Pearl Jam

Released: May 26, 2014

Songwriter: Eddie Vedder

Producer: John Burton Rick Fisher Brett Eliason

[Spoken Word]
Hey guys, hey. Hey, I just wanted to say, thank you guys for coming out. This is my hometown. I'm so fuckin' excited to play here. I saw Van Halen here, fuckin' KISS, UFO, all that shit. So this is my dream come true, thank you. I just wanted to raise a little awareness of a little radio station called KEXP. Along with all the other fine radio stations in our town, we are raising a little bit of money to movie it really close to this area, right actually on the other side over my Queen AM. So we're trying to raise money to do that. And we think it's a worthy cause. It's gonna be informational, kids have a lot of things to do there, and bands can hang out there, and do radio stuff. KEXP, remember that, and thank you for listening

[Spoken Word: Eddie Vedder]

KEXP. KEXP. Let's hear it for KEXP. Local. Hey, hey!

And here's to the old team and hopefully the future team. And I don't know if this is about a basketball team or if it's about one of the greatest bands that ever existed that happen to be from Seattle, called the Sonics. Between Mudhoney, Soundgarden.. it's good to be home, that's all that I'm saying. Here's to the Supersonics

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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Seattle, WA 06-December-2013 (Live)

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Seattle, WA 06-December-2013 (Live) (2014)

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Seattle, WA 06-December-2013 (Live)