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The series of events that had to happen to have Ten even exist is wild. Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard were in Green River, but they broke up. Then, they were in a pysch-garage band called Mother Love Bone, whose singer, Andrew Wood, died right before their first album was released. The two of them, and a couple of members of Soundgarden put out a tribute album for Andrew, and this singer they'd heard about from Jack Irons, - the drummer from the Red Hot Chili Peppers - guested on one of the tracks. He'd gotten a copy of some demos Stone and Jeff were working on, wrote lyrics for it, sang over it, and sent it back. The guys liked it, so they hired him to sing in their new band. That song was “Hunger Strike”, that tribute was Temple of the Dog, that guest singer was Eddie Vedder, and that new band was Pearl Jam. This is all only scratching the surface of the strange series of events that had to occur for Ten to come into existence. In this debut episode of The Opus: Pearl Jam's Ten, host Jill Hopkins is joined by The Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, and Museum of Pop Culture curator Jacob McMurray to trace the unlikely origins of one of the biggest bands of all time. Subscribe now so you can check out all episodes of Season 16 of The Opus. Also, grab yourself an official Opus hoodie or T-Shirt at the Consequence Shop. Original music by Tony Piazza.
Rae leads Jared and KP through a discussion of Pearl Jam's landmark album Ten. Eddie Vedder takes a deep dive into his own turmoil overwhelming a generation with his story. The music and stories he tells are discussed in depth. This leads to another discussion of the listener and how they absorb content.
My guest on this episode of the Couch Riffs Podcast is Dave Hillis who transformed from 80s thrash guitarist to engineer and producer on recordings that you have most definitely heard. Albums like Pearl Jam's "Ten", Alice In Chains' "Dirt", Temple of the Dog and The Afghan Whigs' "1965". His first band, Mace, had quite a reputation around the Northwest (and beyond!) in the 80s. You won't find it on streaming services but YouTube has some stuff that fans of thrash/crossover will certainly enjoy. In the 90s, after engineering some of the biggest albums of the decade, Dave started another band, Sybil Vane, that again made a splash beyond the Northwest landing a slot on the Empire Records Soundtrack album. Dave continues to write, record, produce and engineer in Pittsburgh PA these days. If you're enjoying the Couch Riffs Podcast please consider becoming a monthly pledge supporter for as little as .99/month. 99 cents! That's nothing! Also, please check out couchriffs.com for links to every video episode, audio podcast, and to our Etsy Store where you'll find super cozy, 100% cotton t-shirts, trucker hats, and turntable slipmats. Thanks so much for listening and for your continued support! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/couch-riffs/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/couch-riffs/support
It's the battle of the mixes on the 28th Anniversary of Pearl Jam's debut album, "Ten"
The guys are joined by former all-star MLB pitcher Bronson Arroyo to discuss Pearl Jam's classic debut record "Ten." Plenty of discussion about baseball, Edgar Martinez, the Red Sox and the Reds, seeing PJ live in concert, Eddie Vedder, the Jeremy video, and our love and admiration of one of the greatest bands ever.
We review the album Ten by Pearl Jam. Includes bonus Eddie Vedder impersonation
On this week's show, we talk about Pearl Jam's epic debut LP, Ten. @megamixdotcom takes us through the goodness of this album track by track, and gives many stories behind the recording of the album, as well as on the history of the bank. It's a great show for Pearl Jam fans, and fans who want to learn about a great album. Come and have a listen! Albums Are Dead is a (hopefully) weekly podcast featuring non-expert music fans @sliiiiip and @megamixdotcom. Go to albumsaredead.com to check out the show's blog, full of links to old episodes and other stuff. Follow the show on Twitter: twitter.com/albumsaredead Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/albumsaredead/ Search for Albums Are Dead on Instagram to find us there as well! We're on iTunes, so if you search for us there we'll show up for you. Please subscribe! We're working hard to get the show on other podcast platforms (Google, Stitcher, Spotify, etc.). We'll keep you updated as we get added to these platforms. In the meantime, all of our shows are can be heard at albumsaredead.com If you're dying to join us as a guest, if you have an album you'd like us to check out and review, or if you want to come on the show to talk about an album with us, hit us up at one of our social media sites and we'll try to set something up. All of the music heard on the show is for sampling purposes only. Please support the artists by buying or streaming their albums and music legally, even if they're already rich. We make absolutely no money from doing this show.
Special guests Evan Wiley and Josh Griffiths join Jerrod and Mark in this very special episode to help the determine which album is better between Pearl Jam's first two records, Ten and Vs.
The only place for your completely useless and uninformed Oscars recap! We are circling back with Pearl Jam's Ten now on vinyl and trying some Redemption Rye Whiskey. Fun fact, whiskey is good, Jonathan is God. #FYM
Our TENTH episode!! A special guest joins the show to discuss Pearl Jam's TEN album and we talk about our favorite covers.
Our seven-part series on Pearl Jam begins at the most obvious point: The band's wildly popular 1991 debut, "Ten." Is it possible that one of the biggest selling rock albums of the 90s is actually underrated? Steve delves deep into very early 90s Pearl Jam with Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone, and then chats about the iconic video for "Jeremy" with the video's director, Mark Pellington.
Tim Bierman has worked with Pearl Jam for nearly 20 years, managing their highly successful direct-to-fan platform Ten Club. Years before the music business realized how important direct-to-fan was, Pearl Jam was cultivating a unique relationship with their fans and with their label, Epic Records. Tim and I chat about the band's unique live gigs & the community and creativity that have made them a modern day Grateful Dead. We talk about the band first steps into the digital world around their 2000 album "Binaural", building an affinity team internally vs. outsourcing, Periscope and fans live streaming gigs. Tim also shares his advice to artists on what they should prioritize, and we geek out on Repo Man and World Party, Alabama Shakes and Blake Mills. Links to stuff we chat about: Nugs.Net: http://nugs.net Repo Man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repo_Man_(film) World Party: http://www.worldparty.net/ Gypsum "Follow Me" https://soundcloud.com/gypsum-band/follow-me
Brian and Bill take a little time to discuss one of the tracks from the deluxe edition of the La's set titled album, "I Am the Key." After Bill tells a wedding story that he forgot to tell on the main episode and Brian fawns over the songs harmonies, the two take a really deep dive into two of Bill's favorite subjects: data sifting and Pearl Jam. A listener challenged our claim that Pearl Jam's Ten outsold Nevermind. We accept the challenge and take it to the mat. We discovered some surprising facts, including how the RIAA and Nielsen Soundscan work, what labels have to do to receive gold and platinum certifications, and of course which album really outsold which (on both US domestic and international levels)!
Multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Frank Letteiri of The Paper Jets (thepaperjets.com) and Dust of Days (dustofdays.com) joins Bill and Brian to help us talk about what makes Pearl Jam's Ten (1991, Epic) so great! After the tragedy that led to the end of Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament's previous band Mother Love Bone, they sought out some new people to play with, finding Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder who completed the core of the band. On their first album, the band already showed passion and an ability to create unique sonic lanscapes. As we make our way through the album track by track, Brian gives us a lesson on how to write like Eddie Vedder, Frank makes an argument for the latter half of the album, and Bill tries not to geek out too much (and fails).