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1990: The Making of Pearl Jam [A TFT Mini-Book]

demetriosdemetrios Posts: 96,314
edited November 2010 in The Porch
by: Jessica Letkemann
October 18, 2010

http://www.twofeetthick.com/2010/10/199 ... mini-book/

There is so much more to the story of how Pearl Jam formed than has ever been shared.

To uncover it, I interviewed Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron, Chris Cornell and other key players, I dug up original 1990 Pearl Jam artifacts and hunted down rare audio, I triangulated dates and gathered every fact.

To celebrate Pearl Jam’s 20th Birthday, I’m proud to present the fruits of over 10 years of exhaustive original research.

Brew a pot of coffee, fire up your printer, and prepare for a long, engrossing read in unprecedented detail about the events of 1990, the year that a series of magically wild coincidences brought together the unlikely group of people that became Pearl Jam.
Highlights

Discover the amazing events of 1990

* Ed’s long-lost band with a member of Rage Against The Machine
* The Mother Love Bone riffs that survived to become Pearl Jam classics
* Eddie explains making “Momma-Son”
* The true story of Ed’s TWO “first weeks” in Seattle with Mookie Blaylock in October 1990
* Cornell talks Temple of the Dog, and Stone divulges the Pearl Jam fan-favorite that almost had lyrics by Cornell
* Stone, Jeff, and Eddie recalling the first show, first song, and first weeks
* Much, much more

Click To Read "Music for Rhinos"
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  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 5,019
    Nice! Thanks for posting.
  • OceanInDisguise13OceanInDisguise13 Posts: 937
    Very very nice. Thanks Demitrios for posting this. :)
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  • Sambo BagginsSambo Baggins Posts: 203
    :idea: thanks for post. can't wait to dig into it.
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  • CitizenRickCitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    Thank you Jessica. That was an awesome read! That's the most informative and comprehensive lookback of the early days of PJ than I have ever seen. You made me feel like I was there.
    "Had my eyes peeled both wide open, and I got a glimpse...of my innocense, got back my inner sence, baby got it...still got it"
  • JessicaTwoFeetThickJessicaTwoFeetThick Posts: 38
    CitizenRick wrote:
    Thank you Jessica. That was an awesome read! That's the most informative and comprehensive lookback of the early days of PJ than I have ever seen. You made me feel like I was there.

    thanks for reading CitizenRick!

    It was an honor and huge pleasure to write it.

    Jessica =)
  • arqarq Posts: 8,101
    JessicaTwoFeetThick wrote:
    It was an honor and huge pleasure to write it.

    Jessica =)

    Oooh it was you! wow great great mini-book! that's some good writing, a must read for any PJ fan!
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  • Brain of JFKBrain of JFK Posts: 238
    That was great! Thanks so much for doing this. It is just unbelievable how many classic songs came together in such a short period of time.
    96: 10-2 Hartford
    03: 7-11 Mansfield 3
    04: 9-28 Boston 1
    08: 6-28 Mansfield 1
    09: 10-30 Philly 3, 10-31 Philly 4
    10: 5-15 Hartford, 5-17 Boston
    11: 9-3 Alpine Valley, 9-4 Alpine Valley
    13: 10-15 Worcester 1, 10-16 Worcester 2, 10-25 Hartford
    16: 4-29 Philly 2, 5-1 MSG 1, 8-5 Fenway 1, 8-7 Fenway 2
    18: 9-2 Fenway 1, 9-4 Fenway 2
    21: 9-26 Ohana
    22: 5-6 LA, 5-7 LA, 5-16 Fresno
    EV SOLO: 8-2-08 Boston 2, 6-8-09 Albany 1, 6-15-11 Providence, 6-16-11 Boston, 6-18-11 Hartford, 11-1-12 Las Vegas
    Tres Mts: 3-27-11 Boston
  • ADogNamedPilateADogNamedPilate Texas, USA Posts: 291
    amazing! I can't believe you were able to find the time to make a mini-book with such depth, Jessica (that in itself is inspiring)!
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  • Cradles Broken GlassCradles Broken Glass Posts: 1,409
    Awesome, I replied since my printer is out of ink and my bank account is out of money,lol. I hope I got in the first 50.
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    fade away...

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  • Dark StarDark Star Posts: 496
    Here are some videos to celebrate this great project... Thanks Two Feet Thick!

    All less than 1,000 views... the Bad Radio one i never saw


    Bad Radio
    http://www.youtube.com/user/useemusic1# ... 4QjqsPgV7g

    Mookie Blaylock
    http://www.youtube.com/user/useemusic1# ... ek5zh-fWP8 http://www.youtube.com/user/useemusic1# ... 9xbShCTKWc (first show)
  • geckogecko Posts: 1,712
    That is some research! Awesome read, well, didn't finish it yet, as I just had to watch Off Ramp.
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    awesome job, Jessica!! thanks!
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  • just davejust dave Posts: 260
    once i started reading this i couldn't stop.

    great story


    Makes me realize how wicked the cameron crowe movie of pearl will be. I hope alot of this early stuff ends up on the movie.

    again, fantastic piece of writing.
  • just davejust dave Posts: 260
    while reading it, i couldn't believe that all this happened exactly 20 years ago. WOW,
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 96,314
    just dave wrote:
    Makes me realize how wicked the cameron crowe movie of pearl will be. I hope alot of this early stuff ends up on the movie.

    What I'm hoping too. Though I hoping as well that they include & not cut out a lot of footage of Dave Abbruzzese in the film. He was part of the band (that time) that pretty much took over the world, aka 5 Against 1. Can't deny the fact from '91-'94 the guy played behind that drum kit like never before. Listening & watching the live Pearl Jam experience between those year's, he brought a lot of energy to that stage every single night.
  • just davejust dave Posts: 260
    I always forget about Dave A. but when i see footage with him, he hits hard, and smashes every cymbal in sight. plus he's got a great funk side to him and pearl jam were really groove oriented back then. wish they were more so now
  • samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    That was a really great read, thanks!!

    God damn, to witness the beginnings of Pearl Jam- must have been unreal to be at that Off Ramp show!
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
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  • BraveUlyssesBraveUlysses Posts: 13
    Great read, thanks for your efforts writing this!
    samjam wrote:
    That was a really great read, thanks!!

    God damn, to witness the beginnings of Pearl Jam- must have been unreal to be at that Off Ramp show!

    If you haven't heard it, it's on pjbootlegs...they fucking nailed it, even on their first show, no question.
  • ChrisileinChrisilein Vienna/Austria Posts: 3,907
    Great, great, great work Jessica!!!
    Thank you so much!!! :D
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  • morellomorello Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 6,217
    Wow! What an amazing docuemtn! Thank-you! :D
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    I just printed this out last night and just looking at some of the quotes on the pages, this looks to be as comprehensive as it gets. I can't wait to dig into this one. Thanks in advance.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
    EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
  • pretextpretext Posts: 1,294
    Phenomenal. Distracted me from the Phils losing last night. Great job!
  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    This is, bar-none, the best research anyone has done on this band's history since the Ten Past Ten article that Spin magazine put out 10 years ago. Quite frankly, I would say this is even better.

    Congratulations on some superb research and presenting amazing details which even a 20 year fan hadn't heard before. :)

    It's great that the band and their management have been cooperating with you so that you could produce this. Especially since the only other sources of information are so poorly written or contain fictitious and/or dubious claims for, what I would deem to be, purposes of pure sensationalism (Neely's book to be sure).


    MLB really played Dollar Short live once?! I would love to hear this some time...
    "A lot more people are capable of being big out there that just don't give themselves a chance." -Stone Gossard
  • JL19851JL19851 Posts: 209
    Agreed with everyone here. Now, can some publishing firm give you a fat advance to complete the rest of the story?

    That was easiy the finest piece of journalism I've ever seen surrounding Pearl Jam.
  • Red Mosquito75Red Mosquito75 Moline IL Posts: 1,038
    I just printed it out at work and once I started reading i had to read it all. It was really great. You did an awesome more.
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  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    Great work!!

    Beats the shit out of my readings for my English class.
    :D:D
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  • JessicaTwoFeetThickJessicaTwoFeetThick Posts: 38
    Thanks again, HeavyHands and everyone. As you can tell, the figuring out the exact story of how my favorite band formed is a subject I have been really really interested in for a long time.

    a. I would love to hear that "Dollar Short" by MLB also. I can't even imagine.

    b. I was also one of the authors on the "Ten Past Ten" article in Spin in 2001. Good times. :)

    c. yay, now I go to Bridge and rock out on their Anniversary.

    -Jessica
    HeavyHands wrote:
    This is, bar-none, the best research anyone has done on this band's history since the Ten Past Ten article that Spin magazine put out 10 years ago. Quite frankly, I would say this is even better.

    Congratulations on some superb research and presenting amazing details which even a 20 year fan hadn't heard before. :)

    It's great that the band and their management have been cooperating with you so that you could produce this. Especially since the only other sources of information are so poorly written or contain fictitious and/or dubious claims for, what I would deem to be, purposes of pure sensationalism (Neely's book to be sure).


    MLB really played Dollar Short live once?! I would love to hear this some time...
  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Fantastic article Jessica, I read it this afternoon and couldn't put it down. It also answered a lot of questions. I was always unsure of how Mike McCready came into the band. I never knew he went to Jr. High with Stone.

    Great research and an even better read. Thanks for all you're hard work over the years and all the great work you do at Two Feet Thick.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
    EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,182
    i too printed this out.....

    cant wait to fully read it

    Thank you Jessica,

    from my brief experiences the vandenberg team are great. and i noted Jessica worked for spin - so she probably also did the last great piece when spin did theirs
  • theserialthrillatheserialthrilla Posts: 15,760
    dont know if i was one of the lucky 50 to ask for a printed out version...as i dont have a printer...can someone be kind enough to send it to me if im not on the 50 list .....as ive not had a email im guessing im not . :(

    in the uk so someone from here might make postage cheaper which i will pay for

    thanks
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