Pearl Jam's Vs. patti smith in the mid-'70s

in the mid-'70s

supported by bands like REM and playing with the likes of the Police

Wilco's founder and primary songwriter

" Diamond Dogs is the product of a performer at the peak of his powers but uncomfortable with the rock star role he had constructed

and the broad consensus among rock aficionados is that the band will never again reach the heights of Exile on Main Street

Pearl Jam's Vs. patti smith in the mid-'70sis the sound of a band on fire. The same confluence of talent, passion, timing, and fate that made grunge the world's soundtrack also read a short fuse beneath Pearl Jam. The band combusted between late 1992 and mid 1994, the span during which they planned, recorded, and supported their sophomore record. The spotlight, the pressure, the pace it all nearly turned the thriving act to ash. Eddie Vedder, the reluctant public face of the band, responded by