Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in in Seattle , Washington. The band's lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament bass guitar , Stone Gossard rhythm guitar , Mike McCready lead guitar , and Eddie Vedder lead vocals, guitar , as well as Matt Cameron drums , who joined in Formed after the demise of Gossard and Ament's previous band, Mother Love Bone , Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut album, Ten , in One of the key bands in the grunge movement of the early s, its members often shunned popular music industry practices such as making music videos or giving interviews. The band also sued Ticketmaster , claiming it had monopolized the concert-ticket market. In , Rolling Stone described the band as having "spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame. Green River toured and recorded to moderate success but disbanded in due to a stylistic division between the pair and bandmates Mark Arm and Steve Turner. In and , the band recorded and toured to increasing interest and found the support of the PolyGram record label, which signed the band in early Mother Love Bone's debut album, Apple , was released in July , four months after Wood died of a heroin overdose. Gossard spent his time afterwards writing material that was harder-edged than what he had been doing previously.
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When they released their debut album, Ten , in August, , Pearl Jam were a band of young unknowns to anyone not from Seattle, Washington. In the late summer of , Eddie Vedder was a singer without a band and a songwriter in limbo. He was working the night shift at a gas station in San Diego when his friend Jack Irons, the founding drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, handed him a cassette tape. This website uses cookie data. Read our Privacy Policy for more information.
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We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Thanks to future Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons , the demo found its way to a year-old San Diego surfer named Eddie Vedder , who overdubbed vocals and original lyrics and was subsequently invited to join the group then christened Mookie Blaylock after the NBA player. Dave Krusen was hired as the full-time drummer shortly thereafter, completing the original lineup. Renaming themselves Pearl Jam, the band recorded their debut album, Ten, in the beginning of , although it wasn't released until August; in the meantime, the majority of the group appeared on the Andrew Wood tribute project Temple of the Dog. Krusen left the band shortly after the release of Ten; he was replaced by Dave Abbruzzese. Ten didn't begin selling in significant numbers until early , after Nirvana made mainstream rock radio receptive to alternative rock acts.
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