note As of 2006 Cameron has drummed in the group longer than all of his predecessors combined, and as of 2019 he's been drumming in Pearl Jam longer than he ever did for Soundgarden. The four core members have nevertheless remained intact since the band's inception. This led to Creator Backlash from Vedder, who decided to erase any pretense of commercialism from the band's music, which led to some tension between the band members they had a Spinal Tap-esque Revolving Door Band of drummers around this time due to internal differences before eventually settling on Matt Cameron of the aforementioned Soundgarden. This led to some backlash from purist Seattle rock groups, especially Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, who even alleged that the band had sold out to the mainstream. Vs., the second, reached #1 on the charts the week it came out, outselling the other nine albums on the top 10 combined. The rest is rock history their first album, Ten, sold over 13 million copies, with the singles "Alive" and "Jeremy" becoming massively successful. Within a week, Vedder was hired, and flew up to Seattle to join the band. Vedder was impressed by the tape, recorded his own vocals for a few of the songs and sent it back to Stone, Jeff, and Mike.
Looking for a singer and a drummer, they recorded a demo tape and gave it to former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons, who declined the invitation but passed the tape onto his friend, San Diego surfer Eddie Vedder. Bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard began writing songs together, and eventually guitarist Mike McCready joined them. The band formed out of the ashes of local Seattle band Mother Love Bone, whose singer Andrew Wood died of a heroin overdose in 1990. Pearl Jam is a popular American rock band formed in 1990 in Seattle, which enabled the band to become one of the "Big Four" of Grunge, alongside Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden.
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