Pearl Jam has survived the age of grunge and emerged as one of the legendary groups of rock and roll. The group’s first album, Ten, went platinum 12 times and started a music career that would sell over 60 million records world wide. Eddie Vedder brings his powerful, unique voice as the front man with Jeff Ament as the bass guitarist, Stone Gossard as the rhythm guitarist, Mike McCready as the lead guitarist, and Matt Cameron as the only drummer able to stick with the group for long.

The band is as famous for their tracks off Ten, Vs., and Vitalogy as they are for their ability to put themselves in the middle of conflict. Pearl Jam fought hard to beat the label as commercialized. They boycotted Ticketmaster for placing surcharges on tickets. They fought MTV by refusing to make another music video after the award-winning “Jeremy”. They sang very public about their displeasure with President George Bush. They even released material without a label or two years.

The conscious of the group may have served as a roadblock between them and unquestioned success. By the end of the ‘90s the group was struggling to be certified platinum once on No Code and Yield. The turn of the century had them with millions of fans but poor record sales that had slipped to Gold.

Pearl Jam has continued to rock with a style that has been more of a mix of guitar riffs from ‘70s rock and angry tones from post-punk in the ‘80s complete with the hooks and choruses that have defined popular music for generations.

The band stood on the edge of grunge rock and the Seattle sound, almost too soft for the stripped down heavy metal/indie rock with distorted electric guitars. Pearl Jam has remained unflinching in the band’s vision of music and has produced records with little consideration for the aesthetics for the time.

Pearl Jam has continued to tour to this day, often playing huge music festivals like Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo. Tickets are always available with The Seats for the huge festivals or any of the smaller concerts they have planned on tour. Check their updated schedule periodically. See if Pearl Jam is playing a hill side concert or an arena show with our helpful Web site.