Possibly one of the greatest new age bands, Pearl Jam have conquered the Alternative Rock scene and have made it their own thanks to 3 scintillating albums during the 90's and in my book the 90's belonged to Pearl Jam. There's a fine line between Pearl Jam and Grunge and the man solely responsible for jump roping between this line is none other than Eddie Vedder. Reason No.1 to listen to Pearl Jam - Eddie Vedder, possibly one of the most amazing vocalists around and yes he's still GOT IT!!!
Now Eddie Vedder's life is Intriguing to say the least. Not all was well with him during his childhood, he was raised by his birth mother and a step father (of whose real identity Vedder only came to know about in his late teen's). His parents went through a divorce and Vedder stayed back with his then step father to complete high school, but he didn't know at that time that he was indeed his step father. His biological dad was someone who Vedder had met only a couple of times during his childhood and he had no memory of him, and his father eventually died of Multiple Sclerosis causing Vedder to spiral out of control. By then he was living all alone in his apartment with a job at a Gas Station to support him, and he eventually gave up his education to pursue a full time career in Music. Thank god for that. After a couple of small time bands Vedder was given his big break by Jack Irons (Drummer of RHCP) and the rest as they say is history. Vedder has a lot of pain and anguish from his personal life and childhood that he portrays into his music and most of his songs are narratives about his upbringing and some of the problems he faced. Most famous being Eddie Vedder's mini-opera entitled "Mamasan" which depicts a tale of a boy who finds out the truth about his paternity and later turns into a serial killer and is then apprehended and convicted for murder. This later then went on to become Pearl Jam's "Alive" "Once" and "Footsteps". Eddie Vedder is probably one of the hand picked vocalists who were even considered worthy of replacing the immortal Jim Morrison with The Doors, a move that failed to materialize, and that my friends is Reason No. 2 - If the vocalist is said to be as good as Jimbo, then you know his band is a kick ass band.
Reason No. 3 - why yes Pearl Jam have not one, not two but THREE guitarists in a 5 man band, now you gotta love that shit. Johnny Guitar is the Reason No. 4 why you just have to listen to Pearl Jam. Absolutely loved this song, adrenaline pumping song this is, easily one of PJ's best songs. I think its safe to say that no band has even come close to achieving the success of Pearl Jam, purely because of their music - their songs have so much pain, every time you listen to their music, you can actually feel the pain in Vedder's voice and that for me has to be Reason No. 5. Songs like "I Am Mine", "Black", "Jeremy" are just some of the examples of this fact. Reason No. 6 - The whole world loves Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder. These guys have been rocking it since 1990, and they have performed with the likes of The Who, RHCP, Neil Young, Nusret Fateh Ali Khan, The Chicago Bulls, The Chicago Bears, The Chicago Cubs etc etc. This guy is a legend. An absolute ROCKSTAR in every sense of the word. Reason No.7 will have to be the fact that Pearl Jam are probably one of the few bands that I listen that tours extensively, albeit only in America and Canada, but it gives me great joy to see a band spend close to 2 years just touring and performing gigs. Maybe a fab concert in Bombay in a few years time (ahh I can only wish). Reason No. 8 would be for the fact that even after having established themselves in the Rock world, Vedder and Pearl Jam are always trying new stuff, they debuted as an out and out Alternative Rock band, then they moved towards Grunge and in their Backspacer album they experimented with New Wave and my god it was a good album, easily one of their most under-rated albums. Songs like "Unthought Known", "Just Breathe" and "The End" are some of my favorite PJ songs of all time. Okay I've almost run out of time, patience and reasons here so why don't I just make Reason No. 9 as because "I Told You So" and lets face it, have I ever been wrong about any of the artists that I have recommended to you in the past. And finally Reason No. 10 - TEN!! What a bloody album. Greatest album of all time, its a shame it was their first album, because it reached such heights that one would straight away say that none of their forthcoming albums would ever reach the heights of TEN.
Here's their entire discography (in my preference of course)
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Now Eddie Vedder's life is Intriguing to say the least. Not all was well with him during his childhood, he was raised by his birth mother and a step father (of whose real identity Vedder only came to know about in his late teen's). His parents went through a divorce and Vedder stayed back with his then step father to complete high school, but he didn't know at that time that he was indeed his step father. His biological dad was someone who Vedder had met only a couple of times during his childhood and he had no memory of him, and his father eventually died of Multiple Sclerosis causing Vedder to spiral out of control. By then he was living all alone in his apartment with a job at a Gas Station to support him, and he eventually gave up his education to pursue a full time career in Music. Thank god for that. After a couple of small time bands Vedder was given his big break by Jack Irons (Drummer of RHCP) and the rest as they say is history. Vedder has a lot of pain and anguish from his personal life and childhood that he portrays into his music and most of his songs are narratives about his upbringing and some of the problems he faced. Most famous being Eddie Vedder's mini-opera entitled "Mamasan" which depicts a tale of a boy who finds out the truth about his paternity and later turns into a serial killer and is then apprehended and convicted for murder. This later then went on to become Pearl Jam's "Alive" "Once" and "Footsteps". Eddie Vedder is probably one of the hand picked vocalists who were even considered worthy of replacing the immortal Jim Morrison with The Doors, a move that failed to materialize, and that my friends is Reason No. 2 - If the vocalist is said to be as good as Jimbo, then you know his band is a kick ass band.
Reason No. 3 - why yes Pearl Jam have not one, not two but THREE guitarists in a 5 man band, now you gotta love that shit. Johnny Guitar is the Reason No. 4 why you just have to listen to Pearl Jam. Absolutely loved this song, adrenaline pumping song this is, easily one of PJ's best songs. I think its safe to say that no band has even come close to achieving the success of Pearl Jam, purely because of their music - their songs have so much pain, every time you listen to their music, you can actually feel the pain in Vedder's voice and that for me has to be Reason No. 5. Songs like "I Am Mine", "Black", "Jeremy" are just some of the examples of this fact. Reason No. 6 - The whole world loves Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder. These guys have been rocking it since 1990, and they have performed with the likes of The Who, RHCP, Neil Young, Nusret Fateh Ali Khan, The Chicago Bulls, The Chicago Bears, The Chicago Cubs etc etc. This guy is a legend. An absolute ROCKSTAR in every sense of the word. Reason No.7 will have to be the fact that Pearl Jam are probably one of the few bands that I listen that tours extensively, albeit only in America and Canada, but it gives me great joy to see a band spend close to 2 years just touring and performing gigs. Maybe a fab concert in Bombay in a few years time (ahh I can only wish). Reason No. 8 would be for the fact that even after having established themselves in the Rock world, Vedder and Pearl Jam are always trying new stuff, they debuted as an out and out Alternative Rock band, then they moved towards Grunge and in their Backspacer album they experimented with New Wave and my god it was a good album, easily one of their most under-rated albums. Songs like "Unthought Known", "Just Breathe" and "The End" are some of my favorite PJ songs of all time. Okay I've almost run out of time, patience and reasons here so why don't I just make Reason No. 9 as because "I Told You So" and lets face it, have I ever been wrong about any of the artists that I have recommended to you in the past. And finally Reason No. 10 - TEN!! What a bloody album. Greatest album of all time, its a shame it was their first album, because it reached such heights that one would straight away say that none of their forthcoming albums would ever reach the heights of TEN.
Here's their entire discography (in my preference of course)
- 1991 - Ten
- 2009 - Backspacer
- 1993 - Vs
- 1994 - Vitalogy
- 2002 - Riot Act
- 1996 - No Code
- 1998 - Yield
- 2000 - Binaural
- 2006 - Pearl Jam
Ten, Backspacer, Vs and Vitalogy are soo good that you won't even get bored of it if you listen to it everyday. "Jeremy", "Alive", "Once", "Even Flow", "Black", "Daughter", "Betterman", "Nothing Man", "Johnny Guitar", "Unthought Known", "The Fixer", "I Am Mine", "Leash", "Blood", Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In a Small Town"........Okay I should really stop now!! Go ahead enjoy Pearl Jam, easily one of the Top 5 bands of all time!! Good Night!!!
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