1991 - Pearl Jam - Ten

In the late 80's Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament were riding high in the Seattle music scene with the success of their band Mother Love Bone.

But with the shock overdose and death of frontman Andrew Wood, the guitarist and bassist had to start again.

With the help of friends like Chris Cornell and Jack Irons a band was assembled and a frontman in Eddie Vedder was found.

Pearl Jam's 1991 debut Ten, has gone down in history as one of the greatest debut records of all time, propelling the band into the mainstream, and setting up Vedder as one of the most important voices of the alternative music revolution.

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