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16 unusual facts about Pearl Jam


13 Songs

Pearl Jam covered 'Suggestion' in various concerts in the early 1990s, usually as a tag to another song or an improvised jam, most notably on the song "Saying No".

Ayotte Drums

A number of drummers endorse or have endorsed Ayotte drums, including Matt Cameron of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, Ryan Vikedal of Nickelback, Jon Fishman of Phish and Jeremy Taggart of Our Lady Peace.

Connor: Spotlight

Pearl Jam: There is a poster for "Pearl Clam" in Connor and Avery's room.

Dahlberg Arena

Dahlberg Arena has hosted many concerts, including Pearl Jam, Gym Class Heroes, Rascal Flatts, and Macklemore.

Estádio Vila Capanema

The American rock band Pearl Jam played at the stadium on November 9, 2011, as part of their 20th anniversary tour.

Event cinema

The thrill of Live broadcasts means they are generally regarded as more popular than recorded events, but there are exceptions; artists with a loyal cult or teenage following tend to do particularly well in this area, as concert films featuring artists such as the Grateful Dead, Pearl Jam, JLS, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones have shown.

Google Play Music

The Rolling Stones debuted the live recording Brussels Affair (Live 1973) and Pearl Jam made available a live concert recorded in Toronto as 9.11.2011 Toronto, Canada.

KSUA

The new KSUA came on the air on December 2, 1993, playing the same song the station had shut down with: Pearl Jam's "Alive."

Moses on a Snail

Eddie Vedder, frontman of Pearl Jam (whom Pollard has opened for) issued a statement about the album, stating "It sounds to me like Robert Pollard uncharacteristically took ten years to make this one. He will tell you otherwise, but I don't believe him. It's too fucking good. If it were any other group this would be seen as their masterpiece. I think for Bob it's just another good day of weaving words into a kaleidoscope of one of a kind, thought-provoking perspectives".

Pearl Jam Twenty

Pearl Jam Twenty (also known as PJ20) is a 2011 American rockumentary directed by Cameron Crowe about the band Pearl Jam.

Pop Market

PopMarket is a deal-of-the-day website launched by Relentless Generator in November 2010 that offers 24-hour deep discounts on albums, box sets, and merchandise to its members from major music artists and bands like Santana, Johnny Cash, Miles Davis, and Pearl Jam.

Rocketboy

Commonly categorized simply as Christian rock, Rocketboy's musical style was heavily influenced by a hodge-podge of mainstream artists such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Jimmy Buffett and Vigilantes of Love.

Silver Spurs Arena

The arena played host to the politically motivated Vote for Change Tour on October 8, 2004, featuring performances by Gob Roberts, Death Cab for Cutie and Pearl Jam, with special guests Peter Frampton and Neil Young.

Steve Gleason

In 2013 Gleason was given the opportunity to interview American rock band Pearl Jam regarding their tenth studio album, Lightning Bolt.

The Strange Familiar

“I was in seventh grade when I saw Jeff’s band playing Pearl Jam's ‘Yellow Ledbetter’ at our school dance,” Leyden recalls.

Throw Your Arms Around Me

The song was later covered by Pearl Jam, with the lyric "I will kiss you in four places" changed to "I will kiss you in 155 places" by vocalist Eddie Vedder.


Adam Dutkiewicz

For this album he took on the job of co-producer alongside Brendan O'Brien (known for his work with AC/DC, The Offspring, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, Incubus, Mastodon, and Stone Temple Pilots).

Alternative Nation

While the latter aired videos by more diverse artists, such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bronski Beat, New Order, The Replacements, The Verve, Weezer, Robyn Hitchcock, and Butthole Surfers, Alternative Nation focused primarily on the alternative hits of the day, including songs by Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Oasis.

Chito Miranda

The band slowly gained popularity during the height of the Filipino rock explosion, with the local rock community opening up to the influence of foreign grunge acts such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.

Dogman

Dogman was supported with quite a few memorable performances opening for others, including a string of dates with Pearl Jam, a whole tour with Mötley Crüe and Type O Negative, and the opening night of Woodstock '94.

Don Nix

The song "Going Down", originally released by the band Moloch on their eponymous album in 1969, became a blues standard and was covered by Freddie King, Jeff Beck, Deep Purple, JJ Cale, Marc Ford, Chicken Shack, Bryan Ferry, Pearl Jam, Gov't Mule, Sam Kinison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and many others.

Donny Paycheck

He is also credited for recording with Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam on the Ramones tribute album We're a Happy Family, Amy Nelson (Willie Nelson's daughter)on the soundtrack for the gift and the 2008 Toxic Holocaust an Overdose of Death.

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo

Part of Pearl Jam's "World Wide Suicide" clip was filmed in the dresser rooms of the stadium.

G.a.s. Drummers

A rock album named Standards Down which was also released by Bcore disc in 2005 with a sound that takes them away from their previous sounds further than ever, and making them sound like a mixture between some 90's alternative rock bands such as Dinosaur Jr or even Pearl Jam together with classic rock acts such as Neil Young, The Kinks etc.

Gimme Some Truth

Pearl Jam covered this song on some of their live shows, more notably on the third leg of their 2003 tour during the beginning of the Iraq War.

Halloween Surprise

During the garage sale, Andy is seen wearing a Pearl Jam shirt with a flannel over it, and holding a hat, telling April that he was wearing it the first time he heard Vitalogy by Pearl Jam when he realizes she is selling it.

Joon Wolfsberg

From January to April 2012 Joon recorded her second album 'Wonderland' together with Brad Smith (bass), Christopher Thorn (e-guitar) of the US-based band Blind Melon and Pearl Jam drummer Dave Krusen.

KENR

However, unlike most adult alternative stations, it did play heavy songs such as "More Human than Human" and "Crazy Train", and harder selections by Metallica, Nirvana and Pearl Jam mixed in with more standard triple A bands such as Coldplay, U2 & INXS to take on clustermate 963 The Blaze & newly launched trail 1033.

KNDD

Within six weeks of The End's first broadcast, three albums by local artists — Ten by Pearl Jam, Nevermind by Nirvana and Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden — were released.

KNRK

In the years following its debut, the station's format consisted almost entirely of alternative rock music by bands including The Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam and Nirvana.

KXRX

The station helped launch the careers of groups such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, and featured a high-profile corps of deejays that included Mike West, Robin Erickson, John Maynard, and British-born Norman B. (Batley), who introduced listeners to "Seattle Blues," a Sunday night show that drew a large and devoted following.

Natty Dread

The song has been performed by artists as diverse as Boney M. (sung by Liz Mitchell), The Fugees, Pearl Jam, Jimmy Buffett, Rancid and Gilberto Gil.

Nothink

They have three albums Bipolar Age (2005), Spotlights (2007) and most recently Hidden State (2010) recorded in Seattle (EEUU) and produced by Matt Bayles (Pearl Jam, Mastodon, Minus the Bear...)

Shaw Conference Centre

It has hosted a wide variety of guests and performers in its history, including Tiesto, Bobby Orr, Pearl Jam, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Metallica, Slipknot, Stone Temple Pilots, Paul Rodgers, Scorpions, Goo Goo Dolls, Dream Theater, In Flames, Deftones, Sum 41, Jean Chrétien, Desmond Tutu, Gordie Howe, Prince Charles, Diana Princess of Wales and Tina Turner.

Slow Night, So Long

When the band toured with Pearl Jam, as well as during Lollapalooza 2007, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder would come out playing tambourines and sing the song alongside Caleb Followill, trading lines with the Kings of Leon lead singer.

Swallow My Pride

During a Pearl Jam concert in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 30, 1993, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam (both previously in Green River) reunited with Turner and Arm of Mudhoney to cover the song.

UFO discography

UFO's influence was strongly felt in the 1980s heavy metal scene and they have been cited as a primary influence of Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, Kirk Hammett of Metallica, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, Frank Hannon of Tesla, and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, among others.

Ultra Payloaded

The album features contributions from artists such as John Frusciante and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas, former Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons, Joy Division/New Order bass guitarist Peter Hook, Porno for Pyros guitarist Peter DiStefano, Hybrid, Thievery Corporation, and finally a pre-recorded vocal performance provided by Jim Morrison.

Vince Mira

As of late 2008, he is assisting Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard with a Hank Williams tribute CD, as well as touring with Gossard as part of Timberland's EarthKeeper project.

Warnings/Promises

Following a tour supporting Pearl Jam, and festival appearances in the UK, the band rented a house in the Scottish Highlands to begin writing the follow-up to The Remote Part.

WCPY

92 KISS-FM signed off with Pearl Jam's Last Kiss and then the three signals became "Energy 92.7&5", a format consisting entirely of dance music, launched with DJ Jean's The Launch.

While My Heart Beats

It is his second solo album apart from his main band, Pearl Jam, preceded by 2008's Tone.

Wille And The Bandits

The band takes their inspiration from a variety of artists such as Pearl Jam, Ben Harper and Jimi Hendrix.