Eddie Vedder, Guitars Over Guns Team At Obama Center Eddie Vedder with musicians from Guitars Over Guns (photo: Columbia College Chicago) Eddie Vedder marked the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago today (June 18) with an original collaboration with young musicians from Guitars Over Guns. The Pearl Jam frontman joined members of the […]

Jack Irons Finds His Way Back With ‘Iridescence’ Jack Irons (photo: Tamarind Photography) When Jack Irons began emerging from emergency brain surgery in the summer of 2024, one thought kept cutting through the confusion. Had anyone contacted Remco Hendriks? Irons had spent the previous months building an experimental new record with the Dutch bassist and […]

Pearl Jam Preserving New Drummer Mystery Pearl Jam in Vancouver in May 2024 (photo: Geoff Whitman). Pearl Jam has indeed chosen its new drummer, but the band is not making any grand reveals ahead of what will be its first show with Matt Cameron’s replacement on Sept. 27 at Eddie Vedder’s Ohana festival in Dana […]

Stone Gossard Talks Loosegroove On ‘Lipps Service’ Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard is the guest on the latest installment of the Lipps Service podcast, speaking with host Scott Lipps about reviving his label, Loosegroove Records, and the numerous exciting artists now recording for it (Tigercub, Bad Nerves, Brittany Davis and more). Gossard also […]

Pearl Jam Returning To Action At Ohana Festival (photo: Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for Pearl Jam) Pearl Jam will play its first show since longtime drummer Matt Cameron’s final performance with the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers on May 18, 2025, in Pittsburgh, and it will take place on some very familiar grounds. […]

Pearl Jam Tour Photographer Geoff Whitman Talks New Book Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament and Eddie Vedder (foreground), Matt Cameron and Stone Gossard (background) (photo: Geoff Whitman). For Pearl Jam lifers, there are dream gigs — and then there’s what Geoff Whitman has been doing for the past two years. As the band’s official photographer on […]

Mike McCready Mines The Many ‘Seasons’ Of Seattle Music Mike McCready with Pearl Jam in Seattle on May 30, 2024 (photo: Jim Bennett / Getty Images). Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready has seen it all both onstage and in his experiences traveling the globe with Pearl Jam for the past 35-plus-years, but he’s about to […]