Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Seattle, Washington. The band’s lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder. Drummers Jack Irons, Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, and Dave Abbruzzese are former members of the band. Pearl Jam was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 in its first year of eligibility.
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Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Seattle, Washington. The band’s lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, as well as Matt Cameron. Drummers Jack Irons, Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, and Dave Abbruzzese are former members of the band. Pearl Jam was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 in its first year of eligibility. They were ranked at No. 8 in a reader poll by Rolling Stone magazine in its \”Top Ten Live Acts of All Time\” issue. They have sold more than 85 million albums worldwide by 2018, including nearly 32 million albums in the United States by 2012, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. In 2006, Rolling Stone described the band as having \”spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame.’’ The band has also promoted wider social and political issues, from pro-choice sentiments to opposition to George W. Bush’s presidency. They often shunned popular music industry practices such as making music videos or giving interviews. They also sued Ticketmaster, claiming it had monopolized the concert-ticket market. In 2012, the band released their fifth album, Vitalogy, which became the second-fastest-selling CD in history at the time, with more than 877,000 units sold in the first week of release. The group has been nominated for a Grammy for the Best Hard Rock Performance for the song “I Can’t Go For It” in 2011.
The album was released on September 14, 2011. It was the first time Pearl Jam has played at the Grammys. The next day, they performed at the Madison Square Garden in New York City, where they were the opening act for Beyonce and Jay-Z’s performance of “Billie Jean” The band played its first official show at the Off Ramp Café in Seattle on September 15, 2011, and were the first band to play at the venue since the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The following day, Pearl Jam played their first official gig at the Café Off Ramp in Seattle. The concert was attended by more than 10,000 people, and was the group’s biggest-ever sold-out show. The performance was followed by a sold out concert at the Alaska Airlines Center in Seattle the following day. In 2011, the group released their second album, Vs, which sold over 950,000 copies in its second week. In 2013, they released Vs, their third album, which went 13x platinum in the U.S. and sold over 1.5 million copies in the UK. In 2014, they announced their first UK tour, which was their biggest ever. The tour was their first stop on the North American leg of the European leg of their world tour, and the band has since played more than 100 countries.
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