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Album
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Album, is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl, an album may be recorded in a recording studio, in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places. Recording may take a few hours to years to complete, usually in several takes with different parts recorded separately. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed live, the majority of studio recordings contain an abundance of editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology, musicians can be recorded in separate rooms or at times while listening to the other parts using headphones. Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, historically, the term album was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format. In musical usage the word was used for collections of pieces of printed music from the early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, the LP record, or 33 1⁄3 rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a gramophone record format introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. It was adopted by the industry as a standard format for the album. Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, the term album had been carried forward from the early nineteenth century when it had been used for collections of short pieces of music. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, as part of a trend of shifting sales in the music industry, some commenters have declared that the early 21st century experienced the death of the album. Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as mini-albums or EPs, Albums such as Tubular Bells, Amarok, Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield, and Yess Close to the Edge, include fewer than four tracks. There are no rules against artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder referring to their own releases under thirty minutes as albums. These are known as box sets, material is stored on an album in sections termed tracks, normally 11 or 12 tracks. A music track is a song or instrumental recording. The term is associated with popular music where separate tracks are known as album tracks. When vinyl records were the medium for audio recordings a track could be identified visually from the grooves
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Pearl Jam
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Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the bands line-up has comprised Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, the bands fifth member is drummer Matt Cameron, who has been with the band since 1998. Boom Gaspar has also been a member with the band since 2002. Drummers Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, Dave Abbruzzese and Jack Irons are former members of the band, formed after the demise of Gossard and Aments previous band, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut album, Ten, in 1991. In 2006, Rolling Stone described the band as having spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame, to date, the band has sold nearly 32 million records in the United States and an estimated 60 million worldwide. Pearl Jam has outlasted and outsold many of its contemporaries from the alternative rock breakthrough of the early 1990s, stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic referred to Pearl Jam as the most popular American rock & roll band of the 90s. Pearl Jam is to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7,2017, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament were members of pioneering grunge band Green River during the mid-1980s. Green River toured and recorded to moderate success but disbanded in 1987 due to a division between the pair and bandmates Mark Arm and Steve Turner. In late 1987, Gossard and Ament began playing with Malfunkshun vocalist Andrew Wood, in 1988 and 1989, the band recorded and toured to increasing interest and found the support of the PolyGram record label, which signed the band in early 1989. Mother Love Bones debut album, Apple, was released in July 1990, Ament and Gossard were devastated by the death of Wood and the resulting demise of Mother Love Bone. Gossard spent his time writing material that was harder-edged than what he had been doing previously. After a few months, Gossard started practicing with fellow Seattle guitarist Mike McCready, whose band, Shadow, had broken up, after practicing for a while, the trio sent out a five-song demo tape in order to find a singer and a drummer. They gave former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons the demo to see if he would be interested in joining the band, Irons passed on the invitation but gave the demo to his basketball buddy, San Diego, California singer Eddie Vedder. Vedder was the lead vocalist for a San Diego band, Bad Radio and he listened to the tape shortly before going surfing, where lyrics came to him. He then recorded the vocals to three of the songs in what he described as a mini-opera entitled Momma-Son. Vedder sent the tape with his vocals back to the three Seattle musicians, who were impressed enough to fly Vedder up to Seattle for an audition, within a week, Vedder had joined the band. With the addition of Dave Krusen on drums, the band took the name Mookie Blaylock, the band played its first official show at the Off Ramp Café in Seattle on October 22,1990, and soon signed to Epic Records and renamed themselves Pearl Jam. In a 2006 Rolling Stone cover story however, Vedder admitted that this story was total bullshit, Pearl Jam entered Seattles London Bridge Studios in March 1991 to record its debut album, Ten
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MGM Grand Garden Arena
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The MGM Grand Garden Arena is a multi-purpose arena located within the MGM Grand Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip. From 1996 to 2000, it hosted wrestlings WCW Halloween Havoc PPV event, the UWF television event Blackjack Brawl was held at the venue in 1994. As of May 2015, the arena has held 35 Ultimate Fighting Championship events, on September 7,1996, Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson was held here, later that night, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot in a drive-by attack. He eventually succumbed to his injuries six days later, on May 2,2015 Floyd Mayweather Jr defended his world title in a highly anticipated match against fellow superstar Manny Pacquiao. The fight went the distance and Floyd Money Mayweather Jr retained his title, the faces of the sold out crowd were fashion and entertainment icons such as hip-hop artist Jay-Z, UFC fighter Ronda Rousey and former NBA basketball player Michael Jordan. In 1994, the Las Vegas Dustdevils an indoor team in the Continental Indoor Soccer League played one season at the arena. It also previously served through 2015 as the home for select Los Angeles Kings games against the Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes and San Jose Sharks. During the 1990s, the served as the site for the WAC womens volleyball tournament. The Professional Bull Riders held its annual World Finals event at the MGM Arena from 1994 to 1998 before moving to the Thomas & Mack Center in 1999 and then to T-Mobile Arena in 2016. On March 13,2012, it was announced that the Pac-12 Mens Basketball Tournament would take place at the arena from at least 2013 through 2016, the MGM Grand Main Event features two four-team brackets, with each team playing two games in Las Vegas. Opening round games are played on campus, the arena has hosted many editions of WCW Monday Nitro. On October 4,2014, MGM GGA held an NHL preseason game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Los Angeles Kings, on October 24,2014, MGM GGA held an NBA preseason game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings
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Paradise, Nevada
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Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. The population was 223,167 at the 2010 census, making it the most populous unincorporated community in Nevada, as an unincorporated town, it is governed by the Clark County Commission with input from the Paradise Town Advisory Board. Paradise was formed on December 8,1950, Paradise contains McCarran International Airport, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and most of the Las Vegas Strip. Paradise contains most tourist attractions in the Las Vegas area, excluding downtown, despite this, the name Paradise remains relatively unknown. All Paradise ZIP codes have Las Vegas mailing addresses, the southern part of the Las Vegas Valley was referred to as Paradise Valley as early as 1910, owing to a high water table that made the land particularly fertile for farming. County commissioners established a Paradise school district in 1914, the commission voted to create the unincorporated township of Paradise on December 8,1950. In 1975, Nevada enacted a law that would have incorporated Paradise into the City of Las Vegas, before it could take effect, however, the bill was struck down as unconstitutional by the Nevada Supreme Court. According to the United States Census Bureau, the place of Paradise has a total area of 46.7 square miles. At the census of 2010, there were 223,167 people residing in Paradise. The racial makeup was 59. 8% White,8. 9% African American,0. 8% Native American,9. 5% Asian,1. 0% Pacific Islander, and 5. 5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 31. 2% of the population and 46. 3% of the population was non-Hispanic White. As of the census of 2000, there were 186,070 people,77,209 households, the population density was 3,947.3 people per square mile. There were 85,398 housing units at a density of 1,811.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the CDP was 72. 51% White,6. 59% African American,0. 77% Native American,6. 52% Asian,0. 59% Pacific Islander,8. 37% from other races, and 4. 65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23. 47% of the population,31. 9% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the family size was 3.04. In the CDP, the population was out with 21. 2% under the age of 18,10. 8% from 18 to 24,33. 3% from 25 to 44,23. 6% from 45 to 64. The median age was 35 years, for every 100 females there were 109.1 males
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Nevada
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Nevada is a state in the Western, Mountain West, and Southwestern regions of the United States of America. Nevada is the 7th most extensive, the 34th most populous, nearly three-quarters of Nevadas people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area where three of the states four largest incorporated cities are located. Nevada is officially known as the Silver State because of the importance of silver to its history and economy. It is also known as the Battle Born State, because it achieved statehood during the Civil War, as the Sage-brush State, for the plant of the same name. Nevada borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, Nevada is largely desert and semi-arid, much of it located within the Great Basin. Areas south of the Great Basin are located within the Mojave Desert, while Lake Tahoe, about 86% of the states land is managed by various jurisdictions of the U. S. federal government, both civilian and military. Before European contact, Native Americans of the Paiute, Shoshone, the first Europeans to explore the region were Spanish. They called the region Nevada because of the snow covered the mountains in winter. The area formed part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the United States annexed the area in 1848 after its victory in the Mexican–American War, and it was incorporated as part of Utah Territory in 1850. The discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in 1859 led to a boom that became an impetus to the creation of Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31,1864, as the second of two added to the Union during the Civil War. Nevada has a reputation for its libertarian laws, in 1940, with a population of just over 110,000 people, Nevada was by far the least-populated state, with less than half the population of the next least-populated state. However, legalized gambling and lenient marriage and divorce laws transformed Nevada into a major tourist destination in the 20th century, Nevada is the only U. S. state where prostitution is legal, though it is illegal in Clark County, Washoe County and Carson City. The tourism industry remains Nevadas largest employer, with mining continuing as a sector of the economy. The name Nevada comes from the Spanish nevada, meaning snow-covered, most Nevadans pronounce the second syllable of their state name using the vowel of trap. Many from outside the Western United States pronounce it with the vowel of father, although the latter pronunciation is closer to the Spanish pronunciation, it is not the pronunciation preferred by most Nevadans. State Assemblyman Harry Mortenson proposed a bill to recognize the alternate pronunciation of Nevada, though the bill was not supported by most legislators, the Nevadan pronunciation is the de facto official one, since it is the one used by the state legislature. Nevada is almost entirely within the Basin and Range Province, and is broken up by many mountain ranges
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Alternative rock
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Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s. In this instance, the word refers to the genres distinction from mainstream rock music. The terms original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their debt to either the musical style or simply the independent. Ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music, Alternative rock is a broad umbrella term consisting of music that differs greatly in terms of its sound, its social context, and its regional roots. Most of these subgenres had achieved minor mainstream notice and a few bands representing them, such as Hüsker Dü, with the breakthrough of Nirvana and the popularity of the grunge and Britpop movements in the 1990s, alternative rock entered the musical mainstream and many alternative bands became successful. By the end of the decade, alternative rocks mainstream prominence declined due to a number of events that caused grunge and Britpop to fade, emo attracted attention in the larger alternative rock world, and the term was applied to a variety of artists, including multi-platinum acts. Post-punk revival artists such as Modest Mouse and The Killers had commercial success in the early, before the term alternative rock came into common usage around 1990, the sort of music to which it refers was known by a variety of terms. In 1979, Terry Tolkin used the term Alternative Music to describe the groups he was writing about, in 1979 Dallas radio station KZEW had a late night new wave show entitled Rock and Roll Alternative. College rock was used in the United States to describe the music during the 1980s due to its links to the radio circuit. In the United Kingdom, dozens of small do it yourself record labels emerged as a result of the punk subculture, according to the founder of one of these labels, Cherry Red, NME and Sounds magazines published charts based on small record stores called Alternative Charts. The first national chart based on distribution called the Indie Chart was published in January 1980, at the time, the term indie was used literally to describe independently distributed records. By 1985, indie had come to mean a particular genre, or group of subgenres, at first the term referred to intentionally non–mainstream rock acts that were not influenced by heavy metal ballads, rarefied new wave and high-energy dance anthems. The use of alternative gained further exposure due to the success of Lollapalooza, for which festival founder, in the late 1990s, the definition again became more specific. Defining music as alternative is often difficult because of two conflicting applications of the word, the name alternative rock essentially serves as an umbrella term for underground music that has emerged in the wake of punk rock since the mid-1980s. Alternative bands during the 1980s generally played in clubs, recorded for indie labels. Sounds range from the gloomy soundscapes of gothic rock to the guitars of indie pop to the dirty guitars of grunge to the 1960s/1970s revivalism of Britpop. This approach to lyrics developed as a reflection of the social and economic strains in the United States and United Kingdom of the 1980s, by 1984, a majority of groups signed to independent record labels mined from a variety of rock and particularly 1960s rock influences. This represented a break from the futuristic, hyper-rational post-punk years
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Epic Records
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Epic Records is an American record company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc. Epic was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 and it later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of musical genres, including pop, R&B, rock and hip hop. Historically, the label has housed popular acts such as Boston, ABBA, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion, Dave Clark Five, Gloria Estefan, Pearl Jam, Shakira, Anastacia, and Sly & the Family Stone. Along with Columbia and RCA Records, Epic is one of Sony Music Entertainments three main record labels, L. A. Reid has served as chairman and CEO of Epic since July 2011. Sylvia Rhone was appointed president in March 2014, Epic Records was launched in 1953 by Columbia Records for the purpose of marketing jazz, pop and classical music that did not fit the theme of its more mainstream Columbia Records label. Initial classical music releases were from Philips Records which distributed Columbia product in Europe, pop talent on co-owned Okeh Records were transferred to Epic which made Okeh a rhythm and blues label. Epics bright-yellow, black, and blue became a familiar trademark for many jazz. By 1960, the musical base had been expanded to include all genres. This was done in part to prevent the roster of Columbia Records from being overstuffed with newer artists, subsequently, Epic became better known for its signing of newer, fledgling acts. By the end of the 1960s, Epic earned its first gold records and had evolved into a formidable hit-making force in rock and roll, R&B and country music. Among its many acts, it included Roy Hamilton, Bobby Vinton, The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, Tammy Wynette, Donovan, The Yardbirds, Lulu, July, Helen Shapiro and Jeff Beck. Also during the 1960s, Epic oversaw the smaller subsidiary CBS labels including Okeh Records, in 1968, Epic recordings began being distributed in the UK by CBS after the distribution deal with EMI expired that year, Epic itself launched in England around 1971. Epic was involved in a trade of artists. Graham Nash was signed to Epic because of his membership in The Hollies, when the newly formed Crosby, Stills & Nash wanted to sign with Atlantic Records, Ahmet Ertegün worked out a deal with Clive Davis whereby Richie Furays new band Poco would sign with Epic. Also contributing to the success was its distribution of Philadelphia International Records. Sony bought CBS Records in 1987, and the company was renamed Sony Music in 1991. In 2004, Sony merged with another powerhouse music distributor, BMG, bringing labels such as RCA, Arista, Columbia, Epic, Jive, in February 2009, singer and songwriter Amanda Ghost was appointed president of Epic Records. Later in the year, Sony BMG Music merged Epic and Columbias operations, Sony BMGs Legacy Recordings reissues the companys classic and catalog titles
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AllMusic
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AllMusic is an online music guide service website. It was launched in 1991 by All Media Guide which later became All Media Network, AllMusic was launched in 1991 by Michael Erlewine of All Media Guide. The aim was to discographic information on every artist whos made a record since Enrico Caruso gave the industry its first big boost and its first reference book was published the following year. When first released onto the Internet, AMG predated the World Wide Web and was first available as a Gopher site, the AMG consumer web properties AllMusic. com, AllMovie. com and AllGame. com were sold by Rovi in July 2013 to All Media Network, LLC. All Media Network, LLC. was formed by the founders of SideReel. com. The following are contributors to AllMusic, as of this date, All Media Network also produced the AllMusic guide series that includes the AllMusic Guide to Rock, the All Music Guide to Jazz and the All Music Guide to the Blues. Vladimir Bogdanov is the president of the series, in August 2007, PC Magazine included AllMusic in its Top 100 Classic Websites list. All Media Network AllGame AllMovie SideReel All Music Guide to the Blues All Music Guide to Jazz Stephen Thomas Erlewine Official website
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Pearl Jam Official Bootlegs
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See full list in Category, Pearl Jam Official Bootlegs. The Pearl Jam Official Bootlegs are a large, continually growing series of albums by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam noted the desire of fans to own a copy of the shows they attended, the band had been open in the past about allowing fans to make amateur recordings, and these official bootlegs were an attempt to provide a more affordable and better quality product for fans. The band has more than 3.5 million copies of shows since launching the bootleg series in 2000. The official bootlegs are a record of almost every show the band plays. Pearl Jams official bootleg program was begun for the bands 2000 Binaural Tour,72 of the bootlegs were released to stores in three waves in late 2000 and early 2001, with the 25 European bootlegs coming first. Every show was released in a cardboard sleeve containing two CDs, with the exception of the 72nd and final show on the tour, November 6,2000 at KeyArena in Seattle, Washington. The Seattle show was released as a set, and was the highest-charting of the series, peaking at number 98 on the Billboard 200. Eighteen shows from the tour were chosen by the band as Ape/Man shows, with the release of these official bootlegs, Pearl Jam would set a record for most albums to debut in the Billboard 200 at the same time. ^ * Asterisk denote Ape/Man shows The CDs continued for the 2003 Riot Act Tour and they had to be ordered through the bands official website, and were mailed out. The bootlegs were available within a week of each show date. The State College show was a three-hour, triple disc show and it was surpassed by the Mansfield show, from the Tweeter Center Boston, in which the band played 45 songs, including an acoustic set. The New York shows, from Madison Square Garden, were released separately and as a boxed set. The July 8,2003 show was released as the Live at the Garden DVD. In 2004, Pearl Jam released Live at Benaroya Hall, and while it came in similar packaging to the bootlegs, it is not considered to be part of the series. Pearl Jam took a touring break until the 2004 Vote for Change tour. The band took yet another year off until a fall 2005 tour of Canada, for the first time, the bootlegs were MP3-only, again only available through the bands official website. The music downloads were accompanied by pictures from individual shows, the MP3-only format expanded to include lossless FLAC format for the bands 2006 summer tour for its self-titled eighth album
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Binaural Tour
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The Binaural Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam to support its sixth album, Binaural. Pearl Jam promoted Binaural with tours in Europe and North America, before the tour started on May 23, with a show in Lisbon, Portugal, two warm-up concerts were performed in Bellingham, Washington, on May 10, and Vancouver on May 11. Pearl Jams 2000 European tour ended in tragedy on June 30,2000, nine fans were crushed underfoot and suffocated to death as the crowd rushed to the front. After numerous requests for the crowd to back, the band stopped playing and tried to calm the crowd when the musicians realized what was happening. The two remaining dates of the tour were cancelled, and the band seriously considered retiring after this event, Pearl Jam was initially blamed for the accident, but the band was later cleared of responsibility. Two additional concerts through July were cancelled, a month after the European tour concluded, the band embarked on a two-leg North American tour, starting on August 3 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The first leg of the focused on the East Coast of the United States, and then the band moved to the Midwest. On performing after the Roskilde tragedy, vocalist Eddie Vedder said that playing, facing crowds, on October 22,2000, the band played the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, celebrating the tenth anniversary of its first live performance as a band. Vedder took the opportunity to thank the people who had helped the band come together. He noted that I would never do this accepting a Grammy or something, the song Alive was purposely omitted from all shows on this tour until the final night on November 6,2000 in Seattle at KeyArena. The band performed that night for three hours, playing most of its hits along with covers such as The Kids Are Alright. The European and North American tours were documented by a series of official bootlegs. The band released 72 live albums in 2000 and 2001, following the conclusion of the 2000 tour, the band released Touring Band 2000, a DVD which featured select performances from the North American legs of the tour. Jeff Ament – bass guitar Stone Gossard – rhythm guitar, lead guitar Mike McCready – lead guitar Eddie Vedder – lead vocals, guitar Matt Cameron – drums
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Eddie Vedder
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Eddie Vedder is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known as a member of the grunge band Pearl Jam, with whom he performs lead vocals and is one of three guitarists. He is known for his baritone vocals. He is also involved in making music and contributes to albums by other artists, in 2007, Vedder released his first solo album as a soundtrack for the film Into the Wild. His second album Ukulele Songs and a live DVD titled Water on the Road were released in 2011, Vedder will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam on April 7,2017. Vedder was born Edward Louis Severson III in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, on December 23,1964, to Karen Lee Vedder and Edward Louis Severson and his parents divorced in 1965, when Vedder was an infant. His mother soon remarried, to a man named Peter Mueller, Vedder was raised believing that Mueller was his biological father, and he went by the name Edward Mueller for a time. Vedders ancestry includes German and Danish, while living in Evanston, Vedders family fostered seven younger children in a group home. In the mid-1970s, the family, including Vedders three younger half-brothers, moved to San Diego County, California and it was at this point that Vedder, who had received a guitar from his mother on his twelfth birthday, began turning to music as a source of comfort. He particularly found solace in The Whos 1973 album, Quadrophenia and he said, When I was around 15 or 16. I was all alone—except for music and his mother and Mueller divorced when Vedder was in his late teens. His mother and brothers moved back to the Chicago area, after the divorce, Vedder learned the truth about his parentage, Mueller was really his stepfather. Vedder had met his father briefly as a child, but had believed that Severson was merely an old friend of his parents. By the time Vedder learned the truth, Severson had died of multiple sclerosis, by his senior year at San Dieguito High School, Vedder was on his own, living in an apartment and supporting himself with a nightly job at a drug store in Encinitas. He eventually dropped out of school in his senior year due to the pressures of balancing school with working. He joined the rest of his family in Chicago, and it was at time that he changed his name to Eddie Vedder, Vedder being his mothers maiden name. In the early 1980s, while working as a waiter, Eddie earned his high school GED, in 1984, Vedder returned to San Diego, with his girlfriend, Beth Liebling. He kept busy recording demo tapes at his home and working various jobs, Vedder had several stints in San Diego area bands, including Surf and Destroy and The Butts. One of those bands, called Indian Style, included future Rage Against the Machine, in 1988, Vedder became the vocalist for the San Diego progressive funk rock band Bad Radio
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Mother Love Bone
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Mother Love Bone was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1988. The band was active from 1988 to 1990, frontman Andrew Woods personality and compositions helped to catapult the group to the top of the burgeoning late 1980s/early 1990s Seattle music scene. Wood died only days before the release of the bands debut album, Apple. The album was released a few months later. Initially, the group was formed in 1987 out of the cover band Lords of the Wasteland which featured Wood, Gossard, Ament, by early 1988 the band had added Fairweather, replaced Hagar with drummer Greg Gilmore and changed its name to Mother Love Bone. This new line-up quickly set about recording and playing area shows, Woods exuberant on-stage personality, outlandish clothes and dreamy lyrics helped bring attention to the band. In the 1996 grunge documentary, Hype, Seattle engineer Jack Endino called Wood the only stand-up comedian frontman in Seattle, a reference to Woods playful style of interacting with Mother Love Bone fans. In November 1988, the band signed to PolyGram subsidiary Polydor/Stardog, as part of their contract, PolyGram also created the Stardog Records imprint exclusively for the band. In March 1989, the group issued its debut EP, Shine, the record sold well and rapidly increased the hype surrounding the band. John Book of AllMusic said the record contributed to the buzz about the Seattle music scene, in late 1989, the group returned to the studio to record its debut album, Apple. Despite some initial difficulties, the record was on time for its projected March 1990 release, only days before Apple was slated to be released, however, frontman Andrew Wood, who had a long history with drug problems, overdosed on heroin and was left braindead. After spending two days in the hospital on life support to friends and family to say goodbye, Wood died. The album would see release later that year on July 19,1990, kim Neely of Rolling Stone said that the album succeeds where countless other hard rock albums have failed, capturing the essence of what made Zep immortal – dynamics, kids. – and giving it a unique Nineties spin, the project turned into an entire album and the group took the name Temple of the Dog, a reference to a line in the lyrics of the Mother Love Bone song, Man of Golden Words. Gossard and Ament would then join Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready to form Pearl Jam, one of the most commercially successful, Fairweather initially remained inactive but later joined Seattle based psychedelic rock band Love Battery, replacing Tommy Simpson on bass in 1992. He played on two of the albums and many of its tours before leaving that band as well. In 2006, he resurfaced in The Press Corps, with Garrett Shavlik, gilmores profile also dropped significantly following Mother Love Bones demise. Between 1992 and 1994, he drummed with the band Chubby Children, reuniting with former bandmates from 1982–1985, Brian Fox, out of the band came a handful of shows and unreleased recordings
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Jeff Ament
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Jeffrey Allen Jeff Ament is an American musician and songwriter who serves as the bassist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. Ament is also a member of the bands, Tres Mts, in 2008, Ament released his first solo album, Tone. A second solo album, While My Heart Beats, followed in 2012, Ament will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam on April 7,2017. The first of five children, Ament was born in Havre, Montana to George and Penny Ament and grew up in the town of Big Sandy, Montana, a town with a population of fewer than 700. Aments father George was mayor of Big Sandy for fifteen years, as well as a barber, Ament described his family growing up as pretty poor and hard-core Catholic. He began playing the guitar as a teenager, often playing along with Ramones, The Clash. Ament participated in basketball, football, and track at Big Sandy High School and he then went on to college at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana, where he studied art and played basketball. Ament quit college in the middle of his second year after the university told him they were no longer going to continue its graphic design program, Ament then relocated to Seattle, Washington in 1983 with his band Deranged Diction. While in Seattle, Ament got a job working at a shop in Belltown. Ament became acquainted with fellow Seattle musicians Mark Arm and Steve Turner, the band also included drummer Alex Vincent, with guitarist Stone Gossard eventually being added to the line-up. By the time the finished the recording of its debut EP, Come on Down, Turner decided to leave the group, citing his distaste with Ament. He was replaced by Aments former Deranged Diction bandmate, Bruce Fairweather, the band released the EP Come on Down in 1985 and followed it up with Dry As a Bone in 1987, the first release on Sub Pop records. The bands only studio album, Rehab Doll, was released in 1988. In-fighting within the lead to the groups break-up during the recording of Rehab Doll. A stylistic division had developed between Ament and Gossard on one side, and Arm on the other, Ament and Gossard wanted to pursue a major-label deal, while Arm wanted to remain independent, viewing the duo as being too careerist. Regarding the accusation, Ament later said that during his time with the band he had to work at a restaurant in order to pay his rent and he said, Did I want to play music and have my rent paid for. The band achieved a local reputation in Seattle and had a significant influence on the genre later known as grunge. The band quickly worked on recording and performing locally and by late 1988 had become one of Seattles more promising bands, in early 1989 the band signed to PolyGram subsidiary Mercury Records
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Billboard 200
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The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists, often, a recording act will be remembered by its number ones, those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart is based mostly on sales of albums in the United States, the weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but since July 2015, tracking week begins on Friday and ends on Thursday. A new chart is published the following Tuesday with an issue post-dated to the Saturday of the following week, the charts streaming schedule is also tracked from Friday to Thursday. Example, Friday January 1 – sales tracking week begins Thursday January 7 – sales tracking week ends Tuesday January 12 – new chart published, New product is released to the American market on Fridays. Digital downloads of albums are included in Billboard 200 tabulation. Albums that are not licensed for sale in the United States are not eligible to chart. As of the issue dated April 15,2017, the album on the Billboard 200 is More Life by Drake. Billboard began an album chart in 1945, initially only five positions long, the album chart was not published on a weekly basis, sometimes three to seven weeks passing before it was updated. A biweekly, 15-position Best-Selling Popular Albums chart appeared in 1955, the position count varied anywhere from 10 to 30 albums. The first number-one album on the new weekly list was Belafonte by Harry Belafonte, the chart was renamed to Best-Selling Pop Albums later in 1956, and then to Best-Selling Pop LPs in 1957. Beginning on May 25,1959, Billboard split the ranking into two charts Best-Selling Stereophonic LPs for stereo albums and Best-Selling Monophonic LPs for mono albums and these were renamed to Stereo Action Charts and Mono Action Charts in 1960. In January 1961, they became Action Albums—Stereophonic and Action Albums—Monophonic, three months later, they became Top LPs—Stereo and Top LPs—Monaural. On August 17,1963 the stereo and mono charts were combined into a 150-position chart called Top LPs, on April 1,1967, the chart was expanded to 175 positions, then finally to 200 positions on May 13,1967. In 1960, Billboard began concurrently publishing album charts which ranked sales of older or mid-priced titles and these Essential Inventory charts were divided by stereo and mono albums, and featured titles that had already appeared on the main stereo and mono album charts. In January 1961, the Action Charts became Action Albums—Monophonic, Albums appeared on either chart for up to nine weeks, then were moved to an Essential Inventory list of approximately 200 titles, with no numerical ranking. This list continued to be published until the consolidated Top LPs chart debuted in 1963, in 1982, Billboard began publishing a Midline Albums chart which ranked older or mid-priced titles. The chart held 50 positions and was published on a bi-weekly basis, on May 25,1991, Billboard premiered the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart
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Interstellar Overdrive
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Interstellar Overdrive is an instrumental composition written and performed by Pink Floyd. The song was written in 1966, and is listed on their album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, released in 1967. The song originated when guitarist Syd Barrett heard the bands manager Peter Jenner humming a song, musically sharing the same theme with Astronomy Domine, the piece was recorded in several takes between March and April 1967. Other versions of the track appear on various bootleg recordings, the piece has been covered by acts such as T. Rex, Pearl Jam, Hawkwind, the Melvins, and Simon House. Interstellar Overdrive was one of the very first psychedelic instrumental improvisations recorded by a rock band and it was seen as Pink Floyds first foray into space rock, although band members would later disparage this term. Interstellar Overdrive originated when early Pink Floyd manager Peter Jenner was trying to hum a song he could not remember the name of, guitarist and vocalist Syd Barrett followed Jenners humming with his guitar and used it as the basis for the principal melody of Interstellar Overdrive. Bassist Roger Waters once told Barrett that the songs riff reminded him of the tune from Steptoe. Around the time the song was written, Barrett was also inspired by AMM and their guitarist Keith Rowe, the free-form section was inspired by Frank Zappas free-form freak-outs and The Byrds Eight Miles High. Interstellar Overdrive shares an emphasis on chromaticism with Astronomy Domine, the main theme descends chromatically from B to G, before resolving to E, all chords major. The opening hook of the piece is a distorted, descending riff, played by Barrett, its composer, with Waters on bass. Nick Masons drums then kick in, and after the riff repeats itself a bit, the track turns into improvisation, including modal improvisations, flourishes on the Farfisa organ, the song gradually becomes almost structureless and in free-form tempo, punctuated only by strange guitar noises. Eventually, however, the entire band restates the main theme, Waters once called the song an abstract piece. A bass riff in the later evolved into another Pink Floyd song, Let There Be More Light. The stereo version of the song has an organ moving from speaker to speaker, the effect is lost on the version of the song. However, the organ is very prominent during the first 50 seconds of the mono version—along with some special effects—but inaudible in the mix until the improvised section. So Interstellar Overdrive was the weird shit. and again, hats off to Norman for letting them do that, a delay effect was created by producer Norman Smith by superimposing a second version of the song over a previous version. Smith played the drum roll on the song, the studio recording on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is the one that most listeners are familiar with, yet several other versions survive from both the recording studio and the stage. It was first recorded as a demo on 31 October 1966 and this version was used as the audio sound to the film San Francisco, which was made by a friend of Barretts, Anthony Stern
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Syd Barrett
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Roger Keith Syd Barrett was a British musician, composer, singer-songwriter, and painter. Best known as a member of the band Pink Floyd, Barrett was the lead singer, guitarist. Barrett was excluded from Pink Floyd in April 1968 after David Gilmour took over as their new guitarist, Barrett was musically active for less than ten years. With Pink Floyd, he recorded four singles, their debut album, Barrett began his solo career in 1969 with the single Octopus from his first solo album, The Madcap Laughs. The album was recorded over the course of a year with five different producers, nearly two months after Madcap was released, Barrett began working on his second and final album, Barrett, produced by Gilmour and featuring contributions from Richard Wright. Two years later, he left the industry, retired from public life. In 1988, an album of unreleased tracks and outtakes, Opel, was released by EMI with Barretts approval, Barretts innovative guitar work and exploration of experimental techniques such as dissonance, distortion and feedback influenced many musicians. His recordings are noted for their strongly English-accented vocal delivery. After leaving music, Barrett continued with painting and dedicated himself to gardening, Pink Floyd wrote and recorded several tributes to him, most notably the 1975 album Wish You Were Here, which included Shine On You Crazy Diamond, as homage to Barrett. Syd Barrett was born as Roger Keith Barrett in the English city of Cambridge to a family living at 60 Glisson Road. Barrett was the fourth of five children and his father, Arthur Max Barrett, was a prominent pathologist and he was related to Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, through Maxs maternal grandmother Ellen Garrett, who was Elizabeths cousin. In 1951 his family moved to 183 Hills Road, Barrett played piano occasionally, but usually preferred writing and drawing. He got a ukulele at 10, a banjo at 11, a year after he got his first acoustic guitar, he bought his first electric guitar and built his own amplifier. He used both names interchangeably for several years and his sister Rosemary stated, He was never Syd at home. He would never have allowed it and he was a Scout with the 7th Cambridge troop and went on to be a patrol leader. At one point at Morley Memorial Junior School he was taught by Roger Waters mother, later, in 1957, he attended Cambridgeshire High School for Boys. His father died of cancer on 11 December 1961, less than a month before Barretts 16th birthday, also on this day, Barrett had left the entry in his diary for this date blank. By this time, his brothers and sisters had left home, eager to help her son recover from his grief, Barretts mother encouraged the band in which he played, Geoff Mott and The Mottoes, a band which Barrett formed, to perform in their front room
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Nick Mason
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Nicholas Berkeley Nick Mason is an English musician and composer, best known as the drummer of progressive rock group Pink Floyd. Mason was the only Pink Floyd member to be featured on one of their albums. It is estimated that as of 2010, the group have sold over 250 million records worldwide, despite solely writing only a few Pink Floyd songs, Mason has co-written some of Pink Floyds most popular compositions such as Echoes and Time. He competes in racing events, such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. On 26 November 2012, Mason received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Westminster at the ceremony of the School of Architecture. He later studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic, where he teamed up with Roger Waters, Bob Klose and Rick Wright in 1964 to form Pink Floyds predecessor, Mason has been the drummer on every Pink Floyd album. The only Pink Floyd songs whose composition is credited solely to Mason are The Grand Viziers Garden Party Parts 1–3, the one-off song by the band titled Nicks Boogie was named after him. He does, however, sing lead vocals on two unreleased but heavily bootlegged tracks, Scream Thy Last Scream, penned by original leader Syd Barrett, in live performances of the song Sheep, he did the spoken section. Despite legal conflicts over ownership of the name Pink Floyd, which began when Waters left the group in 1986 and lasted seven years, Waters. On 12 May 2007, Mason joined Waters again on stage at Earls Court to play The Dark Side of the Moon. Again, on 12 May 2011, Mason was featured, along with David Gilmour, on the encore Outside the Wall at a concert by Waters, Gilmour also performed on Comfortably Numb that night. In July 2005, Mason, Gilmour, Wright, and Waters played together on stage for the first time in 24 years, a four-song set was played at the Live 8 concert in London. Mason also joined Gilmour and Wright for the encore during Gilmours show at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 31 May 2006 and he also stated in 2006 that Pink Floyd have not officially disbanded yet. However, on the Profiles album Mason released with Rick Fenn in 1985 and he can be seen playing a vibraphone in the promo video for Lie for a Lie, but it is unknown if he actually played on the recording. Mason has also said that he took some failed piano and violin lessons as a child before taking up drums, Mason has occasionally worked with other musicians, notably as a drummer and producer for Steve Hillage, Robert Wyatt, The Damned and Gong. He also drummed for Michael Mantler, Masons book, Inside Out, A Personal History of Pink Floyd, was published in the UK in October 2004. It is also available, abridged, as a 3-CD audio book, an updated edition was published, in paperback, in 2011. He performed in the ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games on 12 August 2012
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Roger Waters
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George Roger Waters is an English singer, songwriter, bassist, and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd with drummer Nick Mason, keyboardist Rick Wright and guitarist, singer, and songwriter Syd Barrett. Waters initially served as the groups bassist, but following the departure of Barrett in 1968, he became their lyricist, conceptual leader. Pink Floyd subsequently achieved success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals. By the early 1980s, they had one of the most critically acclaimed and best-selling acts in the history of popular music, as of 2013. Amid creative differences within the group, Waters left in 1985 and began a dispute with the remaining members over their intended use of the bands name. They settled out of court in 1987, and nearly eighteen years passed before he performed them again. Waters solo career has included three albums, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Radio K. A. O. S. In 1990, he staged one of the largest and most extravagant rock concerts in history, The Wall – Live in Berlin, with an official attendance of 200,000. As a member of Pink Floyd, he was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and that same year he released Ça Ira, an opera in three acts translated from Étienne and Nadine Roda-Gils libretto about the French Revolution. Later that year, he reunited with Pink Floyd bandmates Mason, Wright and David Gilmour for the Live 8 global awareness event and he has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999 and played The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety for his world tour of 2006–2008. In 2010, he began The Wall Live and in 2011 Gilmour, as of 2013, the tour is the highest-grossing of all time by a solo artist. George Roger Waters was born on 6 September 1943, the younger of two boys, to Mary and Eric Fletcher Waters, in Great Bookham, Surrey. His father, the son of a miner and Labour Party activist, was a schoolteacher, a devout Christian. In the early years of the Second World War, his father was a conscientious objector who drove an ambulance during the Blitz. He later changed his stance on pacifism, joined the Territorial Army and was commissioned into the 8th Battalion and he was killed five months later on 18 February 1944 at Aprilia, during the Battle of Anzio, when Roger was five months old. He is commemorated at the Cassino War Cemetery, on 18 February 2014, Waters unveiled a monument to his father and other war casualties in Aprilia, and was made an honorary citizen of Anzio. Following her husbands death, Mary Waters, also a teacher, Roger Waters earliest memory is of the V-J Day celebrations
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Richard Wright (musician)
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Richard William Rick Wright was an English musician, composer, singer and songwriter. Wright grew up in Hatch End, Middlesex and met future Pink Floyd bandmates Roger Waters, initially a straightforward singer / songwriter, Wright later acted as an arranger to Waters and Gilmours compositions. He began to contribute less towards the end of the 1970s and he rejoined the band as a session player in 1987 for A Momentary Lapse of Reason, and became a full-time member again for The Division Bell in 1994. Sessions with Wright during this period were released on the album The Endless River. Away from the Floyd, Wright recorded two albums, including a collaboration with Anthony Moore on Broken China, and briefly formed the duo Zee. Overshadowed by bandmates Barrett, Waters and Gilmour, Wright was the quietest and most reserved member of Pink Floyd and his contributions have been overlooked, but his death brought a reappraisal and recognition of his talents. His jazz and improvisation influences and keyboard performances were an important part of the Pink Floyd sound, Wright, whose father was head biochemist at Unigate Dairies, grew up in Hatch End, Middlesex, and was educated at the Haberdashers Askes School. He taught himself to play guitar, trumpet and piano at age 12 after he was recuperating from breaking a leg and his mother helped and encouraged him to play the piano. He took private lessons in theory and composition at the Eric Gilder School of Music and became influenced by the trad jazz revival. Uncertain about his future, he enrolled in 1962 at the Regent Street Polytechnic which was incorporated into the University of Westminster. There he met fellow musicians Roger Waters and Nick Mason, Wrights position in the band was tenuous to begin with, as he did not choose a definitive instrument, playing piano if a pub had one, otherwise settling on the trombone or rhythm guitar. He moved in with Waters and Mason to a house in Stanhope Gardens, Highgate, although Mason and Waters were competent students, Wright found architecture of little interest and after only a year of study moved to the London College of Music. He took a break from studies and travelled to Greece for a sabbatical and their landlord, Mike Leonard, purchased a Farfisa organ and briefly replaced Wright in the band. However, the organ ultimately became Wrights main instrument, through a friend, he arranged the fledgling groups first recording session in a West Hampstead studio, just before Christmas 1964. Guitarists Bob Klose and Syd Barrett joined the band, which became Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd had stabilised with a line-up of Barrett, Waters, Mason and Wright by mid-1965, and after frequent gigging that year became regulars on the underground live circuit in London. As the most qualified musician, Wright was responsible for tuning guitars, Later on, he had a Strobotuner to tune guitars silently during gigs. In the bands early days, before acquiring a full-time road crew, while not credited for vocals on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, he sang lead on Barrett-penned songs like Astronomy Domine and Matilda Mother. Examples of his compositions include Remember a Day, See-Saw, Paint Box
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Dave Abbruzzese
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David James Dave Abbruzzese is an American musician who was the drummer for the American rock band Pearl Jam from 1991 to 1994. He replaced drummer Dave Krusen in 1991, shortly before the release of the debut album. Abbruzzese played on the next two records, Vs. and Vitalogy. Pearl Jam will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 7,2017, however, Abbruzzese was not included on the halls list of inductees. Dave Abbruzzese was born in Stamford, Connecticut, but grew up in Mesquite, Texas, Abbruzzese grew up drumming on his dads tackle boxes. While living at home the only thing in his bedroom was his drum set, Abbruzzese dropped out of North Mesquite High School at an early age and began to focus on playing more than ever. In 1991, Abbruzzese got a call from drummer and friend Matt Chamberlain, Chamberlain had his eyes set on G. E. Smiths band on Saturday Night Live. Abbruzzese left for Seattle, Washington to meet and become acquainted with the members of Pearl Jam, although his musical tastes were far diverse from the other members, Abbruzzese chose to join Pearl Jam, playing his first show on August 23,1991. Initially, Abbruzzese was reluctant to join the band full-time, Abbruzzese joined the group and played the rest of Pearl Jams live shows supporting the Ten album. Abbruzzese toured extensively for Ten and performed on MTV Unplugged and a Saturday Night Live appearance, the band found itself amidst the sudden popularity and attention given to the Seattle music scene and the genre known as grunge. With Abbruzzese, the band recorded its second album, Vs. released in 1993. Upon its release, Vs. set at the time the record for most copies of an album sold in a week, Vs. was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995. From Vs. the song Daughter received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Abbruzzese toured extensively for Vs. and performed on a Saturday Night Live appearance. Abbruzzese wrote the music for the Pearl Jam songs Go, Last Exit and he played with Pearl Jam through April 17,1994. In 1994, the band began a boycott of Ticketmaster. Although Abbruzzese performed on the third studio album, Vitalogy, he was fired in August 1994 due to personality conflicts with the band members. Ament stated, Dave was a different egg for sure, there were a lot of things, personality wise, where I didnt see eye to eye with him. He was more comfortable being a star than the rest of us
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Stone Gossard
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Stone Carpenter Gossard is an American musician who serves as the rhythm and additional lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, Gossard is also a member of the band Brad. In 2001, Gossard released his first solo album, Bayleaf and his second solo album Moonlander followed in 2013. Gossard will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam on April 7,2017. The first band Gossard joined was March of Crimes, a band of which future Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd was a member, although Gossards time with the band was brief, it introduced him to the emerging music scene in Seattle. Gossard formed a friendship with fellow guitarist Steve Turner, who also had attended the Northwest School. Turners interest in punk rock had a significant influence on Gossard, Turner went on to form Green River with vocalist/guitarist Mark Arm, drummer Alex Vincent and bassist Jeff Ament. Gossard was asked to join Green River in order to allow Arm to concentrate exclusively on singing. By the time the finished the recording of its debut EP, Come on Down, Turner decided to leave the group, citing his distaste with Ament. He was replaced by Aments former Deranged Diction bandmate, Bruce Fairweather, the band released the EP Come on Down in 1985 and followed it up with Dry As a Bone in 1987, the first release from Sub Pop records. The bands only studio album, Rehab Doll, was released in 1988. In-fighting within the band led to the groups break-up during the recording of Rehab Doll, a stylistic division had developed between Ament and Gossard on one side, and Arm on the other. Ament and Gossard wanted to pursue a deal, while Arm wanted to remain independent. The band achieved a local reputation in Seattle and had a significant influence on the genre later known as grunge. The band quickly worked on recording and performing locally and by late 1988 had become one of Seattles more promising bands, in early 1989 the band signed to PolyGram subsidiary Mercury Records. In March of that year the group issued its debut EP, in late 1989 the group returned to the studio to record its debut studio album, Apple. It was planned for a March 1990 release, only days before the release of Apple, however, frontman Wood, who had a long history with drug problems, overdosed on heroin. After spending a few days in the hospital in a coma, Wood died, Apple would see release later that year
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Mike McCready
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Michael David Mike McCready is an American musician who serves as the lead guitarist for the American rock band Pearl Jam. Along with Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard and Eddie Vedder, he is one of the members of Pearl Jam. McCready was also a member of the side project bands Flight to Mars, Temple of the Dog, Mad Season and he is also the proprietor of Hockey Talkter Records. McCready will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pearl Jam on April 7,2017, Mike McCready was born in Pensacola, Florida, but his family moved to Seattle, shortly after his birth. When he was a child, his parents played Jimi Hendrix and Santana, while his friends listened to Kiss and Aerosmith, at the age of eleven, McCready purchased his first guitar and began taking lessons. In eighth grade, McCready formed his first band, Warrior, originally a cover band playing during free periods at Roosevelt High School, the band eventually began writing original material and recording demo tapes. After high school, McCready worked at a restaurant where he befriended musician Pete Droge. In 1986, Shadow relocated to Los Angeles and attempted to cut a record deal, however, according to McCready, We played to a couple bartenders down there, but even though it was a bad scene, it was a good experience. Basically, we werent that good of a band, and we didnt realize it until we got down there, I guess we lost our focus, got really bummed out and came back to Seattle. In 1988, Shadow returned to Seattle and split up soon afterwards, McCready lost interest in playing guitar for some time, stating that he was so depressed about life. He cut his hair, enrolled in a community college. He credits a friend named Russ Riedner for getting me out of my college mode, McCready was inspired to pick up his guitar again after attending a Stevie Ray Vaughan concert at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. McCready said, As soon as he started Couldnt Stand the Weather, these huge clouds rolled in overhead, when the song ended, the rain stopped. It was like an experience, and it changed me. It lifted me out of the negative mindset I was in, I thank him forever for that. McCready gradually went back to playing guitar and finally joined another band called Love Chile, a childhood friend, Stone Gossard, went to one of the bands shows and appreciated McCreadys work after hearing him perform Stevie Ray Vaughans Couldnt Stand the Weather. Gossard had known McCready from back before high school when the two would trade rock band pictures with each other, after the demise of Gossards band Mother Love Bone, he asked McCready if he wanted to play music together with him. After a few months of practicing together, McCready in turn encouraged Gossard to reconnect with his Mother Love Bone alum Jeff Ament, the bands line-up was completed by the addition of Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron
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Animal (Pearl Jam song)
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Animal is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released in 1994 as the third single from the bands second studio album, Vs. Although credited to all members of Pearl Jam, it features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder, the song peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Pearl Jams 2004 greatest hits album, Animal originated as an instrumental demo called Weird A that was written by guitarist Stone Gossard in 1990. Guitarist Mike McCready said about the song, I like the lead on that, george Webb, a guy who takes care of all our guitars and amps, was sitting there and I told him Id do a solo for him. It ended up being the one we used on the record, I did it on a Gibson 335, too. Thats a fun song to play, the actual meaning for Animal has usually been confused by fans with some thinking its about the bands hatred towards the media and others thinking its about gang rape. In an interview with Melody Maker in 1993, vocalist Eddie Vedder stated and its not so much personal, its just, some person at the record company said the other day that they wanted the vocals turned up. He wanted people to understand exactly what I was singing, so I told him what it was about and he said, Youre right. Lets leave the vocals as they are, maybe we dont really want people to understand it. Originally, Vs. was titled Five Against One, which was taken from the lyric One, in this band, and I think in rock in general the art of compromise is almost as important as the art of individual expression. You might have five great artists in the band, but if they cant compromise and work together and it might mean something completely different to Eddie. But when I heard that lyric, it made a lot of sense to me, Animal peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Outside the United States, the single was released commercially in Australia, Austria, Animal peaked at number 30 on the Australian Singles Chart and was a top ten success in New Zealand. The song was performed at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1993, Live performances of Animal can be found on the Animal single, the Dissident/Live in Atlanta box set, various official bootlegs, and the Live at the Gorge 05/06 box set. A performance of the song is included on the DVD Touring Band 2000. CD and Cassette Animal –2,47 Jeremy –5,18 Oceans –2,44 Alive –4,57 Recorded live by VARA Radio on June 8,1992 at Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands. CD and Cassette Animal –2,47 Jeremy –5,31 Daughter –5,07 Animal –3,00 Live tracks recorded on April 3,1994 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Lyrics at pearljam. com Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Dissident (song)
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Dissident is a song by American rock band Pearl Jam, released in 1994 as the fourth single from the bands second studio album, Vs. The song peaked at three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Pearl Jams 2004 greatest hits album, eddie Vedder said about the song Dissident, In Dissident, Im actually talking about a woman who takes in someone whos being sought after by the authorities for political reasons. Hes on the run, and she him a refuge. But she just cant handle the responsibility and she turns him in, then she has to live with the guilt and the realization that shes betrayed the one thing that gave her life meaning. But it gave her a reason to be, thats the tragedy of the song. Dissident peaked at three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Outside the United States, the single was released commercially in Austria, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, South Africa, Dissident reached the UK Top 20. Dissident peaked at number 97 in Germany, reached the top 30 in France and it was a moderate top 20 success in the Netherlands. Dissident was first performed live at the bands May 13,1993 concert in San Francisco, Live performances of Dissident can be found on the Dissident single, various official bootlegs, and the Live at the Gorge 05/06 box set. A performance of the song is included on the DVD Touring Band 2000. M. A. CD Dissident –3,32 Dissident –3,24 Why Go –3,49 Deep –4,44 Live tracks recorded on April 3,1994 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. CD Dissident –3,35 Release –4,54 Recorded on April 3,1994 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. 7 Vinyl and Cassette Dissident –3,32 Rearviewmirror –5,08 Recorded on April 3,1994 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, two alternate versions of the Dissident single were released that do not contain the song Dissident at all. Dissident #3 CD Alive –5,08 Blood –3,39 W. M. A. –6,24 Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town –3,43 Rats –4,37 Once –3,21 Porch –11,01 Indifference –5,00 Live tracks recorded on April 3,1994 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. All three singles were available as a box set entitled Live in Atlanta released in Europe. M. A. –6,24 Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town –3,43 Rats –4,37 Once –3,21 Porch –11,01 Indifference –5,00 Live tracks recorded on April 3,1994 at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia
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Nothing as It Seems
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Nothing as It Seems is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Written by bassist Jeff Ament, Nothing as It Seems was released on April 25,2000 as the first single from the sixth studio album. The song peaked at three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song also appears on Pearl Jams 2004 greatest hits album, Nothing as It Seems was written by bassist Jeff Ament. Ament plays upright bass on the song giving it an atmospheric feel. Guitarist Mike McCready used a Fender Pedal for the song provided the song with its distorted sounds. The song was recorded using binaural recording techniques, and was produced by Tchad Blake, Ament on the song, It was just a little ditty on a demo that I kind of played some hand drums on, and had this little song. Actually, I spent quite a bit of time with the lyrics, there were little sections of the song I definitely heard Mike doing his thing, so I kinda said, Hey, man, you need to write a theme for these little sections. Its pretty cool to see a little song that I wrote being played by everyone, I mean, I can almost kind of stand back and just watch this great band play a song. and take it to a completely different level. Mike and Ed, they have that ability where they can raise the level of anything that they play. Jeff Aments original demo of Nothing as It Seems is a track on disc 2 of Pearl Jams soundtrack to their documentary Pearl Jam Twenty directed by Cameron Crowe, Ament revealed that he wrote Nothing as It Seems about his childhood growing up in a rural area of Northern Montana. In one interview, he called it a dark, heavy tale and stated, For me, its a song about judgment and not always understanding what is going on with another person. In another interview, he elaborated further, Its a little bit reflecting on where I came from. I grew up in rural area in Northern Montana. In the last couple of years, I had just seen Affliction and I had just read Nine Below Zero by this guy, Kevin Canty, all very kind of rural things that unearthed a lot of stuff. Is just kind of came out. Im just now starting to actually really analyze what I was talking about. because I still dont really have a grip on that. Regarding the choice of Nothing as It Seems as the bands first single from Binaural, vocalist Eddie Vedder explained and it actually felt like we were offering them something fairly challenging. Nothing as It Seems was the most successful song from Binaural on the American rock charts, the song peaked at number 49 on the Billboard Hot 100, number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and number ten on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart
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Given to Fly
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Given to Fly is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Given to Fly proved to be the albums most popular single, the song topped the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and eventually peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song spent a total of six weeks at one on the Mainstream Rock chart. The song was included on Pearl Jams 2004 greatest hits album, Given to Fly features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Mike McCready, although loosely based on Led Zeppelins Going to California. McCready said he came up with the riff after being stuck in his condo on a snowy day in Seattle. McCready on the song, It was snowing here in Seattle, which it rarely does, and so they kind of shut down all the streets and I couldnt get my car out of the driveway. And I have a Volvo and youd think those would be able to drive in the snow, and I wrote that riff and the Faithfull riff that day. The main riff is written in the DADGAD alternate tuning, and thats metaphorically how I think of that song. Drummer Jack Irons stated that on Given to Fly, I play a beat thats based around the toms, im not sure I would have been comfortable playing that way a few years ago. Vedder about Given to Fly, a 20-page cardboard book with a line on each page and a picture to go with it. The music almost gives you this feeling of flight, and I really love singing the part at the end, not becoming bitter and reclusive, not condemning the whole world because of the actions of a few. Given to Fly was released as a single in December 1997 with a previously unreleased B-side titled Leatherman, Given to Fly was featured in a commercial advertising Yield which emulated the albums cover art. Given to Fly became the most successful song from Yield on the American rock charts, the song peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and number three on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song spent a total of six weeks at one on the Mainstream Rock chart. Outside the United States, the single was released commercially in Australia, Austria, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Given to Fly also reached number 23 on the Canadian Year End Alternative Top 50. Given to Fly reached the UK Top 20 and peaked at number 13 on the Australian Singles Chart. Given to Fly reached number 67 in Germany, the top 40 in the Netherlands and Switzerland, the top 30 in Sweden and it was a moderate top 20 success in Ireland and New Zealand. In Allmusics review of the Given to Fly single, it was stated that Given to Fly is an epic that goes a long way in conveying Yields majestic splendor
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Wishlist (song)
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Wishlist is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Written by vocalist Eddie Vedder, Wishlist was released on May 5,1998 as the single from the bands fifth studio album. The song peaked at six on both the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock Billboard charts. The song was included on Pearl Jams 2004 greatest hits album, Wishlist was written by vocalist Eddie Vedder. Vedder used an EBow for his solo on the song. Vedder about the song, It was a stream-of-consciousness exercise, mcCready booked studio time in a tiny studio here with our friend Stu behind the board and another friend playing drums. We dont have the discipline to sit down and teach each other parts and it was probably eight minutes long originally. I listened to the tape and picked out the better wishes, Wishlist is about Vedder seeking fulfillment of wishes desired, but he resolves his wishlist with the line I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me. When asked about the song, Vedder stated, I thought Id lighten up, the line I wish I was the full moon shining off your Camaros hood references the car that belonged to Beth Liebling, Vedders wife at the time. When played live, the song mirrors its roots as an improv, Wishlist was released as a single in 1998 with a previously unreleased B-side titled U, of which an alternate version can also be found on the compilation album, Lost Dogs. The song peaked at number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks, outside the United States, the single was released commercially in Australia, Austria, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. In Canada, the song charted on the Alternative Top 30 chart where it reached number one, Wishlist also reached number 13 on the Canadian Year End Alternative Top 50. Wishlist reached the top 30 in the UK and peaked at number 48 on the Australian Singles Chart, but its also the most moving. Wishlist was first performed live at the bands November 12,1997 concert in Santa Cruz, the band played this song when it appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman in May 1998 in support of Yield. Live performances of Wishlist can be found on various official bootlegs, performances of the song are also included on the DVDs Single Video Theory, Touring Band 2000, and Live at the Garden. In concert, the song is extended, softly played, with a thoughtful outro jam. This can be heard on Live at the Garden especially, CD Wishlist –3,26 U –2,48 Lyrics at pearljam. com Video on YouTube
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Even Flow
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Even Flow is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard, Even Flow was released in 1992 as the single from the bands debut album. The song peaked at three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Pearl Jams 2004 greatest hits album, a remixed version of the song was included on the 2009 Ten reissue. Even Flow features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard. Bassist Jeff Ament said, I know it was a song all along. There were a hundred takes on that song, and we just never nailed it, drummer Dave Krusen said, I was pretty green back then and Even Flow suffered from too much fluctuation. He added that it was tough for me. Not sure why we didnt use that one from the demo as well, guitarist Mike McCready stated, We did Even Flow about 50,70 times. I swear to God it was a nightmare and we played that thing over and over until we hated each other. I still dont think Stone is satisfied with how it came out, an alternate version of the song was recorded with drummer Dave Abbruzzese in 1992 while the band was recording songs for the soundtrack for the 1992 film, Singles. This version was used for the video, and was used in single releases in the United Kingdom. This version can also be found on Pearl Jams 2004 greatest hits album, Even Flow was written in the key of D major, with Gossard performing his parts in open D tuning and McCready complementing it with a similar rhythm pattern in standard tuning. The recorded version of the song actually sounds slightly sharper than D major, the song features a funk guitar riff by Gossard. McCready on the song, Thats me pretending to be Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stone wrote the riff and song, I think its a D tuning. I just followed him in a regular pattern, I tried to steal everything I know from Stevie Ray Vaughan and put it into that song. A tribute rip-off, if you will, the vocal line that appears in the main verse begins with a very prominent tritone interval. The stark lyrics by Vedder for Even Flow describe the experience of being a homeless man, the subject sleeps on a pillow made of concrete and panhandles passersby for spare change
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Jeremy (song)
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Jeremy is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam, with lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by bassist Jeff Ament. Jeremy was released in 1992 as the single from Pearl Jams debut album Ten. The song was inspired by a newspaper article Vedder read about a school student who shot himself in front of his English class on January 8,1991. It reached the five spot on both the Mainstream and Modern Rock Billboard charts. The song gained notoriety for its video, directed by Mark Pellington and released in 1992. The original music video for Jeremy was directed and produced by Chris Cuffaro, Epic Records and MTV later rejected the music video, and released the version directed by Pellington instead. In 1993, the Jeremy video was awarded four MTV Video Music Awards, Jeremy features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by bassist Jeff Ament. The songs music was written before the band went out on tour in support of Alice in Chains in February 1991. Ament on the song, I already had two pieces of music that I wrote on acoustic guitar. with the idea that I would play them on a Hamer 12-string bass I had just ordered. When the bass arrived, one of became Jeremy. I had an idea for the outro when we were recording it the second time. I overdubbed a twelve-string bass, and we added a cello. That was big-time production, for us. Rick ’s a supertalented engineer-musician. Stone was sick one day and that was so fun—I wanted to make a whole record like that. In another interview, Ament stated, We knew it was a song, but it was tough getting it to feel right—for the chorus to sit back. The tune went from not making it on the record to being one of the best takes. Im not sure if its the best song on the album, on Jeremy I always heard this other melody in the choruses and the end, and it never sounded good on guitar or bass. So we brought in a player which inspired a background vocal. Most of the time if something doesnt work right away, I just say fuck it—but this was an instance when perseverance paid off, Jeremy is in the key of A, and intertwines the parallel modes of major and minor frequently. It features prominent usage of Aments 12-string Hamer bass guitar, which is pivotal to the sound of the introduction, at the end the instruments gradually fade out until all that is audible is a clean guitar and the 12-string bass, like the intro. Both instruments play a minor key melody, fading out with one single note
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Do the Evolution
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Do the Evolution is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard, Do the Evolution is the track on the bands fifth studio album. Despite the lack of a single release, the song managed to reach number 33 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Pearl Jams 2004 greatest hits album, do the Evolution features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone Gossard. Bassist Jeff Ament does not appear on the track, Gossard recorded the bass line for the track. Vedder said that it is his song from Yield. He stated, I can listen to it like its some band that just came out of nowhere, I was able to listen to it as an outside observer and just really play it over and over. Maybe because I was singing it from a person so it didnt really feel like me singing. When speaking about Do the Evolution, Vedder stated, That song is all about someone whos drunk with technology and its another one Im not singing as myself. Pearl Jam has stated that the novel Ishmael influenced the writing of Yield, and according to the writer, Daniel Quinn. Vedder stated, This Daniel Quinn book, Ishmael. Ive never recommended a book before and my whole year has been kind of with these thoughts in mind. And on a level, that man has been on this planet for 3 million years. And that were about to celebrate the year 2000, which is this, so heres this number line, heres what we know and celebrate. This book is a conversation with a man and an ape, and the ape really has it all together. He kinda knows the differences between him and the man, and points out how slight they are, and it creates an analogy for what man has done. That man is the thing on this earth. That the earth was around even so much longer before the 3 million years, fifty million years of sharks and all these living things. Then man comes out of the muck, and 3 million years later hes standing, which is just a speck on this line
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Greg Gilmore
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Greg Gilmore is a musician in Seattle, Washington, and co-founder of the recording label First World Music. Although born in France, Gilmore grew up in the Seattle area. A, in the ensuing years, Gilmore would collaborate with a wide variety of musicians on releases such as, Lands Archipelago and Dogheads eponymous 1996 release. In the liner notes of Down on the Upside, Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil credits Gilmore with inspiration for the song Never the Machine Forever,1999 saw the release of the eponymous debut album by Radio Chongqing, which Gilmore recorded with bandmates Lesli Dalaba and George Soler. As of 2007 he has been playing with Steve Fisk and working on other recording projects. Studio albums Apple by Mother Love Bone Archipelago by Land
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Andrew Wood (singer)
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Andrew Patrick Wood was an American musician best known as the lead singer for alternative rock bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone. Wood was also known for his flamboyance, Wood formed Malfunkshun, in 1980, with his brother Kevin and Regan Hagar. The band used alter ego personas onstage, with Wood using the name Landrew the Love Child, during his time in Malfunkshun, Wood started relying heavily on drugs, entering rehab in 1985. By 1988, Malfunkshun had disbanded and Wood began jamming with Green River members Stone Gossard and they soon began writing original material and formed Mother Love Bone the same year, adding guitarist Bruce Fairweather and drummer Greg Gilmore to the lineup. The following year, the signed a deal with PolyGram, issuing a six-song EP, Shine, before going on to tour. Towards the end of the year, the recorded their debut album, Apple. Due to his struggle with addiction, Wood checked himself into rehab in 1989. On March 16,1990, Wood was found in a state by his girlfriend, Xana La Fuente. Wood was taken to the hospital and placed on life support, Wood was born in Columbus, Mississippi, and raised on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He was the youngest of three children, brothers Kevin and Brian, Wood and his brothers were exposed to various types of music by their parents, who also supported their children when they were learning how to play instruments. Wood became a fan of such as Elton John, Queen, Aerosmith. In 1980, at the age of 14, Wood formed Malfunkshun with his brother Kevin, drummer Regan Hagar joined soon after with the band, playing shows in Seattle, Washington. Each member adopted onstage alter egos, with Andrew becoming Landrew the Love Child, Kevin becoming Kevinstein, by 1985, Wood had started to rely heavily on drugs to help with his rock star persona, and entered rehab the same year. Malfunkshun recorded a number of demos in 1986, two of which, With Yo Heart and Stars-n-You, were included on the legendary Deep Six compilation album released by C/Z Records the same year. The band continued to play shows in Seattle, opening for Soundgarden, The U-Men, Wood and Hagar began playing with Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament of Green River, which disbanded in 1988, performing, on occasion, as the cover band Lords of the Wasteland. Former Green River guitarist Bruce Fairweather was added to the lineup, while former 10 Minute Warning and Skin Yard drummer Greg Gilmore replaced Hagar, forming Mother Love Bone the same year. The band soon signed a deal with PolyGram, and, through their own subsidiary label Stardog, issued a six-song EP, Shine, John Book, of Allmusic, stated that the EP contributed to the buzz about the Seattle music scene. The band spent the rest of the touring, including shows supporting The Dogs DAmour
