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30 Artists Reflect on 30 Years of Pearl Jam’sTen
The story has been told thousands of times, but it bears repeating: Pearl Jam should never have happened. The ’90s had just begun. In March 1990, the promising Seattle rock band Mother Love Bone was about to unveil their debut album. But on the eve of the release, the band’s lead singer, Andrew Wood, died tragically of a heroin overdose. His band members, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament were blind-sided, devastated, and decided to end the band. Over the next few months, Gossard slowly found his way back to music. He made a few demos that landed in the hands of a surfer from San Diego via Chicago who got them from ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons. The surfer’s name was Eddie Vedder. The songs he sent back? “Alive,” “Once,” and “Footsteps.” Pearl Jam formed around t...
Soul Asylum, Local H and Juliana Hatfield to Hit the Road This Fall
The ’90s are back, baby. Soul Asylum will headline a 27-date fall tour that will feature fellow ’90s stalwarts Local H and Juliana Hatfield on the bill as well. All three artists have released albums in the past year, with Soul Asylum’s dropping at the onset of the pandemic. Local H released an album last year and Hatfield put out her new collection in May The Back In Your Face tour kicks off on Aug. 3 in Reading, Pennsylvania before hitting 26 other cities. It concludes in Dave Pirner’s home state of Minnesota, with a Sept. 18 show in Maple Grove. More dates will be announced soon. “Being off the road and at home for this last 15 months has been as hard on all of us, as it has everyone in the world really,” Pirner said in a statement. “We haven’t been in one place, for this long, in the h...
