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Pearl Jam was one of the most
popular bands of the grunge music era in
the early 1990s. Before their mainstream
success as "Pearl Jam", certain
members had recorded successfully as Green
River, Mother Love Bone and Temple of the
Dog.
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Pearl Jam
History
Pearl Jam was born from the bosom of Mother Love Bone. With
the death of Mother Love Bone frontman Andy Wood and the
disintegration of the band, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament
set out to create their next band. They recruited guitarist
Mike McCready and, with the help of Matt Cameron on drums,
recorded a 3 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. He rushed back home and in one flurry of creativity
recorded the vocals to three songs (Alive, Footsteps, and
Once). The songs were what Eddie would later describe as
a mini-opera. They formed a story of incest, madness, and
murder that became known to fans as the "Mamasan trilogy".
He sent the tape with his vocals back to the band and they
were so impressed that they had Vedder fly to Seattle to
try out for the band. Eddie and the band hit it off and,
with the addition of Dave Krusen on drums, Mookie Blaylock
was formed. After being signed to Epic, there was some concern
from record executives about the band being named after
a professional basketball player who was still playing,
so the band brainstormed on new names. After briefly considering
Reenk Roink, they settled on Pearl Jam.
The band came up with their peculiar name while congregated
at B&O Espresso, a Seattle coffeehouse. Eddie Vedder
has claimed that the name Pearl Jam is an inside joke having
to do with a hallucinogenic, peyote-laced jam that Eddie's
grandmother Pearl was known for. Many people, however, consider
that story to be nothing more than a joke. These people
point out that it is probably not a coincidence that the
phrase "pearl jam" had been in usage for some
time as a euphemism for semen.
Pearl Jam's drummer, Dave Krusen, left the band shortly
before the launch of their debut album. He was replaced
by Matt Chamberlain, who had previously played with Edie
Brickell and the New Bohemians. After playing only a handful
of shows - at least one of which was filmed and became the
"Alive" video - Chamberlain received an offer
to join the Saturday Night Live band, which he accepted.
Before he left, he suggested a drummer named Dave Abbruzzese
as his replacement. Abbruzzese joined shortly after, playing
the rest of Pearl Jam's live shows supporting the Ten album
and continuing on to record with the band for the next two
albums.
Pearl Jam became a key member of the Seattle grunge explosion,
along with Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and Soundgarden. Kurt
Cobain at one point angrily attacked the group because he
saw them as commercial "sell outs"; however Kurt
and Eddie Vedder later reconciled and reportedly became
friends. (See Green River)
Their debut album Ten (after Mookie Blaylock's jersey number,
since they could not name the band after him), contains
eleven tracks, many of them dealing with dark subjects like
depression, suicide, loneliness, and murder. Their first
album produced three smash hits that propelled them into
the music scene (Evenflow, Alive, and Jeremy). Their video
"Jeremy" was a huge hit on MTV and won several
video music awards including Video of the Year, and Best
Group Video.
Pearl Jam's first three albums were huge, commercially
and critically. Their second album Vs. set an all time record
for copies sold in the first week of release. The third
album Vitalogy became the second quickest selling album
in history with more than 877,000 units sold the first week.
Vitalogy also holds another distinction: the vinyl version
of the album was released two weeks before the cd and cassette
versions. The song "Spin The Black Circle" - an
homage to the seven-inch single - from their third album,
won a Grammy award in 1995.
Over the next few years, Pearl Jam's popularity declined,
in part because of their unwillingness to record videos
and because of a lawsuit alleging a Ticketmaster monopoly
which stifled the launch of supportive tours. Another reason
for its decline in popularity may be due to its uncommercial
and experimental nature. The first CD could be classed as
grunge, but their later body of work was more diffcult to
categorize.
In 1994, Pearl Jam fired Dave Abbruzzese due to artistic
differences. They announced his replacement, Jack Irons,
in 1995. Jack Irons was the person who originally introduced
singer Eddie Vedder to the band, so it was very fitting
for him to end up being the new drummer.
In 1995, Pearl Jam backed up longtime idol Neil Young on
his album Mirror Ball. Contractual obligations prevented
the use of the band's name anywhere on the album, but the
members were all credited individually in the album's liner
notes. Young then returned the favor by playing with Pearl
Jam on their two-song EP, Merkin Ball.
In August of 1996, exactly five years after the release
of Ten, the band released their fourth album, No Code. The
album continued the musical growth displayed on Vs. and
Vitalogy, and alienated many who were just waiting for the
band to remake Ten. The band, however, had no interest in
continually repeating itself.
In 1998, Pearl Jam released its fifth album, Yield. The
album was proclaimed as a return to the band's early, straight-forward-rock
sound. For the first time since 1993, they allowed a video
to be filmed for one of their songs, "Do the Evolution",
and they toured in support of the album. The album went
gold.
In 1999, Pearl Jam once again changed drummers. Jack Irons
left the band due to health concerns and was replaced with
former Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron.
After the release of Binaural in 2000, and the resulting
tour of Europe and North America, the band hit upon a unique
idea. Noting the popularity of illegal bootleg recordings,
and the desire of fans to own a copy of the shows they attended,
Pearl Jam hatched a plan to professionally record each and
every show on their tour. They originally intended to release
these official bootlegs only to fan club members, but their
record contract prevented them from doing so. Pearl Jam
released all of the albums in record stores as well as through
their fan club. All totalled, they released 72 albums, most
of them double, and set a record for most albums to debut
in the Billboard top 200 at the same time. A further 72
albums were released from the 2003 tour, and they continue
releasing more of these "bootlegs" to this day.
Unfortunately, the 2000 European tour ended when on June
30 a tragic accident happened at the Roskilde Festival in
Denmark, where fans were crushed and suffocated as the crowd
rushed to the front. The band stopped playing and tried
to calm the crowd when they realized what was happening,
but it was already too late and 9 people were killed. The
two remaining dates of the tour were cancelled, and the
band seriously considered retiring after this event. Some
controversy arose over who was responsible for the accident
after Pearl Jam was blamed in the official investigation.
The band was later cleared of responsiblity, with officials
finding the safety measures employed by the festival organizers
were inadequate.
In June 2003, the band announced they were officially leaving
their label of twelve years, Epic Records. This move is
viewed as something of a coup and has been described as
"...one institution leaving another, the most popular
and important American rock band of the '90's, voluntarily
rejecting the grandest label heritage...". Pearl Jam
states it has "no interest at this time" of signing
with another label and is "excited about our freedom".
Pundits say if Pearl Jam's move is successful, it may be
the death knell of the music industry as we know it.
Pearl Jam were outspoken supporters of Ralph Nader's presidency
run in 2000. In 2004, the band explicitly withdrew its support
for Nader, with members appearing in Rolling Stone to promote
the candidacy of John Kerry, and on the Vote for Change
tour.
Toronto
Toronto is Canada's largest city and the provincial capital
of Ontario. Toronto's population is 2,518,772 (2004 Statistics
Canada estimate); that of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
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Toronto is part of the Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario,
a densely populated region of around 7 million people. Approximately
one-third of the Canadian population lives within 160 km
(100 miles) of Toronto, and about one-sixth of all Canadian
jobs lie within the city limits.
Pearl Jam's Canadian tour dates 2005:
Sept. 2: Vancouver, General Motors Place
Sept. 4: Calgary, Pengrowth Saddledome
Sept. 5: Edmonton, Rexall Place
Sept. 7: Saskatoon, Credit Union Centre
Sept. 8: Winnipeg, MTS Centre
Sept. 9: Thunder Bay, Ont., Fort William Gardens
Sept. 11: Kitchener, Ont., Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
Sept. 12: London, Ont., John Labatt Centre
Sept. 13: Hamilton, Copps Coliseum
Sept. 15: Montreal, Bell Centre
Sept. 16: Ottawa, Corel Centre
Sept. 19: Toronto, Air Canada Centre
Sept. 20: Quebec City, Colisee Pepsi
Sept. 22: Halifax, Metro Centre
Sept. 24: St. John's, Nfld., Mile One Stadium
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