PEARL JAM is an
American rock band that formed in
Seattle, Washington, in
1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included
Eddie Vedder (vocals),
Stone Gossard (guitar),
Jeff Ament (bass), and
Mike McCready (guitar).
The band's fifth and current drummer is
Matt Cameron, of
Soundgarden, who has been with the band since
1998. Formed after the demise of Gossard and Ament's previous band,
Mother Love Bone,
Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut
album, Ten in
1991. One of
the key bands of the grunge movement in the early
1990s, over the course of the band's career, its members became noted for their refusal to adhere to traditional music industry practices, including refusing to make music videos, giving interviews and engaging in a much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster. In
2006,
Rolling Stone described the band as having "spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame. To date, the band has sold over 31.5 million records in the
U.S, and an estimated 60 million worldwide. Pearl Jam has outlasted and outsold many of its contemporaries from the alternative rock breakthrough of the early 1990s, and is considered one of the most influential bands of the decade.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic referred to Pearl Jam as "the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s.
Binaural and the
Roskilde tragedy: 2000--2001
Following its full-scale tour in support of
Yield, the band took a short break, but then reconvened toward the end of
1999 and commenced work on a new album. On May 16,
2000, Pearl Jam released its sixth studio album, Binaural. It was drummer Matt Cameron's studio recording debut with the band. The title is a reference to the binaural recording techniques that were utilized on several tracks by producer
Tchad Blake, known for his use of the technique. Binaural was the first album since the band's debut not produced by
Brendan O'Brien, although
O'Brien was called in later to remix several tracks. Gossard stated that the band members "were ready for a change.
Jon Pareles of Rolling Stone said, "
Apparently as tired of grunge as everyone except
Creed fans, Pearl Jam delve elsewhere." He added, "The album reflects both Pearl Jam's longstanding curse of self-importance and a renewed willingness to be experimental or just plain odd. The album is lyrically darker than the band's previous album Yield, with Gossard describing the lyrics as "pretty sombre. Binaural included the
singles "
Nothing as It Seems" (About this sound sample (help·info)), one of the songs featuring binaural recording, and "
Light Years". The album sold just over 700,
000 copies and became the first Pearl Jam studio album to fail to reach platinum status. Pearl Jam's 2000
European tour ended in tragedy on June 30, with an accident at the
Roskilde Festival in
Denmark. Nine fans were crushed underfoot and suffocated to death as the crowd rushed to the front. After numerous requests for the crowd to step back, the band stopped playing and tried to calm the crowd when the musicians realized what was happening, but it was already too late. The two remaining dates of the tour were canceled and members of the band contemplated retiring after this event. Pearl Jam was initially blamed for the accident, but was later cleared of responsibility.
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É como um rio que flui indo certamente para o mar
Querida, assim algumas coisas têm que acontecer
Pegue a minha mão, pegue toda a minha vida também
Pois eu não posso deixar de me apaixonar por você
Pois eu não posso deixar de me apaixonar, por você
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