Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is a rock band from Seattle, USA, and one of the leaders of the grunge movement in the early 90's. Although other groups of this movement have disappeared, Pearl Jam remains in a solid, having already more than 15 year career and recorded 8 studio albums to date. The group's original lineup consisted of EddieVedder (vocals), Jeff Ament (bass), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready(lead guitar) and Dave Krusen (drums). The drummer in the current lineup is MattCameron, formerly of Soundgarden, who is in the group since 1998.

Pearl Jam was born in the wake of the death by heroin sobredisis Andrew Wood, singer of Mother Love Bone, a Seattle group, which consisted of rhythm guitarist Stone Gossard, bassist Jeff Ament. Looking for a new singer, Jack Irons Elven encouraged to Eddie Vedder. The vocal of Eddie liked the group and joined the training.

Then with the new band name, used on their first album, Ten. After signing with EpicRecords, in trade issues, the group is forced to change its name. That's when EddieVedder proposes the name that now is a symbol in modern musical history: Pearl Jam