Now Playing: 5 songs we've had on repeat in the test rooms as we head into autumn A hip-hop surprise, doom rock, and, of course, Dolly Parton What Hi-Fi? · Sep 3
Every song on Pearl Jam's Ten ranked from worst to best Released on August 27, 1991, Pearl Jam's Ten lit grunge's blue touch paper. Here's every track on the album, re-ordered from worst to best Louder · Aug 28
Pearl Jam celebrate Ten's 35th birthday with rare live performance on vinyl Pearl Jam have played Ten in its entirety just twice in the decades since it was released Louder · Aug 28
Soundgarden announce live return with Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen The band will perform at the halftime show during Seattle Seahawks’ NFC West season opener next month Guitar World · Aug 26
Soundgarden announce return to the stage with The Pretty Reckless's Taylor Momsen and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready Soundgarden will perform at halftime during the Seattle Seahawks' NFL season opener Metal Hammer · Aug 25
“I think they actually thought I was going to die, but they never took steps to kick me out of the band, which I can’t believe”: How Mike McCready overcame his addictions to form a grunge supergroup Emerging from rehab in 1994 gave McCready a sense of purpose and clarity, and a newfound creativity as he put together Mad Season with Layne Staley on vocals Guitar World · Aug 16
“I didn’t mean to break up my bass, but we don't play music to get full cans of soda thrown at us”: Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament recalls the wild night that brought his custom “NBA” bass to a brutal end Built by renowned bass builder Mike Lull, both of Ament’s “NBA” basses would eventually meet their demise on the road Guitar World · Aug 13
Watch Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and U2 frontman Bono perform at the funeral of Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard: "Everyone who met him, they just remember the day they met him." Friends and family of Oscar-winning Dublin-born singer-songwriter and actor Glen Hansard mourn his passing in the Irish capital Louder · Aug 4
Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter and actor Glen Hansard dead at 56 Dublin-born frontman of The Frames, who also played guitar with Eddie Vedder and the Earthlings, killed in motorbike crash Louder · Jul 29
"When the fans changed the meaning of those words, they lifted the curse." How Eddie Vedder plumbed the murkiest of emotional depths to complete a Pearl Jam classic Pearl Jam's debut single was an act of catharsis for Eddie Vedder, but the band's audience took it in an unexpected direction Louder · Jul 28
“It was such a cliché. I knew I had to use it”: How a joke comment led Neil Young to create the rock anthem that inspired Pearl Jam and started a beef with Trump The song has more in common with hard rock than the folk scene Young had been part of MusicRadar · Jul 24
Members of Tool, Pearl Jam, Korn, Garbage, Fugazi, Bikini Kill among artists donating to online fundraiser to help cover L7 bassist Jennifer Finch's medical expenses following brain cancer diagnosis Musicians rally around L7 bassist following recent diagnosis with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Metal Hammer · Jul 16
Watch Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder shower himself with Belgian beer as the USA crash out of the FIFA World Cup in Seattle, despite Donald Trump's unprecedented interference A bad day for the USA, but at least Eddie Vedder enjoyed himself Louder · Jul 7
USMNT Reverts to Everything It Hasn’t Been This Summer in Dismal World Cup Exit Mauricio Pochettino watched a team start fast, press high and work in harmony—unfortunately, it was playing against the U.S. Sports Illustrated · Jul 7
Sports Illustrated · Jul 7 Every Celebrity Spotted at USMNT vs. Belgium—World Cup Round of 16 Stars from a number of sports and even one aging rocker were in attendance at Lumen Field on Monday.
Guitar World · Jun 23 “I was 38 when we went on tour with Pearl Jam. A long time ago, I’d given up on the dream of something like that happening”: Dead Pioneers on how indigenous politics and pedal-builds have powered them to punk glory An extensive and expansive gear list helps the Pearl Jam-approved band express their hopes for global improvement – as heard on their explosive new album, Wagon Burner
Metal Hammer · Jun 23 “I’m inspired by his control over his animalistic vocal range, and his poetry, but also how honestly he sings”: Hear Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale pay tribute to Chris Cornell on powerful new cover of Soundgarden’s Loud Love The singer/guitarist teams with Testament, Metal Allegiance and ex-Pearl Jam members on the latest single by King Ultramega
Louder · Jun 22 Revisiting the seven weeks in 1991 that changed music history forever The 80s weren’t dead and the 90s hadn’t really begun. This is the story of how seven weeks of summer in 1991 belonged to rock (and not just grunge)
Louder · Jun 18 “Sales is not a mark of success": 10 brilliant rock bands from the '90s who should have been absolutely massive The biggest-selling alt. rock bands from the '90s weren't necessarily the best alt. rock bands from the '90s
Guitar World · Jun 17 “We started talking about Black Sabbath, and Buzz goes, ‘You know they did this thing called drop D.’ We said, ‘What’s that?’” Kim Thayil on how Soundgarden took rock guitar into the superunknown – and the unfinished Chris Cornell tapes With the Soundgarden guitarist‘s memoir, A Screaming Life, out now, he unpacks the story behind one of the most influential rock bands of the ’90s
The Independent UK · Jun 16 From Stevie Wonder to Bruce Springsteen and Christina Aguilera — meet the stars set to perform at Obama Presidential Center opening The Obama Presidential Center opens to the public, after a decade of planning, this Friday
Salon · Jun 9 The Soundgarden memoir that fans needed Rich with perspective, the band's lead guitarist revisits Seattle's music scene and the loss of Chris Cornell
The Independent UK · Jun 6 Pearl Jam bassist Ament highlights skateboarding's impact in Indigenous communities in Tribeca film Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has been passionate about skateboarding since his teenage years in Montana
Guitar World · Jun 3 “Stone Gossard is the reason I picked up guitar in the first place. Having a front row seat to his playing has been amazing”: Josh Klinghoffer on Chili Peppers vs. Pearl Jam and playing in Andrew Watt's new wrecking crew These days Klinghoffer’s leaving his most well-worn guitars at home, but on his new Pluralone album he went back to his beloved 1947 Martin
Louder · May 19 From Cream and Velvet Revolver to Them Crooked Vultures and Temple Of The Dog, these are the best supergroups in rock history Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions