![]() So part of what the record is saying is, try to live an empathetic life. It ends up making you so much more empathetic. Sometimes when you’re hit with the tragic stuff-and I’m not even talking about the injury, because it was nothing compared to what some people have to go through-but when the magnifying glass of tragedy selects you, it changes you. We’ve got things that are incredibly beautiful and incredibly tragic all going on at the same time. “Not knowing how things are going to turn out-or if things are going to turn out, if you’re going to heal-that’s the hard part,” says Vedder, who underwent a rehab process that restored him to normal and put him back on the road with Pearl Jam by June 2012. Music allows you to do that, especially rock’n’roll.” – Eddie Vedder This is still a young man’s game, so we have to stay young. “He’s a pretty healthy guy and he didn’t know what was going on.” “It sure was scary for him at the time, and a struggle to play guitar,” Curtis says. ![]() ![]() Temporary nerve damage left him with limited use of his right arm and forced the postponement of a 15-city U.S. Songs like “Sirens,” “Future Days” and “Swallowed Whole” wrestle with mortality, and may reflect the questions raised in early 2012, when a back injury sidelined Vedder. The 12-song palate of propulsive rockers, soaring grooves and tender ballads features some of the band’s finest songwriting and some of Vedder’s most potent vocals as he addresses lasting relationships, bad faith (“Getaway,” “Mind Your Manners”), the state of the world (“Infallible”) and life’s transience (“Pendulum,” among others).īut there’s also a sense that the stakes are higher this time out. In part, “Lightning Bolt” is about just that-harnessing the flash of inspiration and electricity as Pearl Jam charges into its third decade. “We’re established, so how can we push the envelope as far as we can?” Vedder says of the band’s longevity. Crowe’s 2011 “Pearl Jam Twenty” doc, along with an accompanying book and soundtrack, examined the band’s full history. Pearl Jam worked with director Cameron Crowe to mark the 20th anniversary of its 1991 debut, “Ten” (which passed the 10 million sales mark in February, according to Nielsen SoundScan). PJ’s ‘Lightning Bolt’ Track-By-Track With Band Commentary PJ’s Eddie Vedder Talks World Series, Cubs & Giving His First Mitt to Ernie Banks Though the gap has hardly been downtime-PJ toured regularly and side-project and solo releases included Vedder’s 2011 “Ukulele Songs,” a pair of albums from guitarist Stone Gossard’s Brad, a Soundgarden reunion for drummer Matt Cameron and three different projects from bassist Jeff Ament - the time has also been one of reckoning with both the past and future. 15 in the United States on Monkeywrench/Republic, four years after 2009’s Backspacer, which debuted at No. “They don’t just want to hear the old hits.”īut they have had to wait a minute for the new album. “Luckily our fans are receptive to new music,” guitarist Mike McCready says. Pearl Jam unveiled three Lightning Bolt songs-the thrashy lead single “Mind Your Manners,” the rocking title track and the delicate “Future Days.” Only “Manners” had been played live before, a few nights earlier in Canada. Just before the clock struck midnight, the crowd streamed right back into position and the band proceeded to conquer with a set that raged on until 2 a.m. There was a little bit of yelling but no giant fines.” At the end of the day, the city, and the Cubs, the promoter, fire department, everybody, they were on the same page in a great way. “If there was any way that we were going to get it done, whether it meant fines or whatever, we were going to take that on. The rain delay stretched on for nearly three hours while Curtis and his staff warily watched the clearing skies and talked the city into extending the 11 p.m. See latest videos, charts and news A Longer Version Of This Cover Story First Appeared in the New Billboard - Click Here to Buy This Issue
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