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“Had they called a week before, we wouldn’t have known if we could have pulled it off....”
—Jeff Ament
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The waiting drove me mad…
Pearl Jam’s iconic “Corduroy” made its live debut on March 15, 1994, in St. Louis. It was never released as a single, but it made it to number 13 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart .
It’s made the set list 638 times and it never gets old. Never.

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On March 12, 1992, Pearl Jam played Batschkaap in Frankfurt, Germany.
The show featured a breathtaking 7 minute version of "Breath."
Before “Jeremy,” Eddie Vedder spoke to the crowd: “They’re building Jeff a special bass for this next song and they’re almost done with it."

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On March 9, 1998, Pearl Jam played the Sydney Entertainment Center in support of “Yield.”
At the end beginning of the encore section of the evening, Jeff was treated to an early birthday celebration.
**Photos shared with JAA by Andrew McDougall.

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“[Whipping is] about getting hit in the face, turning your cheek and getting hit again. Come to think of it, all the songs are about that.”
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On February 6, 1995, Pearl Jam played the second of two surprise, fan club shows at The Moore in Seattle, appearing as “Pissbottlemen.”

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Thirty-four years ago today, February 4, 1992, was a busy day for Jeff and the band, as they were on their first European tour.
Read the details in the photos.

Photo by Niels van Iperen. Please respect the copyright.

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#JeffAment (March 2009): “I’m really fond of a handful of songs that we recorded for the Vitalogy record. ‘Last Exit,’ ‘Nothingman,’ and ‘Tremor Christ’ were recorded at Daniel Lanois’ studio in New Orleans. There’s something about the sound of those songs and how easily they came.…

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—> Back on February 2, 1995, Pearl Jam’s Vitalogy was simultaneously certified platinum, double platinum, triple platinum and quadruple platinum, for sales of 4 million copies, all within two months of its release.

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From 1996:
Interviewer: Is there a Pearl Jam song that’s most you?
#StoneGossard: “’Blood’ is something I’m pretty proud of in terms of the way that one fits together, the arrangement, the way the riffs work together from verses.”
(From Addicted to Noise, 1996)

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The music for “Leash” is credited to #StoneGossard and #MikeMcCready. It has been played live 136 times. Its live premiere was November 10, 1991, at Bender Arena at American University in Washington DC.

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“Angel,” by Dave Abbruzzese and Eddie Vedder, has been played live 6 times. It was released on December 30, 1993, as the Ten Club Christmas Single.
The first live performance of “Angel” took place 5.17.92 and most recently 8.7.16.

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#Leash made it’s live premiere on November 10, 1991, at Bender Arena at American University in Washington DC.
11/10/91 SETLIST
Wash
Once
State Of Love And Trust
Even Flow
Garden
Alive
Black
Deep
Why Go
Porch
Leash

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“Is anyone going to the show tonight? Pumpkins? The Peppers? We’ve never even been in this city before...[flips the bird playfully]. Hi … fuck you … fuck you. If we ever make it big it’s gonna be on a Current Affair or something. Fuck off, Maury.”
—Eddie Vedder

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Following #PearlJam's November 3, 1996, show in Berlin, Eddie Vedder joined a radio broadcast, for an “aftershow,” known as “Radio Fritz” or “Checkpoint Charlie.”

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On October 13, 1990, a new band, which had not chosen its name yet, recorded ten songs at the London Bridge Studio.
More in photo!!!
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It’s a red-letter day!
Today in 1990, Eddie Vedder flew to Seattle to play for the first time with #JeffAment, #StoneGossard, Mike McCready, and Dave Krusen. More in photo.

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Thirty-four years ago today, Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready appeared on MTV's Headbanger's Ball.
The interview is in two parts:
PART ONE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc1M...
PART TWO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Sp...

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September 21, 2007
The Sean Penn-directed film adaptation of Jon Krakauer's brilliant book, "Into The Wild" was released.
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“‘Just Breathe’ uses the first chord from an instrumental called ‘Tuolumne.’ There was a lyric or something that hit me, and I picked up the guitar and played that chord. I thought, well, I’ll just go with it and make something different out of it….
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On September 19, 1990, after hearing the dubbed Momma-Son tape, Stone and Jeff asked Eddie to join their new band.
For fans, the three songs, Alive, Footsteps, and Once, have become known as the “Momma-Son Trilogy.”
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September 13th is a big day in the Jamily. Enjoy all the tidbits in the details in the photos.
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On September 9, 1992, Pearl Jam performed at the MTV Video Music Awards. They were the center of a controversy with MTV show runners when they announced they intended playing a cover of the Dead Boys’ “Sonic Reducer.”
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Twenty threes years ago, on September 6 and 7, 2002, director James Frost recorded Pearl Jam performing some songs from Riot Act at Chop Suey in Seattle. The ever-present Danny Clinch took amazing photos.

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“I can kill ‘cause in god I trust, yeah.”
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On 8/28/98 Pearl Jam released their video for "Do The Evolution”; this release was the the band’s first music video in six years. (Their last had been “Oceans," the fourth and final video from Ten.)
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"I drew the #Stickman the night after Kelly Curtis told me that we needed artwork for the giveaway cassette for 'Alive.'…
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"Hail, Hail,” featuring lyrics by Eddie Vedder and music co-written by Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, and Mike McCready, was the second single release from No Code. “Black, Red, Yellow” is the B-side.
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The first single from No Code, “Who You Are" was released on July 30, 1996. On August 17, it entered the Billboard Hot 100 at Number 35.
Nerdy bits in the photos:

I just want to scream … hello …
Nerdy bits in photo.
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Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town has been played live 515 times, premiering on June 16, 1993, in Missoula.

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“Who You Are,” featuring lyrics by Eddie Vedder and music co-written by Jack Irons and Stone Gossard, was released on July 30, 1996, as the first single from the band’s fourth studio album, No Code.
Details in photo.

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While Pearl Jam's iconic, acoustic #Benaroya show took place (and was recorded) on October 22, 2003, it was released on vinyl on July 27, 2004.
A portion of the proceeds of the sale of the recording went to YouthCare in #Seattle.
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