Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine. 1  Pearl Jam rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone to become the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s. 2  Ten didn't begin selling in significant numbers until early 1992, after Nirvana made mainstream rock radio receptive to alternative rock acts.
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availablepublic18752147805619cove1875Pearl Jam's Name ChangeLearn about the band's original name and the reasons for changing itThis excerpt from Cameron Crowe's Pearl Jam Twenty features Pearl Jam discussing their original band name, Mookie Blaylock.
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Pearl Jam is an American alternative rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. The original incarnation of Pearl Jam included bassist Jeff Ament, guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike McCready, vocalist Eddie Vedder, and drummer Dave Krusen. This line-up recorded Pearl Jam's debut studio album, Ten. Krusen left the band in May 1991, three months before the album was released.
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Meaning behind the name Pearl Jam. Posts: 17. With all the shrouded mystery behind the name and it apparently being Mookie Blaylocks nickname, a bodily fluid release, or the far fetched great grandmother's peyote jam I came across this meaning which I found pretty cool and thought I would share.
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Renaming themselves Pearl Jam, the band recorded their debut album, Ten, in the beginning of 1991, although it wasn't released until August; in the meantime, the majority of the band appeared on the Andrew Wood tribute project Temple of the Dog.
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Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine. The prototypical Seattle grunge band, with a driving sound and a long run as one of the most principled and hard-working groups in rock. Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Pearl Jam rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone to become the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s.
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Meaning behind the name Pearl Jam. With all the shrouded mystery behind the name and it apparently being Mookie Blaylocks nickname, a bodily fluid release, or the far fetched great grandmother's peyote jam I came across this meaning which I found pretty cool and thought I would share.
http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/101107/meaning-behind-the-name-pearl-jam
Where did Pearl Jam get their name? There’s a lot of misinformation on this subject, most of it gleefully spread by the band. For example, despite Eddie Vedder’s repeated claims, he did not have a great-grandmother Pearl who married a Native American and cooked up jam with peyote as an ingredient. And although the band was originally named Mookie Blaylock, after the star NBA point guard, “Pearl Jam” was not his nickname. (They changed their name to avoid legal problems–but Ten, the title of their debut, was Blaylock’s jersey number.) The band also doesn’t seem to have intended their name to refer to semen.
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For the band's eponymous album, see Pearl Jam (album). Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has comprised Eddie Vedder (lead vocals), Mike McCready (lead guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass). The band's fifth member is drummer Matt Cameron (also of Soundgarden), who has been with the band since 1998.
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Posts: 2,772. the jam part came from watching neil young jam at a gig when they were forming or something. Right, that's what I recall too. Thanks for the story, OP - it's weird how you brought this up because two days ago my youngest son was asking about what or how Pearl Jam came up with the name.
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what was the band pearl jam original name
The original name of the band Pearl Jam is Mookie Blaylock.     The band pearl jam original name was Mookie Blaylock.