Eddie Vedder has finally shaken the dead guy who has been haunting him. Two decades ago, Kurt Cobain dogged Pearl Jam as sellouts, dismissing his grunge rivals as “cock-rock fusion” and their gala ...

2009 sure feels 1993-ish. We have a charismatic new Democrat in the White House, a health-care debate rages, Whitney Houston is big with the VH1 crowd and Pearl Jam sounds like a rock band with its ...

Sounding the starting gun for the music biz’s make-or-break fourth quarter, Pearl Jam’s No. 1 debut “Backspacer” leads five new releases into the top 10 of the U.S. album chart. Seattle grunge ...

It's been said that Pearl Jam has spent most of the last decade essentially in revolt against fame. That may be true, but following a strong return to form on their 2006 self-titled disc, Pearl Jam ...

Brendan O’Brien is a record producer. He’s actually kind of a big deal, as far as record producers go. If you’ve listened to alternative rock in the last 20 years, chances are you’ve heard his work.

Pearl Jam’s Vs. is a better album than Ten. There, I said it! I know it’s not the popular opinion. Many publications out there will list Pearl Jam’s Ten album as one of the quintessential albums of ...

Pearl Jam hit bigger than big with its debut album, 1991's "Ten." Since then, the Seattle quintet has been trying to prove that it's the band of its generation that matters most. Instead, it ended up ...