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Rearviewmirror by Pearl Jam

Artist Biography For Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam Is An American Grunge/alternative Rock Band Formed In Seattle Washington In 1990. The Band's Lineup Consists Of Founding Members Jeff Ament Bass Guitar Stone Gossard Rhythm Guitar Mike McCready Lead Guitar And Eddie Vedder Lead Vocals Guitar As Well As Matt Cameron Drums Who Joined In 1998. Keyboardist Boom Gaspar Has Also Been A Touring/session Member With The Band Since 2002. Drummers Jack Irons Dave Krusen Matt Chamberlain And Dave Abbruzzese Are Former Members Of The Band. Pearl Jam Outsold Many Of Their Contemporaries From The Early 1990s And Are Considered One Of The Most Influential Bands Of The Decade Being Dubbed As "the Most Popular American Rock And Roll Band Of The '90s". Formed After The Demise Of Gossard And Ament's Previous Band Mother Love Bone Pearl Jam Broke Into The Mainstream With Their Debut Album Ten In 1991. Ten Stayed On The Billboard 200 Chart For Nearly Five Years And Has Gone On To Become One Of The Highest-Selling Rock Records Ever Going 13× Platinum In The United States. Released In 1993 Pearl Jam's Second Album Vs. Sold Over 950 000 Copies In Its First Week Of Release Setting The Record For Most Copies Of An Album Sold In Its First Week Of Release At The Time. Their Third Album Vitalogy 1994 Became The Second-Fastest-Selling CD In History At The Time With More Than 877 000 Units Sold In Its First Week. One Of The Key Bands In The Grunge Movement Of The Early 1990s Pearl Jam's Members Often Shunned Popular Music Industry Practices Such As Making Music Videos Or Participating In Interviews. The Band Also Sued Ticketmaster Claiming It Had Monopolized The Concert-Ticket Market. In 2006 Rolling Stone Described The Band As Having "spent Much Of The Past Decade Deliberately Tearing Apart Their Own Fame." Pearl Jam Had Sold More Than 85 Million Albums Worldwide By 2018 Including Nearly 32 Million Albums In The United States By 2012 Making Them One Of The Best-Selling Bands Of All Time. Pearl Jam Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2017 In Its First Year Of Eligibility. They Were Ranked Eighth In A Readers' Poll By Rolling Stone Magazine In Its "Top Ten Live Acts Of All Time" Issue. Throughout Its Career The Band Has Also Promoted Wider Social And Political Issues From Pro-Abortion Rights Sentiments To Opposition To George W. Bush's Presidency. Vedder Acts As The Band's Spokesman On These Issues. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Pearl_Jam Studio Albums
Ten 1991 Vs. 1993 Vitalogy 1994 No Code 1996 Yield 1998 Binaural 2000 Riot Act 2002 Pearl Jam 2006 Backspacer 2009 Lightning Bolt 2013 Gigaton 2020

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Rearviewmirror

"Rearviewmirror" Was One Of The First Songs To Feature Vocalist Eddie Vedder On Guitar. Although Credited To All Members Of Pearl Jam It Was Primarily Written By Vedder. Guitarist Stone Gossard Said That The Band Played The Song "exactly Like He Wrote It." Guitarist Mike McCready Experimented With An EBow On The Song. At The End Of The Studio Cut Drummer Dave Abbruzzese Can Be Heard Throwing His Drum Sticks Against The Wall In Frustration. This Was In Response To The Pressure That Was Placed On Him By Producer Brendan O'Brien During The Recording Of The Track. After Recording The Track He Punched A Hole Through The Snare Drum And Threw It Off The Side Of A Cliff. Vedder Finished Recording The Vocals For The Song On The Last Day Of Recording For Vs. Vedder Had An Issue With The Song Being Too "catchy." Eddie Vedder Said About The Song In An Interview With The LA Times "We Start Off With The Music And It Kinds Of Propels The Lyrics. It Made Me Feel Like I Was In A Car Leaving Something A Bad Situation. There’s An Emotion There. I Remembered All The Times I Wanted To Leave…"

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