Pearl Jam is celebrating the anniversary of 20 years of music carrier. The band from Seattle in the U.S. has proven to be one of the best bands of the 90s, selling over 60 million albums worldwide.
The new album, released this year is titled 'Twenty' and is also the soundtrack of the same title movie - tribute to the band that Cameron Crowe directs (Almost Famous, Singles). The director is a friend of the band members since he lived in the same city. This made it easier for Crowe to search for objects and stories that even the band members had forgotten. The documentary was screened at the Toronto Film Festival.
For the purpose of an interview with the singer of the band, Eddie Vedder, Cameron Crowe dug up the original tape from the orchestral recordings of the three first of Pearl Jam songs known as "Mamma-Son cassette". The tape was started by Pearl Jam's guitarist, Stone Gossard and having passed through the hands of former drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack Irons arrived to Eddie Vedder. With this tape Eddie recorded the vocals for the audition for the singer of the band (then called - for a while - Mookie Blaylock).
When Eddie recently saw the tape, he made out his old phone number. "I'll call this number to see if a younger you answers", the director joked. "If you find him tell him to be careful", answered Vedder .
The documentary includes rare footage of live performances by Pearl Jam, like the second concert of the band on December 22, 1990, the execution of 'Baba O'Riley' by Who at the backstage of Lollapalooza in 1992 and a disastrous appearance when the drunken members of the band attended the party for the film by Cameron Crowe, Singles.
Much of the documentary is dedicated to Andrew Wood, lead singer of the band of Jeff Ament (bassist) and Stone Gossard, Mother Love Bone , who died from a drug overdose. After his death Ament and Gossard had not the strength to continue in music but when they released the album 'Ten' with their new band Pearl Jam, their career had begun.
The big breakthrough, however, is the material showing Eddie Vedder dancing blues (!) with Kurt Cobain. At a press conference at the Toronto Film Festival, after seeing the documentary, Eddie Vedder commented on this shot: « You see Kurt looking away and signaling not to talk. Not for spoiling the moment, but because in the stage behind us Eric Clapton was playing 'Tears In Heaven'. The first time I saw this video was very touching, because I saw him laughing and kept thinking "Just keep it together".
He added: "It is good that this film came out now. Everyone is grateful for the others and it is a wonderful moment".
The new album, released this year is titled 'Twenty' and is also the soundtrack of the same title movie - tribute to the band that Cameron Crowe directs (Almost Famous, Singles). The director is a friend of the band members since he lived in the same city. This made it easier for Crowe to search for objects and stories that even the band members had forgotten. The documentary was screened at the Toronto Film Festival.
For the purpose of an interview with the singer of the band, Eddie Vedder, Cameron Crowe dug up the original tape from the orchestral recordings of the three first of Pearl Jam songs known as "Mamma-Son cassette". The tape was started by Pearl Jam's guitarist, Stone Gossard and having passed through the hands of former drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jack Irons arrived to Eddie Vedder. With this tape Eddie recorded the vocals for the audition for the singer of the band (then called - for a while - Mookie Blaylock).
When Eddie recently saw the tape, he made out his old phone number. "I'll call this number to see if a younger you answers", the director joked. "If you find him tell him to be careful", answered Vedder .
The documentary includes rare footage of live performances by Pearl Jam, like the second concert of the band on December 22, 1990, the execution of 'Baba O'Riley' by Who at the backstage of Lollapalooza in 1992 and a disastrous appearance when the drunken members of the band attended the party for the film by Cameron Crowe, Singles.
Much of the documentary is dedicated to Andrew Wood, lead singer of the band of Jeff Ament (bassist) and Stone Gossard, Mother Love Bone , who died from a drug overdose. After his death Ament and Gossard had not the strength to continue in music but when they released the album 'Ten' with their new band Pearl Jam, their career had begun.
The big breakthrough, however, is the material showing Eddie Vedder dancing blues (!) with Kurt Cobain. At a press conference at the Toronto Film Festival, after seeing the documentary, Eddie Vedder commented on this shot: « You see Kurt looking away and signaling not to talk. Not for spoiling the moment, but because in the stage behind us Eric Clapton was playing 'Tears In Heaven'. The first time I saw this video was very touching, because I saw him laughing and kept thinking "Just keep it together".
He added: "It is good that this film came out now. Everyone is grateful for the others and it is a wonderful moment".
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