Pearl Jam

Biography

Pearl Jam, one of the most prominent USA rock bands of the nineties, came to this world out of the ashes of Mother Love Bone shortly after its vocalist Andrew Wood died out of heroin OD in 1990. The fresh band recorded their debut long player early in 1991, but, due to different reasons, it was officially released only in August. The album was called Ten and was not a good seller until Nirvana made alternative rock a new youth cult in America, which happened in 1992. Curt Cobain’s famed group easily overcame all competitors until Pearl Jam stood in their way. These guys were very good at playing hard rock riffs back from the seventies along with energy and anger of punk rock of the eighties. After the Nirvana soon collapse, there was a strong need for the new powerful formation to take over their place, and Pearl Jam appeared the perfect match. The hits Jeremy, Evenflow, and Alive, taken from the first long player, were played by all big national stations, while the band was enlarging their fan base with colorful live shows. One of their first big concerts was the performance at Lollapalooza in 1992.

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