

Ticketmaster was also sued by the band, who claimed it had monopolized the concert ticket market. Pearl Jam, one of the most important bands in the early 1990s grunge movement, avoided common music industry tactics such as recording music videos and engaging in interviews. Vitalogy (1994), their third album, became the second-fastest-selling CD in history at the time, selling over 877,000 copies in its first week. Pearl Jam’s second album, Vs., was released in 1993 and sold over 950,000 copies in its first week, breaking the record for most albums sold in a single week at the time. Ten spent nearly five years on the Billboard 200 chart and went on to become one of the best-selling rock albums of all time, selling 13 times platinum in the United States. Ten’s musical style was influenced by classic rock and had a “expansive harmonic vocabulary” as well as an anthemic tone.The album took a while to gain traction, but by the second half of 1992, it was certified gold and had reached number two on the Billboard charts. Ten (called after Mookie Blaylock’s jersey number) was released on August 27, 1991, and comprised eleven tracks that dealt with grim topics such as depression, suicide, loneliness, and murder. Abbruzzese joined the band and accompanied Ten for the rest of Pearl Jam’s live shows. Dave Abbruzzese was mentioned by Chamberlain as a possible successor. Chamberlain left to join the Saturday Night Live band after only a few gigs, one of which was captured for the “Alive” video.


Krusen departed the band in May 1991 after entering alcoholism treatment he was replaced by Matt Chamberlain, who had previously played with Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians. “Ten was largely Stone and Jeff at the time myself and Eddie were along for the ride,” McCready stated. In March 1991, Pearl Jam visited Seattle’s London Bridge Studios to make their debut album, Ten. Their songs “Alive” and “Even Flow” are well-known. Since 2002, Boom Gaspar (piano) has been a session/tour member with the band. Matt Cameron has been a member of the band since 1998 (also of Soundgarden). Eddie Vedder (lead vocals), Mike McCready (lead guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), and Jeff Ament (bass) have been members of the band since its formation. 18 at the Sea Hear Now festival in Asbury Park, N.J., and the following weekend at Vedder’s Ohana festival outside San Diego, but no official announcement has yet been made if these events are still happening.Pearl Jam is a Seattle, Washington-based American rock band that formed in 1990. Pearl Jam’s Web site still lists upcoming performances the weekend of Sept. The band’s 2020 tour in support of its 11th album, “Gigaton,” was scuttled by the COVID-19 pandemic, with its 2020 European tour dates having been rescheduled for 2022. Pearl Jam has not performed live since Sept. For our hardcore fans, this is another level of immersion that they’re always looking for.” “If they talk about something crazy happening during a specific song, you can go right to that track if you want to. “Back then, you could have a specific show playing in the background on your stereo while you read a review, but now you can be on your phone listening to that show while you scroll through the fan reviews on Deep,” he says. “We’re also hoping that these tools will introduce live and bootleg Pearl Jam to a new generation of fans, who are more adept at navigating the streaming environment.”īierman believes Deep will provide a regular destination for serious Pearl Jam fans, much like vintage fan sites such as Five Horizons and Two Feet Thick did with their encyclopedic concert chronologies in years past. “We’re really trying to make it easier for longtime Pearl Jam fans, bootleg aficionados and appreciators of Pearl Jam live music to stream the shows,” Ten Club head Tim Bierman tells Variety.
