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Posts Tagged Pearl Jam

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February 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Rearviewmirror

I hate Pearl Jam. Eddie Vedder with his weapons-grade laryngitis making enough bad music himself but also having undue influence on the awful Nu-Metal Years, where the Creeds and Stainds of that world gargled marbles and spat out cliches. Bleurgh! But back when Pearl Jam released its first two albums I didn’t think they were […]
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August 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: So Proud. So Very Proud.

We watched that West of Memphis documentary recently; the one that Peter Jackson financed. Eddie Vedder’s in there, the Bono of grunge. And he’s all this and that about atrocities and injustices and then up with an acoustic guitar to offer his own injustice and atrocity, barely covering Bob Dylan and doing to the song […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bob Dylan, Bono, Eddie Vedder, Grunge, Pearl Jam, Peter Jackson, Poem: So Proud. So Very Proud., So Proud. So Very Proud., West of Memphis ·

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October 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Pearl Jam: MTV Unplugged

Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged Sony Legacy Fuck, I hate Pearl Jam. Eddie Vedder with his weapons-grade laryngitis – making enough bad music himself but having undue influence on the awful Nu-Metal Years where the Creeds and Stainds of that world gargled marbles and spat out cliches. Bleurgh!
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, MTV, MTV Unplugged, Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam: MTV Unplugged, Unplugged, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 973

Pearl Jam, Vs. (1993) You know I’ve thought about buying this record a lot – I never could quite bring myself to go through with it. Loved it at the time. Even loved Pearl Jam for a bit. Got over that real quick – but in recently revisiting just what it is I love about […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1993, Dave Abbruzzese, Drummers You Just Can't Beat # 3, Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town, LP, Pearl Jam, Vinyl, Vs. ·

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December 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 3 – Dave Abbruzzese

He’s played on a few records, and hooked up with some interesting and talented players (he’s even been hired and fired by Axl Rose) but the truth is I haven’t followed Abbruzzese’s work all that closely. The truth is I only care about one record that he made. And the timing of it (his timing […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Drummer, Drummers You Just Can't Beat, Drummers You Just Can't Beat # 3, Drummers You Just Can’t Beat # 3 – Dave Abbruzzese, Drumming, Drums, Pearl Jam, Phantom Billstickers ·

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October 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Classic Albums I Can’t Ever Listen To Again: #12 Pearl Jam, Ten

With the news that Pearl Jam is (sadly) returning from a pleasant, but clearly not long enough, hiatus – there’s  a new album and an American tour – I thought I’d look at the band’s debut album and why I can’t listen to it. Possibly a stretch even considering this a classic, but the flannelette […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Classic Albums I Can't Listen To Again, Pearl Jam, Phantom Billstickers, Ten ·

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May 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

John Murry: The Graceless Age

John Murry The Graceless Age Rubyworks/Bucketfull of Brains The full-length debut from John Murry, The Graceless Age, is a stunner. It’ll be one of the albums of the year for me. I’m sure of that. Sold, instantly, I knew it had something from the vital first seconds of the first track, it’s continued to reward. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Americana, Ash Wednesday, Black, Bruce Springsteen, Country, Elvis Perkins, John Murry, Little Colored Balloons, Lou Reed, Magic & Loss, Matthew E. White, Pearl Jam, Ten, The Graceless Age ·

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