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Pearl Jam Does the Evolution
by Robert Hilburn, Oct.19, 2000
The Future
It's way too early to talk about a 20th anniversary, all five band members
agree, but no one seems to think it an impossible goal.
"The danger for a band that goes into its second decade is the temptation
to start recycling yourself, but we've always been conscious of that,"
says McCready. "we have insisted on moving forward and trying new
things. That's what makes me think there is a lot of life still in the band."
Besides music, the band is also excited about exploring new ways to use
the internet in getting its music to its fans--a freedom that they may soon
have because they owe only one more album to Sony's Epic Records
under their current contract.
The band's recent action in releasing 25 live albums underscores the
group's interest in using the internet. Though the albums are also available
in retail stores under an arrangement with Epic, the album series was
originally intended just for the sale on the internet, where the two-disc
packages are only $10.98 through the group's fan club Web site.
"The internet is the obvious place for them because it makes them
available to hard-core fans at $10 a pop," says Ament. "But it turned into
a bigger deal because we have a relationship with Sony and they said we
have to let retail stores have a shot at the albums or it would compromise
Sony's relationship with retail, and the whole thing got very complex.
We never intended for all the albums to be mass-marketed."
About the band's contractual status with Sony, Pearl Jam manager
Kelly Curtis says: "I expect to still be in some sort of business with Sony,
but it's not going to be a traditional deal. Maybe we'll own the masters to
our albums and just let the record company distribute everything."
The Legacy
Everyone in the band had a difficult time with this question because they
Thought it made the group sound self-important to be talking about legacy.
When pressed about legacy, however, Vedder spoke about an age-old goal in
rock: music as inspiration.
"I think at some point along the way we began feeling we wanted to give
people something to believe in because we all had bands that gave that to us
when we needed something to believe in."
"That was the big challenge for us after the first record and the response
to it. The goal immediately became how do we continue to be musicians
and grow and survive in view of all this…The answer weren't easy, but I
think we found a way."
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