Rockers around the world cheered with MTV's announcement that Pearl Jam's 1991 album Ten would be made available for as downloadable content for Rock Band. The March release coincides with the release of the Deluxe Edition of Ten or the even more impressive Super Deluxe Edition. The Super Deluxe Edition, priced at $199.99, comes with a score of extras, including a previously unreleased "Unplu...
More >
Pearl Jam have a new video out for their single "Just Breathe." Taped for Live at Austin City Limits, the video for "Just Breathe" is streaming live online here and on Myspace. Check it out below: Just Breathe (Live at Austin City Limits)Pearl Jam | MySpace Video
More >
Harmonix and MTV games plan to release Pearl Jam's breakthrough album Ten for Rock Band on March 24 to coincide with the record's re-release. The 10-song grunge album catapulted the Seattle-based band onto the world stage in 1991 and sold 12 million copies. It also inspired millions to don flannel shirts, stand in front of their televisions and act like they were in the band while the video fo...
More >
Cloud nine can be a tiring and exhausting place, coming down from it can even be more awful. You see I've been on it since Friday afternoon, when I walked into the 700-acre spread of mud and grass in the heart of Tennessee known as Bonnaroo. In a matter of 72 hours I was able to see several bands - Metallica, M.I.A. (for possibly the last time ever if her retirement rumors are true), Sigur Ros ...
More >
Kind of good news to find while on my lunch break today. I guess the makers of Rock Band decided to take a page out of Guitar Hero's book and ask a band to come make a game with them. They chose Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam did more than just say yes.According to a representative from Harmonix: "Rock Band and Rhapsody are kicking off a new initiative. Beginning today, the expertise of Pearl Jam's "Ten...
More >
PopMatters takes a look at how a disparate array of acts fared in Austin’s playpen of mud, the blood, and the beer.The Austin City Limits Festival endured more than its fair share of the elements in its 2009 incarnation. From the beatific sun of Friday through the dampening rain of Saturday all the way to the barnyard mud of Sunday, the music had a lot to compete with over three loud, inclement
More >
Pearl Jam are no stranger to the bootleg concept. Back in 2000 the band began releasing official bootlegs of their live shows and have sold more than 3.5 million of the suckers (says Billboard.com).Now PJ will release burn-to-order CDs of each live show of their 2008 summer run in MP3 and FLAC formats, exclusively via Pearl Jam’s fan club, Ten Club, at www.pearljam.com. The digital bootlegs, .
More >
What's better than one remastered version of Pearl Jam's Ten? Four of them.Eddie Vedder and Co. went deep into the PJ vaults and unearthed some never released material for four reissues of the band's 1991 debut album. Each reissue has added features than the one before it, and is available for pre-order starting today, December 10th, 2008, at PearlJam.com. All four editions will be available ...
More >
The reviews from the first night of Pearl Jam's two-night stint at NYC's Madison Square Garden made it sound like people missed out on the best concert ever. Eddie Vedder and co. were really going to have to work hard to out due themselves the second night, and they did.Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley and Ramones bassist C.J. Ramone came out for a few songs. Frehley played on a cover of Kiss' "Blac...
More >
Pearl Jam are throwing a fiesta with the reissue of Ten. There is of course the four expanded editions of the 1991 debut album barfing up everything from producer remixes to MTV Unplugged performances and even the "Momma-Son" bootleg on March 24th. And now (drum rooooollllllllll) an interactive online game for PJ diehards to geek out to. Can't say I had the patience for it or that it beats t...
More >
Pearl Jam released their ninth album Backspacer yesterday and guitarist Mike McCready spoke to MTV News about the sessions for the record. "We had about 17 to 20 ideas going into this project, and when we had 11 about finished, [producer] Brendan [O'Brien] and Ed [Vedder] sat down and said, 'This looks like a really good record,' " He added that "Stone [Gossard] had been talking about wanting t...
More >
Bassist for Pearl Jam mugged in Atlanta By Jessica Ravitz CNN ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- So much for Southern hospitality. When Pearl Jam -- the Seattle, Washington-based grunge rock band -- was in Atlanta late last month, bass guitar player Jeff Ament and a band employee were mugged outside a recording studio, a police report shows. According to the DeKalb County Police Department, Ament an...
More >
The clock is ticking away to September 18th and so far neither Republican Presidential candidate John McCain nor Democratic Presidential candidate Barrack Obama have answered the petition to hold a presidential debate in New Orleans. Signed by Pearl jam, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, R.E.M., My Morning Jacket, 311 and Jackson Brown along with NOLA musicians Dr. John and the Neville Brothers, t...
More >
Pearl Jam announced today a ten date East Coast tour, which begins June 11th in West Palm Beach, FL and wraps June 30th in Mansfield, MA. Kings of Leon will open the June 11-17th concert dates. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists will open the remaining dates from June 19-30th. Public on-sale dates and ticket information will be announced in local markets in the coming week.The group’s most recent albu.
More >
Alright. It’s about time someone put out an official “This is the Lollapalooza Line-up” news item. Pearl Jam, Interpol, Iggy and the Stooges, Modest Mouse, Daft Punk, YYYs and Femi Kuti are only a taste of the fest. The roster for the uber-awesome Chicago festival, being held August 3rd thru 5th at the city’s waterfront Grant Park, has been trickling in. This year’s Lollapalooza, now in
More >
© 2006-2009 Mog Inc. All Rights Reserved
