|
|
Article: A RE-APPRECIATION OF PEARL JAM
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2000
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2000 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
Watching such trailer-park peacocks as Fred Durst and Kid Rock
strutting and preening about these days as if they invented modern
music induces not only headaches and nausea, but a newfound
appreciation for a band like Pearl Jam.
Of course, there have always been reasons to appreciate Pearl Jam.
Since its 1991 debut, "Ten," the Seattle-based band led by earnest,
mercurial Eddie Vedder has produced album after album of sturdy,
passionate songs such as "Alive," "Even Flow," "Jeremy," "Dissident,"
"Hail Hail," and "Do the Evolution." Its concerts are raw and
energetic, and better yet, don't require 50 dancers or prerecorded
backing tracks to fuel the fires. Even when the band slides into ...