Since its inception, the band’s line-up has included Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guitar), Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and drummer Matt Cameron, who has been with the band since 1998.įormed after the demise of Ament and Gossard’s previous band Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut album Ten. Is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Mixed at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, GA and Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles Recorded September 1999 – January 2000 at Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington ".It's a seething, furious album a declamatory statement against cynicism and passivity and the simple injustices of everyday life.An object lesson in Rock’n’Roll from some true believers, burns with the intensity and desperation of a last stand." (NME Magazine)Įddie Vedder, lead vocals, rhythm guitar, ukulele Oddest of all is "Soon Forget," a frothy number that finds Vedder doing a clenched teeth impression of Nick Drake, while making like Arthur Godfrey and accompanying himself on ukulele. Frank Wilson hit "Last Kiss" that the band recorded for the 1999 Kosovar refugee benefit album „No Boundaries“. Former Soundgarden drummer and longtime friend Matt Cameron replaces the departed Jack Irons, and also composes the music for the choppy "Evacuation." Other non-Vedder contributions include the ethereal slide and glide of Stone Gossard's "Of The Girl," and the sparse poignancy of Jeff Ament's "Nothing As It Seems." About the only time Pearl Jam repeats itself is with "Thin Air" a mellow number that could pass as the sequel to the J.
Hearing Eddie Vedder bellow on the Who-like bashing of "Breakerfall," and the pounding "God's Dice," shows how much Bush's Gavin Rossdale and Creed's Scott Stapp looked to this San Diego native for inspiration. But this stubborn refusal to assimilate makes for some challenging, and eventually rewarding, listening. Amidst predictable pre-fabricated teen sensations and saccharine-loaded pop, the sturdy severity that Pearl Jam embraces on its sixth studio album almost seems quaint and archaic.
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