Pearl Jam Promo T-Shirt...
Hi, I'm just wondering if anyone else out there has this shirt. My understanding is about 50 of these shirts were made.



"Annoying," wrote Robert Hilburn in the L.A. Times. "Offensive," added Bob Keyes of the Argus-Leader.
"(They) flail about in search of a groove and a song," concluded David Browne in Entertainment Weekly.
Even more damning was Nirvana's Kurt Cobain: "There are a lot of really mainstream bands, who sound just like Poison or resemble Poison very much, and they're being promoted as alternative bands. I find that really offensive. I think one of the biggest examples of that would be Pearl Jam."
And from the offended to the disgusted: "Pearl Jam — a hopeless Seattle Sub Pop wannabe band. Ick," courtesy of Steve Bojanowski, a Triangle staff writer.
The band had barely arrived, and the backlash was in full swing. But Pearl Jam — Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder and original drummer Dave Krusen — just laughed and added a quip of their own: "Pearl Jam Press love 'em," then put them all on an official promotional black and white T-shirt.
-Goldmine 8/20/93



"Annoying," wrote Robert Hilburn in the L.A. Times. "Offensive," added Bob Keyes of the Argus-Leader.
"(They) flail about in search of a groove and a song," concluded David Browne in Entertainment Weekly.
Even more damning was Nirvana's Kurt Cobain: "There are a lot of really mainstream bands, who sound just like Poison or resemble Poison very much, and they're being promoted as alternative bands. I find that really offensive. I think one of the biggest examples of that would be Pearl Jam."
And from the offended to the disgusted: "Pearl Jam — a hopeless Seattle Sub Pop wannabe band. Ick," courtesy of Steve Bojanowski, a Triangle staff writer.
The band had barely arrived, and the backlash was in full swing. But Pearl Jam — Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder and original drummer Dave Krusen — just laughed and added a quip of their own: "Pearl Jam Press love 'em," then put them all on an official promotional black and white T-shirt.
-Goldmine 8/20/93
I Saw Pearl Jam!
49 shows and counting....
49 shows and counting....
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PEARL JAM - BUILT TO LAST
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
It's shredded to pieces in the attic but it still remains...
Never knew of it's existence.
Now that is a great story.
The only thing I ever got from working at a college radio station was their copy of Merkinball. The manager said "We never play it, so you can keep it".
I gladly accepted.
~ Kansas City 5/3/10 ~ Alpine Valley 9/3/11 ~ Alpine Valley 9/4/11 ~
~ Wrigley Field 7/19/13 ~ Oklahoma City 11/16/13 ~ St. Louis 10/3/14 ~
~ Wrigley Field 8/20/16 ~ Wrigley Field 8/18/18 ~ Wrigley Field 8/20/18 ~
~ Fenway Park 9/4/18 ~ Denver 9/22/22 ~ Ft. Worth 9/12/23 ~ Wrigley Field 8/29/24 ~
I went to a pretty small college, so I never had an opportunity to interview anyone like that... but I did get to play whatever I wanted on my show.
~ Kansas City 5/3/10 ~ Alpine Valley 9/3/11 ~ Alpine Valley 9/4/11 ~
~ Wrigley Field 7/19/13 ~ Oklahoma City 11/16/13 ~ St. Louis 10/3/14 ~
~ Wrigley Field 8/20/16 ~ Wrigley Field 8/18/18 ~ Wrigley Field 8/20/18 ~
~ Fenway Park 9/4/18 ~ Denver 9/22/22 ~ Ft. Worth 9/12/23 ~ Wrigley Field 8/29/24 ~
Cool story! Thats a sweet box of stuff you scored! I have a lot of cool PJ shirts but this has always been my favorite one. Got it back in '97 or '98 and haven't seen another one since.
The shirt is not mentioned in this article:
http://www.twofeetthick.com/2003/04/been-there-done-that-got-the-t-shirt/
And i've never seen it here either: http://www.bandshirtarchive.com/Pearl-Jam-Shirts-Store/
So i was just curious if anymore were out there. Thanks
49 shows and counting....