Meanwhile, Vedder had written lyrics for 'E Ballad', retitled ' Black'. Gossard and Ament heard the demo with Vedder's vocals and lyrics, and were impressed enough to fly Vedder out to Seattle for an audition. 'Dollar Short' and 'Agytian Crave' were later retitled ' Alive' and ' Once', respectively. Vedder listened to the demo, went surfing, and wrote lyrics the next day for 'Dollar Short', 'Agytian Crave', and 'Footsteps'.

San Diego musician Eddie Vedder acquired a copy of the demo in September 1990, when it was given to him by former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons. Five of the songs recorded-'Dollar Short', 'Agytian Crave', 'Footsteps', 'Richard's E', and 'E Ballad'-were compiled onto a tape called Stone Gossard Demos '91 that was circulated in the hopes of finding a singer and drummer for the trio. The three then went into the studio for separate sessions with Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and former Shadow drummer Chris Friel to record some instrumental demos. After a few months, Gossard started practicing with fellow Seattle guitarist Mike McCready, whose band Shadow had broken up McCready in turn encouraged Gossard to reconnect with Ament. Gossard spent his time afterwards writing material that was harder-edged than what he had been doing previously. Devastated, it took months before Gossard and Ament agreed to play together again. Mother Love Bone's career was cut short when vocalist Andrew Wood died of a drug overdose in 1990, shortly before the release of the group's debut album, Apple.

Following Green River's dissolution in 1987, Ament and Gossard played together in Mother Love Bone during the late 1980s. Guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament had played together in the pioneering grunge band Green River. Ten remains Pearl Jam's most commercially successful album. By February 2013, it had sold 13 million copies in the US, becoming the 22nd record to do so in the Nielsen SoundScan era and has been certified 13Г— Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album has since been ranked by several publications as one of the greatest albums of all time. Д«eyond its role in consolidating the mainstream success of grunge rock in the early 1990s, Ten is generally considered to have been instrumental in the rise and dominance of alternative rock throughout the decade. The video for 'Jeremy' was heavily rotated by MTV, and received four awards at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year and Best Group Video. 'Jeremy' became one of Pearl Jam's best-known songs, and received nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Hard Rock Performance at the 35th Grammy Awards. The album produced three hit singles: ' Alive', ' Even Flow', and ' Jeremy'. Ten was not an immediate success, but by late 1992 it had reached number two on the Billboard 200. Huey also praises Vedder for the 'highly distinctive timbre' of his vocals and for the 'passionate commitment of his delivery'.

especially recalled Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin' and characterizes the album as having an 'anthemic' and 'warm, rich sound'. In a review for AllMusic, Steve Huey asserts that the band's 'intricately arranged guitar textures and expansive harmonic vocabulary. Дespite its reputation as a quintessential grunge album, Ten is often noted for displaying a stronger classic rock influence than other contemporary grunge releases. Many of the songs on Ten were instrumental jams or reworked Mother Love Bone songs for which Vedder composed new melodies and lyrics. Copies of the demo were eventually given to drummer Dave Krusen and vocalist Eddie Vedder, both of whom were invited to audition for the band in Seattle. The group recorded a five-song instrumental demo tape with Matt Cameron on drums. Following the dissolution of their previous band Mother Love Bone in 1990, bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard began rehearsing with new guitarist Mike McCready. Ten is the debut studio album by American rock band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991, through Epic Records.

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