One of the key bands of the grunge movement in the early 1990s, Pearl Jam was criticized early onmost notably by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobainas being a corporate cash-in on the alternative rock explosion. Formed after the demise of Ament and Gossard's previous band Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut album Ten. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guitar), Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and drummer Matt Cameron, who has been with the band since 1998. Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL. Though formed in 90' their first album wasn't until 1991 which include hit songs such as Jeremy, Even flow, and Alive. Allmusic calls it the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s. Pearl Jam has outlasted 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.

The band has sold 30 million records in the U.S., and an estimated 60 million albums worldwide. In 2006, Rolling Stone described the band as having spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame. However, 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 and engaging in a much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster.

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