The problem facing Pearl Jam is that for every good song on Lightning Bolt, there lurks a great one somewhere in the band’s past. That the band is reinvigorated for a second time in four years after ...

Pearl Jam are grunge’s great survivors, the only band from the early 90s Seattle scene to maintain an unbroken career. In 2013, they released their 10th album, Lightning Bolt – a record which, as ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

Pearl Jam have announced the title and release date for their 10th studio album. Lightning Bolt will be released in the US on October 15, and debuts a day earlier internationally on October 14. What ...

Pearl Jam's 2013 album Lightning Bolt, the band's 10th studio release, is the group's first since 2009's Backspacer (released the year before Pearl Jam's last appearance in New Orleans at the 2010 New ...

“Sirens” came out in 2013 and was an excellent little release from the alternative rock band Pearl Jam, as was their studio album Lightning Bolt. Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready said that “Sirens” ...

Tim Booth, Seattle Times reporter and unfairly harsh critic of Backspacer: Dark Matter, Lightning Bolt, Gigaton, Backspacer. Brian O'Connell, Seahawks director of broadcasting: Dark Matter, Lightning ...

Eddie Vedder became one of the most iconic voices to emerge from Seattle’s grunge scene in the 1990s. And like other rock stars of the time, Vedder appeared deeply uncomfortable with his sudden fame.

Rock (or pop, or whatever you need to call it) is supposed to be a young person’s game, we’ve been told from time immemorial. In reality, however, rock is only a young person’s game for those who lack ...

For bands who have had long and successful careers, there comes a point when any new albums will inevitably be compared to their earlier works. This leaves these groups with a choice — should they ...