"You start doing those things, you'll crush it. 3," Vedder told Cameron Crowe during a 1993 Rolling Stone interview. "Some songs just aren't meant to be played between Hit No. When their record company wanted to release "Black" as Ten's fourth single and produce an accompanying video, the group refused, not wanting the song's raw emotion to be overplayed Instead, "Black" became an impassioned singalong during their live shows. We can prevent gun deaths whether mass shootings, deaths of despair, law enforcement, or accidental." Artistic principles came before record label demands "The increase in gun violence since the debut of 'Jeremy' is staggering. Pearl Jam eventually released the uncensored video in 2020 on National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and released a statement. In 1993, "Jeremy" received two Grammy Award nominations, and won four MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Video of the Year. A censored version of the video was in regular rotation on MTV. The "Jeremy" video shocked the music worldĭirected by Mark Pellington (U2's "One," Information Society's "What's On Your Mind ), the video for "Jeremy" was an unsettling accompaniment to the song about high school student Jeremy Wade, who tragically shot himself in front of his classmates. "Freezin' / rests his head on a pillow made of concrete, again / feelin' / maybe he'll see a little better set of days." It is a heady song for any listener who digs deep enough. Beneath monstrous Led Zeppelin-like riffs and propulsive rhythms, Vedder's lyrics describe a homeless man struggling to survive on the street. The second single from Ten was an early example from a career of songs urging compassion for the less fortunate. Underneath the roar of "Even Flow" was a call to help the homeless During live performances of "Porch," Vedder climbed light standards, speaker stacks, ceilings, and amphitheater rooftops to prove he was giving everything he had. They played college campuses (including a free show at Marquette University that I attended in 1992), small clubs (with a return to First Ave on March 25, 1992), and auditoriums (Roy Wilkins Auditorium on November 30, 1991, opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Smashing Pumpkins). It began in July of 1991 with a mini-tour that included a First Avenue show with Trip Shakespeare and Walt Mink, and continued for the next year and a half. Commercial success for Ten didn't come immediately During initial tours, basketball figures adorned their speakers, and Ament wore basketball jerseys for teams based in the cities where they played. When the group became Pearl Jam, Blaylock's jersey number, 10 (styled as Ten), was chosen as their debut album's title. They had put his basketball card in their original demo cassette case. The album's title nodded to Pearl Jam's original band name and basketball fandomĪhead of a tour opening for Alice in Chains, the then-unnamed band's initial moniker was Mookie Blaylock, named after an NBA point guard. During the first week of rehearsals, the band wrote 11 songs, and were quickly signed by Epic Records. After hearing the demos, the band invited Vedder to Seattle to record in October of 1990. Vedder added vocals to songs that became "Alive," "Once," and "Footsteps" (known to band aficionados as the "Mamasan" trilogy). Red Hot Chili Peppers (and future Pearl Jam) drummer Jack Irons passed a copy to San Diego surfer Eddie Vedder. Gossard had sent demo tapes featuring instrumentals to recruit a singer for his new band. The songs from Ten came quickly once Eddie Vedder moved to Seattleīefore Pearl Jam formed, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament were reeling from the heroin overdose death of their Mother Love Bone bandmate Andrew Wood.
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