The Day the Music Burned It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business â and almost nobody knew. This is the story of the 2008 Universal fire.
Which also makes sense when you discuss bands that have little regard for creating "pop" music. I still love that quote from Garcia when discussing the band's fans:
“We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.”
Makes sense and just like the Dead there is just as many people that do not relate to their music at all as there are loyal followers.
Which also makes sense when you discuss bands that have little regard for creating "pop" music. I still love that quote from Garcia when discussing the band's fans:
“We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.”
How did Pearl Jam become Generation X’s Grateful Dead?
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Pearl Jam have maintained a career better than any of their early-‘90s peers. So how have they done it? By following the Grateful Dead’s lead, argues Greg Kot.
It didn’t look likely in 1995, when Pearl Jam was on the verge of breaking up. But of the many breakthrough acts that surfaced during the alternative-rock era in the early ‘90s – Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Stone Temple Pilots − Pearl Jam has thrived longer than any of them.
They have stayed continually intact (save for a few drummer changes along the way) for more than two decades and are still a hit on the charts and a major draw on the road. Though Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament and Matt Cameron are no longer spitting out commercial blockbusters on par with the band’s 13 million-selling 1991 debut, Ten, Pearl Jam’s latest release, Lightning Bolt, is their 10th straight studio album to debut in the Top 5 of US chart, the Billboard 200. And they’re in the midst of a string of sold-out shows at North American arenas.
How did they manage to outrun their peers? By mirroring the approach (consciously or not) of the quintessential Baby Boomer band. In many ways Pearl Jam have turned into the Generation X answer to the Grateful Dead.
That’s not to say that Pearl Jam sound anything like the Dead. But the Seattle quintet’s approach to the music and the business behind it closely parallels those of the psychedelic pioneers from San Francisco. Phish and the Dave Matthews Band also can account for their longevity by following the Dead’s lead, but nobody has done it better than Pearl Jam.
What's with all the kids doing Eruption:
