The band’s roots can be traced deep into the Seattle underground of the 80s. Revered for their integrity and passionate live performances, Pearl Jam remain one of rock’s most successful modern rock acts and their ten studio albums have collectively moved around 60 million copies worldwide. Lesser bands could easily have folded under the pressure, but Eddie Vedder and company hung on in there, outstripping their plaid-clad contemporaries and carving out their own highly individualistic niche. Their initial rise to prominence was truly astronomical, with the 15 million sales from the band’s first two albums rapidly catapulting them from obscurity to superstardom. The same goes for anything from the Neil Young songbook, which will usually mean "Rockin in the Free World."Take a look at this list and if you see something missing (there are a lot of songs to go through after all), feel free to add it! Vote for your favorite Pearl Jam cover songs and B-sides.Along with fellow Seattleites Nirvana and Soundgarden, Pearl Jam will forever be synonymous with grunge, the heavy, revolutionary rock’n’roll sound from the Pacific north-west which thrust alt.rock onto the world stage on the cusp of the 90s. On the covers front, anything by The Who, especially "Love, Reign O'er Me" and concert staple "Baba O'Riley" are appreciated. In case you don't know, those are the scarcely played "Breath" and the not-so-scarcely played "State of Love and Trust." Those two rockers are always welcome and sound just as good as they did when they were first recorded. The same goes for "Yellow Ledbetter," which is known and beloved by many, but there is a legion of die-hards who are ready for that song to be retired from the live show.Īs for other songs, you can never go wrong with the two songs off the Singles soundtrack. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers classic, which took on a life of its own when it was released on the 1998 Fan Club Christmas single. While the general public may veer closer to songs like "Last Kiss," a cover of J. Pearl Jam's live shows usually have these songs sprinkled in the set list, which makes them popular within the realm of diehards.įans usually can judge a show by how many rarities, B-sides and covers are played, which is to say judging by the few shows the band plays per year, isn't very often. That doesn't even include their own B-sides and long, lost songs, which can be found in one of their epic live shows. Due to their vast knowledge of music, the band has covered some of the biggest and best songs of all time. Pearl Jam, unlike any other band, has one of the deepest and most comprehensive catalogs in music.
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