At the same time, the musicians managed to prepare the material for their third full length record, Vitalogy. The band also got involved into a nerve-wracking trial fighting the concert managers who revealed bad faith in demanding too high ticket prices. In 1994, Pearl Jam preferred to play on small club stages and in college campuses rather than to give big shows on massive arenas. (1993) with singles or videos, it sold almost a million copies in the first week. Despite their decision not to back the sophomore studio effort Vs. Pearl Jam were quick to gain the status of new rock music superstars, yet the group refused to refer their music to any of the genres. One of their first big concerts was the performance at Lollapalooza in 1992.
The hits Jeremy, Evenflow, and Alive, taken from the first long player, were played by all big national stations, while the band was enlarging their fan base with colorful live shows. After the Nirvana soon collapse, there was a strong need for the new powerful formation to take over their place, and Pearl Jam appeared the perfect match. These guys were very good at playing hard rock riffs back from the seventies along with energy and anger of punk rock of the eighties. Curt Cobain’s famed group easily overcame all competitors until Pearl Jam stood in their way. The album was called Ten and was not a good seller until Nirvana made alternative rock a new youth cult in America, which happened in 1992. The fresh band recorded their debut long player early in 1991, but, due to different reasons, it was officially released only in August. Pearl Jam, one of the most prominent USA rock bands of the nineties, came to this world out of the ashes of Mother Love Bone shortly after its vocalist Andrew Wood died out of heroin OD in 1990.
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