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Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament, born and raised right here in Montana, came out to paint signs with our team last week. We talked about the challenges working people face, the public lands that belong to all of us, and sending a new generation of leadership to Congress.

Pearl Jam has always been a voice for working people, and for Gen X. Now that generation is squeezed from both sides: raising kids, caring for aging parents, and still trying to make ends meet.

Jeff’s ready to elect people who’ll actually fix what isn’t working. So am I, and together we’re going to make it happen. Thanks, Jeff. 🎸

🗳️ Vote by November 3.

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The silhouettes of Jeff Ament
#jeffament #concertphotography #bassplayer #theohanafest

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Off Ramp Café, Seattle, October 22, 1990: Mookie Blaylock (now Pearl Jam) fist show ever 📸 ©️ @karenmasonblair #mookieblaylock #pearljam #earlydaysofgrunge #karenmasonblairphotography #seattlesound

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Happy Anniversary to @pearljam first show back in 1990!
In the times of AI, it’s worth remembering that we can have books to fact-check what AI has not mastered yet 😏

📚Here it is, a few clips from the amazing book Pearl Jam Twenty, released 15 years ago.
It's very hard to buy it these days but we have gathered some used copies and you can buy it now in our bookstore!

#pearljam

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Neste dia, em 1990, o Pearl Jam - ainda Mookie Blaylock - fez seu primeiro show, no Off Ramp, em Seattle.

#PJ36

~ fotos @karenmasonblair

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🎸 OCTOBER 22, 1990 — IT ALL STARTED HERE.

36 years ago today, five guys hit the stage at Seattle’s Off Ramp Cafe for their very first show as Mookie Blaylock. Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, and Dave Krusen were just getting started.

The setlist already had songs like Release, Alive, Even Flow, Black, Once, and Breath. Some of them would end up on Ten — the record that changed everything.

A few months later, in March 1991, Mookie Blaylock became Pearl Jam. And the rest? Rock history.

36 years later, these songs still bring us together, hit us right in the feels, and remind us why we fell in love with this band in the first place.

What’s one Pearl Jam song or live moment that’ll always mean the world to you? Drop it in the comments — let’s share some memories!

#pearljam

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35 years after Pearl Jam’s debut dropped, Jeff Ament is looking back at the original mix with fresh ears. From Brendan O’Brien’s 2009 remix to his recent conversation with original mixing engineer Tim Palmer, the story behind Ten is worth revisiting.

Was the remix really necessary? And does the original mix still hit different?

We’re diving into it on PearlJamOnline.it / Direct link in bio and in our stories.

#pearljam #pearljamten #pearljamten35

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Last Call for Montana Grind @ Laguna Beach/CA
Oct 20th 7PM

Tickets @coastfilmfestival

Q&A with Jeff Ament and director Dan Reis

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Pearl Jam - Vs

Released 10/19/93

30th Anniversary Ten Club limited edition pressing on orange and white “Dreamsicle”swirl on 45rpm vinyl

The waiting drove me mad…

After the phenomenal success of Pearl Jam’s debut, Ten, anticipation for their second album, Vs., was—and this is an understatement—HUGE.

For over two years, fans were kept going with B-sides like “Yellow Ledbetter,” along with “Breath” and “State of Love and Trust,” two non-album tracks featured on Cameron Crowe’s Singles soundtrack. Finally, at the now-legendary 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, fans got their first glimpse of what was to come when the band debuted “Animal.” The fans were buzzing, and in a little over a month, the new album would arrive.

I still remember the excitement of heading to my local record store, Disc Jockey, on release (😉) day to buy the CD.

It was worth the wait. No sophomore slump here—not at all. Vs. was one of the greatest follow-up albums of all time, a bold step forward from a band determined to do things on its own terms vs. (😉) letting anyone else tell them what to do.

#pearljam #vs #nowspinning #nowplaying #vinyl

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Pearl Jam’s Vs. came out on this date (October 19) back in 1993. This is the original press release I got sent with the advance CD. At the time, I was writing about music for my High School newspaper, the Hilltop Beacon. (Shout out to my HS editor, Scott Stereogum!)

I love this release because it’s one of the few from this era of paper releases that’s not a narrative the label was trying to get you to sell to readers. The whole press kit played well into the we don’t care about corporate media ethos of the time. And yeah, it’s a great album.

The second picture is the announcement of the sold out second leg of the Vs. tour. Right after Pearl Jam completed these dates, with a surprise show at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden, all further dates would be cancelled due to their dispute with Ticketmaster.

#pearljam #pearljamtour #pearljamfans #music #musicindustry

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Thanks again to Sam Forstag and Jeff Ament for joining us in The Trail Studio for a live conversation as a part of our “Trail Listening Post” series. You can stay up to date on our local music scene, community events and businesses around Missoula through the Trail Listening Post. Download the episode wherever you get your podcasts, and stay tuned throughout the week for more episodes to come!

#radio #missoula #trail1033 #pearljam #local

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On This Day - 10/19/26

Pearl Jam - Vs.
Released:
CD & Cassette - October 19, 1993
LP - October 12, 1993

#pearljam #vs #5against1
#onthisday #albumanniversary

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