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Pearl Jam Is An American Grunge/alternative Rock Band Formed In Seattle Washington In 1990. The Band's Lineup Consists Of Founding Members Jeff Ament Bass Guitar Stone Gossard Rhythm Guitar Mike McCready Lead Guitar And Eddie Vedder Lead Vocals Guitar As Well As Matt Cameron Drums Who Joined In 1998. Keyboardist Boom Gaspar Has Also Been A Touring/session Member With The Band Since 2002. Drummers Jack Irons Dave Krusen Matt Chamberlain And Dave Abbruzzese Are Former Members Of The Band. Pearl Jam Outsold Many Of Their Contemporaries From The Early 1990s And Are Considered One Of The Most Influential Bands Of The Decade Being Dubbed As "the Most Popular American Rock And Roll Band Of The '90s". Formed After The Demise Of Gossard And Ament's Previous Band Mother Love Bone Pearl Jam Broke Into The Mainstream With Their Debut Album Ten In 1991. Ten Stayed On The Billboard 200 Chart For Nearly Five Years And Has Gone On To Become One Of The Highest-Selling Rock Records Ever Going 13× Platinum In The United States. Released In 1993 Pearl Jam's Second Album Vs. Sold Over 950 000 Copies In Its First Week Of Release Setting The Record For Most Copies Of An Album Sold In Its First Week Of Release At The Time. Their Third Album Vitalogy 1994 Became The Second-Fastest-Selling CD In History At The Time With More Than 877 000 Units Sold In Its First Week. One Of The Key Bands In The Grunge Movement Of The Early 1990s Pearl Jam's Members Often Shunned Popular Music Industry Practices Such As Making Music Videos Or Participating In Interviews. The Band Also Sued Ticketmaster Claiming It Had Monopolized The Concert-Ticket Market. In 2006 Rolling Stone Described The Band As Having "spent Much Of The Past Decade Deliberately Tearing Apart Their Own Fame." Pearl Jam Had Sold More Than 85 Million Albums Worldwide By 2018 Including Nearly 32 Million Albums In The United States By 2012 Making Them One Of The Best-Selling Bands Of All Time. Pearl Jam Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2017 In Its First Year Of Eligibility. They Were Ranked Eighth In A Readers' Poll By Rolling Stone Magazine In Its "Top Ten Live Acts Of All Time" Issue. Throughout Its Career The Band Has Also Promoted Wider Social And Political Issues From Pro-Abortion Rights Sentiments To Opposition To George W. Bush's Presidency. Vedder Acts As The Band's Spokesman On These Issues. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Pearl_Jam Studio Albums
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The Story Of "Off He Goes" Concerns A Friend Who Periodically Comes Whirling In And Out Of The Protagonist's Life. In An Interview Vedder Revealed Himself To Be The Friend. Vedder Said "The Song "Off He Goes" Is Really About Me Being A Shit Friend. I'll Show Up And Everything's Great And Then All Of The Sudden I'm Outta There..." In Allmusic's Review Of No Code "Off He Goes" Was Cited As One Song On The Album That Is "equal To The Group's Earlier Masterpieces." David Fricke Of Rolling Stone Said "At First "Off He Goes" Sounds Like Another Page Torn From The Neil Young Hymnal. Its Elegant Acoustic Simplicity Is Deceiving Though. With A Humor And Confidence That He Rarely Gets Credit For Vedder Describes A Man Not Unlike Himself—at Least His Public Image—but From The Point Of View Of An Old Puzzled Friend." Written By Vedder The Song Was Released In 1996 As The Third Single From No Code. The Song Peaked At Number 31 On The Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Chart. The Song Was Included On Pearl Jam's 2004 Greatest Hits Album Rearviewmirror Greatest Hits 1991–2003 . "Off He Goes" Was First Performed Live At The Band's September 14 1996 Concert In Seattle Washington At The Showbox. Live Performances Of "Off He Goes" Can Be Found On The Live Album Live On Two Legs Various Official Bootlegs The Live Album Live At Benaroya Hall And The Live At The Gorge 05/06 Box Set. A Performance Of The Song Is Also Included On The DVD Live At The Showbox.
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Pearl Jam Is An American Grunge/alternative Rock Band Formed In Seattle Washington In 1990. The Band's Lineup Consists Of Founding Members Jeff Ament Bass Guitar Stone Gossard Rhythm Guitar Mike McCready Lead Guitar And Eddie Vedder Lead Vocals Guitar As Well As Matt Cameron Drums Who Joined In 1998. Keyboardist Boom Gaspar Has Also Been A Touring/session Member With The Band Since 2002. Drummers Jack Irons Dave Krusen Matt Chamberlain And Dave Abbruzzese Are Former Members Of The Band. Pearl Jam Outsold Many Of Their Contemporaries From The Early 1990s And Are Considered One Of The Most Influential Bands Of The Decade Being Dubbed As "the Most Popular American Rock And Roll Band Of The '90s". Formed After The Demise Of Gossard And Ament's Previous Band Mother Love Bone Pearl Jam Broke Into The Mainstream With Their Debut Album Ten In 1991. Ten Stayed On The Billboard 200 Chart For Nearly Five Years And Has Gone On To Become One Of The Highest-Selling Rock Records Ever Going 13× Platinum In The United States. Released In 1993 Pearl Jam's Second Album Vs. Sold Over 950 000 Copies In Its First Week Of Release Setting The Record For Most Copies Of An Album Sold In Its First Week Of Release At The Time. Their Third Album Vitalogy 1994 Became The Second-Fastest-Selling CD In History At The Time With More Than 877 000 Units Sold In Its First Week. One Of The Key Bands In The Grunge Movement Of The Early 1990s Pearl Jam's Members Often Shunned Popular Music Industry Practices Such As Making Music Videos Or Participating In Interviews. The Band Also Sued Ticketmaster Claiming It Had Monopolized The Concert-Ticket Market. In 2006 Rolling Stone Described The Band As Having "spent Much Of The Past Decade Deliberately Tearing Apart Their Own Fame." Pearl Jam Had Sold More Than 85 Million Albums Worldwide By 2018 Including Nearly 32 Million Albums In The United States By 2012 Making Them One Of The Best-Selling Bands Of All Time. Pearl Jam Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2017 In Its First Year Of Eligibility. They Were Ranked Eighth In A Readers' Poll By Rolling Stone Magazine In Its "Top Ten Live Acts Of All Time" Issue. Throughout Its Career The Band Has Also Promoted Wider Social And Political Issues From Pro-Abortion Rights Sentiments To Opposition To George W. Bush's Presidency. Vedder Acts As The Band's Spokesman On These Issues. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Pearl_Jam Studio Albums
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The story of "Off He Goes" concerns a friend who periodically comes whirling in and out of the protagonist's life. In an interview, Vedder revealed himself to be the friend. Vedder said, "The song "Off He Goes" is really about me being a shit friend. I'll show up and everything's great and then all of the sudden I'm outta there..."
In Allmusic's review of No Code, "Off He Goes" was cited as one song on the album that is "equal [to] the group's earlier masterpieces." David Fricke of Rolling Stone said, "At first, "Off He Goes" sounds like another page torn from the Neil Young hymnal. Its elegant, acoustic simplicity is deceiving, though. With a humor and confidence that he rarely gets credit for, Vedder describes a man not unlike himself—at least, his public image—but from the point of view of an old, puzzled friend."
Written by Vedder, the song was released in 1996 as the third single from No Code. The song peaked at number 31 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003).
"Off He Goes" was first performed live at the band's September 14, 1996 concert in Seattle, Washington at The Showbox. Live performances of "Off He Goes" can be found on the live album Live on Two Legs, various official bootlegs, the live album Live at Benaroya Hall, and the Live at the Gorge 05/06 box set. A performance of the song is also included on the DVD Live at the Showbox. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Published: 06 Jun 2010, 11:48
'No Code' Is Pearl Jam's Fourth Studio Album And Was Released On August 27 1996 Through Epic Records. The Music On The Record Is Even More Diverse Than What The Band Had Done On Previous Releases Incorporating Elements Of Garage Rock Worldbeat And Experimentalism. Although 'No Code' Debuted At Number One On The Billboard 200 It Left A Large Section Of The Band’s Fanbase Unsatisfied And Quickly Fell Down The Charts. The Album Became The First Pearl Jam Album To Not Reach Multi-Platinum Status. The Album Has Been Certified Platinum By The RIAA In The United States.