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Despite becoming one of the best-selling bands of all time, Pearl Jam still remain something of a paradox. They’re not really a mainstream rock band, but their rabid fanbase shouldn’t be misconstrued as a “cult following,” either.
Dating back to their prominence in the early 90s, Eddie Vedder was never “the guy.” He was cast into the often mythical shadow of Kurt Cobain, who was generally considered the figurehead of the burgeoning grunge movement. They coexisted, sure, but ask any diehard fan of the genre, and they’ll tell you there were definitive sides to be taken: As it was with the Beatles and Stones decades earlier, you were either a Nirvana person or you were a Pearl Jam person.
Pearl Jam now plays their brand of arena rock to a more condensed audience, but make no mistake, they’ve been putting out consistently solid...
Despite becoming one of the best-selling bands of all time, Pearl Jam still remain something of a paradox. They’re not really a mainstream rock band, but their rabid fanbase shouldn’t be misconstrued as a “cult following,” either.
Dating back to their prominence in the early 90s, Eddie Vedder was never “the guy.” He was cast into the often mythical shadow of Kurt Cobain, who was generally considered the figurehead of the burgeoning grunge movement. They coexisted, sure, but ask any diehard fan of the genre, and they’ll tell you there were definitive sides to be taken: As it was with the Beatles and Stones decades earlier, you were either a Nirvana person or you were a Pearl Jam person.
Pearl Jam now plays their brand of arena rock to a more condensed audience, but make no mistake, they’ve been putting out consistently solid...
- 3/8/2016
- by Jacob Trowbridge
- Obsessed with Film
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