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Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter and actor Glen Hansard dead at 56

Dublin-born frontman of The Frames, who also played guitar with Eddie Vedder and the Earthlings, killed in motorbike crash

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"When the fans changed the meaning of those words, they lifted the curse." How Eddie Vedder plumbed the murkiest of emotional depths to complete a Pearl Jam classic

Pearl Jam's debut single was an act of catharsis for Eddie Vedder, but the band's audience took it in an unexpected direction

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“It was such a cliché. I knew I had to use it”: How a joke comment led Neil Young to create the rock anthem that inspired Pearl Jam and started a beef with Trump

The song has more in common with hard rock than the folk scene Young had been part of

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Members of Tool, Pearl Jam, Korn, Garbage, Fugazi, Bikini Kill among artists donating to online fundraiser to help cover L7 bassist Jennifer Finch's medical expenses following brain cancer diagnosis

Musicians rally around L7 bassist following recent diagnosis with an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Metal Hammer

Watch Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder shower himself with Belgian beer as the USA crash out of the FIFA World Cup in Seattle, despite Donald Trump's unprecedented interference

A bad day for the USA, but at least Eddie Vedder enjoyed himself

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USMNT Reverts to Everything It Hasn’t Been This Summer in Dismal World Cup Exit

Mauricio Pochettino watched a team start fast, press high and work in harmony—unfortunately, it was playing against the U.S.

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Every Celebrity Spotted at USMNT vs. Belgium—World Cup Round of 16

Stars from a number of sports and even one aging rocker were in attendance at Lumen Field on Monday.

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“I was 38 when we went on tour with Pearl Jam. A long time ago, I’d given up on the dream of something like that happening”: Dead Pioneers on how indigenous politics and pedal-builds have powered them to punk glory

An extensive and expansive gear list helps the Pearl Jam-approved band express their hopes for global improvement – as heard on their explosive new album, Wagon Burner

Guitar World

“I’m inspired by his control over his animalistic vocal range, and his poetry, but also how honestly he sings”: Hear Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale pay tribute to Chris Cornell on powerful new cover of Soundgarden’s Loud Love

The singer/guitarist teams with Testament, Metal Allegiance and ex-Pearl Jam members on the latest single by King Ultramega

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Revisiting the seven weeks in 1991 that changed music history forever

The 80s weren’t dead and the 90s hadn’t really begun. This is the story of how seven weeks of summer in 1991 belonged to rock (and not just grunge)

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“Sales is not a mark of success": 10 brilliant rock bands from the '90s who should have been absolutely massive

The biggest-selling alt. rock bands from the '90s weren't necessarily the best alt. rock bands from the '90s

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“We started talking about Black Sabbath, and Buzz goes, ‘You know they did this thing called drop D.’ We said, ‘What’s that?’” Kim Thayil on how Soundgarden took rock guitar into the superunknown – and the unfinished Chris Cornell tapes

With the Soundgarden guitarist‘s memoir, A Screaming Life, out now, he unpacks the story behind one of the most influential rock bands of the ’90s

Guitar World

From Stevie Wonder to Bruce Springsteen and Christina Aguilera — meet the stars set to perform at Obama Presidential Center opening

The Obama Presidential Center opens to the public, after a decade of planning, this Friday

The Independent UK

The Soundgarden memoir that fans needed

Rich with perspective, the band's lead guitarist revisits Seattle's music scene and the loss of Chris Cornell

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Pearl Jam bassist Ament highlights skateboarding's impact in Indigenous communities in Tribeca film

Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has been passionate about skateboarding since his teenage years in Montana

Guitar World

“Stone Gossard is the reason I picked up guitar in the first place. Having a front row seat to his playing has been amazing”: Josh Klinghoffer on Chili Peppers vs. Pearl Jam and playing in Andrew Watt's new wrecking crew

These days Klinghoffer’s leaving his most well-worn guitars at home, but on his new Pluralone album he went back to his beloved 1947 Martin

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From Cream and Velvet Revolver to Them Crooked Vultures and Temple Of The Dog, these are the best supergroups in rock history

Some supergroups just aren't worth the sum of their parts. These are the exceptions

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“The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself. Be stronger than those people. And then you can come back”: How Pearl Jam created a powerful signature song inspired by a real-life tragedy

“I guess they can’t sue us because I’m writing about it after it happened”

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“One of the few times Axl and I ever went out in public was to see Nirvana in Hollywood. And then people say grunge killed Guns N’ Roses”: Slash on the alternative rock revolution – and the groundbreaking album that blew Axl Rose’s mind

“I was never a big Pearl Jam fan, but Soundgarden was great”

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“When he started soloing he turned every knob up on the amp – all the way up. It was great!”: Sadler Vaden on when he and Jason Isbell jammed Little Wing with Pearl Jam's Mike McCready

Vaden and Isbell were playing the Paramount in Jimi Hendrix's hometown Seattle when they invited another local legend onstage to join them. A top-tier performance ensues

Guitar World

“I’d put his riffs up against anyone in rock today. He’s as good as Homme or Morello”: First he got a DM from Pearl Jam, now Stone Gossard is hailing him as one of the best riffers in the business

The Pearl Jam guitarist took British alt-rock trio Tigercub out of their comfort zone – leader Jamie Hall was dialing Marshalls to 10, down-tuning a gift from Rabea Massaad, and finding tones that take enamel off your teeth

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"We will miss you Prince!" As the 10th anniversary of his death nears, watch Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Pearl Jam, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Cornell pay tribute to the legend that was Prince

Prince: 10 years gone, never forgotten

Guitar World

“I got to play with Layne and Chris and Lanegan. Now they’re gone. What would they be doing now? That haunts me to this day”: Mike McCready opens up on his new rock opera, the Seattle jams that changed him, and the future of Pearl Jam

Farewell to Seasons documents McCready’s path through the Seattle grunge explosion of the ’90s. He reflects on the singers he’s loved and lost, the guitarists who left the biggest mark on his playing and why going digital has made him a better player

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"The success we enjoyed with Pearl Jam was a little bittersweet because our friend didn’t get to come along." Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament on Ten, Temple Of The Dog, Mother Love Bone, touring America for the first time, and working with Neil Young

"We didn’t expect Ten to be a huge deal. But I guess it kinda became one"

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“I quit playing music for two years. I was done. Then I got a call from Stone”: Mike McCready followed Duff McKagan to LA to make it big – but he nearly missed his shot in Seattle

Before Pearl Jam, the lead guitarist sought to make a success of his teenage hard-rock outfit, Shadow

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