Article: SUCCESS HASN'T SPOILED PEARL JAM.(PREVIEW)

Byline: J.D. CONSIDINE Baltimore Sun

It's a commonly accepted piece of the rock 'n' roll myth that every band wants to hit the big time. Who among us wouldn't want to experience a life where the toughest task of the day is playing guitar, and the reward was plenty of money and an endless stream of groupies and sycophants?

So when Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder reacted to the success of ``Vs.'' an album that sold more than a million copies in its first week of release by griping about being on the cover of Time, most rock fans thought he was nuts. How could any sane person, they wondered, complain about success?

Particularly when ...

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