Pearl Jam is an alternative rock/grunge band. The band members are Eddie Vedder/lead vocalist, Mike McCready/lead guitar, Stone Gossard/guitar, Jeff Ament/bass, Matt
Cameron/drums, Boom Gaspar/piano. Pearl Jam is one of the most famous bands in rock history. Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament were part of the band Green River, who toured in the mid-80’s. They disbanded in 1987 due to friction between fellow bandmates. In 1987 Gossard and Ament later joined the band Malfunkshun with the lead vocalist Andrew Wood. Wood organized the band Mother Love Bone which was signed on by the record label Polygram in late
1989. Wood recorded the album Apple in July,1990. Wood died four months later. Chris Cornell was Wood’s close friend …show more content…
Vedder told interviewers that the name Pearl Jam was reference to his great-grandmother Pearl, whose Native American husband had a killer recipe for peyote-laced jam. The band explained years later in a cover of 2006 Rolling Stones magazine that Vedder had lied, even though he had a grandmother named Pearl, and that the Ament came up with the name Pearl and the band came up with “Jam” after watching a Neil Young concert where his songs would range from 15-20 minutes long referred to as jamming. In March, 1991 the band went to London Bridge Studios to produce their first album “Ten”.
Krusen left the band in May, 1991 after checking into rehab, Krusen was replaced by Matt
Chamberlain who only played a handful of shows before leaving the band to join Saturday Night
Live’s band. Chamberlain recommended Dave Abbruzzese to take his place. Abbruzzese helped finish the rest of the shows of “Ten”. “Ten” had eleven tracks that involved lyrics about depression, suicide, loneliness, and murder. The album slowly gained success by the second half of 1992 the album went gold and reached number two on the billboard charts. The album went on to stay on the billboard …show more content…
Pearl Jam boycotted Ticketmaster by playing in rural arenas and arenas made from scratch. They also played charity events because charities are allowed to sell their own tickets occasionally. The band even stopped their 1994 tour to protest. The band also had problems within the members as well. Like most bands someone disagrees with someone and it causes tension. Well in this case it was their drummer.
Abbruzzese disagreed with his bandmates about the boycott of Ticketmaster along with some more problems. The band fired him shortly after that. Jack Irons was asked to join the band to be the drummer.He was the former Red Hot Chili
Peppers drummer who was asked to be the drummer before the band got together. Irons made his debut in 1994 at Neil Young’s 1994 Bridge School Benefit. Irons wasn’t officially announced the drummer until 1995 on a radio broadcast in Seattle. The band started to approach a new era and grunge started to become less popular so they took a more punk rock approach. They lost their drummer Jack Irons in 1998 and picked up Matt
Cameron who was supposed to be a temporary replacement but stayed with the band. The
Cameron/drums, Boom Gaspar/piano. Pearl Jam is one of the most famous bands in rock history. Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament were part of the band Green River, who toured in the mid-80’s. They disbanded in 1987 due to friction between fellow bandmates. In 1987 Gossard and Ament later joined the band Malfunkshun with the lead vocalist Andrew Wood. Wood organized the band Mother Love Bone which was signed on by the record label Polygram in late
1989. Wood recorded the album Apple in July,1990. Wood died four months later. Chris Cornell was Wood’s close friend …show more content…
Vedder told interviewers that the name Pearl Jam was reference to his great-grandmother Pearl, whose Native American husband had a killer recipe for peyote-laced jam. The band explained years later in a cover of 2006 Rolling Stones magazine that Vedder had lied, even though he had a grandmother named Pearl, and that the Ament came up with the name Pearl and the band came up with “Jam” after watching a Neil Young concert where his songs would range from 15-20 minutes long referred to as jamming. In March, 1991 the band went to London Bridge Studios to produce their first album “Ten”.
Krusen left the band in May, 1991 after checking into rehab, Krusen was replaced by Matt
Chamberlain who only played a handful of shows before leaving the band to join Saturday Night
Live’s band. Chamberlain recommended Dave Abbruzzese to take his place. Abbruzzese helped finish the rest of the shows of “Ten”. “Ten” had eleven tracks that involved lyrics about depression, suicide, loneliness, and murder. The album slowly gained success by the second half of 1992 the album went gold and reached number two on the billboard charts. The album went on to stay on the billboard …show more content…
Pearl Jam boycotted Ticketmaster by playing in rural arenas and arenas made from scratch. They also played charity events because charities are allowed to sell their own tickets occasionally. The band even stopped their 1994 tour to protest. The band also had problems within the members as well. Like most bands someone disagrees with someone and it causes tension. Well in this case it was their drummer.
Abbruzzese disagreed with his bandmates about the boycott of Ticketmaster along with some more problems. The band fired him shortly after that. Jack Irons was asked to join the band to be the drummer.He was the former Red Hot Chili
Peppers drummer who was asked to be the drummer before the band got together. Irons made his debut in 1994 at Neil Young’s 1994 Bridge School Benefit. Irons wasn’t officially announced the drummer until 1995 on a radio broadcast in Seattle. The band started to approach a new era and grunge started to become less popular so they took a more punk rock approach. They lost their drummer Jack Irons in 1998 and picked up Matt
Cameron who was supposed to be a temporary replacement but stayed with the band. The