The Beginning...

      The first signs of 'Pearl Jam' arise with the Temple of the Dog project.
      Temple of the Dog is named after a lyric in Mother Love Bone's "Man of
      Golden Words".  Cornell (singer of Soundgarden) had been a close friend
      and former roommate of Andrew Wood.  As a release from his grief over
      Wood's death, Cornell wrote two songs in tribute to Wood, "Say Hello 2 
      Heaven" and "Reach Down", envisioning them as a single.  He enlisted 

      Cameron (Soundgarden's drummer), Ament, Gossard, and McCready to help 
      with pre-production, and slowly the single began growing into an album.  All 
      told, 12 songs ended up on tape, 10 with the trio augmented by Cameron, 
      two - "Times of Trouble" and what would eventually become "Black".  Of 
      these songs, the majority ("Once", "Alive" and "Black" included) would 
      eventually appear on Pearl Jam's 'Ten'.  As Cameron explained it, "Some of 
      the songs are on Temple and some are on Ten".  Ament, Gossard, and 
      McCready began an active search for a singer and drummer.  One of the 
      people considered was former Red Hot Chili Pepper drummer Jack Irons.  
      He was given a tape with five songs, "Alone", "Once", "Alive", "Black", 
      and "Times of Trouble". "Listen to it, if you like it, call and see if you want 
      to come up to Seattle for a little bit.  Or if you know any singers, pass it on.  
      Jack was too involved in his own band, 'Eleven', but he had a friend, a 
      singer, that might be interested, Eddie Vedder.

      Vedder got the tape, listened to it and immediately started writing lyrics for 
      the music (the demo tape had none).  He dubbed them onto the tape, mixed 
      it down and mailed it back.  Vedder arrived in Seattle to find Cornell, 
      Cameron, McCready, Ament and Gossard.  Eddie was hanging out at the 
      basement rehearsal studio that Jeff, Stone and Mike have.  He wasn't totally 
      acclimatized yet, so he just stayed down there, listening to the songs the 
      others were working on.  Vedder eventually took lead vocals on one track,
      "Hunger Strike", and contributed backing to three more.

      Temple was recorded over a few weekends in November-December 1990.  The
      band itself played only one live show, at the Off Ramp in Seattle.  Krusen 
      joined the band and they called themselves Mookie Blaylock, after the famed 
      New Jersey Nets guard. 
      -RELEASE

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