Mike McCready not even a member of the band in vintage Seattle Times article
I found this Seattle Times article previewing Pearl Jam's first concert at the Gorge in 1993, in support of Neil Young.
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930903&slug=1719095
It's an interesting read 20+ years later. One of my favorite paragraphs, listing the members of the band:
"The band has all it takes to deliver the songs (most of them written or co-written by Vedder), including the strong duo guitar leads of Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard and the powerful rhythms of drummer Dave Abbruzzese and bassist Matt Chamberlain."
Hard to believe the band's local paper couldn't even get the line-up correct in 1993!
Full article:
Concert With Rock Master Neil Young And Rising Stars Pearl Jam Promises To Be Event Of Summer
By Patrick Macdonald
The Neil Young-Pearl Jam show Sunday at the Gorge in George is not only the biggest rock event of the summer, it's the biggest of the whole year.
The concert - which has long been sold out - pairs one of rock's most beloved and admired figures, "the godfather of grunge," with the hottest American rock band, one that shows every indication of becoming the most popular group of the 1990s.
Young is an inspiration to Pearl Jam - they did his "Rockin' in the Free World" on "MTV Unplugged" long before he tapped them to open for him at several mammoth shows this summer - and to other rockers of all types, not only because he's been at it for more than 30 years, but mostly because he's never lost his energy, enthusiasm or creativity. He's still rocking hard as he approaches 50, still experimenting and evolving, with a youthful spirit that makes it seem as if he hasn't aged at all.
He's being innovative again on this tour by having as his backup band the legendary Booker T & the MGs, the R&B masters who put the funk in so many of Stax Records' hits out of Memphis in the 1960s. The group is known for such incandescent instrumental hits as "Green Onions," "Hip Hug-Her" and "Time is Tight." Backing Young will be the original surviving members of the group, including Booker T. Jones on keyboards, Steve Cropper on guitar and Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass.
Although it sounds strange at first for Young to be backed by a soul band, it's actually in keeping with his style, because the group has always been known for its loose, free but tight and intense style. Reviews say the band brings a soul edge to Young songs like "The Loner" and "Only Love Can Break Your Heart." And having the great Cropper on stage with him must challenge Young to do his best guitar work.
The show comes at a time when Young is on a creative high. After spending much of the 1980s experimenting with a variety of styles - from electronic music to blues to classic rock - with uneven results, he came crashing into the '90s with brilliant, raw, hard rock on such albums as "Freedom," "Ragged Glory," "Weld" and "Arc."
The tours that followed those albums renewed Young's credentials as one of rock's finest talents, and made him a hero to young rockers. His records from the 1970s (except for the mellow stuff he did with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) were recognized as forerunners of the grunge movement.
Most recently, he toned down the fuzz and distortion for the nostalgic album "Harvest Moon" - an update of some of the themes of love and relationships he explored in 1972's "Harvest" - and his latest, "Unplugged," recorded during his appearance on "MTV Unplugged."
But he still rocks hard in concert. Among the many Young classics he has been doing on this tour are "Mr. Soul," "Powderfinger," "Down by the River," "The Needle and the Damage Done," as well as a torrid cover of Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower."
Pearl Jam joins Young for the finale of "Rockin' In the Free World." In its own set, the band not only plays many of the hits from its hugh smash album "Ten" (that's about how many million it has sold) but also a bunch of tunes from its eagerly-awaited upcoming album, to be released later this month.
The new disc has the potential to become the biggest-selling album of 1993. "Ten," the band's album debut, took about a year to reach the top of Billboard's album chart. This one will probably shoot to No. 1 right out of the box. Reactions to the new songs in concert have been positive, and the industry buzz on the LP is that it is even better than "Ten."
Pearl Jam connects with listeners because its music is so emotional, dramatic and explosive. Lead singer Eddie Vedder is a natural, with a commanding, but totally unforced, stage presence, a flair for the theatrical (also unforced) and a grungy sex appeal. He is well on his way to becoming a major rock star.
The band has all it takes to deliver the songs (most of them written or co-written by Vedder), including the strong duo guitar leads of Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard and the powerful rhythms of drummer Dave Abbruzzese and bassist Matt Chamberlain.
Although criticized as derivative and melodramatic - by no less than Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, and Melody Maker's Everett True, who coined the term "grunge" - Pearl Jam has been endorsed by enough of rock's elite to wash off the mud that's been thrown at the band. The surviving members of the Doors asked Vedder to take the place of Jim Morrison when they played at their induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year, and Keith Richards asked the band to open for him in New York. And with Young on their side, who dares to put down Pearl Jam?
Also on the bill is Blind Melon, the neo-psychedelic rock band best known for the delightful summer hit, "No Rain," and its popular video, the one starring the little dancing girl who's dressed like a bee.
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930903&slug=1719095
It's an interesting read 20+ years later. One of my favorite paragraphs, listing the members of the band:
"The band has all it takes to deliver the songs (most of them written or co-written by Vedder), including the strong duo guitar leads of Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard and the powerful rhythms of drummer Dave Abbruzzese and bassist Matt Chamberlain."
Hard to believe the band's local paper couldn't even get the line-up correct in 1993!
Full article:
Concert With Rock Master Neil Young And Rising Stars Pearl Jam Promises To Be Event Of Summer
By Patrick Macdonald
The Neil Young-Pearl Jam show Sunday at the Gorge in George is not only the biggest rock event of the summer, it's the biggest of the whole year.
The concert - which has long been sold out - pairs one of rock's most beloved and admired figures, "the godfather of grunge," with the hottest American rock band, one that shows every indication of becoming the most popular group of the 1990s.
Young is an inspiration to Pearl Jam - they did his "Rockin' in the Free World" on "MTV Unplugged" long before he tapped them to open for him at several mammoth shows this summer - and to other rockers of all types, not only because he's been at it for more than 30 years, but mostly because he's never lost his energy, enthusiasm or creativity. He's still rocking hard as he approaches 50, still experimenting and evolving, with a youthful spirit that makes it seem as if he hasn't aged at all.
He's being innovative again on this tour by having as his backup band the legendary Booker T & the MGs, the R&B masters who put the funk in so many of Stax Records' hits out of Memphis in the 1960s. The group is known for such incandescent instrumental hits as "Green Onions," "Hip Hug-Her" and "Time is Tight." Backing Young will be the original surviving members of the group, including Booker T. Jones on keyboards, Steve Cropper on guitar and Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass.
Although it sounds strange at first for Young to be backed by a soul band, it's actually in keeping with his style, because the group has always been known for its loose, free but tight and intense style. Reviews say the band brings a soul edge to Young songs like "The Loner" and "Only Love Can Break Your Heart." And having the great Cropper on stage with him must challenge Young to do his best guitar work.
The show comes at a time when Young is on a creative high. After spending much of the 1980s experimenting with a variety of styles - from electronic music to blues to classic rock - with uneven results, he came crashing into the '90s with brilliant, raw, hard rock on such albums as "Freedom," "Ragged Glory," "Weld" and "Arc."
The tours that followed those albums renewed Young's credentials as one of rock's finest talents, and made him a hero to young rockers. His records from the 1970s (except for the mellow stuff he did with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) were recognized as forerunners of the grunge movement.
Most recently, he toned down the fuzz and distortion for the nostalgic album "Harvest Moon" - an update of some of the themes of love and relationships he explored in 1972's "Harvest" - and his latest, "Unplugged," recorded during his appearance on "MTV Unplugged."
But he still rocks hard in concert. Among the many Young classics he has been doing on this tour are "Mr. Soul," "Powderfinger," "Down by the River," "The Needle and the Damage Done," as well as a torrid cover of Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower."
Pearl Jam joins Young for the finale of "Rockin' In the Free World." In its own set, the band not only plays many of the hits from its hugh smash album "Ten" (that's about how many million it has sold) but also a bunch of tunes from its eagerly-awaited upcoming album, to be released later this month.
The new disc has the potential to become the biggest-selling album of 1993. "Ten," the band's album debut, took about a year to reach the top of Billboard's album chart. This one will probably shoot to No. 1 right out of the box. Reactions to the new songs in concert have been positive, and the industry buzz on the LP is that it is even better than "Ten."
Pearl Jam connects with listeners because its music is so emotional, dramatic and explosive. Lead singer Eddie Vedder is a natural, with a commanding, but totally unforced, stage presence, a flair for the theatrical (also unforced) and a grungy sex appeal. He is well on his way to becoming a major rock star.
The band has all it takes to deliver the songs (most of them written or co-written by Vedder), including the strong duo guitar leads of Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard and the powerful rhythms of drummer Dave Abbruzzese and bassist Matt Chamberlain.
Although criticized as derivative and melodramatic - by no less than Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, and Melody Maker's Everett True, who coined the term "grunge" - Pearl Jam has been endorsed by enough of rock's elite to wash off the mud that's been thrown at the band. The surviving members of the Doors asked Vedder to take the place of Jim Morrison when they played at their induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year, and Keith Richards asked the band to open for him in New York. And with Young on their side, who dares to put down Pearl Jam?
Also on the bill is Blind Melon, the neo-psychedelic rock band best known for the delightful summer hit, "No Rain," and its popular video, the one starring the little dancing girl who's dressed like a bee.
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