Pearl Jam

Did Gen X kill the rock star?
Seeing Nirvana's music repurposed to sell video games reminds us of Generation X's failure to produce a rock star of lasting worth.
"Oh Pleez GAWD I can't handle the success!"
Excerpts from Kurt Cobain's journals (published in Newsweek) reveal an oddball genius battling severe physical pain -- and imagining a Nirvana reunion tour sponsored by Depends.
Fleece your children
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's $200 tickets are just the start of new highs in rock-concert prices.
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, April 12, 2000
Real Life Rock Top 10
Making dollars, making sense
Two Kosovo benefit projects helmed by Pearl Jam and the Beastie Boys show how bizarrely record companies will act around new technology.
Sharps & Flats: Pearl Jam
"Is This Desire" -- or just bad performance art?
In her first release in three years, Polly Jean Harvey offers sops to a self-consciously hip underground.
Pearl Jam, Arco Arena, Sacramento, Calif
Big trouble in Little Tibet
Gavin McNett reports from the third annual Tibetan Freedom Concert
Sharps and Flats: Pearl Jam
Mom's a head-banger but her daughter just keeps on truckin'.
Something in the Way
On "No Code," Eddie Vedder's incandescence takes a back seat to his band's canned flash.

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