There are songs that are so important to their creators that they end up marking a before and after in their lives. That’s what happened to Pearl Jamas indicated by himself Eddie Vedder. It should be remembered that the beginnings of the grunge icon band were not entirely happy.
Initially, Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard They were working on a project called Mother Love Bone with Andrew Wood, who died of an overdose. After his loss, the duo added Mike McCready and started looking for a singer.
“There was a lot of energy there, because of his loss and his expectations. They had a band, and then they didn’t have a band, so they were ready to have a band again,” Vedder said. Some time later, the vocalist sent them a tape with a demo of three tracks: “Alive”, “Once” and “Black”, which ended up being part of HavePearl Jam’s debut album that became a total success.
Vedder’s affection for those songs has continued through the years. When Carrie Brownstein asked him about the works of the Seattle group that he is proud of, he did not hesitate to answer: “There were three songs on the tape. I think ‘Alive’ was one of them, and ‘Black’ and I think ‘Once’ the other. ‘Alive’ and ‘Black’ are the same as they were then. And they’re kind of cool.”.
