drop the leash, drop the leash...
Get outta' my fuckin' face
Drop the leash, drop the leash
Get outta' my fuckin' face
Drop the leash, drop the leash
Get outta' my fuckin'...
Drop the leash, (face) drop the leash

Drop the leash, we are young
Drop the leash, we are young
Get outta' my fuckin' face
Drop the leash, drop the leash
Get outta' my, my...

[Outro]
Delight, delight, delight in our youth
(Ahhh)
Get outta' my fuckin' face
(Woah)

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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