Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is a Seattle-based rock band who are considered to be one of the most popular and influential artists of the 1990s. Along with Nirvana, Soundgarden, and

Pearl Jam is a Seattle-based rock band who are considered to be one of the most popular and influential artists of the 1990s. Along with Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam helped popularize the grunge movement of the early 1990s. Moreover, they are also the only mainstream grunge band that has remained active since the atrophy of their contemporaries.

Pearl Jam was born from the bosom of Mother Love Bone. With the death of Mother Love Bone frontman Andrew Wood and the disintegration of the band in 1990, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament set out to create their next band. They recruited guitarist Mike McCready and recorded a three song demo tape. This tape made it to ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons, who passed it on to Eddie Vedder during one of their hiking trips. Eddie listened to the tape shortly before going surfing. While he was out in the water, the music played in his head and the lyrics came to him.