Al did a great post last year about Pearl Jam’s Late Show With David Letterman appearances, so I thought I’d rip the idea from him and entertain you with the band’s Saturday Night Live appearances.

1992

Alive

Note Stone’s girly-ass hair-do, and look for a Jeff Ament who had too much coffee towards the end of the song.

1994 Rehersals

Al just told me as I was writing this post that the ‘94 performance happened right after the death of Kurt Cobain, and Vedder nods to him by singing parts of the song American Pie by Don McLean at the end of Daughter, a song which itself was written in honor of 3 musicians who died in a plane crash (Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Ritchardson.)

Daughter/American Pie

Rearview Mirror

Not For You

The band has appeared in later SNL episodes, but alas I couldn’t find the vids. Hopefully NBC will see this and throw them up on the SNL site someday soon.