Pearl Jam to Play Chicago’s Wrigley Field July 19 : January 24, 2013

Pearl Jam will perform at Chicago’s Wrigley Field this summer. “IT’S OFFICIAL: Pearl Jam will be playing at Wrigley Field. Will you be there?” The band tweeted yesterday ...

Lollapalooza Chile 2013 Books Pearl Jam, Black Keys, Deadmau5 : October 01, 2012

The lineups for both the second incarnation of Lollapalooza Brazil and the third annual Lollapalooza Chile will include Pearl Jam, Black Keys and Deadmau5. The Lollapalooza Braz ...

Concert Review: Pearl Jam at Music Midtown in Atlanta : September 23, 2012

We have come to the final night of Atlanta's 2-day music festival Music Midtown. Saturday, we rolled back the clock to revisit Garbage, had a bizarre visit from swashbuckling Adam ...

Could Grunge Nirvana Happen with Joint Pearl Jam, Soundgarden Tour? : September 17, 2012

Could Pearl Jam and Soundgarden be planning on co-headlining road trip next year in what would be one of the biggest tour packages of the year? The Internet certainly is buzzing ab ...

Jay-Z’s Made in America Ropes Pearl Jam, D’Angello, Skrillex : May 22, 2012

Recently, Jay-Z announced that he would be curating the lineup at Budweiser’s Made in America Festival this year, and now his extremely eclectic lineup has been announced. Among ...

Pearl Jam Takes 21st Anniversary Tour to UK, Europe : December 08, 2011

After spending all year celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album, Ten, Pearl Jam have announced their first shows of 2012, which will take place next summer in Europe. ...

Pearl Jam 20th Anniversay Show, Canadian Tour Scheduled : May 16, 2011

Pearl Jam, following months of breathless anticipation, has announced details for their upcoming 20th anniversary concert. The band will be headlining and hosting a festival over L ...

Pearl Jam Prepares for Summer Arena Concert Dates : March 12, 2010

Grunge stalwarts Pearl Jam are ready to take to the road to support last fall’s release “Backspacer.” The tour is slated for May and will cover 10 US cities along the east co ...

New Orleans Jazz Festival Returns with Pearl Jam, Van Morrison : December 17, 2009

It’s hard to image as winter gets a firm foothold, but the sultry, spring New Orleans Jazz Festival is just around the corner. The festival is headlined by heavyweight music acts ...

pearl jam Biography

The American rock band Pearl Jam was formed in 1990 in Seattle, Washington. The lineup of the band, since its inception, has included lead vocalist and guitarist Eddie Vedder, bassist Jeff Ament, rhythm guitarist Stone Gossard and lead guitarist Mike McCready. Matt Cameron, the current drummer who also plays with Soundgarden, has been a band member since 1998.

After Mother Love Band, the previous band of Gossard's and Ament's broke up, Pearl Jam was formed. The release of “Ten” in 1991, their debut album, helped break them into the mainstream. Pearl Jam during the early 1990s was one of the main bands that helped to shape the grunge movement. Early on they were criticized as a corporate sell-out from the explosion of alternative rock. Over the band's career however, members have become known for refusing to follow traditional practices within the music industry, including the refusal to record music videos and boycotting Ticketmaster.

Pearl Jam over the course of their career have sold more than 30 million U.S. records and approximately sixty million worldwide. The band has released 9 albums, with the latest “Backspacer” being released in 2009. They have outlasted most of their contemporaries out of the early 1990s alternative rock scene and are considered one of that decade's most influential bands.