Pearl Jam rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone to become the most popular American rock & roll band of the ’90s.
After vocalist Andrew Wood overdosed on heroin in 1990, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament assembled a new band, bringing in Mike McCready on lead guitar and recording a demo with Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron on drums. Thanks to future Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons, the demo found its way to a 25-year-old San Diego surfer named Eddie Vedder…
An historic moment occurred on October 22, 2000 when Pearl Jam’s play an highly anticipated concert at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, when the Seattle grunge survivors paid a lengthy homage to Andrew Wood, the late frontman of PJ precursor Mother Love Bone.
The show marked the tenth anniversary of the band’s very first appearance, at Seattle’s Off Ramp Cafe, and the song – widely known as MLB’s signature track – struck a deep chord among the nostalgic diehards.
Listen and download below to the 10/22/2000 version of Crown of Thorns, which is a part of the sountrack to Cameron Crowe’s upcoming Pearl Jam Twenty documentary …
Pearl Jam – Crown Of Thorns
10th Anniversary Show – MGM Grand – Las Vegas, NV 10/22/2000
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