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From the early Temple of the Dog days to ‘Pearl Jam Twenty’
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Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam and Chris Cornell of Soundgarden perform in Temple of the Dog at the the Hollywood Palladium on October 5th, 1991.
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Eddie Vedder was extremely vocal regarding his political belief. Here he holds up a T-Shirt reading, "No Bush 92," during the 1992 election.
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Pearl Jam performs during Pearl Jam: MTV Unplugged at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York City on March 16th, 1992.
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Eddie Vedder entering the MTV Music Awards in Los Angeles on September 9th, 1992.
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Eddie Vedder climbs the stage scaffolding during Pearl Jam's performance at the Pinkpop festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands on June 8th 1992.
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Eddie Vedder crowd surfs during a Pearl Jam performance in the early 1990s.
Photograph of Pearl Jam by Mark Seliger, Spokane, Washington, June 1993
This article appears in the October 28, 1993 issue of Rolling Stone. The issue is available in the online archive.
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Photograph of Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder by Ross Halfin/Photofeatures, London, 1992
This article appears in the November 28, 1996 issue of Rolling Stone. The issue is available in the online archive.
Photograph of Eddie Vedder by Lance Mercer, at the Moore Theater in Seattle on January 17th, 1992
This article appears in the September 30, 1999 issue of Rolling Stone. The issue is available in the online archive.
Photographed by Norman Jean Roy
This article appears in the October 14, 2004 issue of Rolling Stone. The issue is available in the online archive.
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Pearl Jam perform during A Benefit for Hurricane Katrina Survivors with Pearl Jam and Robert Plant at House of Blues in Chicago on October 5th, 2005.
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Eddie Vedder reaches out to fans as Pearl Jam perform at the House of Blues in Chicago in 2005.
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Fans reach out as Pearl Jam perform at Irving Plaza in New York City on May 5th, 2006.
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Fans line up to see Pearl Jam perform in support of their album Pearl Jam at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium with Sonic Youth on July 15th, 2006.
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This article appears in the June 29, 2006 issue of Rolling Stone. The issue is available in the online archive.
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Pearl Jam perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City on June 24th, 2008.
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Pearl Jam perform at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee on June 14th, 2008.
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Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Matt Cameron, Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam pose after the Pearl Jam Twenty press conference at the Fairmont Royal York during the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10th, 2011.
