Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder is one busy guy.

I forgot to mention last week that Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and former Soundgarden/Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell are nominated for a Grammy.

I’m a sucker for Christmas and Pearl Jam, so it’s only fitting that I would love this cover.

What a great song from the Merkin Ball single from 1995, which was part of the Neil Young/Pearl Jam team up on Neil’s Mirror Ball album.

Pearl Jam may be resting up, but it’s members are keeping pretty active.

To celebrate the release of Pearl Jam’s upcoming live DVD, Immagine In Cornice (Picture in a Frame),there will be one-night premieres in select theatres in the U.S., UK and Ireland. The premieres will take place this Monday, September 24, in the UK and Ireland and Tuesday, September 25, in the States. For a full list of participating theatres go here.

The Pearl Jam frontman is rather busy this fall. He just performed at the Toronto International Film Festival, his solo soundtrack for Into The Wild comes out Tuesday and he’ll be at the Bridge School Benefit in October.

I’m in a wedding this weekend, so Pearl Jam’s “Around The Bend” has been stuck in my head.

Seems that Pearl Jam is once again battling a major corporation, this time for censorship concerns. The battle began on Sunday when portions of “Daughter” went out during a live stream from Lollapalooza. The stream was presented by AT&T, the company also sponsored  Lollapalooza and received the honor of having the main stage dubbed the AT&T Stage, where Pearl Jam performed.

I’ve been on a huge Police kick, so I decided to write about a classic track from 1980’s Zenyatta Mondatta. The song was written by Sting while The Police were on tour. The story goes that while in his hotel room Sting saw a program about starving children and was inspired to write “Driven To Tears”.

Welcome to the first edition of FYI Friday, which means I’ll be sharing some knowledge about everything related to the 90’s alternative scene that you may or may not already know, but it should be an educational experience for us all.

I’ve chosen Pearl Jam’s “Severed Hand” for song of the week, because I just saw a TV ad for their new box set, Live at the Gorge 05/06, and they played a live version of “Severed Hand”. It reminded how awesome this song is and I immediately had to listen to it.