Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Pearl Jam

Members

Eddie Vedder - Lead Vocals/ Rhythm Guitar 
DOB: December 23, 1964, Evanston, IL

Mike McCready Lead Guitar/ Backing Vocals
DOB: April 5, 1966, Pensacola, FL

Stone Gossard Rhythm/ Lead Guitar/ Backing Vocals
DOB: July 20, 1994, Seattle, WA

Jeff Ament - Bass/ Backing Vocals
DOB: March 10, 1963, Harve, MO

Matt Cameron - Drums/ Backing Vocals
DOB: November 28, 1962, San Diego, CA

Bio

Mike McCready - 1992 
Pearl Jam was formed from the remains of a band called Mother Love Bone, whose lead singer died of a heroin overdose in 1990. Guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament recruited Mike McCready for the lead guitar position and recorded a demo. This demo was given to Eddie Vedder, who added vocals and was asked to join the band. With Dave Krusen on drums, the band recorded their first album Ten which was released in 1991, about a month before Nirvana's Nevermind. But due to Nevermind's success, air time on mainstream radio became easier to acquire and Ten began selling well in 1992.  Their popularity grew due to performances at Lollapalooza and the soundtrack to the movie Singles,  on which two singles from the band appeared.
Pearl Jam decided to go against typical music industry standards and release no singles or music videos for their second album Vs., released in 1993. It sold a million copies in its first week. Further rebelling against the industry, the band did not play huge stadium shows during their 1994 summer tour and instead played smaller shows on collage campuses. The tour was canceled due to ticket prices being higher than the band wanted, starting a lawsuit with Ticketmaster. In 1995, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ticketmaster. The band recorded their third album Vitalogy during this time. This album also went multi-platinum. 
In the summer of 1996, Pearl Jam released their forth album, No Code. It started high on the charts but due to musical experimentation on the album it was not received well by the entire Pearl Jam fan base. The band didn't tour much for the album and spent 1997 working on their next album, Yield, which was released in early 1998. It's reviews were good but not quite chart topping. The band embarked on an all-out area tour over the summer. It was during this tour that Live on Two Legs was recorded, a highly praised live album. 
Over the next few years, the band would experiment with new sounds and covers that received good reviews from critics. In 2006, Pearl Jam was released. It was the first album since Yield to have all new music. 2009 brought on their first independently released album Backspacer along with reissues of their first albums in honor of their twentieth anniversary. They supported the album with an extensive tour. They're most recent album, Lightning Bolt, was seen as a return to their older sound and was critically applauded. 
Pearl Jam - 1992

Discography

Studio Albums 
  • Ten (1991)
  • Vs. (1993)
  • Vitalogy (1994)
  • No Code (1996)
  • Yield (1998)
  • Binaural (2000)
  • Riot Act (2002)
  • Pearl Jam (2006)
  • Backspacer(2009)
  • Lightning Bolt (2013)

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