Article: THE OTHER SIDE OF FAME YIELDS NEW LIFE FOR PEARL JAM.(What's Happening)

The members of Pearl Jam might as well be sporting ``happy face'' buttons this summer.

``We've been having a really great time,'' guitarist Stone Gossard said by phone from Los Angeles.

``The mood of the band is incredible. I really feel like we're happier and having more fun now than we've ever had. Maybe that sounds like a clich

gfacute>e, but I really feel it's true.''

Manager Kelly Curtis, who is paid to worry about all sorts of things, echoed the sentiment.

``You wouldn't believe how smooth this tour has been,'' Curtis said in a separate phone interview. ``There hasn't been one day of drama.''

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