Alive
Pearl Jam - Alive
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The Emergence of Grunge
Grades: High, Middle
Subjects: General Music
What was Grunge and where did it come from?
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Pearl Jam
Although Nirvana was the band that broke the mainstream market open for Grunge and Alternative Rock combos, it was their fellow Pacific Northwest outfit Pearl Jam who rode the Grunge boom to the longest and most commercially successful career. The Seattle quartet merged a heavy but melodic sound with an ambivalent attitude towards the trappings of success and a resistance to such standard music-industry practices as music videos and high ticket prices. That stance doesn't seem to have hurt the band’s popularity, however, considering Pearl Jam’s worldwide album sales of over 60 million. Pearl Jam was launched by guitarist Stone...