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Article: THE RISE AND FALL OF A COVER BAND ATTLEBORO'S ITCHY FISH TIRES OF A LIFE PLAYING PEARL JAM
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 29, 2001
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ATTLEBORO - It's hard to count the differences between Itchy Fish
and Pearl Jam, but here's a start: Pearl Jam is not from Attleboro.
Pearl Jam's lead singer is not named Ziggy. Pearl Jam - as far as we
know - does not practice in a former jewelry factory, beneath a mural
of an upturned middle finger.
But Itchy Fish sounds like Pearl Jam, note for note, wail for
Vedderesque wail. Itchy Fish plays Pearl Jam songs, over and over and
over again. That's what a tribute band does: re-create the original
experience, on the cheap, in hometown bars.
This can, it turns out, be a speedy route to success. Soon after
they started playing Pearl Jam tunes eight years ago, the Itchy Fish
guys bypassed the ...