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Roger Daltrey and Eddie Vedder Duet in Seattle as Who Frontman Tours U.S.
Roger Daltrey, he of once-flowing blond locks and still-soaring voice, was joined onstage by Eddie Vedder, he of once-flannel attire and still-gruff croon, in Seattle Monday night.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAustin City Limits 2009 Day Three Photos Ft. Arctic Monkeys, Dirty Projectors, The Dead Weather, Pearl Jam and More
[Above: Arctic Monkeys]Photos taken by Jason McElweenie at ACL 2009... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsPearl Jam's Backspacer Streaming at MySpace (Awesome of the Day)
You don't have to wait for that Sunday trip to Target to hear Pearl Jam's ninth studio album Backspacer—even if you're not one of the band's 72,191 friends MySpace friends. Just stop by the band's TenClub page on MySpace and decide if we got it right in our review. Just make sure that before you sing along, you follow our illustrated how-to guide.... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityAn Expert Fan's Guide to Pearl Jam's Bootlegs
Patrick Tang is about as big of a Pearl Jam fan as you’ll find, which is saying a lot, given the band’s rabid following... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesWhy So Serious?: One Writer's Mostly-Failed Attempt to Find Humor in the History of Pearl Jam
Through a rather tedious yet glaringly unscientific process, I've come to the conclusion that Pearl Jam is the least funny band working in the music business today. I don't mean that, as individuals, the band members personally lack senses of humor. They might. Or they might not. I don't know. But as a band, as a public entity in an entertainment industry increasingly defined by a certain ironic smirk and snark, Pearl Jam is largely impenetrable, un-make-fun-able. They just exist. They are what they are. And they don't need any cute quips or clever charms to convince anyone of their... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesListen to Songs from Backspacer by Pearl Jam
Click above to listen to "The Fixer," "Got Some" and "Supersonic" from Pearl Jam's forthcoming record, Backspacer. The album will be available September 20 from Monkeywrench Records. read more
Found in: Featured AudioThe Super-Impossible Brain-Busting Pearl Jam Trivia Quiz
Know the difference between Dave Abbruzzese and Matt Cameron? Can you name all the songs on Yield? Do you think of people with less than 25 Pearl Jam bootlegs as less-than-dedicated to the cause? Well, that's a start, but you'll need even more obscure PJ knowledge to conquer Paste's Super Impossible Brain-Busting Pearl Jam Trivia Quiz! Take it if you dare:... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesAll Those Yesterdays: Brendan O'Brien Reminisces on the Evolution of Pearl Jam and the Making of Backspacer
Brendan O'Brien is a record producer. He's actually kind of a big deal, as far as record producers go. If you've listened to alternative rock in the last 20 years, chances are you've heard his work. His credits including a veritable laundry list of monster acts, from Stone Temple Pilots to Bruce Springsteen, Mastodon to AC/DC, Incubus to Rage Against the Machine. But a band he's worked with as much as any is Pearl Jam. Returning to the studio with Eddie Vedder and Co. for the first time in 11 years, O'Brien produced the band's latest, Backspacer. And when Paste... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesWailers and Wannabes: A Lexicon of Eddie Vedder Sound-Alikes
Eddie Vedder's back-of-the-throat singing voice is something like a hybrid between a goat-man, Jim Morrison and a Wookie. In other words, it's really hard to find the right words to do justice to his oh-so-masculine tremolo. It's one of those things that's easier to just sing (or draw) than describe. And if you turned a radio on at any point during the '90s, you're probably well aware of the fact that many artists staked their livelihood on imitating Vedder's style. For your consideration, then, a collection of vocalists who try to sound like Eddie Vedder, rated on a one-to-four scale of... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesPlaid Jam: Channel Vedder & Co. Through Their Signature Print
When you think of Led Zeppelin, you don't think of polka dots. When AC/DC comes to mind, your first association is hardly "Ooh, houndstooth!" But if there's one inextricable association between a modern rock band and a specific pattern of fabric, it's definitely Pearl Jam and plaid. From their earliest days, the band swathed themselves in flannel shirts paired with those now-classic Doc Martens and raggedy, cutoff shorts. Part punk, part lumberjack, it became the definitive look of many groundbreaking grunge acts of the early '90s, but—musically and fashion-wise—Eddie Vedder and his boys from Seattle that have remained the most... read more
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