In fact, all of those groups had their own smash-hit record-Soundgarden’s Superunknown, Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dreams, Alice in Chains’ Dirt, Stone Temple Pilots’ Core, and, of course, the granddaddy of them all, Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit. Like the other bands, Pearl Jam was certainly at the forefront of the rock scene with their mega-selling album, Ten. When Pearl Jam emerged in the early 1990s, they were lumped with an assortment of equally thrilling, innovative groups that included (in no particular order) Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, and that other group from Seattle everyone still seems to fawn over. This was the first time I saw Pearl Jam live and I only wondered why I hadn’t before. Photo taken by Tim Mosenfleder Courtesy of AP Images “I will be begging your forgiveness for the rest of the evening,” he apologized and then went immediately into the next number.įor the remainder of the concert, as I sat in the balcony (the show was the second of three sold out performances), I watched with awe as Pearl Jam performed its most popular hits and lesser-known songs with equal amounts of vigor. Pearl Jam’s lead singer, who that night looked more like The Doors’ Jim Morrison than the long, bushy hair, flannel shirt-wearing rocker that everyone else in San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium knew from the 1990s. It was a humbling moment, something rare among rock stars. “I forgot the fucking song,” Vedder acknowledged over the microphone. The singer’s band mates continued to play, waiting for their front man to utter the next line in the opening number. Two minutes into the concert, there was an awkward pause between the singer, Eddie Vedder, and his band, Pearl Jam.Īlmost immediately, the audience knew something was wrong. Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco
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