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Line diagram

Pearl Jam

1990 to today

See Grunge on the network

One line diagram with Green River and Mother Love Bone: the same lanes run on from one band into the next.

The line diagram

Each member is a lane on the year axis, in the colour of the line the band was on. A filled station marks a joining, an open one a departure, a square a death. The dotted rail is a reunion. A dotted branch leads to a band that grew out of this one, or in from a band its members came from. The table below lists the same spells.

Members

MemberRoleYears
Dave Krusendrums1990 to 1991
Eddie Veddervocals, guitar1990 to today
Stone Gossardguitar1990 to today
Jeff Amentbass1990 to today
Mike McCreadylead guitar1990 to today
Matt Chamberlaindrums1991 to 1991
Dave Abbruzzesedrums1991 to 1994
Jack Ironsdrums1994 to 1998
Matt Camerondrums1998 to 2025
Boom Gasparkeyboards (touring)2002 to today
Josh Klinghofferguitar (touring)2021 to today

The lines

  1. Grunge1990 to 1996

    Ten and the Seattle years

    Gossard and Ament recorded demos with Mike McCready after Wood's death; a San Diego surfer, Eddie Vedder, sang over them by post and flew up in October 1990. Ten (1991) sold thirteen million copies in America. Drummers came and went: Dave Krusen, Matt Chamberlain, Dave Abbruzzese and Jack Irons before Matt Cameron, late of Soundgarden, in 1998.

    Key album: Ten, 1991

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pearl Jam (opens in a new tab)

  2. Alternative rock1996 to today

    No Code onwards

    From No Code the band turned away from the mainstream, fought Ticketmaster, and kept the same five members for twenty-seven years. Cameron's spell ended in 2025. The band was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017.

    Key album: Yield, 1998

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pearl Jam (opens in a new tab)

Lineage

Comes fromMother Love Bone

Gossard and Ament, with McCready, Vedder and a drummer: the third band on the same lanes.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Pearl Jam (opens in a new tab)
  2. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Pearl Jam (opens in a new tab)
  3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Pearl Jam (opens in a new tab)

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