Did Pearl Jam De-construct Their Own Fame?

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Eric Hebert
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One of the things often mentioned about Pearl Jam is the time the band has spent de-constructing their own success. By the mid-90’s, Pearl Jam was pretty much the biggest rock band around, and from what I’ve heard, they were not too happy with it.

One story I heard dealt with Eddie Vedder having a stalker, and the experience lead them to obtain lower profile. I’d say they did a good job of accomplishing this, as many stopped listening to the band after albums like Vitalogy and No Code were released.

Part of this process involved two things. The first was the way the band produced, recorded, and mixed their music. With each release the band has walked farther away from the slicker, grungy-er productions of their first two albums and has developed more of a classic rock sound.

Every release also stands on it’s own as the band explored different recording methods (Binaural) or music styles.

The second involved the actual tracks that made the album. Pearl Jam recorded some great catchy rock songs throughout the years that were intentionally left off of certain albums because the band was afraid that they would receive too much radio airplay, giving them more attention then they wanted and probably murdering the impact of the song due to over-saturation.

Luckily, some of these songs were included on the B-Side compilation, Lost Dogs, for use to enjoy. Listen to the tracks “Down” and “Sad” and tell me that it has radio written all over it!

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