“State Of Love And Trust” is PJ at their absolute best — roaring on all cylinders, with a ferocious vocal from Eddie Vedder and a monster chorus. It’s been a fan favorite for two decades, with good reason. It was written by Vedder, Ament and Mike McCready (where most PJ songs at that stage featured Gossard among the credits) and recorded during the same sessions as “Breath.”
The latest podcast is up and chock full of awesome songs from Amsterdam I and II... Now, with 60% less talking and 60% more Jamin'!!! Enjoy!! Special thanks to its211me for all the awesome audio!!!
As part of the process of creating the final artwork with Shawn Wolfe for the Pearl Jam Manchester poster, we created 5 individual prints. These prints were created to not only be a part of the final piece, but to stand on their own.
A total of 50 limited edition prints of each of the 5 pieces were created. A handful of each were sent on to the venue to be mixed in with the rest of the run. Most of the remaining prints will go into the archives.
Tomorrow we will have a very, very limited amount of signed and numbered prints available, numbered out of an edition of 50(total copies).
- Week in Review - 2012 Euro Tour
- Song(s) of the Week - "Better Things" (Ray Davies) and "Devil Doll" (X with Eddie Vedder)
- GTC Extra - "Fell on Black Days" by Soundgarden from Rock Am Ring 2012 show
- Live Rarites - "Paralyzed" 08-04-2000
- Extra song - "Rusty Cage" Soundgarden from Rock Am Ring 2012 show
Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard announced the launch of the Carbon Capturing Companies Program at Forterra's 2012 Conservation Awards Breakfast. Forterra's Carbon Capturing Companies Program provides an opportunity for Washington-based companies and residents to partner with local non-profit organizations and community service groups to plant native conifer trees in parks, right of ways, transportation corridors and natural areas in an effort to voluntarily reduce our impact on the climate.
Local radio station KEXP is teaming up with Seattle Center again for the fourth annual "Concerts at the Mural," a free, outdoor, picnic-friendly concert series at the Mural Amphitheatre on the Seattle Center Campus. It happens on four Fridays in August.Brad will be performing with The Young Evils and Posse on August 10th. Check here for the full series line-up.
Musically, the ghost of grunge will be present with local rock bands Love Battery and Brad — the former was a peer of Nirvana, Mudhoney and Soundgarden in the late '80s/early '90s; the latter features guitarist Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam.
We are happy to announce that Pearl Jam will perform in Missoula, MT at the Adams Center on Sunday, September 30th marking the band's only scheduled U.S. non-festival date for 2012.
Special guests Mudhoney will open the show.
September 30 – Missoula, Montana at University of Montana Adams CenterTicketing information is available here, including information about the John Tester "Best Seats in the World" Raffle.
Fans are also encouraged to participate in a first ever “Best Seats in the World” raffle to benefit Tester’s re-election effort. $10 or any other amount to be automatically entered to win an unprecedented opportunity to watch Pearl Jam’s show from a seat on stage, along with travel, hotel accommodations and meals, backstage passes to the show and admission to pre-show events with Tester and Pearl Jam. Full details are available online at jontester.com.
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But when McCready stepped up and played his guitar and sang his songs, people stopped chatting. And they listened to the stunning, sometimes plaintive sounds he coaxed from the guitar and from his gut.Then, today, Mike sat down with Fat Kid Rules the World director, Matthew Lillard, to talk about his 7" single featuring two songs from the movie, Disconnect and Sock Hop, that you can get by donating $50 to the Fat Kid Kickstarter Campaign.
When McCready called the maestro up to play his violin in accompaniment, after one false start to change the key for McCready, their rendition of the Rolling Stone’s “No Expectations” was intense.
“Take me to the station and put me on a train,” the rocker rasped, with the violin playing all around his melody. “I've got no expectations to pass through here again. Once I was a rich man and now I am so poor. But never in my sweet, short life have I felt like this before …”
While the event is not open to the public, you can listen to the show on 710 ESPN Seattle or watch the live webcast on 710Sports.com beginning [June 11] at 7 p.m. For more information about the event, visit MyNorthwest.com/RockJock
The Ten Club recognizes 10 "Charter Members". We've dug through the ancient scrolls of the Ten Club history books and identified who we think are 10 of the first (and still active) members of this club. We wanted to get to know these folks a little better and thought you might too.Geez ... lucky much?
One of these Charter Members will be selected to be hosted by the Ten Club in Amsterdam for the two PJ shows there this month. We'll be announcing the lucky member next week and sharing their adventure with you here on pearljam.com.
