Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam, considered one of the most influential rock artist of their decade, formed in 1990. They are one of the four big grunge music artists alongside Nirvana, Sound Garden, and Alice in Chains. Pearl Jam is also one of the few mainstream alternative rock groups that have managed to remain active even as their contemporaries disbanded. After some initial success, Pearl Jam was attacked by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain stating that they were commercial sell outs. Cobain later reconciled with Eddie Vedder and they both became friends. They released their first album titled 'Ten' in 1991. Pearl Jam's second record, 'Vs' set a record for the most number of copies sold in a week. It included hits such as 'Daughter', 'Dissident', 'Go', and 'Animal'. The album was initially named 'Five Against One' but was changed to 'Vs' just before its release. They then launched 'Vitalogy' in 1994; and then exactly five years after the release of their first album they released 'No Code'. Pearl Jam's fifth album, 'Yeild' peaked at #1 on the Billboard charts and also went platinum. Pearl Jam hired renowned comic book artist Todd McFarlane to create an animated video for their single 'Do the Evolution'. In 1999, they recorded the song 'Last Kiss', originally sung by Wayne Cochran. The song was an instant hit and it peaked at #2 on the Billboard charts. They later released 'Binaural' in 2000 and 'Riot Act' in 2002. Pearl Jam's latest album 'Pearl Jam' was released in May 2006, on JRecords. Pearl Jam has been highly successful with their performances over the past 16 years. The band has seen many members come and go; the band currently comprises of Jeff Ament, Eddie Vedder, Stone Gosard, Matt Cameron, and Mike McCready.