Pearl Jam Rocks

There are many ways to describe the Sound of Pearl Jam. For me it is as simple as Completely Addictive.

From the time that a friend gave me a copy of their Album "Ten" 16 years ago, I was hooked. I found myself hypnotized by the rhythm, the energy, the great songs and the
intoxicating voice of Eddie Vedder to the point that I was listening to the album from beginning to end , over and over again. Songs like Jeremy, Alive, Oceans, and Black will always be songs that I will never get tired of. I have never experienced that kind if feeling with music before. Until that point I was just listening to what my friends thought was cool at the time ie. Rap and Hip Hop. Don't get me wrong, they are both very good genres today, but in the early 90's there really wasn't anything out there worth getting excited about. Not Like this. After that I started to appreciate music more its quality then for its popularity. I don't exactly know what it is about the band, but I knew that they sounded Cool. I have since then found more bands that I have loved, but non like Pearl Jam. The music that they have produced is some of the best that I have ever heard.

It Rocks!

Current Members
Jeff Ament - Bass Guitar
Matt Cameron - Drums
Stone Gossard - Guitar
Mike McCready - Guitar
Eddie Vedder - Guitar, Lead Vocals

Jeffrey Allen Ament (born March 10, 1963 in Havre, Montana) is an American bassist and songwriter. Along with Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the founding members of the American rock band Pearl Jam. Ament is well known for his work in grunge rock bands based in Seattle through the 1980s prior to Pearl Jam, and is particularly notable for his work with the fretless bass, upright bass and twelve-string bass guitar.

Matthew David Cameron (born November 8, 1962 in San Diego, California) is an American Drummer. He is renowned for being the drummer, backing vocalist and occasional songwriter in the American rock bands Soundgarden (1986-1997) and Pearl Jam (1998-present).
He joined Soundgarden in 1986 and remained in the band until its break-up in 1997, triggered by creative friction. During this "sabbatical" year he spent some time on his side project Wellwater Conspiracy as well as session drumming for The Smashing Pumpkins. In 1998, Cameron was invited to drum on Pearl Jam's Yield Tour. He soon became a permanent member and has remained in the band ever since

Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20, 1966 in Seattle, Washington) is an American guitarist and songwriter. He is the rhythm giutarist and, along with Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, a founding member of the American rock band Pearl Jam. Gossard is known for his work in grunge rock bands based in Seattle through the 1980s prior to Pearl Jam, and he has also made contributions to the music industry as a producer and owner of a record label and a recording studio

Michael David McCready (born April 5, 1966 in Pensacola, Florida) is an American guitarist and songwriter. He is the lead guitarist and, along with Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Eddie Vedder, a founding member of the American rock band Pearl Jam.

Eddie Vedder (born December 23, 1964 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. He is the lead singer and one of three guitarists for the American rock band Pearl Jam. He is notable for his "golden baritone" vocal style, and is considered a cultural icon of alternative rock.

Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 by Ament, Gossard, and McCready, who then recruited Eddie Vedder and drummer Dave Kruzen. The band signed to Epic Records in 1991. Drummer Dave Abbruzzese joined the band a few months later following the completion of the band's debut studio album, Ten. Ten broke the band into the mainstream, and became one of the best selling alternative albums of the 1990s. The band found itself amidst the sudden popularity and attention being paid to the Seattle music scene and the genre known as Grunge. Upon its release, the band's sophomore album, Vs . , set at the time the record for most copies of an album sold in a week, and spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard 200.

Feeling the pressures of success, the band decided to decrease the level of promotion for its albums, including refusing to release music videos. "Ten years from now," Ament said, "I don't want people to remember our songs as videos. In 1994, the band began a much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster, which lasted for three years and limited the band's ability to tour in the United States. Ament took an active role during Pearl Jam's dispute with Ticketmaster in 1994 over prices and surcharges. Along with Gossard, Ament testified before a congressional subcommittee, arguing that Ticketmaster's practices were anti-competitive. Later that same year the band released its third studio album, Vitology, which became the band's third straight album to reach multi-platinum status.

Following the firing of Abbruzzese in 1994, drummer Jack Irons joined the band. The band subsequently released No Code in 1996 and Yield in 1998. The band once again changed drummers in 1998, with Irons leaving the band due to dissatisfaction with touring. Irons was replaced by former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron, who has been with the band ever since. In 1998, Pearl Jam recorded "Last Kiss", a cover of a 1960s ballad made famous by J. Frank and The Cavaliers. It was first released on the band's 1998 fan club single; however, by popular demand, the cover was released to the general public as a single in 1999. "Last Kiss" peaked at number two on the Billboard charts and became the band's highest-charting single. In 2000, the band released its sixth studio album Binaural and initiated a successful and ongoing series of official bootlegs. In 2002, the band released its seventh studio album Riot Act and in 2006 the band released its eighth studio album, the eponymous Pearl Jam. The band has begun preliminary work on its ninth studio album.