Alive – Pearl Jam (1991)

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Additional information about this, Pearl Jam vinyl art.

Pearl Jam – The Artist/s

Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. The band’s lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guitar), as well as Matt Cameron (drums), who joined in 1998. Keyboardist Boom Gaspar has also been a touring/session member with the band since 2002. Drummers Jack Irons, Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, and Dave Abbruzzese are former members of the band. Pearl Jam outsold many of their contemporaries from the early 1990s, and are considered one of the most influential bands of the decade, being dubbed as “the most popular American rock & roll band of the ‘90s”. One of the key bands in the grunge movement of the early 1990s, The band’s members often shunned popular music industry practices such as making music videos or participating in interviews. The band had sold more than 85 million albums worldwide by 2018, including nearly 32 million albums in the United States by 2012, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. 

Alive – The Song

Alive is the debut single by American rock band Pearl Jam. It was released on July 7, 1991, 51 days before the release of the band’s debut album, Ten, on which “Alive” appears. Written by guitarist Stone Gossard, the song originated as an instrumental titled “Dollar Short” and was included on a demo tape circulated in hopes of finding a singer for the group. Vocalist Eddie Vedder obtained a copy of the tape and wrote lyrics that describe a somewhat fictionalised account of the time when he was told that the man he thought was his father was not actually his biological parent. “Alive” charted at number 16 in the United Kingdom and number nine in Australia. It was the first Pearl Jam song to receive a certification from the British Phonographic Industry, going Silver in August 2018 for sales and streams of over 200,000. It also reached the top 20 in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. The single was available only through import in the United States, so it was not able to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Pearl Jam Logo – The Shape

This vinyl single has been reworked into the silhouette of an image inspired by the Pearl Jam logo.

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