Pearl Jam

I'm finding my self quite content at the point in music history where we are currently located in class.  Although I did really like most of what we listened to throughout the 60's, 70's, and 80's, the musical sound of the 90's really makes me feel at home.  Pearl Jam is no exception to this, and even though they do sound a bit dated (unlike Nirvana or even some Nine Inch Nails for example) I still really enjoy Eddie Vedder's extremely unique and almost rough voice along with Mike McCready shredding it on the guitar.

Can't say I really enjoy the hair though...

Their first album released in 1991, Ten, starts off with three great songs: "Once," "Even Flow," and "Alive," in that order.  To me this album really touches many roots of rock legends like Hendrix and Led Zeppelin, which are shown especially in McCready's Hendrix/Paige/Clapton-esque style leads.  All three songs mentioned above really showcase this.  

Another song I really like that they've recorded is "Better Man," off of their 1994 album, Vitalogy.

So I really don't care what anyone else thinks, the beginning of that video is really quite amazing ...I have never seen anything like that ever before. 

Although, in my opinion, Pearl Jam really hasn't released much to the level of quality as their music from the 90's it's still pretty cool that they've made it this far.

-Brooks Gonzales