Pearl Jam are are in the middle of their 20th anniversary celebrations that include a Cameron Crowe-directed documentary, soundtrack and book, and now a “Balls In Your Mouth” duet with Jimmy Fallon.
Pearl Jam also broke out a never-before-played song, “Olé,” and also released the studio version of “Olé” for free on its PJ20.com site.
Here is a sneak peak at what you can look forward to in the PJ20 documentary – Eddie Vedder & Kurt Cobain slow dancing.
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
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Ten is the debut studio album by the American grunge band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. Following the disbanding of bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard’s previous group Mother Love Bone, the two recruited vocalist Eddie Vedder, guitarist Mike McCready, and drummer Dave Krusen to form Pearl Jam in 1990. Most of the songs began as instrumental jams, to which Vedder added lyrics about topics such as depression, homelessness, and abuse.
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Ten was not an immediate success, but by late 1992 it had reached number two on the Billboard 200 chart. The album produced three hit singles: “Alive”, “Even Flow”, and “Jeremy”. While Pearl Jam was accused of jumping on the grunge bandwagon at the time, Ten was instrumental in popularizing alternative rock in the mainstream.[1] The album has been certified diamond by the RIAA in the United States, selling over 9,800,000 copies, and remains Pearl Jam’s most successful album.
Pearl Jam have released the first track from the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe’s forthcoming documentary Pearl Jam Twenty. “Crown of Thorns”
What do you think is Pearl Jam still as good as it was 20 years ago, or has it past its used by date?
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz
A worldwide treasure hunt by grunge rockers Pearl Jam leading up to the release of their new album included a prize hidden in Auckland.
The album, the soundtrack to their upcoming documentary Pearl Jam Twenty, includes 29 live tracks recorded during shows around the world and is being released on September 20.
The band hid the album’s song titles on posters in cities where each of the tracks was recorded and used clues to reveal them online as they were found by fans.
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Sony Music – Chris Barry was the first to find the hidden Pearl Jam song title in Auckland.
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Track six on the album, Blood, was recorded during an Auckland concert and the song title was found at The Fiddler bar in Auckland this afternoon by a fan called Chris Barry.
It took him about an hour to find the poster after the clue – “A fiddler plays across the street from this Auckland skyscraper” – was posted online.
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Pearl Jam treasure hunt in Auckland
Until next time keep rockin’
The 0800 Jukebox crew.
www.0800jukebox.co.nz