In this politically safe day and age, band members often tone down their hyperbole to make sure they aren’t caught foot-in-mouth later. Stone Gossard, guitarist for grunge band Pearl Jam, was quoted this week with a statement that is probably the safest thing one could say about an upcoming album. While trying to promote his new solo album, Moonlander, that is out on June 25, he said “[the new Pearl Jam album is] almost done and as far as what it sounds like, it sounds like Pearl Jam. You’re going to hear some rock songs and you’re …
Posts Tagged ‘Pearl Jam’
WATCH: Kings of Leon With Eddie Vedder – “The Bucket”
Southern rock band Kings Of Leon were joined on stage recently by Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder to perform the song “The Bucket”.
Bootleg footage has surfaced of the performance. Watch it right here after the jump.
Kings of Leon are also working on their follow up to 2010′s Come Around Sundown. Let’s hope it’s better than Pearl Jam’s last album… Backspacer cannot be unheard. I wish it could.
Jay-Z & Pearl Jam Perform “99 Problems” At Made In America Festival
Music industry veterans Jay-Z and Pearl Jam came together at day 2 of the Made In America Festival this weekend and the results were mind-blowing. This rockers powered through a distortion-laced version of Hova’s classic “99 Problems” and the fans went crazy.
This is one showing that will stick with us for a long time.
Please click through the jump to watch this legendary performance and comment with your thoughts on the live showing.
Jay-Z’s Made In America Festival Announces First Round of Artists
The first round of groups for Jay-Z’s inaugural Made in America music festival have been announced, and they are nothing short of impressive. Included in the list are Pearl Jam, Skrillex, X, and Odd Future. The festival is being held on September 1 and 2 at Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, PA. Presale general admission tickets are sold out, but normal general admission tickets are on sale tomorrow, and you can find them here when they go up.
You can find the first batch of artists list of announcements after the break, but make sure you tell UTG what you …
Brian Southall (TREOS/TCWK) Discusses Albums That Changed His Life
Our good friends over at Alter The Press sat down with Brian Southall (The Receiving End Of Sirens and The Company We Keep) to discuss the four albums that changed his life. Each album holds it special place in his collection.
Check out Southall’s top albums including Pearl Jam’s Ten, NOFX’s Punk In Drublic, Choke’s Needless To Say, and Nine Inch Nails’ With Teeth. Click past the link provided to check out this awesome feature from ATP.
Will you be watching The Company We Keep when they roll through your town on select dates of …
Tegan And Sara Added To Select Dates On Black Keys Tour
Indie-rock superstars, The Black Keys, have unveiled quite the extensive touring schedule spread out over the next few months. Support for the bands tour is jam packed with talent including acts such as Pearl Jam, the Flaming Lips, Kings of Leon and more (each playing select dates). As if that wasn’t enough of a reason to catch the Keys this fall, the lovely indie duo Tegan and Sara have announced a string of opening October dates in support of the band.
It’s hard to believe the Black Keys’ fall tour dates could have been bolstered anymore than the were …
Pearl Jam joined onstage by Josh Homme
Pearl Jam recently performed in Alpine Valley, Wisconsin for their PJ20 anniversary show and the rock stars came out to support. Onstage to help the festivities were Soundgarden‘s Chris Cornell, Julian Casablancas of The Strokes, Liam Finn and many more.
You can watch a special HD performance of “In The Moonlight” with guest vocals from Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme right here on Under The Gun. Don’t miss this!
Pearl Jam custom guitar giveaway
In celebration of the special re-release of Pearl Jam‘s 2nd and 3rd albums, VS. and Vitalogy, the band is giving away a custom Epiphone Les Paul guitar to one lucky fan. To win this amazing piece of machinery you have to submit yourself playing a cover of the groups’ song “Animal.” The best performance, as judged by the band, will win! Click on the link to read all of the rules and regulations. GOOD LUCK.
New Pearl Jam album in the works
Pearl Jam are going to start working on their new album in April. This will be their first album since the 2009 release of Backspacer.
“We did a whole bunch of demos and everybody’s got a disc of 25 [songs] right now. April will be the time where we get together and learn to play all these demos and figure out which 12 to 15 of them float to the top. Hopefully we can get something done this year.”- Jeff Ament, Bassist
Everyone Loves 90′s Covers
The Gaslight Anthem covers Pearl Jam’s ‘State of Love and Trust’
Band of Horses to Tour With Pearl Jam
Band of Horses make soaring, earthy guitar anthems and have roots in Seattle. So do Pearl Jam. Band of Horses will open a bunch of dates for the grunge megastars in May. A good look for both bands! That BoH frontman Ben Bridwell has a voice that recalls Eddie Vedder’s beloved Neil Young is just the icing on the cake.
The Pearl Jam tour will start a couple of weeks before Infinite Arms, the third Band of Horses album, drops via Brown Records/Fat Possum/Columbia. Before they jump on the Pearl Jam tour, BoH will play a bunch of shows on …



