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“When Van Halen came out, I thought it was the greatest sound I’d ever heard. Eddie was like, ‘Nah, I never really liked the sound of that record’”: Mike McCready recalls meeting Eddie Van Halen – and tries his hand at playing Eruption off the cuff

The Pearl Jam guitarist has opened up about his encounter with the guitar legend on Howard Stern, before showing off a few two-hand tapping licks

Guitar World

"A guy named Alexander Dumble made the amps": Andrew Watt reveals the gear behind Pearl Jam's new album

"I have Marshalls, Fenders, Voxes, Oranges, Supros – all different kinds of amps. But since the day we got this amp I've not plugged into anything else," he said of his favourite Dumble modded amp

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"We referenced The Cure a lot while making it": Stone Gossard reveals Pearl Jam's shared inspiration, and why he feels more heard as a guitarist on new album, Dark Matter

"You could be the greatest guitar player in the world but a ten-year-old could learn to play that in an hour", he says of the "magic" melodic moments he loves to discover in songwriting

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Pearl Jam: Dark Matter review – the faithful will rejoice

With superproducer Andrew Watt working his magic, the Seattle grunge veterans sound on point and full of energy in their 35th anniversary year

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“John Paul Jones is one of the only musicians I’ve been around where I was starstruck. I asked him some stupid questions about Achilles Last Stand… but he was very kind!” Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament names 11 bassists who shaped his sound

From Dee Dee Ramone to Eric Avery, fretless to 12-string bassists, Jeff Ament believes all his influences can all be heard on the latest Pearl Jam album Dark Matter

Guitar World

Pearl Jam calm down a bit on new single Wreckage

Pearl Jam have released the third single from their upcoming Dark Matter album, out this week

Louder

"I learned to play the bass, the guitar, and as much of the drums as I could by listening to Pearl Jam": See producer and superfan Andrew Watt performing Alive back when he was a little-known solo artist

Watt produced the band's new album Dark Matter

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"We went to the promoter and said, Can we go home? They were, like, 'Yeah, you can go home! But first you're gonna have to give me two millions dollars!'": Lollapalooza '92 celebrated alt. rock taking over the mainstream. But for one band, it was hell

"We were like rabbits caught in headlights. It was just traumatic for us"

Louder

Pearl Jam's Dark Matter Album Release Faces Tough Competition

Pearl Jam's Dark Matter album faces tough competition from Taylor Swift for No. 1 spot on Billboard 200.

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“He’s like, ‘Ed, I got an idea... first song, AC/DC Highway to Hell, you take a verse, I take a verse....’: It's now been 10 years since Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder rocked Australia with their covers of a Bon Scott-era AC/DC classic

Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder and Tom Morello playing Highway to Hell in Melbourne and Brisbane in 2014 was a good time for everyone involved

Louder

“I guess I’m a big grunge-head!" Why WWE superstar Becky Lynch loves Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and the rest

Multiple-time world champion and future WWE Hall Of Famer Becky Lynch on why grunge was the music she fell in love with

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Watch Robert Plant, Eddie Vedder and more join Roger Daltrey onstage for an epic blast through Baba O'Reilly at the Royal Albert Hall

The final night of this year's run of Teenage Cancer Trust shows in London ended in spectacular style

Louder

Pearl Jam release frenzied new single Running, announce global cinema event

Running comes from Pearl Jam's upcoming album Dark Matter, which fans can hear ahead of release at cinema screenings worldwide

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Watch Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder make a surprise appearance onstage with The Who in London to sing Quadrophenia classic

Eddie Vedder joins The Who onstage at the Royal Albert Hall in London at their second Teenage Cancer Trust show

Louder

"It's not every day that you get to sing with the queen": That time Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder teamed up with Beyoncé to perform a spine-tingling Bob Marley cover

Eddie Vedder and Beyoncé, the killer double act you never knew you needed in your life

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"It has a riff that gives Matt Cameron the opportunity to be as great as we know him to be": Stone Gossard reveals the new Pearl Jam song that has "probably one of the greatest drum fills of all time"

The guitarist also explains why he wants to work with producer Watt on another Pearl Jam album after Dark Matter

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Eddie Vedder Praises Taylor Swift's 'Galvanizing And Powerful' Concert

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder praises Taylor Swift's concert experience, highlighting unity and camaraderie. Both artists enjoy success in their respective musi...

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"The only thing I could hear coming through the window was the bass": Eddie Vedder recalls the Ten single he co-wrote while being locked out of a Pearl Jam rehearsal

But the timeline of the song remains somewhat confusing

Louder

“The pearl is the little organism that has taken the shit and turned it into something beautiful. Maybe that’s part of what we’ve been able to do.” Eddie Vedder on how Pearl Jam got through their toughest moments

There have been a lot of hurdles to get over in the rock legends' 34-year-career...

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"It reminded me of punk rock crowds, of being aligned with all of the misfits": Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder found his first Taylor Swift concert "galvanising and powerful"

Attending a show on Taylor Swift's ongoing Eras concert tour evoked warm memories for Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder

Metal Hammer

"A mesmerising snapshot of the nihilistic grunge age": Mad Season's only album may forever be associated with tragedy and loss, but the musicians sound liberated

With members of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains and Screaming Trees on board, Mad Season's 1995 album Above was gut-wrenching but transfixing

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"I don't like the production of that record. I don't like how it sounds. I don't like how it looks": Soundgarden look back at their breakthrough album Superunknown

Grunge‘s founding fathers, Soundgarden watched the bands they inspired shoot past them. But with their mighty fourth album, Superunknown, they would help define the 1990s

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The 20 greatest rock supergroups ever

From Cream and ELP to Temple Of The Dog and Velvet Revolver, these are history’s greatest supergroups

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The 11 best Record Store Day 2024 releases – Gorillaz, Pearl Jam, Sonic Youth and more

Record Store Day returns for 2024 – here are the special edition albums we think you should look out for during the event.

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