Ongoing History Daily: Pearl Jam bootleg overload
Back when Pearl Jam was at their height, they have the clout to do anything they wanted. On September 26, 2000, the band released 25 double CD live albums—what they referred to as
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Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready has written a grunge opera
Rewind 35 years ago when grunge was still a new thing in Seattle and unknown by almost anyone outside the Pacific Northwest. Would any of the members that scene have ever guessed that
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Ongoing History Daily: The Pearl Jam hit that caused problems within the band
After Pearl Jam released their Ten album and became super-famous, Eddie Vedder was uncomfortable about the band’s status and ran into something of a roadblock when it came to coming up with new
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Ongoing History Daily: Celebrity post-death wishes
When you finally shuffle off this mortal coil, what do you want your funeral wishes to be? Here are some suggestions. When Tupac died, he was cremated. Members of the band Outlawz smoked
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Ongoing History Daily: Hovercraft, Eddie Vedder’s other band
Sure, Eddie has Pearl Jam and his solo work. But how many people remember Hovercraft? And no, this wasn’t some long-lost pre-Pearl Jam band. Eddie played drums in Hovercraft and his ex-wife Beth
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Random music news for Wednesday, April 26, 2023
A saxophone house is for sale. Any takers? How about music news for April 26, 2023? More music news? Check here. BONUS: I did NOT need to hear this today. BONUS BONUS: “An
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And the new drummer of the Foo Fighters will NOT be…
…Pearl Jam/Soundgarden dude, Matt Cameron. He made a statement yesterday (March 26) denying he was going to replace Taylor Hawkins in the Foo Fighters. It was a short and sweet Instagram post. So
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 979: The weird history of concert tickets, part 2
Tickets for a concert you really, really want to see are about to go on sale at exactly 10 AM. You’re at your computer and on the Ticketmaster website watching the clock tick
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Ongoing History Daily: Feed Stone to the sharks
Here’s a question: when you finally go, what would like to see happen to your mortal remains. Traditional burial? Cremation? Shot into space? Stone Gossard, guitarist for Pearl Jam, once professed that when
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Ongoing History Daily: Bands who had to change their name, part 1
Finding a name for your band is tough for many reasons, not least of which is that you have to choose one that hasn’t been used before. More next time.
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 963: Musicians battling disease, part 1
The human body is a wonderful thing, a marvel of evolution, biology, and chemistry along with a few bits, like consciousness, that we still don’t understand. And for the most part, this meatbag
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