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Article: Why is Pearl Jam's tour so inaccessible?

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September 1, 1996
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Ask just about anyone in rock 'n' roll about Pearl Jam, and he or she is likely to call the highly popular Seattle rockers a "people's" band. Maybe not quite in the way the Grateful Dead was or Fugazi is, but it's a band that has shown it has a conscience that goes beyond wallet-fattening. Pearl Jam fought the so-called good fight against Ticketmaster, the alleged monopolistic stranglehold the company has over large-venue ticket sales, and what the band saw as inflated surcharges. Pearl Jam tried to mount a non-Ticketmaster tour last year, but it fell apart.

It has shunned making videos for MTV. The members don't beat their chests in public. They've kept a low profile in the rock press, ...

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